Watch The Strokes Perform ‘Fear of Sleep’ Live For First Time

During their headlining performance at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival on July 28th, The Strokes unleashed their live debut of “Fear of Sleep” from their 2006 album First Impressions of Earth. Frontman Julian Casablancas announced the song’s debut by telling the audience, “Here’s a song that we probably last played in Japan 29 years ago. Kidding…not that long ago. Sounds right? Let’s see how it goes.”

The band delivered a set packed with fan faves that heavily drew from their first two albums. Check out their complete setlist and watch their performance of “Fear of Sleep” below…

Setlist:
The Modern Age
Bad Decisions
Automatic Stop
The Adults Are Talking
Meet Me in the Bathroom
You Only Live Once
Fear of Sleep (Live debut)
Barely Legal
Under Control
Juicebox
Welcome to Japan
Soma
Red Light
Is This It
Someday
Reptilia

Encore:
Hard to Explain
Ode to the Mets
Last Nite