The Strokes  have announced that guitarist Nick Valensi will be taking a “temporary break” from the band’s upcoming world tour. READ MORE:  The Strokes on the cover: “Journalists kiss your ass to your face and talk shit when they’re writing the article” The New York indie greats are releasing their seventh studio album ‘ Reality Awaits ’ on June 26 via Cult Records/RCA ( pre-order here ), and last month  they announced details of a tour that will take in dates in the UK, Europe, North America and Japan . Yesterday (May 14), the band posted on their Instagram Stories to confirm that “Nick will be taking a temporary break from the scheduled tour, but we look forward to his return”. They did not give a reason for his absence, but they did add that “holding down the guitar in the meantime is our old friend Steve Schiltz, who many of you will remember from the early NY days”.…