Winning strategy. Last night the Strokes performed at their first 'surprise' European showcase, i.e. announced a few days ago via their newsletter. The small venue chosen for the concert, the ULU in London, sold out the 800 available tickets in a matter of minutes, rewarding the first fans who waited a long time in the snow to buy their coveted ticket.
An excellent opportunity for the New York quintet to present some new tracks from their new third work, 'First Impressions Of Earth', as well as other material taken from the first two albums, for a total of 21 songs.
Here is the setlist :
Juicebox
Red Light
Heart In A Cage
On The Other Side
Vision Of Division
Evening Sun
Razorblade
Electricityscape
Hawaii
15 Minutes
You Only Live Once
Last Nite
Hard To Explain
Someday
The End Has No End
Under Control
New York City Cops
Reptilia
Barely Legal
Is This It
Take It Or Leave It
Members of Franz Ferdinand, Blondie, Duran Duran, Editors, Stereophonics, and Razorlight were also in the audience, which was very warm and delighted by the hour and a half show.
Official website of the group :
www.thestrokes.com
Picture by rocktoons.com
