The Strokes’ global tour details

The Strokes have set a 2026 world tour that runs from June to October across North America, Japan, the United Kingdom and Europe. (newsroom.livenation.com) The run opens at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 12 and includes arena and amphitheater stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Seattle and two nights at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, before ending at Accor Arena in Paris on October 22. (newsroom.livenation.com) Support changes by date: Live Nation says Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and ÖLÜM are all booked for select shows, and presales start Wednesday, April 15, ahead of a general sale on Friday, April 17. (newsroom.livenation.com) The tour is tied to *Reality Awaits*, the band’s seventh studio album, which is due June 26 on Cult Records and RCA Records. It is their first album since *The New Abnormal*, released in 2020. (newsroom.livenation.com (consequence.net)) The new campaign started a week earlier with the single “Going Shopping,” which The Strokes first mailed to fans on cassette before putting the song on streaming services after a live debut in San Francisco. (nme.com) The routing also lands after a burst of festival bookings that has put the band back on major stages, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Shaky Knees and Summer Sonic in Japan. (newsroom.livenation.com (consequence.net)) In Britain, NME said the October dates mark The Strokes’ first full United Kingdom tour in 20 years, with London’s O2 scheduled for October 6 before the run moves to Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Bologna, Barcelona and Paris. (nme.com) The album was recorded in Costa Rica with producer Rick Rubin and finished in multiple locations, extending a comeback cycle that has moved from teaser videos and mailed cassettes to a full-scale global tour. (newsroom.livenation.com (nme.com))