Queens Of The Stone Age have introduced particulars of a North American tour, impressed by their one-night-only occasion at The Catacombs in Paris.
The tour comes following the stripped-back efficiency the band held on the Parisian Catacombs final July. This noticed them play with out an viewers, joined by a three-piece string part, and reimagine a handful of songs with artistic alternate options to a drum package. Every track was recorded reside by Josh Homme and co. in a single full take, with no overdubs or edits.
To rejoice the efficiency – which was the primary of its type and later launched as a live performance movie– the band will likely be heading on a theatre tour throughout the US and placing the same, sombre spin on their tracks.
The dates will kick off on the Chicago Theatre on October 2, adopted by exhibits in Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia, Boston and New York Metropolis by means of the rest of the month.
They choose up once more within the second week of November with a present on the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara (8). That is adopted by stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles on November 10 and 11 respectively, earlier than wrapping up with a penultimate present in Austin and ultimate date in New Orleans later that month.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday (June 27) at 10am native time, and those that will likely be attending are inspired to undertake a proper gown code for the theatre venues.
Go to right here for tickets, and discover a listing of recent tour dates under.
Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘The Catacombs’ North American tour dates are:
OCTOBER
2 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
3 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
5 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Corridor
7 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
8 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre @ Boch Heart
10 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
NOVEMBER
8 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre
10 – San Francisco, CA @ Davies Symphony Corridor
11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dolby Theater
19 – Austin, TX @ Bass Live performance Corridor
21 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
Earlier this month, Josh Homme and co. introduced that they might be sharing the audio from the Alive in The Catacombs live performance documentary as a restricted version vinyl launch.
Every of the 5,000 copies comprises an unique 24-page booklet of behind-the-scenes photographs and is individually stamped and numbered. They are going to be obtainable from August 22, and you may pre-order your copy right here.
The movie was given a four-star overview by NME, with Andrew Trendell writing: “So immersive is the California rockers’ starkly lovely Thomas Rames-directed and Blogothèque-produced half-hour reside movie Alive In The Catacombs, that it’s simple to get misplaced – as you would possibly whereas navigating the tunnels and ossuaries beneath the French capital.
“What’s extra, this ain’t no commonplace stripped-back Dwell Lounge kinda affair. Homme and co are aided by a supporting solid of six million souls whose skulls line the partitions.”
The one-off gig on the historic website befell across the similar time that QOTSA have been compelled to cancel some European exhibits attributable to Homme requiring “emergency surgical procedure”. The frontman then returned to the stage final December for a Mark Lanegan tribute live performance in London, however has but to share any particulars about what the operation was for.
As for different upcoming exhibits, the band are at the moment enjoying a run of exhibits throughout the US, earlier than they head again over the pond to headline two enormous out of doors gigs at Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus this summer time.
They are going to be additionally topping the invoice at festivals together with Victorious, Øya, Electrical Fort, Lowlands, Pukkelpop and Rock En Seine this summer time, in addition to embarking on a European headline tour. Go to right here for remaining UK tickets and right here for worldwide tickets.
