{"id":634219,"date":"2026-06-12T04:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634219\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:02:13","slug":"the-strokes-delay-new-album-reality-awaits-and-announce-huge-homecoming-new-york-show-with-beach-house-and-fcukers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634219\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strokes delay new album ‘Reality Awaits’ and announce huge homecoming New York show with Beach House and Fcukers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Strokes<\/a> have announced a huge New York show with Beach House<\/a> and Fcukers<\/a>, and pushed back the release date for new album \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated record is the seventh from the New York indie icons, and the follow-up to 2020\u2019s \u2018The New Abnormal<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was originally set to arrive on June 26, and has so far been previewed by the chic lead single \u2018Going Shopping<\/a>\u2019 and the nostalgic \u2018Falling Out Of Love<\/a>\u2019. Now, The Strokes have confirmed that the release date has been pushed back to July 24. Pre-order it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While no reason has been shared for the delay, Julian Casablancas<\/a> and co. have confirmed a massive homecoming show in New York, taking place on October 2.<\/p>\n

Set to be held at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, this will mark their first New York City headline show since 2023, and will see them joined by Beach House, TV on the Radio<\/a> and Fcukers on the bill.<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale next Thursday (June 18) at 10am ET, and pre-sale options will be available from Wednesday June 17. Queens local residents (11368, 11355, 11375, and 11367 zip codes) will also be eligible for a 20 per cent discount on general admission tickets.<\/p>\n

Visit here<\/a> for tickets, and here<\/a> to sign up for pre-sale access.<\/p>\n

The new date in New York builds on an already-busy year of touring for The Strokes. They have already performed at Coachella 2026<\/a> \u2013 where they called out the CIA and the United States government<\/a> in their set \u2013 and are now getting ready for more festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Summer Sonic and more.<\/p>\n

They also have announced a huge tour visiting the UK, North America, Europe and Japan.<\/a> It will be their first full run of headline dates in the UK and Ireland in over 20 years, and gigs include stops at London\u2019s O2. Support comes from Thundercat<\/a>, Cage the Elephant<\/a>, Hamilton Leithauser<\/a>, Fat White Family<\/a>, Alex Cameron and \u00d6L\u00dcM, and more dates have been added<\/a> due to huge demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of these shows will see The Strokes perform without guitarist Nick Valensi, as the band confirmed recently that he would be taking a \u201ctemporary break\u201d<\/a> from playing live.<\/p>\n

The first two songs to be shared from \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 have received a mixed response from fans, with many being divided over the use of a vocoder on Julian Casablancas<\/a>\u2019 voice \u2013 which gives it the same distinctive sound as seen on the hit 2013 Daft Punk<\/a> collab \u2018Instant Crush\u2019 and later tracks like 2020\u2019s \u2018At the Door\u2019.<\/p>\n

In response to some backlash, guitarist and keyboard player Albert Hammond Jr has hit back at critics<\/a> and described \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 as his \u201cfavourite album\u201d The Strokes have ever done. <\/p>\n

He also said that working with Rick Rubin<\/a> on the record was \u201cone of his favourite recording experiences\u201d<\/a> as a musician.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 dropped earlier in 2026, NME gave the single a three-star review <\/a>and described it as a song that \u201cdoesn\u2019t feel bold\u201d but also \u201cdoes avoid playing anything safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou couldn\u2019t definitively place its sound on any of The Strokes\u2019 previous six albums, but the lack of spirit and tenacity \u2013 save for a guitar solo at the end \u2013 is noticeable,\u201d the review read. \u201c\u2018If you\u2019re better than me you don\u2019t have to judge me\u2019, signs off Casablancas, with an imaginary raised eyebrow. But perhaps even he would admit that The Strokes are better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other Strokes news, Julian Casablancas has been announced as a guest at the prestigious Oxford Union debate society<\/a>, and the band have also played new material for the first time on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Strokes have announced a huge New York show with Beach House and Fcukers, and pushed back the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,3583,7632,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-634219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-indie","tag-live-music-news","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}