When the Strokes revealed Comedown Machine single “One Way Trigger” last year, Tom noted that the song features “a particularly ornery Albert Hammond, Jr. solo.” If that didn’t already qualify as Hammond putting his personal stamp on the tune, Monday’s solo gig in Newcastle probably did...

The Strokes' guitarist will hit the UK later this year, including two festival performances    

Albert Hammond Jr. continues the streak of interesting visuals for songs off last year’s comeback EP. The video for “Strange Tidings” paints the Strokes guitarist as a guilty party, exchanging sideways glances with the camera as he travels through the streets of a blurred-out Paris. Watch the Laurent Briet-directed ...

The festival admit trying to book the band every year since its inception in 2011    

Band will play New York's Governors Ball alongside Jack White and OutKast