Radiohead Tickets

Radiohead is traveling this summer, including several headlining gigs and a number of festival stops. The British alt-rock collective is traveling behind "In Rainbows," released in the fall of 2007.


Radiohead is known for influencing many of the great current rock and pop acts today like Travis, Muse and Coldplay, and has been covered or sampled by an eclectic group of musicians, including John Mayer, The Roots and Hanson.

Frontman Thom Yorke formed the band with Colin and Jonny Greenwood, Ed OBrien and Phil Selway formed the group, originally named "On a Friday" at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England. As the band performed throughout the area, record labels became interested. Around that time, they changed their name to Radiohead after the Talking Heads "True Stories."

"Drill" was the bands first EP, released in March of 1992. "Creep" was the bands first single and they gained attention in the British press. "Pablo Honey" was their debut album in 1993, and had a more "grungy" sound than its predecessor - they were dubbed as "Nirvana-lite." "Creep" became a cult hip, and eventually became extremely popular on MTC and on Billboard modern rock charts. They became popular around the world and toured America.

The next album "The Bends" was released in 1995, which solidified the bands sound, with three guitarists and dense rifts. Popular singles from the album included "Fake Plastic Trees," "Just" and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)." They traveled to support the release, including opening for R.E.M.

Their next album, "OK Computer," gained the group positive attention from critics as well. The band began experimenting with ambient and avant-garde sounds, found within rock melodies. The album won the "Best Alternative Music Album" Grammy Award and found hits in "Paranoid Android," "Karma Police" and "No Surprises."

"Kid A" was another massive success, with a much different sound. The style was minimalistic with fewer guitars and a variety of instruments. There was a lot of hype behind the album, and no official singles were released. The collection was again a critical darling - it won Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and a nomination for Album of the year.

"Hail to the Thief" was the next major album, and was supported by a global tour. The albums sound mixed the influences over the bands career, including guitar-based rock and eclectic electronic sounds. It was commercially successful, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard Chart and was certified Gold in the U.S. and Platinum in the U.K.

The band will travel this spring and summer behind "In Rainbows," released in October of 2007. The album gained attention because it was a digital download for which customers could chose their own price. It has been reported that 1.2 million digital downloads were sold, but there was no sales figure. Reviews for the album were extremely positive, the best of their career.