The Strokes 2026 Tour Announcement – Reality Awaits Tour Schedule
The Strokes are back on the road in 2026 with the “Reality Awaits Tour,” kicking off June 12 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival before making their way through cities like Cincinnati, Noblesville, Morrison, and more, ahead of an August 8 stop at Outside Lands in San Francisco.
Along with their festival dates, these headlining shows will be a mix of old-meets-new that we’ve all been waiting for. After a quieter stretch following 2020’s The New Abnormal, the band has started to pick things back up in a way that feels very…Strokes. No massive rollout or drawn-out buildup complete with mystery billboards — just a Coachella set that got people talking again and a new single, “Going Shopping,” quietly dropped into the setlist.
If you caught any of those festival clips, you probably noticed how easily it fit alongside “Reptilia” and “The Adults Are Talking.” That’s always been their thing…a signature “The Strokes” sound that stays consistent, but still moves seamlessly between eras. What words come to mind when we mention that style? Raspy? Indie rock? Effortlessly cool and ready to sway an entire crowd of fans? It’s all of the above for us.
This timeless, very Strokes approach carries into Reality Awaits, their seventh album arriving June 26. From what we’ve heard so far, it leans into the sound they’ve been refining over the past few years — tight, melodic, a little detached, but still built around those unmistakable guitar lines. It doesn’t feel like a band trying to prove anything. It feels like a band that already did, and now just gets to play.
Again, this tracks…because only a band like Strokes can pull in such major Coachella crowds after a few years off while competing against a headliner like Justin Bieber. Since Is This It dropped in 2001, The Strokes have been tied directly to the garage rock revival that reshaped indie music in the early 2000s. That album alone is still treated like a blueprint, and the run of records that followed — Room on Fire, First Impressions of Earth — only reinforced it.
With 2026 The Strokes tour? They intend to prove just that, performing not only new tracks but also the classics. Tickets for the 2026 Strokes “Reality Awaits Tour” go on sale April 17, with presales happening earlier in the week. Verified resale tickets are available now.
The Strokes 2026 Tour Dates
April 17, 2026 – Indio, CA – Empire Polo Field
June 11 – 12, 2026 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Manchester Farm
June 15, 2026 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 17, 2026 – Chicago, IL – United Center
June 19, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
June 21, 2026 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre
June 23, 2026 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
June 26, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann
June 27, 2026 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 12, 2026 – Richmond, VA – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
July 14, 2026 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 15, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
July 17 – 19, 2026 – Saint Paul, MN – Harriet Island
July 17, 2026 – Milwaukee, WI – Henry Maier Festival Park – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
July 22 – 23, 2026 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 7, 2026 – San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park
August 22, 2026 – Pasadena, CA – Brookside Golf Club
August 25, 2026 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 27, 2026 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
August 28, 2026 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
September 12, 2026 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena
September 13, 2026 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
September 17, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater
September 18 – 18, 2026 – Atlanta, GA – Piedmont Park
September 19 – 20, 2026 – Asbury Park, NJ – North Beach Asbury Park
October 6, 2026 – London, – The O2 – London
October 25, 2026 – Newcastle upon Tyne, – Utilita Arena Newcastle
October 26, 2026 – Manchester, – Co-op Live
The Strokes tickets are available on the secondary marketplace, TicketSales.com. Stay tuned for more announcements!
