Strokes

[PaulDavis]

Sorry if it's been mentioned by their album release date is March 21st, same as the festival announcement date, pretty strong hint that they're playing

[Guckeery]

Yeah. it won't look good for R&L if the album flops :/

[SamSheppard]

Yeah. it won't look good for R&L if the album flops :/

[Guckeery]

Yeah but FR would be criticised for booking them. Then again there's always people who will criticise the headliners

[Davis_89]

Tbh whether the album does well or not, given its only 10 songs long I can only see them playing half of it at most. Will be much more of a greatest hits thing I reckon.

[bennyk]

Tbh whether the album does well or not, given its only 10 songs long I can only see them playing half of it at most. Will be much more of a greatest hits thing I reckon.

[brettredmayne]

Ive just heard it and it really isnt very good, gutted

[JWC126]

I really like what I've heard of the new stuff. Much more Room on Fire than First Impressions of Earth. I don't think you could criticise the booking of arguably the most important Rock band of the 21st century even if the new album does flop, though. No-one's going to have the logic of one flop outweighing the two masterpieces they've already released.

[iPaulo xD]

The album has been leaked on what.cd and it is very poor, however Undercover of darkness and Mucchu picchu(or however its spelt) are VERY good songs

[paulomas]

i'm listening now..first 3 songs are really good, the 4th one 'You're So Right' is actually painful to listen to

[jump]

Yeah. it won't look good for R&L if the album flops :/

Edited March 14, 2011 by jump

[mrtourette]

If the album bombs it might be bad for R&L but I doubt it'll have any impact on their performance. Realistically they'd probably on play three or four songs from the new album regardless of how well it's received and fill the rest of the set with their back catalogue.

[pink_triangle]

I personally always found the strokes a bit of a style over content type band. I would struggle to watch them for moore than half an hour.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I like the new record. It's not incredible, but not bad, and at its peak, is as good as the previous two, but not Is This It?

[harderfaster]

I like the new record. It's not incredible, but not bad, and at its peak, is as good as the previous two, but not Is This It?

[hazzamid11]

Fantastic at IOW and really looking forward to seeing them again Reptillia was just awesome.

[Jackmypie]

New album ain't to shabby.. Indeed Reptillia will be awesome

[hazzamid11]

New album ain't to shabby.. Indeed Reptillia will be awesome

[mrtourette]

It's a good album, five or six songs I like and the rest I'll skip but that's pretty standard for a Strokes album for me. Not blown away but not disappointed, looking forward to seeing them.

Edited March 16, 2011 by mrtourette