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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”.

Haim are basically Glasto locals. First performing here almost a decade ago, their prime-time Saturday afternoon slot at Glastonbury 2022 was their fifth trip to Worthy Farm.

Jack Johnson has dubbed his new collaborator Blake Mills “one of the greatest guitar players alive right now”.The US singer-songwriter is gearing up to release his eighth studio album, ‘Meet The Moonlight’, which is released June 24 via Brushfire/Republic Records. During a recent interview he talked about working on the record with producer Blake Mills.“I really, really can’t say enough about the guy, Blake,” Johnson told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

The Smile have announced their first-ever tour of North America for November and December 2022, in support of their debut album ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’.The band, which features Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood, will begin their debut tour across the continent in Providence, Rhode Island. The tour will then take them across the US and Canada, including two New York dates at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre and the city’s Hammerstein Ballroom.A pre-sale for the tour will begin this Thursday (June 16) from 10am local time, with the general sale following the next day at the same local time.

Julian Casablancas has called The Smile’s set at this year’s Primavera Sound the “best show I’ve seen in years”.Radiohead and The Strokes were both performing last night (June 10) as part of the Barcelona festival’s second weekend.Casablancas shared a short video of The Smile – comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – playing on his Instagram page. “Had my fucking mind blown yesterday, best show i’ve seen in YEARS ……The Smile (Thom Yorke / Johnny Greenwood) – shiiiiiiit that was good,” he captioned the post.“Like modern phillip glass with best of Radiohead or something… idk,” he continued.

Primary Wave Music has acquired a stake in the good old music rights of Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas. The deal sees the company take on an undisclosed portion of the musician’s song rights in relation to all Strokes compositions, as well as his share of recording rights and royalties.“Primary Wave is THRILLED to partner with Julian Casablancas for his works in The Strokes”, says Primary Wave’s David Weitzman.

Thania Garcia Julian Casablancas, frontman and main songwriter of the Strokes, has sold a stake in his renowned Strokes catalog to Primary Wave.Primary Wave confirmed the purchase but declined to specify exactly how much of a stake in the catalog it had purchased or how much it paid in the deal. The sale gives the company access to tracks including platinum-certified hits “Last Nite,” “Someday” and “Reptilia.” The company also bought a stake in Casablancas’ publishing rights as well as the songs’ master rights.

The Strokes’ catalogue.According to Rolling Stone, The Strokes frontman has sold a portion of both publishing rights and masters rights to Primary Wave for an undisclosed sum.Primary Wave have not revealed whether Casablancas has retained a portion of his stake. The sale only includes Casablancas’ rights for The Strokes’ music, not his other projects, a Primary Wave representative told Rolling Stone.Casablancas is the latest musician to have made money in the music copyright sales world.

The Strokes have been forced to cancel or postpone some of their ongoing tour dates due to a positive COVID-19 test.In a statement posted to Instagram, The Strokes confirmed there had been a positive COVID-19 test in their camp and that their gigs tonight (May 28) and Monday (May 30) would be affected.They wrote: “Due to a positive Covid case in The Strokes, we must regretfully cancel tomorrow night’s appearance at Boston Calling.“We are incredibly sorry and we will do our best to get back to Boston soon.”A post shared by Julian Casablancas (@minorbutmajor)They have also postponed a concert they were meant to deliver on Monday May 30 in support of congressional candidate Kina Collins.The band were due to play an intimate gig in Chicago in support of Collins, who is running for Congress in the upcoming primaries, which take place on June 28, representing Illinois’ 7th District.For this gig, fans are being advised to hold on to tickets while they work towards rescheduling the date.“Kina Collins has lived the challenges on the ground in IL-7 and she’s exactly the kind of non-corporate, good-hearted, progressive-minded leader the world needs in these corrupt times,” the band’s frontman Julian Casablancas said recently.“In a system dominated by super-pacs and profit-fueled political machines, Kina is rejecting all that, and choosing to fight for people’s actual needs and desires.”Collins added: “We are so excited to have The Strokes coming to Chicago to help our campaign reach a new level of momentum in the final stretch before election day on June 28.

The Strokes have announced an intimate gig in Chicago set to take place later this month, in support of congressional candidate Kina Collins.Collins is running for Congress in the upcoming primaries, which take place on June 28, representing Illinois’ 7th District.The Strokes will hold a special show at the 1,100-capacity venue Metro on May 30, marking the first time in 20 years that the band has performed at the venue. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (May 20) at 10am CST and will be available to purchase here.“Kina Collins has lived the challenges on the ground in IL-7 and she’s exactly the kind of non-corporate, good-hearted, progressive-minded leader the world needs in these corrupt times,” the band’s frontman Julian Casablancas said.“In a system dominated by super-pacs and profit-fueled political machines, Kina is rejecting all that, and choosing to fight for people’s actual needs and desires.”Collins added: “We are so excited to have The Strokes coming to Chicago to help our campaign reach a new level of momentum in the final stretch before election day on June 28.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become the latest star to respond to Will Smith’s viral slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.Last month, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.Asked by Howard Stern what he thought of the incident, Kiedis originally replied that “too much has been said already.”The band’s guitarist John Frusciante then stepped in, saying: “We love Chris Rock and I’ll stand forward and say he should not have been slapped.” Rock inducted the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.Kiedis then did give his take though, telling the host: “I love comedy.

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has waded into the row over Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.Many celebrities have come out to condemn Smith for his actions after he struck the comedian on-stage for saying that he couldn’t wait to see Pinkett Smith in “G.I. Jane 2”, alluding to her shaven head.

The Strokes headlined Lollapalooza in Argentina last night (March 19) marking their first performance of 2022.Julian Casablancas and co. topped the bill of the festival’s second night at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires.

Daft Punk’s music made an unlikely appearance at the Winter Olympics yesterday (February 6).A medley featuring a series of tracks from the former dance duo’s final album ‘Random Access Memories’ was used to soundtrack a routine in the US figure skating Team Event in Beijing.The team were sitting in third place behind Japan in a battle for the silver medal before Madison Chock and Evan Bates performed their Daft Punk routine which included snippets of ‘Within’, ‘Contact’ and ‘Touch’.As a result the team picked up the silver medal. You can view the pair’s routine below.#NBCOlympics #WinterOlympics2022 #TeamUSAUSA's Chock/Bates channel Daft Punk to win team ice dance | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports pic.twitter.com/PCmjpiqKLL— Pitbull (@Willian87420216) February 7, 2022Daft Punk split last February after 28 years together.

The Strokes have announced a Mexican headline show, with Mac DeMarco and The War On Drugs as support.The concert will take place at Foro Sol in Mexico City on May 19. Tickets for the gig go on sale Friday, February 11 with a presale taking place on February 9.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas has admitted in a new social media post that he “always wanted to be in the Arctic Monkeys”.The frontman took to Instagram this morning (October 10) to share a photo of himself recreating the cover art of the Sheffield band’s debut album, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’.Released in 2006, the album’s iconic cover image features a black and white photo of Chris McClure – brother of Reverend And The Makers’ Jon McClure – smoking a

Julian Casablancas has sat down for an in-depth video conversation about Marxism and capitalism with the US economist Richard Wolff – you can watch it below.The discussion is the latest instalment in Casablancas’ Rolling Stone interview series S.O.S.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas showed his baseball skills off yesterday (July 26) as he threw out  the first pitch at today’s New York Mets game against the Atlanta Braves.The singer showed off his skills during the start of the game, although Strokes fans were left momentarily worrying after the game’s broadcaster mistakenly referred to Casablancas as the “former” lead singer of the Strokes.A rep for Julian Casablancas has since confirmed that the comment was made in error.Speaking during a

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas has accused Raheem Sterling of diving to secure a penalty in England’s crunch Euro 2020 semi-finals victory against Denmark last night (July 7).The Three Lions will now face off against Italy in the final on Sunday (July 11) after defeating the Danes 2-1.Harry Kane’s decisive extra time winner came through a penalty rebound, with the original spot kick being secured after Raheem Sterling was brought down in the box by Danish full-back Joakim Maehle.But as England

The Strokes have previewed a new song called ‘Starting Again’ in a commercial for New York mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.The band have been very vocal about their support for Wiley, who is attempting to become New York’s first woman mayor.

Julian Casablancas, Rage Against The Machine and Patti Smith are among 600 artists who have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian rights.Run The Jewels, Roger Waters and Questlove have also pledged their support to #MusiciansForPalestine, a document that calls for an end to human rights abuses to Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and worldwide.It comes following the recent Israel-Gaza conflict.The letter, which you can view below, calls for “justice, dignity and the right to

The Strokes played their first-ever acoustic set yesterday (May 15) as part of a fundraiser for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.Wiley, who is a former ACLU and NAACP legal defence fund attorney, will go to the polls on June 22 and faces competition from the likes of Andrew Yang, Dianne Morales and Raymond McGuire.The performance was held on Zoom and followed a conversation between frontman Julian Casablancas and Wiley about the mayoral race.The Strokes opened the short set with a

Julian Casablancas has interviewed the US linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky for his ongoing interview series S.O.S.

The Voidz have shared a new extended version of their 2019 track ‘The Eternal Tao’.‘The Eternal Tao 2.0’ has been released in line with its appearance in a new promo video for Julian Casablancas‘ beloved New York Mets baseball team.The video was shared this weekend (April 1) to mark the start of the new Major League Baseball season in the United States.“I was pretty excited to finally work with the Mets under this new ownership,” Casablancas said of the collaboration.“The fact that they reached

DEALSConcord Music Publishing has signed Julian Casablancas off of The Strokes. The deal covers his work outside his main band, including solo material and side project The Voidz.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorStrokes frontman Julian Casablancas has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Concord Music Publishing, covering his past and future solo works (including his 2013 song with Daft Punk, “Instand Crush”) and various projects including The Voidz. Casablancas won his first Grammy last weekend, for the Strokes’ album “The New Abnormal.”“We are beyond excited that Julian has joined Concord Music Publishing.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas took the band’s Grammys win as an opportunity to share his distaste for blues rock.The band won their first ever Grammy on Sunday night (March 14), picking up the Best Rock Album award for their 2019 album ‘The New Abnormal’.After giving a delightfully awkward virtual acceptance speech, Casablancas spoke to journalists in the Grammys’ press room, and spoke about the state of rock music today.“I kind of always make fun of rock’n’roll so I think it’s kind of funny,

Michele Amabile Angermiller Journalists covering the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were warned in advance that the quality of virtual interviews with artists was entirely dependent on the wi-fi in their location.

The Strokes won their first Grammy award tonight (March 14), winning Best Rock Album for ‘The New Abnormal’.The ceremony is taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New York band’s acceptance highlighted the struggles of awards shows in the pandemic era.When premiere ceremony host Jhené Aiko announced The Strokes as the winners, the livestream cut to bassist Nikolai Fraiture, drummer Fab Moretti and frontman Julian Casablancas via webcam.“It’s cutting out, who won?”

Exclamation Pony, according to Pete Yanowitz.The Cribs frontman launched the band back in 2012, joining forces with former Here We Go Magic member Jen Turner.

Billie Eilish has spoken again of her love of The Strokes’ latest album ‘The New Abnormal’, saying that “every single song [on the record] is good”.The singer previously praised the band’s LP, which was released back in April, when she revealed in May that her brother and musical collaborator Finneas had first introduced her to the record.In a new interview with The New York Times for their ‘My Ten’ series, Eilish professed her love for ‘The New Abnormal’ again and explained how she regularly

In the “Late Night” clip, posted to YouTube on November 24, Mulaney — who Page Six exclusively revealed has checked into rehab for cocaine and alcohol addiction — hosts a fake “Royal Watch: News from the Real-Life ‘Crown’” segment and jokes that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were annoyed by COVID because it took all the media attention away from their Megxit “stunt.” Mulaney — wearing a rumpled, oversized coat and sunglasses, both gifts from Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, who performed on

Mac DeMarco has said that he isn’t planning on releasing a new album while the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing.The Canadian musician’s last studio album arrived in May 2019 with ‘Here Comes The Cowboy’.

NEW YORK -- It has taken The Strokes almost two decades to earn their first Grammy nomination. But lead singer Julian Casablancas is betting they'll walk away empty-handed at the ceremony.The band's “The New Abnormal” will compete on Jan.

Julian Casablancas‘ new track by The Voidz, ‘Alien Crime Lord’, has been shared online.The song, features on the new Grand Theft Auto Online game, The Cayo Perico Heist, which was released today (December 15). You can listen to the track below.‘Alien Crime Lord’ appears on a radio station The Strokes frontman curated for the game.

Julian Casablancas is set to curate a radio station for the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto Online game, The Cayo Perico Heist.The Strokes frontman will feature as part of an update due to drop on December 15, which will bring the game’s classic car-jacking mischief to a lavish island.The station – K.U.L.T.