The announcement comes after the group released the video for ‘Legend Has It’ on their Facebook page, RTJ also revealed in an e-mail to their fans, the Glastonbury performance was listed amongst the fetstivals to be played this summer.

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Run the Jewels will be spending a lot of time in the UK in the coming months, with a string of shows at the end of this month, and the beginning of April, before the string of festivals, on both sides of the Atlantic, before culminating with a huge show in support of Eminem in Glasgow, Scotland on August 24th.

As for Glastonbury itself, things are starting to take a clear shape. The festival’s three headliners have been confirmed, in Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and Ed Sheeran, with Thom Yorke and co. rumoured to be planning a special, one-off set to mark the 20th anniversary of their iconic album Ok, Computer. 

RTJ aren’t even the first act to announce themselves this week, with funk icon Nile Rodgers confirming himself for the festival independently. Rodgers takes his cue from the likes of Wiley and The Avalanches in announcing themselves individually for Glastonbury, away from any official festival announcements.

One of the biggest wells of speculation remaining however, is the performer that will occupy the ‘legends’ slot on Sunday. For a while it was heavily suggested that Diana Ross would be the act schedules to be playing, though NME reports that this may no longer be the case.

We, at Mxdwn, have covered several stories following the progress of Radiohead since January 2016. Since the Glastonbury announcement, we now have a European tour to look forward to.

At the beginning of 2016, January saw speculation, teasing fans over an imminent album release. March speculated the possible artwork to accompany the album A Moon Shaped Pool.

March also saw the release of May through August tour dates . . .

. . . then they disappeared . . .

. . . disappeared from the internet.

Suddenly, . . . ‘Burn the Witch’ single became their controversial (see why here) video prior to their album release of A Moon Shaped Pool in May.

Going back to beginnings, Radiohead’s debut 1993 single ‘Creep’ was also performed in May 2016; the first time in seven years.

Furthermore, guitarist Ed O’Brien now finds time to release superb solo material . . . This is the year of Radiohead, so far. European dates add to this momentum and, of course, fans of all generations will no doubt continue to learn more.

It’s a prolonged, planned, and profound drip-feed from Radiohead this year which has elevated them to headline Glastonbury and, prior to this festival, will prepare fans for a European tour beginning in early June in Norway, ending in the UK. Below detail the full dates/venues:

6/7 – Spektrum – Oslo, Norway
6/9 – Ericsson Globe – Stockholm, Sweden
6/11 – North Side Festival – Aarhus, Denmark
6/14 – Visarno Arena, Parco delle Cascine – Florence, Italy
6/16 – I-Days 2017 Milano, Parco di Monza – Milan, Italy
6/18 – Best Kept Secret Festival – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
6/20 – 3 Arena – Dublin, Ireland
6/23 – Glastonbury Festival – Worthy Farm: Pilton, UK
6/28 – Open’er Festival – Gdynia, Poland
6/30 – Rock Werchter – Werchter, Belgium
7/02 – Main Square Festival – Arras, France
7/04 – Manchester Arena – Manchester, UK
7/05 – Manchester Arena – Manchester, UK

This year Radiohead have given us plenty of surprises. So it seems fitting to watch and listen to ‘No Surprises’ from OK Computer.

There was speculation that the rock band from America would be headlining the festival at Worthy Farm next year, after the eFestivals website had Radiohead down as “to be confirmed” in its list of potential Glastonbury performers last week, with the Stone Roses and Daft Punk both “strongly rumoured”. The announcement was made through a symbol created on the grass at the site, leaving fans already knowing what was about to happen.

First spotted through a BBC webcam, the logo turned out to be the band’s ‘angry bear’ symbol that dates back to the Kid A album.

The performance will mark the band’s first UK festival appearance in over half-a-decade.

“I’ve grown up with Radiohead and they’re about as good as it gets for me,” organiser Emily Eavis told the BBC. “They’re just in a league of their own aren’t they? Some of my happiest memories at the festival have been watching them play, from headlining in the rain 20 years ago when I was a teenager, to surprise sets in The Park and DJ’ing late night in Shangri-La. We are beyond excited that they’re finally coming back to the Pyramid, it’s incredibly special for everyone here.”

This marks 20 years since they first topped the bill at the Pyramid Stage with their 1997 performance off the back of the runaway success of OK Computer. They last headlined in 2003, and have played ‘secret shows’ at the festival several times since.

It comes as tickets for next year’s festival sold out in just 50 minutes. More than 2 million people tried to get the £238 tickets, with only 135,000 available for the world-famous event.

The festival will not be going ahead in 2018, according to organisers.