Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme has said he hopes to visit Arctic Monkeys‘ childhood homes while he is in Sheffield.
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Homme and co. will head to the Monkeys’ hometown next week to play two huge outdoor headline gigs at Rock N Roll Circus, after topping the bill at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth this weekend.
They’ll be joined in the Steel City by the likes of Viagra Boys, Circa Waves, Fat Dog, The Bug Club, Shame, Jehnny Beth, The Murder Capital, Big Freedia and Demob Happy.
During a recent interview on Radio X, Homme explained how it felt to return to these shores. “We’ve had such a great relationship with the UK and with Britain,” he said.
He then told the station about his plans to dig into the history of his friends and former collaborators, Arctic Monkeys, while up in South Yorkshire.
“I really just want to go to all the Arctic Monkeys guys’ childhood homes and take pictures and then send it to them,” Homme added. “So, that’s what I intend on doing. And it was like, ‘What’s the best way to do this?’”
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The QOTSA frontman co-produced the Sheffield band’s 2009 third album, ‘Humbug’, alongside James Ford. He later provided guest backing vocals on ‘All My Own Stunts’ from 2011’s ‘Suck It And See’, and ‘One For The Road’ and ‘Knee Socks’ from 2013’s ‘AM’. Homme has also previously joined Arctic Monkeys onstage to perform the latter.
Additionally, Homme produced and contributed to Iggy Pop’s 2016 album ‘Post Pop Depression’ – on which Monkeys drummer Matt Helders plays drums. In 2018, they reunited onstage to perform a ‘Post Pop Depression’ show at Cal Jam. Last year saw Helders appear with the likes of Beck and St. Vincent at a ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ benefit gig.
Queen Of The Stone Age released their eighth and latest album, ‘In Times New Roman’, in 2023. Earlier this summer, they shared a new concert film titled Alive In The Catacombs.
The project earned a four-star review from NME, hailing it as “moving and meditative”.
The movie was screened in cinemas across the globe, and the group have dropped a vinyl and audio release of the unique show. Queens have confirmed an intimate 2025 UK and European leg of ‘The Catacombs Tour’ for this autumn, featuring a show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall.
Find any remaining tickets for Queens Of The Stone Age’s upcoming Sheffield and London dates here.
Last summer, Homme promised to “roll his sleeves up” so that fans wouldn’t have to wait so long for their next album. There was a six-year gap between 2017’s ‘Villains’ and ‘In Times New Roman’.
In late 2023, Homme and bandmate Dean Fertita opened up to NME about the group and their personal battles, while looking ahead to what’s next.
“I think we should be making something,” Homme explained, some six months after releasing Queens’ most recent record. “The mantra of the last five years was, ‘It won’t be long now!’ That needs to pertain to making things too. I certainly think we should make more, faster-er, better-er.”
Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys have sparked speculation about a new album after registering a new recording company and updating their website. Their seventh and latest LP, ‘The Car’, arrived in 2022.
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