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IDLES have announced the special guests for their homecoming Bristol Block Party, a two-night festival in August.In November, the punk band revealed plans for the event, which will see them take over Queen Square on August 1 and 2, the first mass live music concerts at the site in over two decades. Find any remaining tickets here.Now, the full line-ups have been unveiled for both nights.

Lizzo has shed light on the inspiration behind her upcoming album, and said that The Strokes were one of the bands she had on her “mood board”.The singer made the comment during a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, and spoke about what fans can expect from her forthcoming fifth album ‘Love In Real Life’. It marks Lizzo’s return to music since her 2022 LP ‘Special’ and her fifth studio LP.She announced news of the album when she previously released the LP’s title track as the lead single last month, and has since gone on to drop the unapologetic song ‘Still Bad’.Now, talking about how the title track reflects the sound of the album as a whole, Lizzo has explained that the indie disco sleaze element came from one band in particular.“The Strokes were just such a huge inspiration.

Julian Casablancas + The Voidz have shared their futuristic new single ‘Blue Demon’ from their forthcoming EP.The track features The Voidz’s signature synth-heavy experimental beats along with Casablancas’ auto-tuned heavy vocals singing: “And In The Name Of Our Lord & Savior We Fight Each Other / Like Two Brothers / Father Forgive Me Intifada / Too Many Babies / Dead Like Their Mothers,” describing a conflict.‘Blue Demon’ was teased on the band’s official Instagram account with a couple of posts created by AI. The first clip sees a news reporter reading a letter from Tron Cole – the band’s “former social media manager” – who threatened to leak the band’s new music.According to a press release, the track is the first taster from The Voidz’s forthcoming EP which is set for release sometime later this spring.

Julian Casablancas and The Voidz have announced a one-off London show for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The band are due to play at The Troxy in the capital on Saturday March 8 in support of their third and latest album, 2024’s ‘Like All Before You’.This will follow a newly confirmed appearance at Les InRocks Festival in Paris on Wednesday March 5. The Voidz are scheduled to perform at Le Centquatre in the French Capital.Tickets for the upcoming London gig go on general sale at 11am GMT this Friday (December 6) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has revealed that he’s refused to vote for the US Presidential elections – see what he had to say below.In 2020, along with the rest of The Strokes, Casablancas backed Bernie Sanders, who lost to Joe Biden in the race to become the Democratic party’s candidate for the presidency. The band performed at a rally for the Democrat candidate at the beginning of the year and later called for Biden to choose Sanders as his running mate in the election.Now, on the day of the US Presidential elections – which is being contested mainly by Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris – Casablancas shared a a post on social media that revealed his refusal to vote.In the post, he shared an image of an “I protested” badge.

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has said that the band’s classic hit single ‘Last Nite’ is “pretty dead to me”.Casablancas has often expressed his dismay at performing the band’s more popular, older songs in the past, admitting that he became “sick” of playing old hits live, saying “the music doesn’t move you” when playing the same tracks repeatedly in 2020.He added at the time: “When you’re growing up and imagining playing music, it is for the excitement, but the one aspect of doing it for a living that is a sadness you don’t anticipate is that you play songs so much, you become sick of them.“We hadn’t played for a while. So it was still fun, but when you start playing 30 or 40 shows, the music doesn’t move you.

Julian Casablancas has opened up on working with Charli XCX for her ‘Brat’ album remix.Charli confirmed The Strokes frontman would be amongst the 18 features on her ‘Brat’ remix album, and he eventually appeared on the song ‘Mean girls’.Now, Casablancas has spoken to Jimmy Fallon about the collaboration, saying: “That was very serendipitous. I actually can’t believe how fast it happened, I feel like it was a few weeks ago that she asked me, and I was in LA.

Julian Casablancas has spoken about why he’s “kind of stepped away a little bit” from The Strokes.Casablancas, who founded The Strokes in 1997, spoke to the LA Times about his decision to “step away” from the band. Their last album was 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal‘; since then, Casablancas has just released a new album with his experimental side project The Voidz, which dropped back in September.Speaking with LA Times, Casablancas was asked whether there was anything he missed about working with the Strokes or the Voidz, to which he replied: “Probably one direction more than the other. I don’t know if I can answer that without being offensive to someone.”When the LA Times presumed “that means you miss the Voidz”, Casablancas confirmed: “sometimes, yeah”.Casablancas was then asked whether he felt like he was contributing to an “opiate-of-the-masses vibe” when playing with The Strokes.

Julian Casablancas has shared that he feels no strong affinity to either party in the upcoming US election, referring to the candidates as “both sides of the same corporate coin”.In 2020, along with the rest of The Strokes, Casablancas backed Bernie Sanders, who lost to Joe Biden in the race to become the Democratic party’s candidate for the presidency. The band performed at a rally for the Democrat candidate at the beginning of the year and later called for Biden to choose Sanders as his running mate in the election.When asked how he felt about the upcoming US presidential election, however, the singer said: “Nothing”.

Ringo Starr’s EP with The Strokes‘ guitarist Nick Valensi, ‘Crooked Boy’, is now available on streaming after being originally released on exclusive vinyl for Record Store Day.The four-track EP was co-written with Linda Perry, who Starr previously worked with on the tracks ‘Coming Undone’ and ‘Everyone And Everything’.“I love what Linda did and I think all the songs are all great but one thing I did ask her was to write me a rocker,” the former Beatles drummer said in a statement. “And that’s ‘Gonna Need Someone’ and I love it! Nick Valensi plays guitars on it — and on all of the EP — and he is great.”The release of ‘Crooked Boy’ is accompanied by the visuals for one of its tracks, ‘Gonna Need Someone’, directed by Johann Rashid.Check out the video and the rest of the EP below:More new music from Starr, however, might soon be on the way.

Fontaines D.C., performing a cover of The Strokes‘ ‘Reptilia’ in 2014.The footage was shared on YouTube earlier this month by a channel that goes by the handle Fontaines D.C. Archive, and shows the members performing at the BIMM Music Institute back in 2014.The band’s performance at the music school comes as the members were once students at the Dublin site, and graduated shortly before they signed to Partisan Records, which is also the home to IDLES, Cigarettes After Sex and many more.In the clip, which is just over four minutes long, frontman Grian Chatten is seen chatting with the audience as the band ease their way into a rendition of The Strokes’ 2003 classic ‘Reptilia’, which arrived on the ‘Room On Fire’ album.From there, a lively rendition of the track follows and the crowd begin singing along.

The Strokes revived some live rarities during a benefit concert for Chicago congressional candidate Kina Collins over the weekend.The New York indie legends performed at Credit Union 1 Arena on Friday (March 8), the second time they have staged a gig to support Democrat candidate Collins, following a 2022 event.This weekend’s show took place on Collins’ birthday and saw Julian Casablancas and co. dust off some rare live tracks.The setlist included ‘You Talk Way Too Much’ from 2003’s ‘Room on Fire’, performed live for the first time since 2015, and ‘The Way It Is’ for the first time since 2019, along with ‘Drag Queen’ from their 2016 EP ‘Future Present Past’ for the first time since 2017.You can check out footage of the full set below.The set also included performances of ‘The Adults Are Talking’, ‘Last Nite’, ‘Reptilia’, ‘Someday’ and more.In an Instagram post shared after the performance, the band wrote: “Thank you Chicago – Vote for Kina on March 19 (or during early voting).

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong was joined on stage by Hole icon Courtney Love as his side-project covers band The Coverups performed an intimate show of rock classics in London tonight (Tuesday February 27).Following the announcement of the two surprise gigs in the capital last week, the band – famed for their impromptu gigs with renditions of rock and punk staples – took to the stage at The Garage in Islington before a crowd that included Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock as well as Blondie‘s Clem Burke and comedy legend Frank Skinner.“How are you guys doing?” said Armstrong, arriving on stage. “We’re The Coverups, we play cover songs.

The Voidz have shared their spooky new single ‘Flexorcist’ ahead of Halloween this weekend – listen to it below.The new track from Julian Casablancas and co. is nearly six minutes long and sees the frontman sing of “graves lined-up across the hill“, “pistols at dawn” and “friendly face in the firing squad” atop a synthy, indie-pop leaning melody.“I guess I mighta – sounded a little crazy, maybe / I only think of things I shouldn’t do,” Casablancas sings on the off-kilter new single.‘Flexorcist’ arrives with concept art featuring a spectral winged figure staring over a glowing city.The track also comes ahead of the band’s “immersive” Halloween residency in Brooklyn this weekend.The Voidz will be taking over the Murmrr Theatre for four nights from October 31 to November 3.

The 1975‘s Matty Healy has hit out at The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas‘ comments about their LGBTQ+ stance in Malaysia.It comes after the 1975 were banned from Malaysia after their set was cut short during day one of the Good Vibes Festival on July 21, when Healy criticised the Malaysian government for anti-LGBTQ laws during their headlining set.Healy also kissed bandmate and bassist Ross MacDonald on the lips onstage before their set was cut short.The cancellation resulted in The Strokes’ set being pulled from Good Vibes and led to Casablancas sharing his own thoughts on Instagram.He wrote at the time: “it def helped the white outsider awareness yes, for sure… i felt the same. had no idea.

The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ at All Points East this Friday (August 25) – check out the full schedule for the day below.The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs will perform at the East London festival in Victoria Park alongside Girl In Red, Amyl And The Sniffers, Angel Olsen and more.It marks the second weekend of All Points East 2023, following Stormzy’s ‘This Is What We Mean’ day last Friday.Check out the full schedule for the day below.These times are subject to change.East Stage15:55 The Lazy Eyes 17:00 Be Your Own Pet 18:10 Angel Olsen 19:25 Girl in Red 21:25 The StrokesWest Stage:15:35 Hot Wax 16:35 Julie 17:35 The Walkmen 18:50 Amyl and the Sniffers 20:15 Yeah Yeah YeahsCupra North Arena 15:35 – 16:05 Silvertwin 16.30 – 17:10 – HighSchool 17:35 – 18:15 – Picture Parlour 18:45 – 19:30 – Warmduscher 20:00 – 21:00 – Black Midi6 Music Stage 15:00 – 16:10 Goddess 16:10 – 17:10 Good Future 17:20 – 18:10 Carl Barat & Gary Powell 18:10 – 19:10 La Roux x Jamie Reynolds 19:10 – 20:10 Indie Sleaze 20:10 – 21:10 Steve LamacqCupra North Arena 15:35 – 16:05 Silvertwin 16:30 – 17:10 HighSchool 17:35 – 18:15 Picture Parlour 18:45 – 19:30 Warmduscher 20:00 – 21:00 Black MidiKraken Freaky Tiki Bar 16:00 – 16:25 The Rising Sun Collective 17:05 – 17:35 The Rising Sun Collective 18:20 – 18:45 Art School Girlfriend 19:35 – 20:05 Art School GirlfriendE3 Stage 16:05 – 16:30 FEET 17:10 – 17:35 VACATIONS 18:15 – 18:45 bby 19:30 – 20:00 TashL’Oreal Paris Stage 16:35 – 17:00 L’Objectif 17:35 – 18:00 Azure Ryder 18:50 – 19:20 Brigitte Calls Me Baby 20:30 – 21:00 Hannah GraeA post shared by All Points East (@allpointseastuk)Stage times and real-time updates can also be found on the official All Points East app.In a four-star review of Stormzy‘s

The Strokes were joined on stage by Regina Spektor for a performance of ‘Modern Girls And Old Fashion Men’ last night (August 19).At their homecoming show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, the New York band welcomed the singer-songwriter on stage to perform their 2004 collaboration together for the first time in 20 years.“It only took 20 years but look who showed up,” said the band’s frontman Julian Casablancas as he introduced Spektor to the stage. “They love you, kid,” he continued as the crowd cheered them on.Spektor added: “My favourite band in my favourite city!” before Casablancas added: “You know the song,” as they kicked off the track.

The Strokes were joined on stage by Weyes Blood for a rare performance of their track ‘Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men’. Check out footage of the moment below.The performance was held at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre earlier this week and marked the New York band’s first show in Colorado in 17 years.Taking place on Monday (August 14), the performance was the indie veterans’ first in the state since 2006, and followed on from a series of live shows held across Asia, However, the night was made even more special for fans attending as Weyes Blood joined the band on stage, and performed a lesser-played track with them.The moment took place just five songs into their 19-track setlist, and saw the 35-year-old American singer – who was also the opening act for the band – collaborate on their track ‘Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men’.The 2004 song originally appeared as the B-side to their ‘Reptilia’ single, and was released in collaboration with Regina Spektor.

All Points East has confirmed the final acts for its 2023 edition.The festival is due to take place in Victoria Park, east London between August 18 and August 28. Kicking off with Stormzy’s ‘This Is What We Mean Day’, the series will also feature the headliners The Strokes, Jungle, Dermot Kennedy and HAIM.Other previously announced names include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Walkmen, BADBADNOTGOOD, Olivia Dean, Girl In Red, Confidence Man, Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks and Romy (The xx).Today (August 10), organisers have added the last batch of artists to the APE ’23 bill ahead of the festival starting next week.Joining Stormzy and co.

The Strokes have two North American concerts lined up this August — and for fans wondering “Is This It,” we can confirm, it is.First up, the legendary NYC band heads southwest to perform with opening act Weyes Blood at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday, Aug. 14.Five days later, they’ll return home for a one-off gig at Forest Hills, NY’s Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, Aug.

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas doing an impersonation of Alex Turner during a recent show in Singapore.As the band were gearing up to perform their 2005 hit ‘Juicebox’ at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Thursday (August 3), Casablancas thanked the crowd for coming and told them: “Hope you all have a good time” before he then said in a very similar manner to the Arctic Monkeys frontman: “Hope you didn’t have to travel too far.”“That sounded like very modern Arctic Monkeys,” he added. You can view the clip below.A post shared by Arctic Monkeys Mania (@arcticmonkeysmania)Turner has been very open and vocal about his love of The Strokes over the years, with the band covering ‘Is This It’ live in 2018 – as well as honouring them on ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ track ‘Star Treatment’ with the lyric: “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes, now look at the mess you’ve made me make.”At the time, Turner admitted the arrival of The Strokes in 2001 changed his life.“The arrival of The Strokes changed what music I was listening to, what shoes I was wearing.