Radiohead’s ‘Motion Picture House: Kid A mnesia’ to Premiere at Coachella, Then Play in Installations in Four Cities

In an unusually worded announcement, Radiohead “have confirmed the impending existence” of “Motion Picture House featuring Kid A Mnesia” — in other words, announced dates and locations where fans can experience “a large scale audiovisual installation built to house ‘Kid A Mnesia,’” a film comprised of the artwork Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood created during the making of the Radiohead albums “Kid A” and “Amnesiac,” set to a soundtrack derived from those original multitracks.

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The band will not be performing at these installations, although the band recently announced plans to play 20 concerts on different continents per year, starting in 2027.

“Motion Picture House featuring Kid A Mnesia” will premiere on Friday (April 10) at the Coachella festival in Indio, CA., and be open to all ticket holders, then the exhibition will be staged in Brooklyn, Chicago, Mexico City and San Francisco — details below.

Motion Picture House will also host galleries featuring full scale artwork by Yorke and Donwood from that era. 

The announcement continues, Fans will recall the KID A MNESIA exhibition directed by Sean Evans and featured on Epic Games Store and PS5, aptly described by The Verge as “unsettling and beautiful.” KID A MNESIA was originally intended as an experience in a physical space and while the pandemic necessitated Epic Games’ Unreal Engine transporting the project to a virtual world, Motion Picture House is the actualization of the original idea: an opportunity for audiences to be completely enveloped in the world of Kid A and Amnesiac. In the flesh, on a large scale and featuring a custom built 6-point surround system for which the music was specifically remixed, KID A MNESIA features a narrative designed by its creators — in Thom Yorke’s words — “in which a Monster is trapped in a derelict museum of the lost & forgotten.” Gorgeous, visceral and slightly anxiety-inducing, KID A MNESIA is an epic wander through the masterpieces that inspired it—a time and place that 25 years ago, Radiohead cautioned us to enter at our own peril.

KID A MNESIA will debut underground at Coachella’s brand new bunker… yes, it’s an actual 17,000 square foot bunker with 38 foot high ceilings buried beneath the Empire Polo Fields that host Coachella, specifically created for KID A MNESIA. All Coachella ticket holders are eligible to enter.

Following Coachella, Motion Picture House: KID A MNESIA will appear in a handful of cities across North America for a limited time:

May 6 – 31

Brooklyn – Agger Fish Building

July 30- August 23

Chicago – Cinespace Studio

October 27- November 15

Mexico City – La Maravilla Studios

January 14 – February 7

San Francisco – Palace of Fine Arts

Tickets to the above engagements are available Thursdays through Sundays in two-hour slots: 75 minutes for the audiovisual experience and extra time to explore the gallery and the surrounding space.

In an attempt to eliminate bots and third parties, Radiohead will use Fair AXS: designed to make ticket buying more fair and transparent. Fans are invited to pre-register at kida-mnesia.com where they will be randomly selected for the opportunity to access pre-sale tickets.

The pre-registration window is open now through April 12 at 11:59 pm PT. Fans must register during this period to be eligible for the presale, which begins Wednesday, April 22. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Friday, April 24 at 10 am local time.