Radiohead are returning to Australia for the first time in 15 years, announcing a 16-show arena tour for 2027 — part of a run that will be the band’s only concerts anywhere in the world next year.
The tour opens with a four-night stand at Perth’s RAC Arena from May 3, before six-show residencies at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and Sydney’s Afterpay Arena, wrapping June 1. Rather than a traditional national run, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Philip Selway and Ed O’Brien will settle into each city for multiple nights.
The Australian dates, presented by Frontier Touring, will be followed by five shows in Saitama, Japan, and the band has confirmed there will be no additional 2027 concerts elsewhere.
The run marks Radiohead’s first Australian tour since 2012 and follows a series of European residency shows in late 2025 — the band’s first performances after several years away from the road, during which its members pursued solo and side projects. Speculation about a return had been building for months, stoked in part by O’Brien, who told Rolling Stone earlier this year that the band hoped to make it back. “We’d love to come to Australia,” he said. “It’s just a question of when.”
Given the anticipated demand, tickets will be distributed through a registration system covering both general and accessible tickets rather than a conventional first-come sale. Registration is open now and closes at 5 p.m. AEST on Thursday, Sept. 10, with Frontier Touring saying every entry submitted during the window will be treated equally. Each ticket will include a $2 donation directed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Australian Marine Conservation Society.
One of the most acclaimed and influential rock bands of the past three decades, the Oxford, England, group broke through in 1993 with “Creep,” which remains their highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 single at No. 34 and was later certified platinum in the U.S. Though the band has only three times reached the Hot 100 — the others being “High and Dry” and “Nude” — they have been a dominant force on the album chart. Radiohead have scored 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, their most recent studio album, alongside landmark records including OK Computer and Kid A. Six-time Grammy winners, they 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
