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NEWS - Strokes To Open For Stones, Add Fall Headlining Dates
08/20/2002
(8/20/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- The Strokes will open for the Rolling Stones at a pair of shows on the legendary band's upcoming Licks world tour. The New York rockers will serve as the support act on October 4 in Landover, Maryland and on October 5 in Hartford, Connecticut.
The dates will put the Strokes in front some of their largest, and perhaps, most mainstream audiences ever in the United States. And what such crowds might witness is something they've never heard before--or at least that's how Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi sees it.
"The whole point, from when we were little kids, when we first started playing music was just to do something that was different than what was going on, you know? And although there's influences there, sure, there are, I still think it's something really fresh and different," he tells LAUNCH. "It sounds different. The sounds that are on that album, like, I've never heard sounds like that before anywhere, ever. I don't know. The whole point is to stand out and do something original and do something that no one's ever done before."
The Stones' tour kicks off September 3 in Boston.
Meanwhile, the Strokes have lined up their own headlining dates in October and November in support of their debut album, Is This It. The group currently has 21 shows scheduled through November 25, according to its official website (thestrokes.com), with a kick-off date of October 1 at a venue to be determined in Portland, Maine.
Strokes tour dates (subject to change):
October 1 - Portland, ME - TBA
October 2 - Boston, MA - FleetBoston Pavilion (opening for the Rolling Stones)
October 4 - Landover, MD - FedExField (opening for the Rolling Stones)
October 5 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center
October 6 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
October 9 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 11 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
October 12 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
October 13 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
October 16 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
October 20 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
October 21 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
October 22 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Hall
October 31 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Theatre
November 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
November 9 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel
November 15 - Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Event Center
November 16 - Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl
November 17 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
November 19 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
November 22 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
November 24 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
November 25 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
NEWS - Strokes To Open For Stones, Add Fall Headlining Dates
08/20/2002
(8/20/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- The Strokes will open for the Rolling Stones at a pair of shows on the legendary band's upcoming Licks world tour. The New York rockers will serve as the support act on October 4 in Landover, Maryland and on October 5 in Hartford, Connecticut.
The dates will put the Strokes in front some of their largest, and perhaps, most mainstream audiences ever in the United States. And what such crowds might witness is something they've never heard before--or at least that's how Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi sees it.
"The whole point, from when we were little kids, when we first started playing music was just to do something that was different than what was going on, you know? And although there's influences there, sure, there are, I still think it's something really fresh and different," he tells LAUNCH. "It sounds different. The sounds that are on that album, like, I've never heard sounds like that before anywhere, ever. I don't know. The whole point is to stand out and do something original and do something that no one's ever done before."
The Stones' tour kicks off September 3 in Boston.
Meanwhile, the Strokes have lined up their own headlining dates in October and November in support of their debut album, Is This It. The group currently has 21 shows scheduled through November 25, according to its official website (thestrokes.com), with a kick-off date of October 1 at a venue to be determined in Portland, Maine.
Strokes tour dates (subject to change):
October 1 - Portland, ME - TBA
October 2 - Boston, MA - FleetBoston Pavilion (opening for the Rolling Stones)
October 4 - Landover, MD - FedExField (opening for the Rolling Stones)
October 5 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center
October 6 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
October 9 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 11 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
October 12 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
October 13 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
October 16 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
October 20 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
October 21 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
October 22 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Hall
October 31 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Theatre
November 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
November 9 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel
November 15 - Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Event Center
November 16 - Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl
November 17 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
November 19 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
November 22 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
November 24 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
November 25 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
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