Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme has visited some “Arctic Monkeys landmarks” during his time in Sheffield.
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Homme and co. are currently in the Monkeys’ hometown to play two huge outdoor headline gigs at Rock N Roll Circus. They kicked things off last night (August 27) and will perform again tonight (28) at the city’s Don Valley Bowl.
Ahead of the shows, Homme shared his plans for downtime in Sheffield, saying in a recent interview: “I really just want to go to all the Arctic Monkeys guys’ childhood homes and take pictures and then send it to them.”
Now, it seems he’s partially got his wish, after he shared an Instagram video of him at so-called “landmarks” apparently associated with the band.
In the tongue-in-cheek video, Homme kicks things off in front of Sheffield Town Hall, which he tells the camera is “Matt Helder’s house”, before moving on to an abandoned, broken conditioning unit which he says came from “Jamie Cook’s childhood”.
Moving on to the city’s Millennium Square, Homme refers to the steel sphere fountains – paying homage to Sheffield’s steel industry – as “the testicle Institute for the legally insane”.
He then includes a clip of a small child, who he dubs “a living statue of Nick O’Malley” and a window that “Alex Turner dirtied as a child”. Check out the full video below.
Homme also gave the band a shoutout while on stage last night, telling the crowd: “We have long-time friends in the Arctic Monkeys here, and I just fucking knew that this is the place. We’ve been on tour for six weeks. This is the last two shows of our home tour. And I just knew that you guys were the motherfuckers. I just knew it, Sheffield.”
Some fans have also spotted members of the Monkeys in their home city, leading to speculation they might have been in attendance at the gig.
Queens Of The Stone Age will be joined once again tonight by the likes of Viagra Boys, Circa Waves, Fat Dog, The Bug Club, Shame, Jehnny Beth, The Murder Capital, Big Freedia and Demob Happy.
Alex with a fan yesterday in Sheffield
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Josh Homme mentioned Arctic Monkeys at the Rock n Roll Circus in Sheffield 🎪
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— Arctic Monkeys Japan (@ArcticMonkeysJP) August 28, 2025
Homme’s relationship with Arctic Monkeys goes back to when he co-produced their 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.
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.
