The Strokes confirm huge ‘Reality Awaits’ global tour including a show in Tampa on September 12

Fresh from a main stage set at Coachella, The Strokes has announced a summer tour in support of their upcoming album Reality Awaits.

The Strokes are back, and fresh from performing a headline set on the main stage at Coachella, the band has confirmed a global run across North America, the U.K., Europe and Japan, with the ‘Reality Awaits’ tour kicking off in June and running through the fall.

The tour will see stops including two nights at Red Rocks, London’s The O2, Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, Paris’ Accor Arena, Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome and more.

Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and ÖLÜM will support select dates across the tour.

The tour will see the band take to the stahe at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on September 12!

Further information and fan registration is on thestrokes.com, with presales beginning Wednesday, April 15 and general on sale this Friday, April 17.

To participate in the Artist Presale in North America you must sign up here by Tuesday, April 14 at 9am ET.

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The Strokes are fresh from Coachella’s first weekend, with headline sets for Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Japan’s Summer Sonic 2026 and more to come this spring and summer.

Reality Awaits, the seventh studio album from The Strokes, is set for release on June 26 via Cult Records/RCA Records—get it here. Last week, the band shared the first single from the album, “Going Shopping.”

Recorded in Costa Rica with producer Rick Rubin and finished around the globe, Reality Awaits marks the band’s first new music since 2020’s much-lauded The New Abnormal and extensive global touring in its wake.

The Strokes are a band from New York City. Since their 2001 debut, their beloved discography has defined the sound of a generation.

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