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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

The Strokes use Coachella set to denounce US foreign intervention

Julian Casablancas of the Strokes performs at Coachella on Saturday.
Julian Casablancas of the Strokes performs at Coachella on Saturday. The frontman used the band’s performance to speak out against US foreign intervention and its war with Iran. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella

US band the Strokes have used their Coachella set to make a stark political statement against America’s history of foreign intervention and war in other countries, including Iran and Palestine.

At the end of their set at the second weekend of the California music festival, the band performed their 2016 song Oblivius in front of giant LED screens that showed a montage of world leaders whose death or ousting the CIA has either been a proven or suspected party in, as lead singer Julian Casablancas sang the lyrics: “What side you standing on?”

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