Roadtrip? Radiohead Confirms Houston & Dallas Tour Dates

The first segment of Radiohead's North American tour has been announced, and Austin gets the shaft: Houston's Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion will get a show on May 17, and Dallas' Superpages.com Center (!) will host the Brits on May 18. Tickets go on sale Thursday (Valentine's day) via W.A.S.T.E. with general on-sales following on February 16.

Plenty of Austinites will make the drive to H-town or Dallas for one of these shows, but before gritting your teeth at a possible slap in the Live Music Capital's face, consider the fact that the Southern leg of the tour is a Live Nation (a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications) string of events. Perhaps Austin's lack of a dot com super structure is what held local promoters from successful bids on the event. Other shows on the tour include stops at a Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre and the historic Cruzan Amphitheatre (formerly Sound Advice Amphitheatre) in sunny West Palm Beach.

No word on whether or not we get to choose our own ticket price, but check here on Feb. 16 to buy tickets and make your decision.

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By Paige Maguire in Arts & Entertainment on February 12, 2008 2:52 PM 0 Comments

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stevenelliott

Ok let me help.

I lived in Houston all my life then went to UT for 4 years and then lived in Austin for 2 years after that. I have seen radiohead on every tour in Houston (Woodlands). There is a true story about Radiohead and Houston. Once they opened for REM and the crowd loved them so much that Tom told the crowd no matter what they would always come back! TRUE I was there when he said it! That sounds dumb but he kept his word! In 2001 they did songs that they did ONCE on that tour, the Houston show! THREE Encores, THREE. The show was 3 hours long!!!! So if you go to Dallas you will get a good show, but go to the woodlands for the best show you will ever see! No Kidding!

charlesv

man, between this and the glow in the dark tool w/ kanye and lupe, i'm gonna be doing some traveling this year

JohnM

I like the one in Houston, and I've been told that it's better than the one in Dallas. Smaller capacity, too - 13,000 compared to 20,000 in Dallas.

I might do both

deadflowers

Interesting fact: Live Nation has absolutely no venues in Austin, which is probably why we've been bypassed :( The good news? Perhaps Radiohead will play Lollapalooza.