The Strokes play ‘Going To Babble On’ live for first time at Just Like Heaven 2026 as Julian Casablancas calls LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy the “Brett Favre of indie rock”

The Strokes played ‘Going To Babble On’ for the first time and likened James Murphy to Brett Favre at Just Like Heaven 2026. READ MORE: The Strokes – ‘Reality Awaits’ review: on playful, powerful form The New York band headlined the festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday (August 22), alongside joint headliners LCD Soundsystem. Julian Casablancas and co. opened their encore with the first-ever live performance of ‘Going To Babble On’, taken from their seventh album ‘Reality Awaits‘, which was released in June. It was one of four songs from the new album that made the setlist – alongside ‘Lonely In The Future’, ‘Going Shopping’ and ‘Dine N’Dash’ – and the set also saw a playful jibe from Casablancas to LCD Soundsystem’s Murphy. “What a pleasant surprise. I thought you retired 15 years ago… just kidding,” he said, before branding him the “Brett Favre of indie rock” and adding: “Yeah, announcing we’re retiring tonight to make it cooler when we play a show in two years.” Watch footage here: The Favre comparison relates to the NFL legend’s multiple retirement U-turns over the years, with the quarterback having announced his retirement from the Green Bay Packers in ...