The Strokes announced an extensive headlining tour for the summer and fall of 2026, with the outing set to begin in June after the band’s Bonnaroo slot. The run supports the group’s newly announced album, Reality Awaits, which arrives on June 26.
The North American leg stretches across arena and amphitheater dates in 8 cities, including Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Vancouver and Seattle. The band will also play two nights at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, along with festival stops at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, Shaky Knees in Atlanta and Just Like Heaven in Pasadena. Tickets for the North American dates were available on Ticketmaster as of Friday, April 17.
The weight of the itinerary is not just in the number of stops but in how far the schedule reaches. The Strokes will be joined by Thundercat, Cage the Elephant and Hamilton Leithauser on select dates, and the band’s calendar also extends into Japan, the UK and Europe, including a September 12 show at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida, and an October 6 date at The O2 in London.
That broader sweep follows the band’s appearance at Coachella Weeknd One and turns Reality Awaits into a full-scale touring cycle rather than a one-off album announcement. The new record gives the tour its anchor, and the itinerary shows the group is treating this release as a major return to the road rather than a limited promotional run.
The only question left is whether the long tour can meet the scale of the moment the band has just set for itself. With a June 12 Bonnaroo date, a June 26 album release and a fall that carries into international arenas, The Strokes have made clear that 2026 will belong to them for a long stretch.
