Strokes confirm world tour

The Strokes have confirmed a 2026 world tour, turning a Coachella weekend set into a full album rollout for *Reality Awaits*. (brooklynvegan.com) The band’s tour starts June 12 at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, then moves through North America before October arena dates in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bologna, Barcelona, Paris and Newcastle. Live Nation lists headline stops including Clarkston, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Red Rocks, Vancouver, Seattle and Florida dates in Tampa and Hollywood. (livenation.com) BrooklynVegan reported that Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and ÖLÜM will split support duties across the run. The Strokes’ official site also shows 2026 festival bookings at Coachella, Minnesota Yacht Club, Outside Lands, Summer Sonic, Just Like Heaven, Shaky Knees and Sea.Hear.Now. (brooklynvegan.com) (thestrokes.com) The tour is tied to *Reality Awaits*, the band’s seventh studio album, due June 26 on Cult Records and RCA Records. It is their first album since 2020’s *The New Abnormal*, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2021. (sonymusic.ca) (grammy.com) The new campaign started one week earlier with “Going Shopping,” the album’s first single. Sony Music said the album was recorded in Costa Rica with producer Rick Rubin and finished “around the globe.” (sonymusic.ca) Coachella supplied the second piece of the rollout. Setlist.fm’s record of the band’s April 11 show in Indio, California says The Strokes played 15 songs, opening with “Bad Decisions,” debuting “Going Shopping,” and closing with “What Ever Happened?” (setlist.fm) That set leaned on the band’s first three albums and *The New Abnormal*, with five songs from *Is This It*, four from *Room on Fire*, three from *The New Abnormal*, two from *First Impressions of Earth* and one new track from *Reality Awaits*. BrooklynVegan said the band also posted video from the Coachella performance as part of Monday’s announcement. (setlist.fm) (brooklynvegan.com) The timing gives The Strokes a summer release date, a festival-heavy calendar and their biggest scheduled tour since the long gap after *The New Abnormal*. By June 26, the new record and the road show will arrive together. (sonymusic.ca) (livenation.com)