Queens Of The Stone Age Kick Off North American Tour

Todd Haller,
Performances At Roskilde Festival
Queens Of The Stone Age with lead singer Josh Homme play at Arena at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark June 28, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Helle Arensbak via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK.

Chattanooga, TN – The Pulse:

After a recent swing through Europe, Queens Of The Stone Age returns home to kick off its The End is Nero Tour of North America on Thursday, Aug. 3 at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre in suburban Detroit. The two-month trek marks the group’s first live shows since 2018 and will be done in three separate legs, including a September 16 performance at Riot Fest in Chicago. Guitarist-keyboardist Dean Fertita tells us that the band leader Josh Homme and the rest of the quintet are coming home with plenty of momentum following the shows in Europe:

 

The tour is supporting QOTSA’s eight studio album, In New Times Roman…, which came out June 16 and debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It’s also launched the singles “Emotion Sickness,” “Carnavoyeur” and “Paper Machete.” Fertita says North American audiences can expect to hear more of the new songs than QOTSA rolled out in Europe, where it was playing primarily festival dates.

 QOTSA has emerged from a trying period in the band’s history beyond even the pandemic that delayed progress on the album. During the interim Homme through a protracted and acrimonious dispute with ex-wife Brody Dalle over custody of their three children, of whom he now has full custody, and was diagnosed with cancer during 2022, from which he’s recovered.

SIDE NOTES

North American tour dates

  • August 3 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill*
  • August 4 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage*
  • August 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors*
  • August 7 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater*
  • August 8 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann*
  • August 9 – Washington, DC – The Anthem*
  • August 11 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena*
  • August 12 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium*
  • August 15 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater*
  • August 16 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit*
  • August 18 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre *
  • August 19 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater*
  • September 16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
  • September 17 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory**
  • September 19 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse**
  • September 20 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre**
  • September 22 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park**
  • September 23 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park**
  • September 24 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
  • September 26 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP**
  • September 27 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion**
  • September 29 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre**
  • September 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair**
  • October 2 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum**
  • October 3 – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum**
  • October 4 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena**
  • October 6 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium**
  • October 8 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock

*Phantogram and The Armed support
**Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth support

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