Radiohead have unveiled a new merchandise line for their long-awaited European comeback tour.
The Thom Yorke-led band are preparing to play their first shows in over seven years, with four nights each in Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin to take place over the next two months. The tour kicks off tonight (Tuesday November 4) with an opening night in the Spanish capital.
Ahead of doors opening, the band have revealed the new run of merchandise that will be on offer to fans.
“Whether you’re going or not, the Europe 2025 merchandise range is now available to purchase from the W.A.S.T.E. store at the link in profile,” the band told fans, revealing the new designs. They also said those in Madrid can browse the range outside the Movistar Arena from 4pm today, and that it will be open to fans without a ticket, and remain open until Saturday (November 8).
A variety of hoodies, t-shirts, hats, bottle openers, badges, water bottles, and posters are all available now on the online W.A.S.T.E store, and draw inspiration from the band’s albums and longtime collaborations with Stanley Donwood.
On offer is a black tour t-shirt and a hoodie that have a list of European tour dates on the back, and make nods to ‘The Bear’ artwork associated with the ‘Kid A’ album. They also make a nod to ‘The Minotaur’ design linked to ‘Amnesiac’. ‘The Bear’ is also showcased on a red striped jumper, as well as on a design called ‘Fantasy Off White T-shirt’, while both artworks are showcased on a collection of patches.
The 2011 album ‘The King Of Limbs’ is referenced in both a tour poster and the newspaper zine made available with the album at the time, while another t-shirt design makes a nod to ‘In Rainbows’ track ‘15 Step’. There is also a t-shirt that shows a telephone alongside the words: “Never ever, ever never pick it up” – a line which was also referenced in their 2021 ‘KID A MNESIA’ exhibition.
Visit here to browse the full online collection.
The band confirmed a recent interview with The Times that their upcoming shows will all be played in the round and taking a “busking approach” to the setlist each night having rehearsed over 65 songs from their back catalog.
These will also be the first Radiohead shows since the end of their ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ world tour in 2018. All dates are listed as sold-out.
Radiohead have also not released any new music since ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ in 2016. The band also recently spoke out about the chances of new material emerging soon. “I don’t know,” said Jonny Greenwood, while Yorke added: “We haven’t thought past the tour. I’m just stunned we got this far.”
Elsewhere in that feature, the band members each reflected on the controversies stemming from their stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict, with the frontman saying the “low-level Arthur Miller witch-hunt” on the subject “wakes him up at night”.
This stems back to 2017, when Radiohead were criticised for playing a show in Tel Aviv in 2017. Last year, Yorke got into a clash with a protester at a solo show in Melbourne in 2024. Jonny Greenwood has also been criticised for collaborating with and playing live with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.
In the Times interview, Yorke said he would “absolutely not” play in Israel with the band again, but Greenwood “politely disagreed” with him, calling the backlash “the embodiment of the left”. “The left look for traitors, the right for converts and it’s depressing that we are the closest they can get,” the guitarist shared.
Due to their stance, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement have argued that the band’s “complicit silence” and support of Israeli performers during the “genocide against Palestinians in Gaza” should lead to a boycott of their upcoming shows.
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