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Radiohead have announced a backbreaking seven-date tour of England, Scotland, and Ireland this May. As was anticipated a couple weeks back by the popular music press, the band will play "in what for them, will be very small venues," according to their spokesperson. For example, London's Shepherds Bush Empire, where the band will close out the tour with two shows, has a standing-show capacity of just 2,000 screaming, obsessive fans. It's no surprise, then, that-- even though the tickets just went on sale at waste.uk.com Saturday-- the band has sold every damn last one of 'em.

n Unless you wanna pay through the teeth for scalped tickets, you might have a better chance of seeing Radiohead in Belgium, where the band have recently announced that they'll play the Rock Werchter festival on June 26th, along with Björk and Underworld. Headliners for other dates of the three-day festival include Massive Attack, Queens of the Festival Circuit, and R.E.M.

n And now, since we here at Pitchyorke News get a kickback every time we mention Radiohead on the site (thanks, Capitol Records!), here are further isolated snippets of information offered in an attempt to fill up the break room java jar:

n * "There There" will be the first single off their new album. According to NME, a Japanese retail outlet is advertising a May 19th release date, but May 26th is the confirmed UK drop date for the new track.

n * Radiohead's still-untitled new album will be released early in Japan. While it's still scheduled for a June 10th release in the U.S. (June 9th in the UK), according to HMV Japan, it's coming out on May 26th in the land of the rising sun.

n * Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead.

n Dates, including all festivals, look like this:

05-17 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-18 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-19 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Waterfront
05-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange
05-22 Manchester, UK - Apollo
05-24 London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
05-25 London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
06-13 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Schee\xDFel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-26 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
06-28 Glastonbury, UK - Glastonbury Festival
07-04 Belfort, France - Les Eurockennes Festival
07-17 Nimes, France - Nimes Arena

n Radiohead.