The Strokes played Gratisfaction today on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. There has been a lot of debate about whether they should be playing such a show but really look at Fab he was on fire and clearly seemed to be enjoying himself. Julian also had solid vocal performance.

Download (HD Version now added)

The Strokes played Le Grand Journal live at Cannes tonight, nice seeing the band playing with the sea in the background and the sun slowly setting.

They performed

Under Cover of Darkness
Reptilia
Taken For A Fool
Gratisfaction

Plus Julian did a rather confused but cute interview

You can also watch it on the Canal website

The Strokes played what sounded like an epic concert at Madison Square Garden. Not only was the set list amazing but Elvis Costello joined them for Taken For A Fool, Albert played keyboards on Games, they played songs like Ask Me Anything which I thought we might not hear again. Judging from the fan reports it was an amazing show worthy of such an legendary and massive venue.

Audio Downloads

These were taken from the Youtube videos they are not proper bootlegs but I figured I would share them for now and hope we get a high quality full show soon.

01. Is This It Live At MSG
02. Reptilia Live At MSG
03. Under Cover of Darkness Live At MSG
04. Hard To Explain Live At MSG
05. Last Nite Live At MSG
07. Juicebox Live At MSG
10. Under Control Live At MSG
11. You Only Live Once Live At MSG
12. NYCC Live At MSG
13. Games Live At MSG
14. What Ever Happened? Live At MSG
15. Taken For A Fool Live At MSG
16. Ask My Anything Live At MSG
17. The Modern Age Live At MSG
20. Take It Or Leave It Live At MSG

Videos

Below are some videos from the show, quality varies but they are overall pretty good

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Angles is now out in most countries or will be released in the next few days, if you haven’t already grabbed yourself a copy then do so now!

I’ve had mine since Saturday and below are my thoughts on the fourth in hopefully a long line of Strokes records.

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