The Strokes have announced a major world tour in support of their upcoming album, Reality Awaits, adding to an already packed spring and summer schedule that includes a recent Coachella performance and festival appearances at Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. The newly revealed run begins in June and stretches through October, with dates scheduled across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan.
The tour opens on June 12 at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, before moving through a series of North American arena and amphitheater shows. Stops include Clarkston, Michigan; Chicago; Toronto; Boston; Philadelphia; Columbia, Maryland; Richmond, Virginia; Cincinnati; Noblesville, Indiana; Milwaukee; Saint Paul; and two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Later summer dates include festival appearances at Minnesota Yacht Club, Outside Lands, Summer Sonic in Tokyo and Osaka, Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, and additional concerts in Bend, Vancouver, and Seattle.
The Strokes will then continue into the fall with performances in Tampa, Hollywood, Florida, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Asbury Park before heading overseas for a European leg that begins in London on October 6. From there, the band is set to play major venues in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Bologna, Barcelona, Paris, Newcastle, Manchester, and Dublin, closing the tour on October 28 at Dublin’s 3Arena.
A notable feature of the announcement is the lineup of support acts, which includes Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, Alex Cameron, and ÖLÜM. Different openers will join the band on different dates throughout the run, adding variety to the live shows across the tour’s multiple legs.
Ticket pre-sales are scheduled to begin on April 15, with the general public sale starting April 17. Fans interested in pre-sale access must register by April 14 at 9 a.m. ET through the band’s website.
With this tour, The Strokes are positioning Reality Awaits as one of the biggest rock releases of the year, pairing a new album cycle with an extensive international live campaign. The band’s schedule now spans some of the most prominent festivals and arenas in the U.S. and abroad, underscoring continued demand for one of the defining rock acts of the last two decades.
