According to Billboard, Radiohead will embark on an international tour starting spring 2008!
“We plan to tour next year, starting in May through to probably the end of the year. With lots of holidays in that period,” says Bryce Edge of Courtyard Management, the firm that manages the band. “At the moment we are talking with our agents in North America and for the rest of the world, trying to get a schedule which works for the band and works financially,” he adds.
“They toured last summer almost for creative reasons, definitely not for financial reasons. And I think they quite enjoyed it,” explains Edge. “The next set of touring will be slightly larger-scale venues.”
As for frontman Thom Yorke, he is known to dislike long-term international tours and has raised concerns over the effects of touring on climate change.
“He likes to do shows, but the whole business of schlepping around the world is not top of his list of favorite things to do,” says Edge. “He really enjoys playing to the fans—it’s just the process of how to do that which is the pain in the neck [for Yorke]. They’re not road dogs. They never have been.”
As for the recent digital-only release In Rainbows, there are reports the album has shifted more than 1.2 million copies. The average price paid was reportedly about £4 ($8).
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