{"id":614550,"date":"2026-04-19T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:54:09","slug":"the-strokes-end-coachella-with-video-targeting-cia-us-actions-in-gaza-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614550\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strokes End Coachella with Video Targeting CIA, US Actions in Gaza and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/the-strokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Strokes<\/a> delivered the most provocative political statement of Coachella 2026 with a video criticizing the United States over the alleged assassinations of multiple world leaders and its actions in Gaza and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>As the band played the song \u201cOblivious,\u201d a video montage displayed images of leaders purportedly targeted by the CIA, including Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, Bolivian President Juan Jos\u00e9 Torres, Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, Guatemalan President Jacobo \u00c1rbenz, Chilean President Salvador Allende, and Ecuadorian President Jaime Rold\u00f3s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:the-strokes*2026-tour-button\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fthe-strokes-tickets%2Fperformer%2F3862\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Get The Strokes Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video also stated the US government was \u201cfound guilty\u201d of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s murder in a civil trial, a reference to 1999\u2019s King family v. Loyd Jowers in which a jury found restaurant owner Loyd Jowers and \u201cothers, including government agencies,\u201d liable for King\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>The montage ended with a message claiming that more than 30 universities in Iran have been destroyed during America\u2019s war with Iran, followed by a final image of \u201cthe last university standing in Gaza\u201d being blown up in a military strike.<\/p>\n<p>The Strokes will put out their new album, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/the-strokes-announce-new-album-reality-awaits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reality Awaits<\/a>, on June 26th. The band will embark on an <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/the-strokes-2026-headlining-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">extensive tour<\/a> in support of the release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheStrokes\/comments\/1spkk25\/oblivius_coachella_2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OBLIVIUS \u2013 Coachella 2026<\/a><br \/>by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Leather_Spray7942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">u\/Leather_Spray7942<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheStrokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TheStrokes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Strokes delivered the most provocative political statement of Coachella 2026 with a video criticizing the United States&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-614550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}