The Strokes headlined Lollapalooza in Argentina last night (March 19) marking their first performance of 2022.
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Julian Casablancas and co. topped the bill of the festival’s second night at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires. Other headliners on the night included Doja Cat and Machine Gun Kelly.
The Strokes, whose last album was 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal’, haven’t played out since their Brooklyn Steel show in New York last November. During their set at Lollapalooza, the band performed ‘Eternal Summer’, giving the track its live debut.
You can check out the performance below:
Elsewhere during their set, The Strokes brought back some old favourites including ‘Electricityscape’ and ‘Trying Your Luck’, both of which the band haven’t played live since 2017. They also played ‘You’re So Right’ for the first time since 2016.
You can see some of the performances below as well as their Lollapalooza setlist.
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You can watch the full set below:
The Strokes Lollapalooza Argentina setlist:
‘Bad Decisions’
‘You Only Live Once’
‘Under Control’
‘Juicebox’
‘The Adults Are Talking’
‘Electricityscape’
‘Take It or Leave It’
‘Razorblade’
‘Trying Your Luck’
‘Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus’
‘Hard to Explain’
‘Someday’
‘Eternal Summer’
‘You’re So Right’
‘Reptilia’
A couple of the band took to Instagram to share an afterthought following the show.
“uhhhhh…. yeah don’t how to say thanks to this… this was our show last night. Argentina man. wild. 94thousand i heard. absurd. thank you,” Casablancas wrote.
Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. added: “Had a couple friends @thestrokes over last night for a jam. Buenos Aires! Thank you for all the love. The shows keep getting bigger and better. Group virtual hug. Hope to see you sooner rather than later. We might live far away but know that you are always close to our hearts.”
The Strokes head to Chile tonight (March 20) for a second Lollapalooza headline performance.
They are then set to perform a headline show in Mexico this May, with Mac DeMarco and The War On Drugs as support.
The concert will take place at Foro Sol in Mexico City on May 19. Remaining tickets can be found here.
The band have also been added to the line-up for this year’s Roskilde festival, alongside Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion and The Smile.
The Danish festival returns from June 25-July 2 this year after both its 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
Dua Lipa and Tyler, the Creator will headline this year’s edition. Other acts at the top of the bill include Haim and St. Vincent, Jada, The Blaze and Thomas Helmig.