Watch The Strokes play their first-ever acoustic set for political fundraiser
The Strokes played their first-ever acoustic set yesterday (May 15) as part of a fundraiser for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.Wiley, who is a former ACLU and NAACP legal defence fund attorney, will go to the polls on June 22 and faces competition from the likes of Andrew Yang, Dianne Morales and Raymond McGuire.The performance was held on Zoom and followed a conversation between frontman Julian Casablancas and Wiley about the mayoral race.The Strokes opened the short set with a version of the US national anthem before playing acoustic versions of ‘Is This It’ track ‘Someday’ and ‘The Adults Are Talking’, which featured on their 2020 album ‘The New Abnormal’.