Radiohead Announce First Australian Tour in 15 Years With 16 Arena Shows

Radiohead are returning to Australia for the first time in 15 years with a 16-show arena tour scheduled for 2027. The run will comprise the band’s only concerts anywhere in the world that year.

The tour begins with a four-night stand at Perth’s RAC Arena starting May 3. Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Philip Selway and Ed O’Brien will then play six-night residencies at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and Sydney’s Afterpay Arena before concluding the run on June 1.

Presented by Frontier Touring, the Australian dates will be followed by five shows in Saitama, Japan. The band confirmed that no additional 2027 concerts will take place elsewhere.

The dates mark Radiohead’s first Australian tour since 2012, following a series of European residency shows in late 2025. Those European dates were the band’s first performances after several years away from the road while members pursued solo and side projects. Speculation about a return grew after Ed O’Brien told Rolling Stone earlier this year that the group hoped to make it back. “We’d love to come to Australia,” he said. “It’s just a question of when.”

Tickets will be distributed through a registration system covering general and accessible tickets rather than a conventional first-come sale. Registration is open until 5 p.m. AEST on Thursday, Sept. 10, with Frontier Touring stating that every entry submitted during the window will be treated equally. Each ticket includes a $2 donation directed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

The Oxford, England, group broke through in 1993 with “Creep,” which remains their highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 single at No. 34 and earned a platinum certification in the U.S. Radiohead have reached the Hot 100 three times, with “High and Dry” and “Nude” as their other entries, but have achieved substantial success on the album chart. They have secured four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 with Hail to the Thief (2003), In Rainbows (2007), The King of Limbs successor era and 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool, alongside records including OK Computer and Kid A. The six-time Grammy winners were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

RADIOHEAD — AUSTRALIA TOUR 2027

May 3, 4, 6, 7 — Perth — RAC Arena

May 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 — Melbourne — Rod Laver Arena

May 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, June 1 — Sydney — Afterpay Arena