BBC Radio 1′s Big Weekend will now see performances by a few more indie rock bands – namely from the Strokes, the Vaccines and the Friendly Fires.

The rockers will join already-announced acts Lady Gaga, Foo Fighters, Nicole Scherziner, Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Tinie Tempah and My Chemical Romance when the event takes place May 14 and 15.
The Strokes recently resurfaced with the release of their fourth studio album, Angles.

And in light of the band’s more contemporary success, guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. opened up to Spin magazine about the drug treatment he underwent while the band was recording their latest release.

Although he didn’t get into the specifics of his addiction, Hammond Jr. described his experience with controlled substances as “hardcore,” and admitted that he “wasn’t really there” when the band began working on their new music.

He said of his post-rehab experience: “I wasn’t on any chemicals. It was hard – you have two good years of post-acute withdrawal. I was nervous and couldn’t remember things. It’s like having a stroke, no pun intended. You always do the crazy rock star thing, of course, but I’d rather be left with music from someone I admire than their funny stories of all the fucked-up shit they did.”

Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi added: “We all saw something was broken – certain people getting into drugs. There was a lot of nodding off and passing out in the studio, like, ‘Jesus, you’re not awake to record your part, we have to wait four hours so you can nap.’”

Also in the interview, frontman Julian Casablancas describes his solo projects as being uplifting, while his collaborations with the Strokes have been the exact opposite experience: “I think almost everything I did on the solo thing felt so positive and almost everything I’ve ever done with the Strokes feels so negative and I just don’t know why.”

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