{"id":2008710,"date":"2026-06-24T09:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2008710"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:07:34","slug":"watch-the-strokes-cover-the-walkmens-heaven-with-hamilton-leithauser-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2008710","title":{"rendered":"Watch The Strokes cover The Walkmen\u2019s \u2018Heaven\u2019 with Hamilton Leithauser in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026_thestrokes_hamiltonleithauser_getty_2000x1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch The Strokes cover The Walkmen\u2019s \u2018Heaven\u2019 with Hamilton Leithauser in Boston<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;Hamilton Leithauser, come on down&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Damian Jones<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-24T10:07:34+01:00\">24th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026_thestrokes_hamiltonleithauser_getty_2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"The Strokes&apos; Julian Casablancas and Hamilton Leithauser\" title=\"2026_thestrokes_hamiltonleithauser_getty_2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">The Strokes&#8217; Julian Casablancas and Hamilton Leithauser CREDIT: Josh Brasted\/WireImage\/Jeremychanphotography\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Strokes\u00a0covered The Walkmen\u2018s 2012 track \u2018Heaven\u2019 with frontman Hamilton Leithauser in Boston last night (June 23).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1037\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Julian Casablancas sets the world to rights: \u201cWe always think we\u2019re so special and beyond the old ways, but we\u2019re not\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The New York indie icons invited Leithauser onstage towards the end of their set at the TD Garden arena for the song, which is taken from The Walkmen\u2019s sixth album of the same name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressing the crowd, frontman Julian Casablancas said: \u201cI\u2019m gonna just make my dreams come true. I just love this song, and Hamilton has such a great voice, so he\u2019s gonna come and play a little Walkmen song because he doesn\u2019t do that in his show, well, he does, but not this one. Hamilton Leithauser, come on down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere he is, the beautiful man. Alright, you good? I\u2019m just gonna dance on the side of the stage. Love you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, who is currently supporting The Strokes on their North America tour, then took over vocal duties while the rest of the band backed him for a version very similar to the original, with its Strokes like guitar riff. You can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ9WGxMP53X\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Posting a clip of his performance on Instagram, Leithauser wrote: \u201cThis one goes out to The Walkmen!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the show, The Strokes also played their classic hits and recent singles \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 and \u2018Falling Out Of Love\u2019, from their forthcoming album \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019, as they have on previous dates, including their recent performance at Bonnaroo.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was part of their current North America tour before they hit the UK, Europe and Japan later this year.<\/p>\n<p>It will be their first full run of headline dates in the UK and Ireland in over 20 years, and gigs include stops at London\u2019s O2. Support comes from\u00a0Thundercat,\u00a0Cage The Elephant,\u00a0Hamilton Leithauser,\u00a0Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and \u00d6L\u00dcM, and\u00a0more dates have been added\u00a0due to huge demand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of these shows will see The Strokes perform without guitarist Nick Valensi, as the band confirmed recently that he\u00a0would be taking a \u201ctemporary break\u201d\u00a0from playing live.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Albert Hammond Jr. recently shared why the release of The Strokes\u2019 new album \u2018Reality Awaits, \u2019 has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>The band had been preparing to release their seventh studio album, with its original date having been set for June 26. However, earlier this month, they announced that it had been pushed back to July 24, without providing a reason. Pre-order the record here.<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted response to a fan on X, he explained\u00a0that they decided to\u00a0shift it four weeks later\u00a0because they wanted the streaming release date to match that of the vinyl release. In his comments, he also said\u00a0he thinks the music on the album sounds like that made by a \u201cweird, young band\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hammond\u2019s comments on the\u00a0new music\u00a0echo what he said last month, when\u00a0he referred to \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 as his \u201cfavourite album\u201d that The Strokes have ever made. \u201cI can\u2019t express how beautiful it is,\u201d he said. \u201cI listen to the whole thing and wanna start from the beginning again. 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Strokes\u00a0covered The Walkmen\u2018s 2012 track \u2018Heaven\u2019 with frontman Hamilton Leithauser in Boston last night (June 23).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1037\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Julian Casablancas sets the world to rights: \u201cWe always think we\u2019re so special and beyond the old ways, but we\u2019re not\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The New York indie icons invited Leithauser onstage towards the end of their set at the TD Garden arena for the song, which is taken from The Walkmen\u2019s sixth album of the same name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressing the crowd, frontman Julian Casablancas said: \u201cI\u2019m gonna just make my dreams come true. I just love this song, and Hamilton has such a great voice, so he\u2019s gonna come and play a little Walkmen song because he doesn\u2019t do that in his show, well, he does, but not this one. Hamilton Leithauser, come on down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere he is, the beautiful man. Alright, you good? I\u2019m just gonna dance on the side of the stage. Love you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, who is currently supporting The Strokes on their North America tour, then took over vocal duties while the rest of the band backed him for a version very similar to the original, with its Strokes like guitar riff. You can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ9WGxMP53X\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Posting a clip of his performance on Instagram, Leithauser wrote: \u201cThis one goes out to The Walkmen!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the show, The Strokes also played their classic hits and recent singles \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 and \u2018Falling Out Of Love\u2019, from their forthcoming album \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019, as they have on previous dates, including their recent performance at Bonnaroo.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was part of their current North America tour before they hit the UK, Europe and Japan later this year.<\/p>\n<p>It will be their first full run of headline dates in the UK and Ireland in over 20 years, and gigs include stops at London\u2019s O2. Support comes from\u00a0Thundercat,\u00a0Cage The Elephant,\u00a0Hamilton Leithauser,\u00a0Fat White Family, Alex Cameron and \u00d6L\u00dcM, and\u00a0more dates have been added\u00a0due to huge demand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of these shows will see The Strokes perform without guitarist Nick Valensi, as the band confirmed recently that he\u00a0would be taking a \u201ctemporary break\u201d\u00a0from playing live.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Albert Hammond Jr. recently shared why the release of The Strokes\u2019 new album \u2018Reality Awaits, \u2019 has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>The band had been preparing to release their seventh studio album, with its original date having been set for June 26. However, earlier this month, they announced that it had been pushed back to July 24, without providing a reason. Pre-order the record here.<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted response to a fan on X, he explained\u00a0that they decided to\u00a0shift it four weeks later\u00a0because they wanted the streaming release date to match that of the vinyl release. In his comments, he also said\u00a0he thinks the music on the album sounds like that made by a \u201cweird, young band\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hammond\u2019s comments on the\u00a0new music\u00a0echo what he said last month, when\u00a0he referred to \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 as his \u201cfavourite album\u201d that The Strokes have ever made. \u201cI can\u2019t express how beautiful it is,\u201d he said. \u201cI listen to the whole thing and wanna start from the beginning again. It grows and grows and becomes intoxicatingly good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments followed some pushback from Strokes fans to the early singles \u2018Going Shopping\u2019 and \u2018Falling Out Of Love\u2019, with some complaining about\u00a0Julian Casablancas\u2019 use of vocoder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-the-strokes-cover-the-walkmens-heaven-with-hamilton-leithauser-in-boston-3952836&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026_thestrokes_hamiltonleithauser_getty_2000x1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch The Strokes cover The Walkmen\u2019s \u2018Heaven\u2019 with Hamilton Leithauser in Boston &#8220;Hamilton Leithauser, come on down&#8221; By Damian Jones 24th June 2026 The Strokes&#8217; Julian Casablancas and Hamilton Leithauser CREDIT: Josh Brasted\/WireImage\/Jeremychanphotography\/Getty Images The Strokes\u00a0covered The Walkmen\u2018s 2012 track \u2018Heaven\u2019 with frontman Hamilton Leithauser in Boston last night (June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2008710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2008710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2008710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2008710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2008710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}