News ·
13 December 1993
Radiohead finish their tour with James at the Newport Centre
written up for the archive October 2026
Radiohead play their last night as James's support act tonight at the Newport Centre, at the end of ten British dates that followed a November leg in Europe. Since Barcelona on 25 November the set has carried “(Nice Dream)” , a new song not yet released.
The tour followed straight on from their American dates with Belly and a few shows of their own in Canada. It opened at the Markthalle in Hamburg on 11 November, their first night in Germany, with a set of about 40 minutes built around Pablo Honey “The Bends” and closing with “Stop Whispering” .
On a free day, 20 November, they played a show of their own at the Salle des Fêtes du Lignon in Vernier, near Geneva, their first in Switzerland. It went out on FM radio , and Thom Yorke dedicated “Pop Is Dead” to Phil Collins with an insult. In France the band also appeared on Canal+'s Nulle Part Ailleurs the day after the Casino de Paris. The Sala Zeleste in Barcelona was their first night in Spain, and two nights later they reached Portugal, where their records get plenty of airplay and the James crowds gave them a wild welcome.
The British leg, which Parlophone advertised in September , opened at Glasgow's Barrowlands on 1 December and took in Brixton Academy in London on the 9th. Before Glasgow, Yorke told the Glasgow University Guardian that he was worn out and that Radiohead never want to support anyone again.
Dates
Date City Venue 11 Nov Hamburg Markthalle 12 Nov Cologne Live Music Hall 13 Nov Frankfurt Music Hall 15 Nov Munich Charterhalle 16 Nov Besançon Le Montjoye 18 Nov Portet-sur-Garonne Le Confluent 19 Nov Marseille Le Moulin 20 Nov Vernier Salle des Fêtes du Lignon (Radiohead's own show) 22 Nov Villeurbanne Le Transbordeur 23 Nov Paris Casino de Paris 24 Nov Paris Canal+, Nulle Part Ailleurs (TV) 25 Nov Barcelona Sala Zeleste 26 Nov Madrid Revolver 27 Nov Lisbon Pavilhão do Belenenses 28 Nov Porto Coliseu do Porto 1 Dec Glasgow Barrowlands 2 Dec York Barbican 4 Dec Manchester G-Mex 5 Dec Wolverhampton Civic Hall 7 Dec Derby Assembly Rooms 8 Dec Gloucester Leisure Centre 9 Dec London Brixton Academy 11 Dec Portsmouth Guildhall 12 Dec Norwich UEA 13 Dec Newport Newport Centre
scans from Stephen Cole’s Radiohead Ephemera collection
recordings from The Ugly Midwesterner
recordings from fuzzybluerain
recordings from choc e-Claire
sources · 12 & notes Radiohead, W.A.S.T.E. newsletter 5, undated (September 1993), Internet Archive scan · archive.org , from Stephen Cole’s collection Parlophone, Pablo Honey advert with the December tour dates with James, New Musical Express , 25 September 1993, p.15, Internet Archive scan · archive.org , from Stephen Cole’s collection Pop Is Dead issue 4 (1994), official fanzine ed. Val Savage, Internet Archive scan · archive.org , from Stephen Cole’s collectionLa Iguana Internacional, ticket proofs for James and Radiohead, Sala Zeleste, Barcelona, 25 November 1993, Internet Archive scan · archive.org , from Stephen Cole’s collection Audience recording, Markthalle, Hamburg, 11 November 1993, with taper's notes (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from The Ugly Midwesterner’s collection Audience recording, Live Music Hall, Cologne, 12 November 1993 (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection FM recording, Salle des Fêtes du Lignon, Vernier, 20 November 1993, with notes (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection FM recording, Le Transbordeur, Villeurbanne, 22 November 1993 (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection Audience recording, Sala Zeleste, Barcelona, 25 November 1993, with notes (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection Audience recording, Pavilhão do Belenenses, Lisbon, 27 November 1993, with notes (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection Audience recording, Brixton Academy, London, 9 December 1993 (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from choc e-Claire’s collection Audience recording, Casino de Paris, 23 November 1993 (Internet Archive) · archive.org , from fuzzybluerain’s collection York on 2 or 16 December? Parlophone's September advert puts York Barbican on 2 December, as part of the James tour. The site's concert list has York Barbican on 16 December as a one-off. The dates below follow the advert.
archivist’s note The European dates follow the site's concert list; only Hamburg, Cologne, Vernier, Villeurbanne, Paris, Barcelona and Lisbon are backed by a surviving tape or ticket.