Radiohead Schedules U.S. Tour, EMI Exploits Band's Success

Radiohead hasn't toured North America in two long years. The British group, whose discography consists mostly of what one might call "new classics," is as widely hailed in the U.S. as they are in their homeland. So where's the love?

The band announced Tuesday that it will begin an eight-concert tour May 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to E! News. From there they will hit up Georgia and Texas and then head to Dublin for the European leg of the tour. Luckily, they plan to return to the U.S. in August in order to visit the big cities like New York, LA, Boston, and Chicago.

Radiohead recently released the album "In Rainbows," which experimented with music marketing by allowing fans to choose what price they wanted to pay for it. Despite all the attention that this fact alone brought the record, "In Rainbows" was one of the most lauded records of the year by both fans and critics. Though the record was available only through the band's own website, reports placed the number of downloads at over 1 million. The album has since been re-released in the traditional format and continues to sell.

EMI plans to capitalize on and exploit the band's success by releasing a Radiohead greatest-hits album this spring. Radiohead does not support this project and made it clear they will have nothing to do with promoting it.