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Queens of the Stone Age and Delta Goodrem announce returns to rock old shed

Two massive shows were announced this morning for Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

“We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in… The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable”: Queens Of The Stone Age drop a brand new single out of nowhere and it features Nikki Lane on vocals

Easy Street is the band's first new track since 2023's Times New Roman

MusicRadar

"Only badass mofos get to play in Queens Of The Stone Age." The story behind QOTSA's modern rock masterpiece Songs For The Deaf

“There are a lot of people who like heavy music but don’t want to listen to Creed or nu-metal"

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Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri

Queens Of The Stone Age joined onstage by Nick Oliveri for first time since 2014

Metal Hammer

"There was that feeling of like, ‘Wait, are we breaking up?'" Why Dave Grohl walked out on Foo Fighters and joined Queens of the Stone Age in 2002

Frustrated with the recording of Foo Fighters' One by One sessions, Dave Grohl needed to let off some steam. Then he received a call from Josh Homme...

Metal Hammer

“I saw one of their pedals and thought, ‘That’s the sound I’ve been thinking about for 10 years!’” Meet Coach Party, the UK indie-rockers dialing in Tokai Teles, Amazon tremolos and secrets from Queens of the Stone Age’s pedalboards

The Isle of Wight quartet discuss Josh Homme’s hospitality, giving lessons to Wet Leg and their sticky yet therapeutic second album, Caramel –and share an exclusive live performance of Still Hurts

Guitar World

“Of course it was gonna be a hit! This song is one of the few tracks from that period of the Noughties that really is original. It’s got a super distinctive sonic signature”: Inside the making of a Queens Of The Stone Age classic

A genius riff from Josh Homme and drumming heroics from his buddy Dave Grohl

MusicRadar

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"It's kind of a concept record, if the word ‘concept’ didn’t suck." Josh Homme and Dave Grohl spill the tea on Queens Of The Stone Age masterpiece Songs for the Deaf

QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf has just turned 23. This is the story behind a modern classic

Louder

"It was such a poetic ending to a career that you just can’t take your eyes and ears off." Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme salutes the late Ozzy Osbourne

Josh Homme can see a certain beauty in Ozzy Osbourne's final show and heartbreaking death

Metal Hammer

"As a recording utility to help a part cut, or a way to get you a little closer to the QOTSA sound, it’s mission accomplished": Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Too review

In its 60th Anniversary year, Peavey updates its little amp gone by and shares Josh Homme's "secret weapon" with the rest of us

Guitar World

Queens Of The Stone Age announce intimate UK and European gigs

Queens Of The Stone Age will play intimate gigs at venues in the UK and Europe on The Catacombs Tour in October.

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"Appropriate dress is encouraged for this very special evening at the theatre": Queens Of The Stone Age announce UK and European shows

The Catacombs tour follows the release of the Queens Of The Stone Age: Alive In The Catacombs film and live album

Metal Hammer

“I have to say it was the most bizarre musical experience I think I’ve had”: Queens Of The Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen on what it was like to play for the “bones of six million people” in the Catacombs of Paris

Alive in the Catacombs presents a set of stripped-down QOTSA classics on acoustic for a unique concert film/EP

MusicRadar

"A limited series of very special one-night-only evenings at a curated selection of North America’s most historic theaters." Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour

It'll be just like seeing QOTSA perform underneath Paris surrounded by millions of skeletons, except completely different

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“Rock'n'roll is a volatile thing... this is not an accounting office”: the story of Rated R, Queens Of The Stone Age’s strange, brilliant breakthrough record

The tale of Josh Homme & co.’s excellent second album, which turns 25 this month, and how metal icon Rob Halford came to make a cameo on it.

Louder

Queens of the Stone Age announce international screenings for Alive in the Catacombs film

Alive in the Catacombs will be screened in cinemas in 20 countries next month

Metal Hammer

"It would be ridiculous to try to rock there." Watch the trailer for Queens of the Stone Age's Alive in the Catacombs film, documenting a unique performance underneath Paris "surrounded by several million dead people"

See Josh Homme's Queens of the Stone Age as you've never seen them before, performing in the world-famous Catacombs of Paris

Metal Hammer

10 brilliant but overlooked rock and metal albums you need to hear from 2000

The year 2000 gave us massive releases from Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, but these 10 albums flew under the radar

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Queens Of The Stone Age announce first live dates since Josh Homme's emergency surgery

Queens Of The Stone Age will return to the road in June 2025

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Queens of the Stone Age cancel all 2024 shows as Josh Homme receives ‘essential medical care’

Frontman must ‘prioritise his health’, a month after he underwent emergency surgery and two years after his cancer diagnosis

Metal Hammer

Queens Of The Stone Age cancel all remaining 2024 shows as Josh Homme receives "essential medical care"

The latest cancellations follow the shelving of a run of festival dates in Europe earlier this summer

Metal Hammer

Queens of the Stone Age cancel more European shows as frontman Josh Homme recovers from emergency surgery

A further string of Queens of the Stone Age festival dates in Europe pulled as Josh Homme remains in doctors' care

MusicRadar

“Every effort was made to push through and play for you, but it is no longer an option to continue”: Queens Of The Stone Age cancel European dates with Josh Homme to undergo emergency surgery

The frontman is to return to the US immediately, leaving string of dates across Europe cancelled

Guitar World

“It is no longer an option to continue”: Queens of the Stone Age cancel tour dates as Josh Homme is rushed to emergency surgery

The band had been scheduled to perform a number of headline and festival shows across July

Louder

“Queens are gutted we aren't able to play for you.” Queens Of The Stone Age cancel European tour as Josh Homme returns to the United States for “emergency surgery”

QOTSA share “frustration and disappointment” after being forced to cancel eight European shows

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