Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009) is a 12-track live album released digitally on August 13, 2025. Its performances were recorded in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Dublin between 2003 and 2009. Thom Yorke said revisiting the archive recordings while working on a Shakespeare theatre production helped prompt the release.
Why Radiohead released these live recordings
Yorke connected the album to arrangements he was developing for the Shakespeare production Hamlet/Hail to the Thief. In the release note on Radiohead’s Bandcamp page, he said he requested archive performances while thinking about the production, was struck by the energy of the band’s playing and felt the recordings should be released. XL Recordings’ release page also reproduces his explanation.
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“I was shocked by the kind of energy behind the way we played. I barely recognised us, and it helped me find a way forward.”
Yorke described the process as cathartic. His comments frame the album not simply as a collection of concert versions, but as recordings that took on new meaning while he was working on the theatre production.
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What is on the 12-track album?
The track sequence, corroborated by the official label page, follows the original album’s arc through live performances:
- “2 + 2 = 5 (Live)”
- “Sit Down. Stand Up (Live)”
- “Sail To The Moon (Live)”
- “Go To Sleep (Live)”
- “Where I End and You Begin (Live)”
- “We Suck Young Blood (Live)”
- “The Gloaming (Live)”
- “There, There (Live)”
- “I Will (Live)”
- “Myxomatosis (Live)”
- “Scatterbrain (Live)”
- “A Wolf At the Door (Live)”
The performances were drawn from shows in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Dublin across 2003–2009; the official listing does not assign each track to a specific city or concert.
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Release date, credits and formats
The album became available digitally on August 13, 2025. Ben Baptie mixed the recordings and Matt Colton mastered them, according to the artist listing.
Radiohead’s Bandcamp page lists digital, CD and LP editions, including black and red LP variants. The prices displayed when the page was checked were £9.99 or more for digital, £24.99 for each LP and £10.99 for the CD; these are time-sensitive page prices, not guarantees of current cost or availability. The page also showed very low stock for some formats. Check the official Bandcamp listing or XL Recordings page for current options. Choose a format based on your playback setup, preference and verified local availability; the release information does not establish a sound-quality advantage for one edition.
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