{"id":70167,"date":"2026-08-09T13:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/charli-xcx-joins-the-strokes-for-take-it-or-leave-it-at-outside-lands\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:11:45","slug":"charli-xcx-joins-the-strokes-for-take-it-or-leave-it-at-outside-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/charli-xcx-joins-the-strokes-for-take-it-or-leave-it-at-outside-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX Joins the Strokes for &#8216;Take It or Leave It&#8217; at Outside Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Fresh off their album sales battle \u2014 &#8220;She won. She won by a lot,&#8221; Julian Casablancas quipped \u2014 Friday night&#8217;s headliner at San Francisco fest makes surprise appearance during band&#8217;s Saturday set<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-strokes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-strokes\" data-tag=\"the-strokes\">The Strokes<\/a> brought out surprise guest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/charli-xcx\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charli-xcx\" data-tag=\"charli-xcx\">Charli XCX<\/a> to perform \u201cTake It or Leave It\u201d during the band\u2019s headlining set Saturday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/outside-lands\/\" id=\"auto-tag_outside-lands\" data-tag=\"outside-lands\">Outside Lands<\/a> festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWe got a special little guest. A big guest. A superstar,\u201d Julian Casablancas told the crowd before alluding to the fact that both artists released new albums \u2014 the Strokes\u2019 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/strokes-reality-awaits-review-1235597095\/\">Reality Awaits<\/a><\/em>, Charli\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/charli-xcx-music-fashion-film-review-1235597074\/\">Music, Fashion, Film<\/a><\/em> \u2014 on the same day in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWe had a great battle. Congratulations, you defeated us in the album sales. You\u2019re new queen of everything, Charli XCX.\u201d The group and the singer \u2014 who headlined the previous night at the San Francisco fest \u2014 then launched into the <em>Is This It?<\/em> closer:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Strokes - Take It Or Leave It (with Charli xcx) \u2013 Outside Lands 2026, San Francisco\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbWcVQ3y1wE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cCharli motherfucking XCX,\u201d Casablancas said after the surprise performance, circling back to their sales battle. \u201cYep, she won. She won by a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCasablancas and Charli XCX previously collaborated when he joined her on a reworking of \u201cMean Girls\u201d for her remix album <em>Brat and It\u2019s Completely Different but Also Still Brat<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCharli is next scheduled to headline the U.K.\u2019s Reading and Leeds festivals, while the Strokes will jet off to Japan next weekend for the Summer Sonic festivals in Tokyo and Osaka.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-the-strokes-take-it-or-leave-it-outside-lands-1235605980\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off their album sales battle \u2014 &#8220;She won. 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