
The Strokes turned Coachella's main stage into a geopolitical indictment on Saturday night, closing Weekend 2 with a video montage that accused the CIA of decades of covert regime change and condemned ongoing US and Israeli military action in Iran and Gaza.
It was a performance that came in two acts across two weekends. At Coachella's first weekend on 11 April 2026, frontman Julian Casablancas had already signalled the band's mood, joking to the crowd that he had been 'tempted to come out tonight with a laptop and show you guys some of those Iran Lego videos' and adding: 'More facts than your local news.'