By The Riff Report Blog – where the weird meets the wonderful and Thom Yorke floats through stained glass windows 😱🕊️
Hold onto your existential dread and get your robes ready, butt – because 2026 is getting a bit holy! 🙌
An Evening of Radiohead is officially touring cathedrals across the UK and Ireland, and it might just be the most beautifully melancholic thing you’ll see next year.
Presented by the moody masterminds at Let Me In Presents, this isn’t just a gig. It’s a full-blown sonic pilgrimage. A full band, a string quartet, and acoustics that’ll make you question the meaning of life mid-“Pyramid Song.” 🥀⛪🎻
🎤 What is An Evening of Radiohead?
A special immersive performance featuring the music of Radiohead – reimagined for cathedral settings. Expect string arrangements, haunting vocals, and a setlist spanning classics and deep cuts. It’s not the actual band, but it’s a full band + quartet tribute that’s earned a rep for being breathtaking.
If Thom Yorke’s voice already makes you feel like you’re floating – imagine it echoing through a gothic cathedral while a string section saws away at “How to Disappear Completely.” YESS MUN! 🖤
📅 FULL 2026 TOUR DATES (Confirmed So Far)
Below is the announced list of venues for 2026, with more dates to be revealed according to Let Me In Presents 👇
| 📍 Venue | 📆 Date | 📍 City |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Cathedral | Feb 21, 2026 | Liverpool |
| Sheffield Cathedral | Feb 22, 2026 | Sheffield |
| Glasgow Cathedral | Feb 23, 2026 | Glasgow |
| Manchester Cathedral | Mar 1, 2026 | Manchester |
| Durham Cathedral | Mar 2, 2026 | Durham |
| York Minster | Mar 3, 2026 | York |
| Ely Cathedral | Mar 15, 2026 | Ely |
| Winchester Cathedral | Mar 16, 2026 | Winchester |
| Exeter Cathedral | Mar 17, 2026 | Exeter |
| Bristol Cathedral | Apr 6, 2026 | Bristol |
| St David’s Cathedral | Apr 7, 2026 | Wales (Pembrokeshire) 🏴 |
| Dublin Christ Church Cathedral | Apr 8, 2026 | Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 |
| Belfast Cathedral | Apr 9, 2026 | Belfast |
🎟️ TICKET PRICES
Let Me In Presents is keeping it (relatively) affordable for the angels and sinners alike:
- 💺 Standard Seating – £32.50
- 🎻 Premium Seating (Front Rows) – £45
- 🌌 VIP Soundcheck + Print Package – £69.50 (includes early entry, exclusive artwork print, and a peek at rehearsal!)
Tickets are expected to go on sale in September 2025, with early-bird pre-sale signups now available at:
👉 letmeinpresents.com/an-evening-of-radiohead-2026-tour-info
🎨 The Creative Team
This isn’t your average tribute show with a wig and a backing track. The visuals and sound are crafted with the kind of detail you’d expect from a Radiohead-themed art gallery. 🖤🎭
- Artwork by @imogenmelhuish_design
- Sound Design by @joshsemans (the man behind the haunting ondes Martenot vibes)
- Photography by @ok_odessa
Expect eerie lighting, immersive visuals, and a crowd respectfully sobbing into pew cushions. 🕯️😢
🎵 Possible Setlist Highlights (based on past shows):
- Pyramid Song
- Let Down
- Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
- Everything in Its Right Place
- Nude
- Daydreaming
- Exit Music (For a Film)
- Motion Picture Soundtrack
- A Moon Shaped Pool tracks galore
If they play “True Love Waits” in a cathedral, I swear we’ll all dissolve into puddles. 💧
🤘 Why This Tour Slaps (Like, Spiritually)
- 🎼 Acoustics so pure, Thom Yorke might astrally project
- 🕍 Gothic settings that match the drama of “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
- 🎻 Live strings! You can feel the cello in your bones
- 💀 No mosh pit… just mutual reverence and moodiness
🧘♀️ Final Thoughts from The Riff Report
This isn’t for your average festival lad in a bucket hat. This is for the emotional rock disciple. The ones who sit in the rain at Glasto thinking about In Rainbows. The ones who’d whisper “Radiohead saved my life” and mean it.
Cathedrals. Strings. Existential rock.
C’mon butt, this might just be the most lush gig of 2026. 🎫🎻⛪
📢 Stay tuned to @theriffreportuk for pre-sale alerts, setlist leaks, emotional breakdowns, and possibly a pilgrimage guide.
#aneveningofradiohead #radiohead #cathedralvibes #letmeinpresents #emochurch #amoonshapedpool #diolchthomyorke
