Queens Of The Stone Age Makes Plans For 2017

Queens Of The Stone Age has announced a short run of dates in Australia/New Zealand, marking the band’s first tour since 2014. Plus, the band is signed on for an appearance at Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival.

The trip Down Under is booked in July, concluding with a stop at Splendour In The Grass in Yelgun, Australia.  

Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age
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– Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age
Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.

QOTSA has a few more international festival gigs on its plate – Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec, and Fuji Rock Festival in Kinasa, Japan.

Here’s the routing:

June 22-24 – Montebello, Quebec, Montebello Marina (Amnesia Rockfest)
July 13 – Auckland, New Zealand, Logan Campbell Centre
July 16 – Darwin, Australia, Darwin Convention Centre
July 19 – Moore Park, Australia, Hordern Pavilion
July 20 – West Melbourne, Australia, Festival Hall
July 22 – Yelgun, Australia, North Byron Parklands (Splendour In The Grass)
July 28-30 – Kinasa, Japan, Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
Aug. 11-13 – San Francisco, Calif., Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival)

Note that some of the festivals are listed as date spans because the daily lineups haven’t been confirmed.

A Frontier Members presale for the new dates begins April 10. Tickets go on sale to the general public April 12.

In other QOTSA news, the band is hinting at something else to come. The group simply posted a graphic saying “Coming TwentyFive” on its social media pages with no indication whether it involved new music or perhaps a U.S. tour.

You can find the band’s internet home at QOTSA.com.