Watch The Strokes debut ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ live in Hollywood

The Strokes have broken out the first ever live performance of ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ while on stage in Hollywood. Check it out below. READ MORE: The Strokes – ‘Reality Awaits’ review: on playful, powerful form Julian Casablancas and co. played at the Hard Rock Live venue on Sunday (September 13), as part of their huge ongoing 2026 tour dates, celebrating the release of their seventh album ‘Reality Awaits‘, which was released in June. Already, the shows have seen them 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. Now, at their show at Hard Rock Live, they added ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ to their setlist for the first time, and introduced it six songs into the 22-song setlist. They broke out the song after opening with ‘Lonely In The Future’, and following on with ‘Hard to Explain’, ‘Going Shopping’, ‘Juicebox’ and ‘Someday’. “We’re going to be trying to play a 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 ven...