Queens Of The Stone Age appear to be teasing a huge show in Sheffield – find all the details below.
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Last night (February 13), the Josh Homme-fronted band shared a photograph of Ecclesall Road in the Steel City. It shows a poster for the Sheffield edition of the Rock N Roll Circus festival, which is due to take place at Don Valley Bowl this August.
The name of the upcoming event is displayed above the title of QOTSA’s classic 2002 single ‘No One Knows’, which is intertwined with a red snake. Underneath, it reads: “Sheffield. Announcement coming 17th February”. The Rock N Roll Circus web address also appears.
An accompanying QR code directs fans to a page where they can “sign up for news coming soon” about the festival. Per the teaser promo, further details are expected to be revealed on Monday.
Additionally, Rock N Roll Circus has reshared a fan’s image of the advertisement in Sheffield. Check out the posts here:
👀🐍🎪 pic.twitter.com/SqjiOKrIC1
— QOTSA (@qotsa) February 13, 2025
👀 https://t.co/W14JhpV6pg
— RocknRollCircus (@RandRCircus) February 13, 2025
The Sheffield leg of the Rock N Roll Circus has already announced local band Reverend & The Makers for 2025, as well as The Libertines‘ Pete Doherty and Carl Barât, The Lottery Winners, Groove Armada (DJ set) and more for its “20-year anniversary party”.
Organisers have promised that more names are still to be confirmed across three stages. Find ticket information here.
Last year’s Rock N Roll Circus in Sheffield was headlined by Richard Hawley, Becky Hill and Milburn.
A potential appearance from Queens Of The Stone Age would take place around the same time as their headline slot at Victorious Festival 2025. The band are set to embark on a European tour this summer too, where they’ll also play various festivals like Øya and Electric Castle.
Last July, QOTSA were forced to cancel some live dates in Europe due to frontman Homme needing “emergency surgery”. The singer then returned to the stage in December for a Mark Lanegan tribute concert in London.
Queens’ first show back is currently scheduled for June 10 in Boston, Massachusetts. That same month, they’ll play at Bonnaroo 2025 in Manchester, Tennessee.
The band released their eighth and latest studio album, ‘In Times New Roman’, in 2023. In a four-star review, NME wrote: “They’ve pitched their comeback between an emotional exorcism for Homme, but with enough fan-service for the die-hards; this is up there with their darkest, knottiest material to date, and will be appreciated all the more for it.”
Last summer, Homme vowed to “roll his sleeves up” so that the fans wouldn’t have to wait so long for their next record. 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, their personal battles and plans for the future.
“I think we should be making something,” Homme explained, some six months on from releasing QOTSA’s most recent LP. “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.”
You can revisit the full video interview for NME‘s In Conversation series above.
