The Bends
"The Bends" was released on 13 March 1995. Radiohead toured in the UK from February to late March in support of "The Bends". Audience reception was overwhelmingly positive, and many of the dates were sold out. One date on the tour, at Sheffield, was canceled due to Yorke contracting a stomach flu. The band went on to perform in Japan and North America; Radiohead would cross the US six times in promotion of "The Bends". Yorke and Jonny Greenwood also played a number of new acoustic sets, though Greenwood stated around this time that "We do hate this acoustic thing. It's "evil", the idea." By the time the US tour for "The Bends" officially began, Yorke had a build-up of fluid in his ears from his regular airplane flying, which worried him that he was going deaf. On the debut show of the tour in Boston, Yorke lashed out at moshers in the crowd, yelling and hitting one with his guitar. On 29 May, Yorke had a "breakdown" and begged tour manager Tim Greaves to book him a flight back to England. Other members of the band were also suffering from stress and fatigue, with O'Brien noting "We had two weeks off last year [in 1994], and we've been together every single day since January this year." In spite of Radiohead's touring, "The Bends" did not perform as well as "Pablo Honey" in the US, though it reached the top ten charts in the UK.