Radiohead Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Band will kick off run of Stateside shows in February, their first in nearly four years.
By James Montgomery

<P><a href="/music/artist/radiohead/artist.jhtml">Radiohead</a> have announced dates for their upcoming U.S. tour, their first Stateside trek in nearly four years.</P><P>Kicking off on February 27 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the first leg of shows spans the South (and, uh, Colorado and Missouri too), hitting cities like Atlanta, Houston and Dallas before coming to a close on March 15 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Oklahoma indie rockers Other Lives will open, and a ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday through Radiohead's W.A.S.T.E. site. General on-sale for most dates starts on Friday, with a four-ticket-per-person limit. For more information, check out the band's official <a href="http://radiohead.com/tourdates" target="_blank">site</a>.</P><P>It's not clear whether the dates represent the <i>entirety</i> of Radiohead's U.S. tour, or if more shows will be announced in the coming weeks ... though, on their <a href="http://radiohead.com/deadairspace" target="_blank">Dead Air Space blog</a>, the band seems to hint that there's more on tap in 2012, writing, "We are happy to announce the first part of some live shows we will be doing next year, more to follow."</P><P>A spokesperson for the band could not be reached for comment on the matter by press time.</P><P>Although they've played several one-off shows in the States in recent years (in addition to frontman Thom Yorke touring with <i>his</i> Atoms for Peace project), Radiohead's last full-scale U.S. tour wrapped in August 2008, when they were supporting the <i>In Rainbows</i> album. In February of this year, they released <a href="/news/articles/1658298/radiohead-king-of-limbs-review.jhtml"><i>The King of Limbs</i></a> and in September, they played a pair of surprise shows at New York's Roseland Ballroom in support of the album.</P><P>Dates for Radiohead's U.S. tour are as follows: <br> <b>&#187;</b> February 27 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena<br> <b>&#187;</b> February 29 - Tampa, FL @ The St. Pete Times Forum<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 1 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 3 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 5 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 7 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 9 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 11 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 13 - Broomfield, CO @ 1stBank Center<br> <b>&#187;</b> March 15 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena</P><P><i>Will you catch Radiohead on tour? Tell us in the comments!</i></p>

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