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The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas addresses criticism over Roskilde performance

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The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has responded to criticism that emerged after the band’s headlining performance at this year’s Roskilde festival.The band performed at Roskilde last Saturday (July 2), closing out the Danish festival’s four-day roster.

According to setlist.fm, their set – which consisted of 14 songs – started half an hour behind schedule and featured “lots of erratic and endless banter from Casablancas”.

Punters on the ground were less reserved in their assessments, with one writing on Twitter that Casablancas appeared “stiffer than a student on a wagon ride”.

Another joked that “everyone [at] Roskilde wants what The Strokes have taken”, and joked that “on the plus side, it’s probably the last time [Roskilde] invites The Strokes”.In a since-deleted post shared on Instagram (per Stereogum), Casablancas shot back at rumours that he was heavily intoxicated during his performance. “I’m not tuned into Twitter things enough to know what some confused fan thinks or pretends they know,” he wrote, “but I’m fine… far as I know … people been asking me weiiird questionnns [sic] – ahh the dumb side of social media… Lame-Os running around so hard and free.”Casablancas went on to clarify that he considered the “concerns and questions” from genuine fans to be “kind and fine”, and that it was “the strangers announcing [or] acting like they know some shit that’s dumb”.Videos from the show seem to validate claims of Casablancas’ erratic banter.

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