Radiohead Copy NIN, Announce U.S. Tour Dates

In a skanky and catty move obviously designed to instigate an old-fashioned Oxford slap-fight, English tea-drinkers Radiohead announced the second leg of their North American tour, flying in the face of North American residents Nine Inch Nails, who got there first.

Just kidding, it was only a joke, please put away the coat hanger. Seriously, NME.com announced the remainder of the press-consuming band’s tour dates Monday, ending the suspense felt by countless web stalkers and beginning the nerve-wracking countdown to acquire tickets in the tiny window before they sell out.

Radiohead’s dark, but pensively uplifting, tour path will start August 1st in Chicaga-palooza, where they meet up with fellow Internet-jockeys Nine Inch Nails, and where slaps will doubtless be thrown. The band and its entourage of rabid taggers-along will continue throughout the Midwest and northern states, venturing into the great white north of Canada, and ending with not one but three yummy southern California dates. Ticket sale times vary, so get online or set your ticket alerts ASAP. I, for one, am clearing my calendar for the morning of Saturday, April 12 in order to get in on the Hollywood Bowl action. Godspeed, North America. Tour dates below.

8/1 - Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
8/3 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/4 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
8/6 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean Drapeau
8/8, 9 - Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park All Points West Music & Arts Festival
8/12 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
8/13 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center For the Performing Arts
8/15 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
8/19 - Vancouver, BC - Thunderbird Stadium
8/20 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
8/22 - San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
8/24, 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
8/27 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
8/28 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl