Radiohead announce six South American shows for April

Radiohead have announced six shows in South America for April 2018, opening at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago on 11 April and closing in Bogotá on 25 April. It is their first visit since March 2009. Lima and Bogotá will be their first shows in Peru and Colombia.

Ed O'Brien had hinted at it in Esquire a fortnight ago, saying dates were being looked at for next year, after a tour that had looked finished in the summer. Noisey en Español reports that Flying Lotus and Junun, which it calls Jonny Greenwood's other band, will travel with Radiohead.

The Buenos Aires show, at Tecnópolis on 14 April, falls on the night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's induction ceremony in Cleveland, and Radiohead are among this year's nominees. A representative for the band told Pitchfork they will not attend. When Rolling Stone asked about the Hall in June, Colin Greenwood was the only member who said he would be grateful to get in. Jonny Greenwood said I don't care. Maybe it's a cultural thing that I really don't understand.²

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