Julian, Albert, Fabrizio, Nick and Nikolai can’t stop, won’t stop.
On Wednesday, May 13, The Strokes dropped the second single “Falling out of Love” off their upcoming seventh studio album “Reality Awaits.”
The downbeat yet dreamy track finds chameleonic lead singer Julian Casablancas channeling both Lou Reed’s detached style and Neil Young’s high-pitched warble to create a Voidz-ian swirling anthem punctuated by the numbing refrain “Fallin’ out of love for the first time/Some things are flawed by design/But I’m fine for the first time.”
No sugarcoating here; The Strokes speak their truth.
They’ll be doing a lot more of that — see Casablancas’ fiery, viral Coachella speeches for proof — when they hit the road this summer on their nationwide ‘Reality Awaits Tour’ with special guests Cage The Elephant, Thundercat, The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family and Alex Cameron.
Unfortunately, the “Reptilia” rockers don’t have a New York stop booked on this run but will hit venues accessible from the NJT.
First up, the Grammy winners are slated to stop into Philadelphia’s TD Pavilion at The Mann on Friday, June 26.
Then, a little less than three months later, the quintet will end their outing at Asbury Park’s annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Sunday, Sept. 20.
If you’d like to see The Strokes live, tickets are available for all North American ‘Reality Awaits Tour’ concerts.
At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on seats for any one gig was $57 including fees on SeatGeek.
Prices start at $126 including fees for their night in Philly.
Ahead of the tour and Coachella dates, Julian and co. headlined a pair of shows in San Francisco. The second show, which went down at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium was a 19-song affair, according to Set List FM.
Fan favorites like “Last Nite,” “What Ever Happened?,” “Someday,” “Hard to Explain” and (of course) “Reptilia all made the cut as did the recently-released “Reality Awaits” single “Going Shopping.”
For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about The Strokes’ ‘Reality Awaits Tour’ below.
The Strokes tour schedule 2026
A complete North American calendar including all tour (and festival) dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:
| The Strokes tour dates | Ticket prices start at |
|---|---|
| June 11-14 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN Four-day passes |
$442 (including fees) |
| June 12 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN Single-day passes |
$237 (including fees) |
| June 15 at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI | $62 (including fees) |
| June 17 at the United Center in Chicago, IL | $69 (including fees) |
| June 19 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $84 (including fees) |
| June 21 at the RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto, ON, CA | $134 (including fees) |
| June 23 at the TD Garden in Boston, MA | $128 (including fees) |
| June 26 at the TD Pavilion in Philadelphia, PA | $126 (including fees) |
| June 27 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD | $81 (including fees) |
| July 12 at the Allianz Amphitheater in Richmond, VA | $166 (including fees) |
| July 14 at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH | $80 (including fees) |
| July 15 at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, IN | $83 (including fees) |
| July 17 at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee, WI | $79 (including fees) |
| July 17-19 at Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in Saint Paul, MN Three-day passes |
$411 (including fees) |
| July 19 at Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in Saint Paul, MN Single-day passes |
$279 (including fees) |
| July 22 at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO | $180 (including fees) |
| July 23 at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO | $180 (including fees) |
| Aug. 7-9 at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, CA Three-day passes |
$1,042 (including fees) |
| Aug. 8 at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, CA Single-day passes |
$499 (including fees) |
| Aug. 22 at Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, CA Single-day passes |
$320 (including fees) |
| Aug. 25 at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, OR | $145 (including fees) |
| Aug. 27 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, CA | $132 (including fees) |
| Aug. 28 at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA | $63 (including fees) |
| Sept. 12 at the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, FL | $57 (including fees) |
| Sept. 13 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL | $143 (including fees) |
| Sept. 17 at the Truliant Amphitheater in Charlotte, NC | $88 (including fees) |
| Sept. 18-20 at the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta, GA Three-day passes |
$558 (including fees) |
| Sept. 18 at the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta, GA Single-day passes |
$282 (including fees) |
| Sept. 19-20 at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ Two-day passes |
$404 (including fees) |
| Sept. 20 at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ Single-day passes |
$360 (including fees) |
The Strokes 2026 festival appearances
On top of the tour, The Strokes are lending their talents to a number of major multi-day musical extravaganzas. If you want to see which one jives the best with you, here’s everything you need to know about each of them from venues to fellow headliners.
| The Strokes 2026 festival appearances |
|---|
| Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival June 11-14 at the Bonnaroo Manchester Farm in Manchester, TN Noah Kahan, Turnstile, Rüfüs Du Sol, Teddy Swims, Skrillex |
| Minnesota Yacht Club July 17-19 at Harriet Island in Saint Paul, MN The Lumineers, Matchbox Twenty, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Lord Huron |
| Outside Lands Festival Aug. 7-9 at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA Charli XCX, Rüfüs Du Sol, The XX, DJO, Turnstile |
| Just Like Heaven Festival Aug. 22 at the Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, CA LCD Soundsystem, TV Girl, Chromeo, The Rapture, Feist |
| Shaky Knees Festival Sept 18-20 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Wu-Tang Clan, Turnstile, Pavement |
| Sea.Hear.Now Festival Sept. 19-20 at North Beach in Asbury Park, NJ Mumford & Sons, The War on Drugs, The Offspring, Goo Goo Dolls, Pixies |
The Strokes set list
As noted above, The Strokes headlined at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in early April. Set List FM reported these were the songs they took to the stage:
01.) “Bad Decisions”
02.) “Hard to Explain”
03.) “Selfless”
04.) “Someday”
05.) “Going Shopping”
06.) “Juicebox”
07.) “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight”
08.) “Last Nite”
09.) “Under Control”
10.) “You Only Live Once”
11.) “The Adults Are Talking”
12.) “New York City Cops”
13.) “Reptilia”
14.) “Automatic Stop”
15.) “Take It or Leave It”
16.) “What Ever Happened?”
17.) “Ode to the Mets”
Encore
18.) “Call It Fate, Call It Karma”
19.) “Heart in a Cage”
The Strokes new music
In addition to the melancholy “Falling Out Of Love,” The Strokes dropped “Reality Awaits’” lead single “Going Shopping” in April.
The tropicalia-tinged tune feels like The Strokes in a minor key. A chilled-out but unmistakably Strokes-ian groove, Julian doing his auto-tuned Voidz thing…until the minute mark.
All of a sudden, the BPMs kick up a notch and a Dire Straits-esque sound pop and take the single to the next level. Catchy, fun, offbeat, this is summer music at its absolute best. Blast this one by the pool.
If you’d like to hear for yourself, you can find “Going Shopping” here.
The Strokes special guests
At all non-festival shows, The Strokes will be joined by an opening act. To make sure you’re familiar with their disparate sounds, you can find each artist’s most-streamed track on Spotify below.
Cage The Elephant: “Cigarette Daydreams”
Thundercat: “Funny Thing”
Hamilton Leithauser: “A 1000 Times”
Fat White Family: “Touch The Leather Redux”
Alex Cameron: “Stranger’s Kiss”
Huge artists on tour in 2026
Although there really is no group quite like The Strokes, here are just five of our favorites with similar sensibilities you won’t want to miss live these next few months.
• AC/DC
• Gorillaz
• Muse
Plus, don’t forget Geese is pounding the pavement all year.
Who else is out and about? Take a look at this list of all the biggest rockers on tour in 2026 to find the concert for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
By Matt Levy
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