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Strokes Announce New Single, More U.S. Dates

Kati Llewellyn reports:
Call your local radio station! Stand in Times Square with a fluorescent magic-markered sign! Spam the chat rooms! 'Cause it's time for a new Strokes single.

On March 13, Rough Trade will release "Heart in a Cage" in the UK, where you will be able to buy it in actual stores. But here in the States, where singles just kind of appear out of thin air, you can either click wheel over to track three of the band's latest album, First Impressions of Earth, or you can catch the Sam Bayer-directed music video when it premieres this Friday, February 17, on music.yahoo.com. Unless YouTube gets to it first.

The Strokes finish up their UK tour this week, and promise to return to Europe this summer for a run through the festival circuit. The gang recently added several more dates to their US tour, which kicks off March 1.

Happy Stroking:

02-17 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *
02-18 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *
02-20 Dublin, Ireland - The Point *
02-21 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Ulster Hall *
03-01 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom #
03-03 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom #
03-04 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom #
03-06 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
03-08 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
03-10 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre #
03-11 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom #
03-14 Austin, TX - Stubb's #
03-15 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater #
03-17 Grande Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre #
03-19 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium #
03-21 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre #
03-22 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel #
03-24 San Francisco, CA - Concourse at SF Design Center #
03-25 Anaheim, CA - The Pond #
03-30 Los Angeles, CA - Universal Amphitheater #
04-02 Portland, OR - Roseland #
04-04 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre #
04-07 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom #
04-08 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #
04-10 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom #
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre #
04-13 Detroit, MI - State Theatre #
04-14 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre #

* with Adam Green
# with Eagles of Death Metal

* Pitchfork Review: The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth
* Pitchfork News: Strokes Launch Tour, Add US Dates
* The Strokes: http://www.thestrokes.com/


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KROQ is giving away 3rd, 2nd, & 1st row seats all week

Is Poker Casino gonna be there?

I'm gonna try and get the pre-sale tix for Universal today.... the Pond ones sold out fast. I have San Francisco tickets though, so I'm set. =)

GOT'EM!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY! Out of all my friends that tried, I was the only one to get tickets! Too bad there's a 2 ticket limit! But I get to go, so oh well!!!!!! Too bad there middle section, it's going to be hard to get in the pit.

Thanks Tom for posting this info.
Annie, I'll see you there

You got tickets too????? Yaaay! Yes, I'll see you there! I'm so excited! Wait, I hope you didn't get better tickets than I did! Just kidding. But not really.

Orch 4

I'm gonna f***n' stab you!!!! Not really, but that's what I got last time they played Universal... this time they had that lame "quick-pick" deal, not cool. I got 2nd row on the upper orchestra section, which is the section right behind yours.

If I don't gain weight by then, you can come sneak down to my area. In any case my sidekick may be sneaking into the pit, so the seat next to me may be available...

Thanx. We will definetely have to hang out!

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THE STROKES
March 25th-The Theatre at the Pond
March 30th-Gibson Amphitheatre

Tickets go on sale to the public this Saturday, February 25th at Noon. But as a KROQ Street Team member, you'll have a chance to get your tickets first.

Here are the details:
. Wednesday (2/22) at 10am log on to: The Theatre at the Pond (3/25) | Gibson Amphitheatre (3/30)
. If the above link does not open a Ticketmaster screen on your computer, log on to http://www.ticketmaster.com
. Search The Strokes
. Pick the day you want to get tickets
. In the KROQ Presale Password box enter: ISTHISIT
. Tickets are $32.50
. There is a 4 ticket limit for the pre sale.
. You will need a major credit card.
. Pre-sale ends Wednesday at 10pm, or when the pre-sale ticket allocation is gone
. As with all internet ticket sales, there may be an initial surge of people on the system. Please keep trying, it may take several attempts.
. If you are unable to buy tickets during the pre-sale, you can still try and buy them during the public on-sale Saturday, Feb. 25th at Noon, at all Ticketmaster locations, Charge By Phone (213-480-3232 or 714-740-2000), or Ticketmaster.com.
KROQ Street Team






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The Strokes Pay Tribute to Joey Ramone, Add Dates

Kati Llewellyn reports:
After the Strokes' dental insurance turned down their current tour's application for braces, Julian Casablancas and crew decided to fill in the gaps themselves. The band recently turned its back on vacation time and stuck seven new U.S. gigs smack in the middle of everlasting trek in support of latest album First Impressions of Earth.

The newly added gigs fall between May 19 and June 11, and will kick off with a tribute concert for the late Joey Ramone at New York's Irving Plaza. Also performing are the Dead Boys, Andy Shernoff (the Dictators), and Cheetah Chrome, and the show takes place on what would have been Joey's 55th birthday. All proceeds from the show, tagged the Joey Ramone Birthday Benefit, go to the Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Work hard and say it's easy:

04-22 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
04-23 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
04-25 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
04-26 Washington, DC - D.A.R. Constitution Hall
04-29 Tucson, AZ - Tucson Sports Park
05-06 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Colliseum
05-07 Montreal, Quebec - CEPSUM (University of Montreal)
05-09 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Civic Center
05-10 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
05-12 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
05-14 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral
05-15 Edmonton, Alberta - Shaw Conference Centre
05-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza of Nations
05-19 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *
05-20 Glen Allen, VA - Innsbrook Pavilion
05-22 Memphis, TN - Oprheum Theatre
05-23 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Furnace
05-25 North Chareston, SC - Center Stage of the Plex
05-26 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
06-11 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl (KJEE's Summer Roundup) !
06-16 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival =
06-18 Manchester, England - Lancashire County Cricket Club #
06-21 London, England - Hyde Park (Wireless Festival) ^
06-23 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival %
06-24 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival %
06-26 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
06-27 Berlin, Germany - Berlin Arena
06-29 Paris, France - Zenith
06-30 Belfort, France - Les Eurockeennes Festival &
07-08 Nass, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxygen Festival) $
07-09 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park Festival @
07-11 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall
07-13 St. Pölten, Austria - VAZ
07-14 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
07-15 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival
07-21 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival +
07-22 Lisbon, Portugal - Lisbon Soundz Festival

* with Dead Boys, Andy Shernoff, Cheetah Chrome
! with Franz Ferdinand, Hard-Fi, She Wants Revenge, Yellowcard, Panic! At The Disco
= with Korn, Pharrell, Deftones, Babyshambles, the Cardigans, Amadou & Mariam, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Opeth, the Concretes, Kano, Gogol Bordello, the Gossip, Juana Molina, and more
# with the Foo Fighters
^ with Belle and Sebastian, Super Furry Animals
% with B-52's, Death Cab for Cutie, Maximo Park, Sigur Ros, the Ark, the Hives, Wolfmother, Coheed and Cambria, and more
& with Depeche Mode, Muse, Coldcut, Deftones, Morrissey, Sigur Rós, Daft Punk, and more
$ with the Who, the Arctic Monkeys, James Brown, Richard Ashcroft, Primal Scream, Editors, Eels, the Magic Numbers, the Go! Team, Hard Fi, and more
@ with the Who, the Arctic Monkeys, Hard-Fi, the Magic Numbers, the Proclaimers, the Subways
+ with Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand, Madness, Morrissey, Pixies, Placebo, Scissor Sisters, Art Brut, Babyshambles, Beth Orton, Coldcut, the Futureheads, and more

* Pitchfork Review: The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth
* Pitchfork Feature: Live: The Strokes
* Pitchfork News: The Strokes Add Canadian, European Dates
* The Strokes: http://www.thestrokes.com/

Oh, I know..... I spent so much money following them around the state last month... I might pass this one up...... but, but..... it's THE STROKES!!!!!