Scotsman.com — NEW York indie rock band The Strokes have been confirmed to headline next year's RockNess music festival, taking place on the banks of Loch Ness. more info

NME — Friendly Fires and 2manydjs also confirmed to play more info

NME - Festivals — Isle Of Wight has a reputation as being pretty safe and middle-of-the-road – in recent years they've had The Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, Neil Young. The 2010 bash, though, is looking like being one of the more rock n'roll dates in the festival c... more info

Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com -- Headliners for for 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival announced more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Strokes and Jay-Z will headline the 2010 Isle of Wight festival in the U.K., marking the New York rock band's first confirmed live performance since October 2006. more info

Undercover, Australia — The Strokes will reactivate for the Isle of Wight Festival. more info

Rolling Stone — The Strokes have announced their first gig in over three years, grabbing the Saturday night headlining slot at the U.K.’s Isle of Wight Festival on June 11-13, 2010. New York City acts will have a big presence at the fest across the Atlantic as bot... more info

Live Daily — The world wasn't exactly clamoring for a solo project by Julian Casablancas [ tickets ], yet The Strokes' frontman delivered an interesting effort with "Phrazes for the Young" and has backed it up with an impressive live show. The New York-born singe... more info

My Old Kentucky — After Touch & Go collapsed, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists found a new home at Matador Records. Ted and crew will release The Brutalist Bricks, in all formats, on March 9th, 2010. Today they released the first taste and some tour dates...MP3 : Ted Leo &... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Strokes are back! Well, in live form! But, hey it is a start! They are apparently set to play at the Isle Of Wight Festival which will take place in the UK on June 2010. I am pretty jealous of the UK!! What about the loyal NYC fans?? Anyways, thi... more info