According to NME.com, The Strokes performed the first ever live performance of “Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon” on stage in Hollywood. Julian Casablancas and company played at the Hard Rock Live venue on September 13, as part of their huge ongoing 2026 tour dates, celebrating the release of their seventh album, Reality Awaits, which was released back in June. Already, the shows have seen the band break out new songs live for the first time, including giving “Lonely In The Future” its live debut at Summer Sonic Tokyo and breaking out “Going To Babble On” at Just Like Heaven.
And now, at their show at Hard Rock Live, The Strokes added ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ to their setlist for the first time and introduced it six songs into the 22-song setlist. The band broke out the song after opening with “Lonely In The Future”, following on with “Hard to Explain”, “Going Shopping”, “Juicebox” and “Someday”. “We’re going to be trying to play song we’ve never played before. Let’s do it,” Casablancas said, before the lights went to a dark blue shade, and the first notes of the song brought a brooding atmosphere to the venue.
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