Queens of the Stone Age Add 2026 Shows to The Catacombs Tour

The intimate run resumes in April with special guest Libby Grace

Queens of the Stone Age are expanding their Catacombs Tour in 2026. Later this spring, the band is retiring to the road for a limited number of shows across the United States. Libby Grace will serve as a very special guest for the entire trek.

All tickets are on sale Friday, February 27 at 10am PT.

Check out the full tour itinerary below, plus a link to grab tickets.

Back on November 12, Queens of the Stone Age played a huge gig in Monterrey, Mexico Foo Fighters. The two groups have a storied history, primarily via their frontmen Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age). In 2002 Grohl jumped behind the kit for almost every track on Queens of the Stone Age’s breakthrough album Songs for the Deaf. It’s the cornerstone of their bond and set the tone for later collabs.

In 2005, Josh Homme performed on acoustic closer “Razor” from Foo Fighters’ double album In Your Honor. From 2009 to 2010, Grohl and Homme formed Them Crooked Vultures alongside legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. The trio released a self-titled album and toured significantly. In 2013, Grohl returned the QOTSA fold to cut drums on parts of …Like Clockwork after drummer Joey Castillo exited during the recording process. That same year, Grohl and Homme teamed with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor on “Mantra” for Grohl’s Sound City: Real to Reel project. Homme also contributed “Centipede” and “A Trick With No Sleeve” to the project.

In early 2002, Dave Grohl briefly toured with Queens of the Stone Age. His first show with the band was on March 7, 2002 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles; his last was July 28, 2002 at Fuji Rock before Joey Castillo took over.

On January 26, 2014, Grohl and Homme closed out The Grammys in a one-off supergroup with Nine Inch Nails and Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham. In 2017 – Cal Jam 17. At Grohl’s revived Cal Jam festival, and Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age co-headlined. In 2018, both bands teamed up for multiple co-headlining dates across South America. In 2022, Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts. Grohl and Homme reunited as Them Crooked Vultures—their first set in 12 years—performing “Gunman,” Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” and QOTSA’s “Long Slow Goodbye” at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts.

This summer, the two legendary bands are bringing their co-headlining experience to stadiums in North America. The run will make stops in Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Edmonton, Vancouver, and more. Very special guests for the trek will be Mannequin Pussy and Gouge Away on select dates.

Queens of the Stone Age’s latest album In Times New Roman arrived in 2023 via Matador. It was recorded and mixed at frontman Josh Homme’s own Pink Duck, with additional recording at Shangri-La. The album was produced by the band and mixed by Mark Rankin. It is available across all digital platforms, as well as vinyl and CD. Artwork and double LP gatefold packaging was designed by long time collaborator Boneface. The LP vinyl is available globally in standard black, as well as limited edition green, red, silver and blue.

The band recently released their landmark concert film, Alive In the Catacombs. It was recorded last summer deep in the Les Catacombes de Paris [Catacombs of Paris] in France in July of 2024, capturing the band as you’ve never seen or heard them before. This utterly unique once in a lifetime experience features a carefully selected setlist spanning the QOTSA catalog, each song chosen and epically reimagined for the Catacombs. The result is an unprecedented incarnation of QOTSA at their most intimate, yet surrounded by literally millions of human remains — “the biggest audience we’ve ever played for,” says Joshua Homme. 

A very limited deluxe edition of Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs sold out in record time, so the band is releasing a standard vinyl edition on September 26. Additionally, Queens of the Stone Age are embarking on an intimate tour this fall celebrating the event.

Homme had dreamt of staging a QOTSA performance in the Catacombs since his first visit nearly 20 years ago. The city of Paris, however, had never granted permission to any artist to play within the sacred tunnels. QOTSA, being law-abiding citizens, waited until their vision was sanctioned. 

The Catacombs of Paris is a sprawling 320km (200 miles) ossuary beneath the surface of Paris. With a foundation of several million bodies buried in the 1700s, skeletal remains are largely exposed, with much of the walls built of skulls and bones. 

Hélène Furminieux (Les Catacombes de Paris) said, “The Catacombs of Paris are a fertile ground for the imagination. It is important to us that artists take hold of this universe and offer a sensitive interpretation of it. Going underground and confronting reflections on death can be a deeply intense experience. Josh seems to have felt in his body and soul the full potential of this place. The recordings resonate perfectly with the mystery, history, and a certain introspection, notably perceptible in the subtle use of the silence within the Catacombs.”

Every aesthetic decision, every choice of song, every configuration of instruments…  absolutely everything was planned and played with deference to the Catacombs—from the acoustics and ambient sounds — dripping water, echoes and natural resonance — to the darkly atmospheric lighting tones that enhance the music. Far from the sound-insulated confines of the studio or the comfort of onstage monitors, Alive in the Catacombs sees the band not only rise to this challenge, but embrace it. 

Homme recalls, “We’re so stripped down because that place is so stripped down, which makes the music so stripped down, which makes the words so stripped down… It would be ridiculous to try to rock there. All those decisions were made by that space. That space dictates everything, it’s in charge. You do what you’re told when you’re in there.”

April 24 – Joshua Tree, CA – Joshua Tree Retreat Center
April 25 – Rancho Mirage, CA – Auga Caliente Rancho Mirage
April 27 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 29 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
May 1 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort

Tickets will be available HERE