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Now this sounds like a recipe for disaster. According to Billboard.com, the Strokes have enlisted Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme for an all-star cover of Marvin Gaye's 1971 song "Mercy Mercy Me" from his What's Going On album. Homme shares drum duty with the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti on the track, while Vedder and lead Stroke Julian Casablancas take equal blame for desiccating the memory of Gaye's vocal performance. Mercy, indeed. "Mercy Mercy Me" will appear as the B-side to the Strokes' forthcoming single, "You Only Live Once", which is due out in the UK on July 10.

Meanwhile, the Strokes will bring their message of environmentalism to various European festivals throughout the rest of the summer:

06-16 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
06-18 Manchester, England - Lancashire County Cricket Club *
06-21 London, England - Hyde Park (Wireless Festival)
06-23 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-24 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-26 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
06-27 Berlin, Germany - Berlin Arena
06-29 Paris, France - Le Zenith
06-30 Belfort, France - Les Eurockeennes Festival
07-02 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-04 Moscow, Russia - DK Gorbunova
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen Festival)
07-09 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-11 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall
07-13 St. Polten, Austria - Vaz
07-14 Montreux, Switzerland - Miles Davis Hall (Montreux Jazz Festival)
07-15 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival
07-17 Lyon, France - Antique Theatre
07-18 Nice, France - Theatre de Verdure
07-21 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festiva
07-22 Lisbon, Portugal - Lisboa Soundz Festival
07-28 Incheon, South Korea - Penta Port Rock Festival
07-30 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival

* with Foo Fighters