Following their headline set at Coachella last weekend, The Strokes have today announced a full world tour running from June through to October, and it is exactly as big as you’d expect from a band releasing their first album in six years.
The tour spans North America, the UK, Europe and Japan, with stops that include two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, London’s The O2 on October 6, Paris’ Accor Arena on October 22, Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome on October 11, Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre and Boston’s TD Garden, among a truly staggering list of venues. The UK and European leg also takes in Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, Co-op Live in Manchester, and Dublin’s 3Arena.
Support across the tour reads like a festival lineup in its own right — Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and ÖLÜM all appear on select dates. The combination of Fat White Family and The Strokes at the O2 in October is a particularly exciting prospect.
All of this comes in support of Reality Awaits, the band’s seventh studio album, out June 26 via Cult Records/RCA Records. Recorded in Costa Rica with Rick Rubin and finished across various locations around the world, it’s their first new music since 2020’s The New Abnormal and the first single ‘Going Shopping’ — out now — has already confirmed the wait was worth it.
They’ve still got Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Summer Sonic Japan and more festival dates to come this spring and summer before the headline tour even begins. The Strokes are very much back.
Fan registration is open now at thestrokes.com. Presales begin Wednesday April 15, with general on sale Friday April 17.
Full dates and tickets at thestrokes.com.