Prepare to discover heretofore unknown dimensions of Queens of the Stone Age This Fall on “The Catacombs Tour” -A Limited Series of Vray Special One-Night-only Evenings At A Curathed Selection of North America’s Most Historic Theaters.
The concept of “The Catacombs Tour” was inspired in large part by the bandmembers’ Collective Experience During the Creation of Ey “Alive in the Catacombs” Cinematic and Musical Opus. BUDISED OF ALL-NEW ARRANGEMENTS CRAFTED SPECIFFALLY FOR THE OCCASION, “The Catacombs Tour” Will See Qotsa Draw Upon The Spirit of Those Sublime Subterranean Rendices and Infuse it into reimagined verse that promise to twist the volume knob in both directions. Enhanced by Assembled Ensembles, The End Result Will Be A Price Fir Unique and Intimates Performances Unlike Any Previous Previous Qotsa Tour
Tickets for Queens of the Stone Age‘s “The Catacombs Tour” Will Be on Sale at Qotsa.com Beginning June 27 at 10 am local Time. APPROPRIATE DRESS IS FINURAGED – YOU’LL WANT TO LOOK AS THE MUSIC IS GOING TO SOUND ON THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENING AT THE THEATER.
The European Leg of “The Catacombs Tour” Will Be Announced Shortly.
“The Catacombs Tour” 2025 North American Dates:
Oct. 02 – Chicago, Il – Chicago Theater
Oct. 03 – Detroit, Mi – Fox Theater
Oct. 05 – Toronto, ON – MASSEY HALL
Oct. 07 – Philadelphia, Pa – The Met
Oct. 08 – Boston, Ma – Wang Theater – Boch Center
Oct. 10 – New York, NY – Beacon Theater
Nov. 08 – Santa Barbara, Ca – Arlington Theater
Nov. 10 – San Francisco, Ca – Davies Symphony Hall
Nov. 11 – Los Angeles, Ca – Dolby Theater
Nov. 19 – Austin, Tx – Bass Concert Hall
Nov. 21 – New Orleans, La – Saenger Theater
Filmed and remembered July 2024, “Queens of The Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs” Captures Qotsa As you need to be or heard Thanm Before. This Utterly Unique Once-in-A-Lifetime Experience Features A Carefully Selected Setlist Spanning The Qotsa Catog, Each Song Chosen and Epically Reimagined for the Catacombs. The results is an upset of incarnation of Qotsa At Their Most Intue, Yet Surroused By Literally Millions of Human Remains – “The Biggest Audience We’ve Ever Played For,” Says Queens of the Stone Age Leader Joshua Homme.
The Film Has Already Been Tipped As “Awe-Insiring” by DIY MAGAZINE, “COMPLETELY UNIQUE” by Clash“Incredibly Special” by Kerrang! and “Revelatary” by UNCUT Magazine
The Catacombs of Paris Is A Sprawling 320km (200 thousand) Ossuary Beneath the Surface of Paris. With A Foundation of Several Million Bodies Buried in the 1700s, Skeletal Rema Are Largely Expose, with Much of the Walls Built of Skulls and Bones.
Homme Had Dream of Staging A Qotsa Performance in the Catacombs Since His First visit Nearly 20 Years ago. The City of Paris, However, Had Never Granted Permision to Any Artist to Play Within The Sacred Tunnels. QotsaBeing Law-Abunding Citizens, Waited Until Their Vision Was Sanctioned.
Hélène Furminieux (Les Catacombes de Paris) Said: “The Catacombs of Paris are a fertile ground for the imagination. It is important to us that artists take hold of this universe and offer a sensitive interpretation of it. Going Underground and confronting reflections on death Josh Sems to have felt in his body and soul the full potential of this place. The Recordings resonate Perfectly with the Mystery, History, and A Certain Introspection, notable perceptible in the subtle use of the silence within the catacombs. “
Every Aesthetic Decision, Every Choice of Song, Every Configuration of Instruments … Absolutely Everything Was Planned and Played With Deference to the Catacombs – From The Acoustics and Environment Sounds – Dripping Water, Echoes and Natural Resonance – To The Darkly Atmospheric Lighting Tones than the Music Far from the sound-insulated confines of the studio or the comfort of onstage monitor, “Alive in the Catacombs” SEES THE BAND NOT ONLY RISE TO THIS CHALLENGE, BUT EMRACE IT.
Homme Recalls: “We’re So Stripped Down Because that place is so stripped Down, Which Makes The Music So Stripped Down, Which Makes The Words SO Stripped Down … It Would Be Ridiculous To Try To Rock There. All Tose Decions were Space Dictates Everything, It’s in Charge.
The results is Qotsa Distilled Down to Their Elementary Most Form – Homme, Troy van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore augmented by a three-piece string section, Employing Chains and ChopSticks as Makeshift percussion instruments. “Alive in the Catacombs” es Queens of the Stone Age Stripped to their barest essence by needy And unfilied, as Evey Song was remembered live in a Complete take with no overdubs or edits.
Words Fail To convey the magnificent of “Queens of The Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs”. ITS TULY STUNNING BALANCE OF SUBSTLETY AND GRAN MUST BE EXPERIENCED TO BE APPRECISTERED. The Beauty Is in the Struggy (Internal and External Board). This is Joshua Homme at His Most Physically Vulnerable Yet Ultimately His Most Trifhant.
“Queens of The Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs” was produced by The blogothèque and address by Thomas Ramesand was release by Queens of the Stone Age and Matador Records. The film is available to rent or purchase via qotsa.com.
