Radiohead have kicked off their European comeback tour – see what they’ve played on every night so far below.
Thom Yorke and co announced their first gigs in over seven years back in September, revealing 20 shows across five cities this autumn and winter.
The Oxford art-rock icons also shared their “busking approach” to their setlist, by playing “any order” of songs they wish – whittling down their huge catalogue to “about 70 songs”. The band will also be playing in the round in the centre of the venue throughout the tour.
Guitarist Jonny Greenwood told us there are no plans for new material to be played, while brother and bassist Colin confirmed this in a separate interview: “It’s going to be the first time I think we’ve done shows where we haven’t got new material to play as work in progress.”
However, Colin then mysteriously said: “But you never know, some stuff might come up or not or whatever.”
Now, Radiohead have officially commenced their tour with their first gig at the Movistar Arena in Madrid taking place on Tuesday (November 4). Their 25-song opening night setlist balanced a mix of deep cuts and fan favourites as the band kicked off with ‘Let Down’ – which recently charted in the US after going viral on TikTok, much to their surprise. The setlist leaned most heavily on tracks from 2003’s ‘Hail To The Thief’, which was recently revisited for the Yorke co-created Hamlet To The Thief play and archive live album. This included an outing of ‘Sit Down. Stand Up’ for the first time since 2004.
Meanwhile, their second show (November 5) saw them lean more heavily into their albums ‘In Rainbows’ and ‘The Bends’, as the band performed ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ and ‘Nice Dream’ for the first time since 2009.
On the third night (November 7), they drew mostly from ‘OK Computer’ and ‘Hail To The Thief’, playing ‘Let Down’, ‘Lucky’, ‘No Surprises’ ‘2 + 2 = 5’ and ‘A Wolf at the Door’, among others.
During the encore, they also played ‘Just’ for the first time in 16 years, telling the crowd: “I don’t know if you remember this one”, before breaking into the ‘The Bends’ track.
On the band’s fourth and final night in Madrid (November 8), Radiohead treated fans to a balanced set on tracks performed on previous nights – aside from ‘Kid A’ classic ‘Optimistic’ which made its tour debut.
Take a look at Radiohead’s full setlists for each show of their comeback tour below:
Radiohead’s setlist from their first night in Madrid (November 4) was:
‘Let Down’
‘2 + 2 = 5’
‘Sit Down. Stand Up.’
‘Bloom’
‘Lucky’
‘Ful Stop’
‘The Gloaming’
‘Myxomatosis’
‘No Surprises’
‘Videotape’
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘Everything in Its Right Place’
’15 Step’
‘The National Anthem’
‘Daydreaming’
‘A Wolf at the Door’
‘Bodysnatchers’
‘Idioteque’
Encore:
‘Fake Plastic Trees’
‘Subterranean Homesick Alien’
‘Paranoid Android’
‘How to Disappear Completely’
‘You and Whose Army?’
‘There There’
Radiohead’s setlist from their November 5 Madrid show was:
‘2 + 2 = 5’
‘The Bends’
‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’
‘All I Need’
‘Ful Stop’
‘Nude’
‘Reckoner’
‘Airbag’
‘Separator’
‘Pyramid Song’
‘You and Whose Army?’
‘Idioteque’
‘(Nice Dream)’
‘There There’
‘Myxomatosis’
‘Exit Music (For A Film)’
‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’
Encore:
‘Let Down’
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘Planet Telex’
‘Present Tense’
‘The Daily Mail’
‘Paranoid Android’
‘Everything In Its Right Place’
Radiohead’s setlist from their November 7 Madrid show was:
‘Planet Telex’
‘2 + 2 = 5’
‘Sit Down. Stand Up.’
‘Bloom’
‘Lucky’
‘Ful Stop’
‘The Gloaming’
‘There There’
‘No Surprises’
‘Videotape’
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘Everything in Its Right Place’
’15 Step’
‘The National Anthem’
‘Daydreaming’
‘Subterranean Homesick Alien’
‘Bodysnatchers’
‘Idioteque’
Encore:
‘Fake Plastic Trees’
‘Let Down’
‘Paranoid Android’
‘You and Whose Army?’
‘A Wolf at the Door’
‘Just’
‘Karma Police’
Radiohead’s setlist from their November 8 Madrid show was:
‘2 + 2 = 5’
‘Airbag’
‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’
‘All I Need’
‘Ful Stop’
‘Nude’
‘Reckoner’
‘The Bends’
‘Separator’
‘Pyramid Song’
‘You and Whose Army?’
‘Idioteque’
‘Myxomatosis’
‘No Surprises’
‘Optimistic’
‘There There’
‘Exit Music (for a Film)’
‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’
Encore:
‘Let Down’
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘(Nice Dream)’
‘Present Tense’
‘The Daily Mail’
‘Paranoid Android’
‘Everything in Its Right Place’
Radiohead’s tour continues with four nights a piece in Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin across November and December.
Since their last album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ in 2016, Radiohead’s Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have released three albums with The Smile. Ed O’Brien made his solo debut, drummer Philip Selway has been active under his own name and bassist Colin Greenwood released a book of band photos as well as touring with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
In other news, Radiohead have unveiled their new merch line ahead of their European comeback tour kicking off.
