Radiohead drummer hopes band will tour for years to come

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Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has said he hopes the band will continue touring for many years after its successful reunion concerts.

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has given an update on the band's future following its return to live performances after a seven-year absence. The band reunited for a series of European concerts last year and is now preparing for 21 shows in Australia and Japan in May and June next year.

Speaking to The Times, Selway, 59, described the reunion concerts as 'uplifting' and said: 'The whole tour felt very precious, how lucky we are to have gone from being a school band and still feeling like a school band but being better at doing it 40 years on.' He added: 'I hope we go on touring for a long time. Who knows if we'll still be able to do this in a decade but I hope we go on and do it for however long. There is a lot of love that underpins this.'

Radiohead formed at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire in the 1980s. The five-piece band, comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Selway, became one of Britain's most internationally successful alternative rock groups. Members spent years on other projects before the reunion.

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Radiohead star gives update on future of band after touring comebackRadiohead drummer Philip Selway has spoken about what the future could hold for the Oxfordshire-formed band following its return to touring.Oxford Mail · 2 Nov, 17:00
Radiohead star gives update on future of band after touring comebackRadiohead drummer Philip Selway has spoken about what the future could hold for the Oxfordshire-formed band following its return to touring.Oxfordshire Guardian · 2 Nov, 17:00

In this story: Radiohead · Philip Selway · Thom Yorke · Jonny Greenwood · Colin Greenwood · Ed O'Brien · Abingdon School · Oxfordshire

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