A silhouette of a guitarist from The Strokes performing on stage at the BBK Live Festival. The band's iconic 1980s-style logo is illuminated in bright orange on a large LED screen behind him. Hazy stage lights and smoke fill the air, with the dark silhouettes of the crowd visible in the foreground under a dramatic, moody glow.
The Strokes at BBK Live 2019 Music Festival on July 12, 2019 in Bilbao, Spain.
Credit: Christian Bertrand / Shuterstock

After returning to Coachella last weekend, The Strokes have also shared plans to come back to Florida as part of a 2026 world tour.

A press releases says Julian Casablancas’ revered indie-rock band will bring a new album, Reality Awaits due on June 26, to two dates in the Sunshine State this fall, including one in Tampa.

The Strokes have not been in the Bay area since 2015 when the band headlined day two of the long-defunct Big Guava Music Festival. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s review of that set noted how Casablancas & co. “blazed through a career retrospective setlist that spanned almost two dozen songs and ignited a ticking time bomb of nostalgia…”

Tickets to see The Strokes play Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida on Friday, Sept. 12 go on sale to the public on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m. EDT—ticket prices have not yet been announced.

Openers for the shows in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida have not yet been announced.

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This article appears in Apr. 09 – 15, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...