M'Lou Elkins
Queens of the Stone Age kicked off their first North American tour in five years at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights, Michigan on Thursday, August 3rd.
The first leg of the band’s The End Is Nero Tour runs through August 19th. The second leg picks up again on September 16th and wraps up on October 8th with a gig at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California.
Kicking off the show with possibly their best-known song, “No One Knows,” the band rolled through 18 tracks, which included four songs off QOTSA’s new album, In Times New Roman… alongside classic faves like “My God Is the Sun,” “Little Sister,” and “Go With the Flow.” Later in the set, frontman Joshua Homme dedicated “God Is in the Radio” to late QOTSA member Mark Lanegan.
Check out the fan-filmed footage from the show below, along with the complete setlist and list of remaining tour dates.
Setlist:
No One Knows
Do It Again
Smooth Sailing
My God Is the Sun
Carnavoyeur
The Way You Used to Do
If I Had a Tail
Negative Space
Paper Machete
The Evil Has Landed
Better Living Through Chemistry
I Sat by the Ocean
Time & Place
Little Sister
Make It Wit Chu
God Is in the Radio (Dedicated to Mark Lanegan)
Go With the Flow
A Song for the Dead
Queens of the Stone Age 2023 Tour Dates:
08/04 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage *
08/05 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors *
08/07 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater *
08/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann *
08/09 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
08/11 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena *
08/12 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium *
08/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater *
08/16 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
08/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre *
08/19 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater *
09/16 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory ^
09/19 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse ^
09/20 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre ^
09/22 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park ^
09/23 – St. Louis, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park ^
09/24 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
09/26 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP ^
09/27 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion ^
09/29 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre ^
09/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Saltair ^
10/02 – Portland, OR @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum ^
10/03 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum ^
10/04 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena ^
10/06 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium ^
10/08 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
10/23 – Guadalajara, MX @ Coordenada
11/04 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
11/05 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
11/07 – Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
11/08 – Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle
11/09 – Berlin, DE @ Max-Schmeling-Halle
11/11 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Mitsubishi Electric Halle
11/12 – Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis
11/14 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena
11/15 – London, UK @ The O2
11/18 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
11/19 – Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena
11/20 – Stockton-on-Tees, UK @ Globe Theatre
11/22 – Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
* = w/ Phantogram and The Armed
^ = w/ Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth
