In early March 2025, all five members of Radiohead quietly formed a Limited Liability Partnership named RHEUK25. Historically, the band has created such entities ahead of major announcements, most recently, Dawn Chorus LLP before ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ (2016) and Spin With a Grin ahead of the ‘Kid A Mnesia’ reissue (2021). This move alone is enough to fuel speculation that something big is on the way.

However, today, on platforms like Reddit, fans have noticed that flyers advertising Radiohead shows in London are available to pick at the Barbican Centre, an arts centre in the heart of London. The flyer claims that the band are to play four shows on the 21st, 22nd, 24th and 25th of November this year, with fans on Reddit speculating that they are taking place at the O2 Arena.

Similar flyers have also been found in across Europe, advertising shows in Berlin and Copenhagen at the start of December. This could indicate that a European tour may also be on the way, should the rumours be true.

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Adding to the intrigue, Radiohead’s management, Blueyed Pictures, reportedly donated four tickets to a Los Angeles fire-relief auction with unusual wording: bidders could choose a “Radiohead concert of your choice” based on the band’s tour schedule. Although a spokesperson later clarified that Blueyed is not affiliated with the band and the listing was altered, the initial phrasing spread like wildfire among fans and media, amplifying speculation.

Taken together, these breadcrumbs suggest something stirring within Radiohead’s world: the LLP formation, the auction and the flyers could imply possible tour activity later in 2025. However, the lack of an official announcement and publicly dismissive tone from the band suggest caution. At this point, fans are left in a tantalizing in-between: signs point to something, but the mystery remains unsolved.

Weller took to Instagram to announce the news.

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The event will include material from Weller’s early days and tracks from The Jam but will also include new and unheard music and will be Weller’s first live performance in two years. The event’s setlist includes the tracks ‘English Rose’, ‘Wild Wood’ and the 1995 hit, ‘You Do Something to Me’, taken from his third solo album ‘Stanley Road’. The concert’s inclusion of Weller’s more recent material includes his latest album, ‘On Sunset’, the number one album from 2020.

The event is part of a series by the prestigious London arts centre, The Barbican. The string of events sees The Barbican collaborate with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley. The series entitled ‘Live From The Barbican’, has provided concerts during the COVID pandemic since October of last year, beginning with a talk and workshop curated by Emmy the Great.

The Head of Music at the Barbican, Huw Humphreys has spoken on his admiration for Weller as well as The Barbican’s dedication to the arts.

“We are delighted to welcome iconic British artist Paul Weller and guests Celeste, Boy George and James Morrison alongside Jules Buckley and our Associate Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, to the summer edition of our new concert series, Live From The Barbican. The series enabled us to continue our commitment to support artists and partner organisations during a difficult year and at a time when concert halls needed to temporarily close their doors. Until we can welcome back our audiences into the hall very shortly, we are hoping that many Paul Weller fans across the globe will be able to join us at the Barbican via Livestream this May.”

Rising Star Brit award winner Celeste also expressed her delight over working with Weller. “I have found Paul Weller to be such inspiration from afar, and also in the little moments I have spent with him. Wild Wood was a song sung at my first ever gig when I was 16, so to be able to sing it with him now 10 years later feels like a career full-circle moment and I’m truly honoured he’s up for doing it!”

Due to COVID restrictions in place, the event will not be able to host a physical audience but will be live-streamed on The Barbican’s website. The event will also enjoy coverage across multiple BBC platforms including TV, Radio, online, BBC I player and BBC Sounds.  On 13th June, the full event will be aired on BBC Radio 2 with highlights broadcasted on Gideon Coe’s show on 17th June. Later on, in June, the event will be broadcasted on television, presented by Edith Bowman on BBC two.

Tickets will go on sale at 10am this Friday, 11th December, with a limited number of in-person tickets available to allow social distancing guidelines to be followed, priced between £20 and £30. Alternatively, fans can watch the live-stream, with tickets costing £12.50.

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The show is part of the ‘Live From The Barbican’ series, which will see numerous artists take to the stage including Jonny Greenwood, Anna Meredith, and This Is The Kit. When the series began in September, managing director Nicholas Kenyon said, “The autumn concerts have been designed and produced with both digital streaming and live audiences in mind and developed entirely in-house. This has made us more flexible and agile, and we hope to continue to use this technology in the future to bring our programming to wider audiences on and offline, nationally and internationally.”

‘Kitchen Sink’ is Shah’s 11-track album, released in June as her fourth LP. On the most popular track ‘Trad’, the artist explores feminism in her usual art-rock style of writing, with a satirical take on marriage and expectations placed on women. In an Instagram post, she explained that the song as “a plea from a woman to a partner begging for a promise of marriage.” The song’s haunting music video has gained 5,000 views in only two weeks.