The Strokes

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The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture is thrilled the initial hype surrounding the Last Nite band has died down, because they can finally be taken seriously as musicians.

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The Strokes have stormed to the top of the NME Chart this week with Juicebox, the first single from their new album.

The New Yorkers have knocked Franz Ferdinand's Walk Away into second place. But it's good news for Arcade Fire who rise one place to three with Wake Up.

Hard-Fi have the only other new entry this week, slipping into the chart in fifth place with Cash Machine.

The NME Chart in full:

1) Juicebox - The Strokes
2) Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
3) Wake Up - Arcade Fire
4) Area - Futureheads
5) Cash Machine - Hard-Fi
6) Albion - Babyshambles
7) The Decision - The Young Knives
8) Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
9) One Way Ticket - The Darkness
10) Alas Agnes - The Mystery Jets

The NME Chart is on MTV 2 every day at 7pm. Monday it's all about the Hot New Ones, Sunday it's the final NME Chart, and check daily for who's up and what's down, and to see your fan favourite review on screen.

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The Strokes showcased tracks from their new album 'Impressions From Earth' to an intimate audience of 80 fans at a secret London location on Friday evening for an MTV special.

Casablancas and co ripped through a selection of old and new tracks, including 'Red Light', 'The End Have No End', 'Reptilia' and new single 'Juice Box', all of which you can enjoy on the stroke of midnight on December 31 when MTV Live: The Strokes is broadcast on MTV.

After spending a week in London, the boys have now jetted off to the continent to peddle their wares to appreciative European audiences before heading back over here for a full UK tour in January and February.

The full setlist was as follows:

Heart In A Cage
Hawaii
Evening Sun
The End Has No End
Juice Box
Red Light
Hard To Explain
What Ever Happened?
You Only Live Once
Someday
Reptilia


The 90-minute special on New Year's Eve will feature live tracks and clips of host Alex Zane interviewing the band.

MTV Live: The Strokes kicked off a series of secret gigs that MTV will be staging in association with Motorola.

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The Strokes will kick off the New Year on MTV with an exclusive gig recorded at our Camden studios.

Filmed in front of 100 fans, MTV Live: The Strokes will be shown from midnight on MTV UK on December 31, just hours before the band release their new album, First Impressions Of Earth. The set includes new songs and classic tracks from Is This It and Room On Fire.

But if you can't wait until then, MTV.co.uk will be offering users First Impressions Of Earth as a first listen from December 28. You'll be able to listen to the whole album for free ahead of its release. It's because we care.

If that hasn't sated your appetite for all things Strokes, alongside the MTV broadcast Xfm will take audio from the gig to produce an exclusive radio broadcast to air on January 2 at 7.30pm. The show will will feature the whole live show, plus interviews with the band.

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