The Strokes bring New York swagger to Red Rocks: Photos

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The Strokes kicked off their two-night Red Rocks run on the Reality Awaits tour, riding high on their first new album in six years and a comeback single, “Going Shopping,” that’s been all over rock radio.

Julian Casablancas and the band leaned on the “Is This It” and “Room on Fire” deep cuts that made them the poster band of early-2000s garage rock revival, while weaving in fresh material off “Reality Awaits” without losing the room.

Between the red sandstone glow at sunset and a crowd that clearly knew every word of “Last Nite,” it was the kind of show that reminds you why Red Rocks and rock bands with actual riffs still belong together.

See photos from the show below.