Queens of the Stone Age
In what has been some great news for Darwin fans, one of the most acclaimed and popular hard rock groups of the last 20 years plays in the Top End for the first time.
By Chelsea Heaney.
Queens Of The Stone Age, or QOTSA for short, have made the journey to Australia to play Splendour In The Grass in Byron and announced just three sideshows across the country.
Their promoters have said there will be no extra shows added, which means other capital cities will miss out, leaving Darwinites with an opportunity to make their interstate mates jealous about this score.
The current line up of QOTSA – Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Jon Theodore and Michael Shuman – have been teasing new tracks from their upcoming seventh studio album in the lead up to this gig. With their most recent album …Like Clockwork coming out in 2013, fans have been keeping a keen eye out for this next release. In June, after months of dropping mysterious hints, the group finally announced that the upcoming LP will be called Villains and will be released on August 25. This could mean that Darwin fans will be among the first audiences to hear some of their new music live.
Coming out of California’s Palm Desert in the late 1990s, QOTSA has continually evolved and garnered millions of fans across the globe. Their 2002 platinum selling and Grammy nominated album Songs For The Deaf is held as one of the greatest rock records of all time and features Dave Grohl as guest drummer.
Tickets have been on sale since April and have sold out in Melbourne and Sydney, so you'll be lucky if they haven’t all gone. Get in quick if you haven’t already secured yourself a spot.
When considering the band’s track record of visiting the NT, this is very likely to be a once in a lifetime gig and will no doubt be a highlight of the year for Territory based fans.
Sun 16 Jul | 8pm | Darwin Convention Centre
