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Queens of the Stone Age kicked off a US tour on Tuesday night (June 10th) in Boston, marking the band’s first concert since postponing a number of shows last year as frontman Josh Homme received “essential medical care” for an undisclosed health issue.
The gig was the first of a two-night stand the MGM Music Hall at Fenway. The brief tour continues tonight (June 11th) at the same venue, and runs through a June 21st show in Chicago (pick up tickets here).
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For their return performance, QOTSA played an 18-song set, kicking off with …Like Clockwork‘s “Keep Your Eyes Peeled,” which they hadn’t played since 2018. Next up was their Songs for the Deaf hit “No One Knows” (which landed at No. 2 on Consequence’s list of the Best Guitar Riffs of the 21st Century So Far).
Other favorites included “My God Is the Sun,” “Little Sister,” and “Go with the Flow,” before QOTSA closed out the show with “A Song for the Deaf” and “A Song for the Dead.”
Queens of the Stone Age’s previous performance was nearly a year ago at the Catacombs of Paris, a mini-set that was captured for a just-released concert film and accompanying documentary. An audio release of the set will be available digitally this Friday (June 13th), with a vinyl edition arriving in August.
While the band never disclosed the specific health issue that sidelined Homme last year, the frontman was diagnosed with an unspecified cancer in 2022, but reported he was cancer-free in 2023.
See video from Queens of the Stone Age’s first show in nearly a year below, as well as the setlist.
Setlist:
Keep Your Eyes Peeled
No One Knows
3’s & 7’s
I Sat by the Ocean
Negative Space
If I Had a Tail
My God Is the Sun
Emotion Sickness
The Way You Used to Do
Carnavoyeur
Paper Machete
Smooth Sailing
Suture Up Your Future
Make It Wit Chu
Little Sister
Go With the Flow
A Song for the Deaf
A Song for the Dead
Queens of the Stone Age 2025 US Tour Dates:
06/11 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway * (Get Tickets)
06/13 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena * (Get Tickets)
06/15 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/17 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor * (Get Tickets)
06/18 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center * (Get Tickets)
06/20 – Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field * (Get Tickets)
06/21 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island * (Get Tickets)
* = w/ The Kills
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