Bay Area rock fans don’t need Outside Lands ticket to catch the Strokes live in San Francisco this year.
The New York rock group is set to perform at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Monday, April 6 — four months before headlining the second day of the Golden Gate Park music festival on Aug. 8.
The Strokes’ return to the city will be their first local performance since the quintet, fronted by Julian Casablancas, last headlined Outside Lands in 2021.
Lauded for their nonchalant garage rock, the Strokes are heavily influenced by 1970s-era rock sounds made popular by such iconic bands as the Velvet Underground. Since forming in 1998, the group has been credited with bringing the genre back to the mainstream and inspiring modern acts such as the Arctic Monkeys and the Kooks.
While the Strokes haven’t released a new record since 2020’s critically acclaimed project “The New Abnormal,” which they never properly toured, some fans are hopeful that new music will come during this current trek.