{"id":9491,"date":"2026-03-17T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ed-obrien-solo-album-radiohead-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:00","slug":"ed-obrien-solo-album-radiohead-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ed-obrien-solo-album-radiohead-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed O\u2019Brien Plots Solo LP, 2027 Radiohead Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"969\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Ed O&#8217;Brien (photo: Steve Gullick).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following a late 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2025\/12\/radiohead-postpone-copenhagen-gigs\/\" target=\"_blank\">reunion tour<\/a> with Radiohead after a seven-year hiatus, guitarist Ed O\u2019Brien has wrapped his second solo album, the Paul Epworth-produced <em>Blue Morpho<\/em>, which will be out May 22 on Transgressive. Its title track is can be sampled below.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien made the album in the midst of the worst period of depression of his life. Per a press release, he \u201cbegan a daily ritual, immersing himself in the breathing and cold-exposure teachings of Wim Hof, then retreating into his small London studio, playing guitar for hours until his brain began to fray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/lollapalooza-chicago-lineup\/\">Lollapalooza Lures Charli xcx, Tate, Lorde<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/jay-z-roots-picnic\/\">Newly Umlauted JA\u0178-Z Set For Roots Picnic<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-ambiguous-desire\/\">Arlo Parks Finds Love, On And Off The Dance Floor<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"UpUcOeJ3I1U\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As the material developed, O\u2019Brien connected unexpectedly with Epworth through their kids\u2019 mutual school as well as engineer Riley MacIntyre. Radiohead drummer Phil Selway plays drums on  two tracks, while Shabaka Hutchings chips in on flute following a conversation about acoustics with O\u2019Brien at the Glastonbury festival. In addition, T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits arranged strings performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, while U.K. production legend Flood (U2, PJ Harvey) offered suggestions on sequencing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Blue Morpho<\/em> will be augmented with a short film dubbed <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mtMWee_CgGo\" target=\"_blank\">The Three Act Play<\/a><\/em>, with further details to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, O\u2019Brien set hearts aflutter during an interview at South by Southwest, when he confirmed Radiohead would return to the road in 2027 and henceforth would play 20 shows every year on a different continent. \u201cNo more, no less,\u201d he said. For now, there\u2019s no official news about the concept.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/02\/radiohead-let-down-ice-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Late last month<\/a>, the band decried the unapproved use of a choral version of its classic song \u201cLet Down\u201d in a post on the U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Control\u2019s official Instagram page. \u201cThis song means a lot to us and other people, and you don\u2019t get to appropriate it without a fight.\u00a0Also, go fuck yourselves,\u201d they wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed O&#8217;Brien (photo: Steve Gullick). 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