The Strokes: Year End Update

www.thestrokes.com

hello everyone,

just a quick note before we leave for the holiday season....

want to say THANK YOU to all the fans in BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, and CHILE for coming out and supporting the band on the most recent south american tour...

and of course, THANK YOU to all the fans from tokyo, sydney, london, paris, berlin, amsterdam, stockholm, milano and madrid for doing the same on our most recent world promotional tour!

some news....

as some of you might know by now, THE STROKES' the new album, FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH, is due to be released worldwide at the very top of the new year.

album out JAN 03 for the U.S.A

(for exact release dates of other territories around the workd, you can view the front page of www.thestrokes.com... Juliet's idea, looks quite nice!)

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if you can't wait and want to order it now, you can pre-order online from INSOUND here: http://www.insound.com/noteworthy/promo.php?p=530

anyone who pre-orders the album here will receive a free "JUICEBOX" 7" vinyl, with b-sides "Hawaii" (previously unreleased) and "Juicebox" (live in Santiago de Chile)

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speaking of the "Juicebox" single...

THANK YOU to all the fans in the U.S. who have given us our FIRST #1 in... well.... basically anything! the JUICEBOX cd-single is the #1 selling single in AMERICA this week on the BILLBOARD TOP 100 SINGLES SALES chart...

it was released DEC.13th nationwide, and includes the b-side "Hawaii" and the uncensored director's cut of the video for "Juicebox" of course, it's still available at stores across the country...

here's a couple things to let you know about, and then i'll be back on JAN 03 with a complete update on what to expect in the upcoming months from THE STROKES:

***U.S. "NOT-SO-SECRET" SHOW DATES***

on top of the release, the band will be doing a few SMALL VENUE sneak- preview shows in the U.S.... we won't be announcing WHERE the band is playing into a few days prior to each show

JAN 03 - Chicago
JAN 05 - Seattle
JAN 06 - Los Angeles
JAN 09 - Atlanta

for most of the tickets to these shows you'll have to win by listening to the local modern-rock radio station in the days leading up to the show...

however, some will be sold as well, but again... you'll have to listen for details on the radio station to figure out how/where/when you can buy or win tickets..

for all info on these shows, tune into the following radio stations leading up to the show....

Chicago, Q101
Seattle, KNDD "THE END"
Los Angeles, KROQ 106.7
Atlanta, tune 99X

don't worry if you miss out on these shows, we'll be back early in 2006 for a FULL US tour..

***T.V. STUFF***

Jules will be interviewed on Jim Shearer's "T-Minus Rock" show on MTV2 in the U.S. everyday on the week starting JAN. 02 the show airs 11am Mon. - Fri. that week...

we'll be taping a half-hour special with FUSE TV on JAN. 12th as well, for broadcast at a later date...information TBA on that...

--in the U.K....

at MIDNITE in London on New Year's Eve, MTV UK will air an exclusive hour-long concert by THE STROKES that was taped in front of 100 fans in London on our recent trip overseas...

***TOUR DATES***

as you can see from the TOUR section at www.thestrokes.com, we have already announced and sold out an exclusive UK tour...

this is what is coming soon....

U.S. tour dates will run from LATE FEB - MID-APRIL...

we'll be announcing that shortly....you can watch www.thestrokes.com just around the album release and we'll announce in the TOUR section...

we're also planning a CANADIAN TOUR to happen shortly after the end of the U.S. tour...so hang on there, Canada... please ease up on the hate-mail...yes, we DO know you exist, and you're beautiful...but we won't route you in with the US tour, you're gonna get your own sweet package of dates...

MAY and JUNE, looks like the soonest we'll be able to make it back to Europe...so we hope to see you then...

JULY and AUGUST, we have our minds set on australia and japan...

south america, you JUST had us... so you'll have to hang out for a bit... but we hope to see you again soon in 2006.

ok....

i'll be back on JAN 03 with a more in-depth look at what to expect, where to see the band, and what is going on....

until then, everyone enjoy their year end holiday celebrations...and
have a safe and happy new year!

-ryan
the strokes
wiz kid mgmt.