Queens of the Stone Age will be back on the road next summer after cancelling a run of 2024 shows due to unspecified health issues affecting singer/guitarist Josh Homme.
The band called off eight festivals shows on their End Is Nero tour so Homme could fly back to the U.S. for what was described at the time as “emergency surgery“; another seven European festival gigs slated for August were then pulled due to the health issue.
Now, per the band’s official tour site, Queens will be back on the road with the End Is Nero Tour next summer. Starting with a two-night stand at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston on June 10 and 11, the five date tour will see the band playing gigs at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati on June 18, a stop at Madison Breese Stevens Field in Madison, WI on June 20 and a June 21 show at the Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion.
At the time they cancelled all their 2024 gigs, the band issued a statement on X that read: “QOTSA regret to announce the cancellation and/or postponement of all remaining 2024 shows. Josh has been given no choice but to prioritize his health and to receive essential medical care through the remainder of the year.”
Homme has bene open about his health struggles in the past, revealing in 2023 that he’d undergone surgery for cancer after being diagnosed in 2022. Queens had been on tour for much of 2024 (as well as late 2023) supporting their eighth studio album, In Times New Roman…
Check out the official list of tour dates for Queens of the Stone Age’s the End Is Nero tour below:
June 10 — Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
June 11 — Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
June 18 — Cincinatti, Ohio @ Andrew J Brady Music Center
June 20 — Madison, Wis @ Breese Stevens Field
June 21 — Chicago, Ill. @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island