{"id":678606,"date":"2026-11-08T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/678606\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:52:08","slug":"watch-the-strokes-perform-lonely-in-the-future-and-going-shopping-with-walton-goggins-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/678606\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The Strokes perform \u2018Lonely In The Future\u2019 and \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 with Walton Goggins on \u2018SNL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Strokes<\/a> have performed two tracks from their latest album on Saturday Night Live<\/a>, with Walton Goggins making a surprise appearance \u2013 watch footage below.<\/p>\n

The New York indie icons appeared on the show yesterday (November 7), with comedian and social media personality Druski hosting the latest episode.<\/p>\n

They opened with \u2018Lonely In The Future\u2019, before returning later in the show to perform \u2018Going Shopping\u2019, both taken from their seventh studio album \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019<\/a>, which arrived in July.<\/p>\n

For the latter track, the group were joined by Goggins, who played bongos alongside the band, reprising his association with the song after starring in its music video earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 video, directed by Johann Rashid, paid homage to Paul Simon<\/a>\u2018s \u2018You Can Call Me Al\u2019, with Goggins taking the role originally played by Chevy Chase in the 1986 clip.<\/p>\n

Watch both performances here:<\/p>\n

Speaking about his involvement at the time, the White Lotus<\/a> actor said it had been an unexpected dream come true.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever had the audacity to put something like this on my bucket list,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 was \u201cso gatdamn special\u201d.<\/p>\n

The latest performances marked The Strokes\u2019 fifth appearance on SNL, following previous visits in 2002, 2006, 2011 and 2020.<\/p>\n

Their last appearance came on Halloween 2020<\/a>, when they played \u2018The Adults Are Talking\u2019 and \u2018Bad Decisions\u2019 from their sixth album \u2018The New Abnormal\u2019<\/a>. That episode was hosted by John Mulaney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The band are currently touring in support of \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019, their first album in six years, which was recorded in Costa Rica with producer Rick Rubin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NME awarded the record four stars<\/a>, praising the band\u2019s willingness to experiment and concluding that they sounded \u201cmore alive and locked in than they have in years\u201d.<\/p>\n

The group recently wrapped up their first full UK and Ireland headline tour in more than two decades, including two nights at London\u2019s O2 Arena and shows in Newcastle, Manchester and Dublin.<\/p>\n

Their London performance received a five-star review from NME<\/a>, which concluded: \u201cIn the 25 years since their first UK show, The Strokes have had their ups and downs, and their moments when it felt like they\u2019d rather be doing anything but playing together. Right now, though, they\u2019re firmly on a high \u2013 doing things their way and sounding as vital as they ever have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guitarist Nick Valensi has been absent from the tour, having announced a temporary break from the band in May<\/a>, with Longwave\u2019s Steve Schiltz filling in.<\/p>\n

Last month, Valensi made a surprise appearance with Duran Duran in Paris<\/a>, while Casablancas has previously reassured fans that the guitarist will return.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Phoebe Bridgers<\/a> will be next week\u2019s SNL musical guest, performing on November 14, with John Mulaney hosting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Strokes have performed two tracks from their latest album on Saturday Night Live, with Walton Goggins making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,636,60,278],"class_list":["post-678606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-indie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}