It was a homecoming of sorts for Radiohead on Friday night, when the Oxfordshire-bred band played its first show in the U.K. in eight years at London’s O2 Arena.

This month, the iconic alt-rock group — fronted by Thom Yorke and consisting of guitarist Jonny Greenwood, bassist Colin Greenwood, drummer Philip Selway and guitarist/backing vocalist Ed O’Brien — has embarked on its first tour in nearly a decade, playing four-night residencies in Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin. With two cities before it, London attendees had an idea of what to expect (for example, that Radiohead would be playing in the round on a stage in the center of the floor), but not much can prepare one for the feeling of witnessing a band some thought may never return.

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