Radiohead Announce 2012 Tour Dates

Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs on the Park Stage during the second day of Glastonbury Festival 2011

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Radiohead have revealed dates for the first leg of their first full-on tour of the United States since 2008. The band will kick off the tour in Miami on February 27th, just over a year after the release of their most recent record, The King of Limbs. Oklahoma indie rockers Other Lives will be the opening act for this run of shows.

The band will confirm further dates for their North American tour in the near future. The following dates will go on sale on November 12th, with the exception of the show in Tampa, Florida, which will go on sale November 19th.

2/27 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
2/29 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
3/1 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
3/3 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
3/5 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
3/7 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
3/9 St. Louis, MO - Scotttrade Center
3/11 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
3/13 Broomfield, CO - 1stBank Center
3/15 Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena

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“Piano Man”

Billy Joel | 1973

Billy Joel’s first hit, “Piano Man,” was – ironically – an autobiographical lament about how his first album wasn’t a hit. When Cold Spring Harbor didn’t take off, Joel briefly became a lounge pianist in Los Angeles, and this song, about that experience, expressed his frustrations and fears at the time: “And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar/And say, ‘Man, what are you doing here?’” “It was all right,” Joel said later, about the gig. “I got free drinks and union scale, which was the first steady money I’d made in a long time.”

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