{"id":495270,"date":"2026-06-25T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495270\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:35:11","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-play-cabaret-from-hell-in-live-on-kexp-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495270\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age Play Cabaret from Hell in &#8220;Live on KEXP&#8221; Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set that <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/queens-of-the-stone-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens of the Stone Age<\/a> performed for \u201cLive at KEXP\u201d in late April has just been uploaded in full to YouTube by the Seattle radio station.<\/p>\n<p>The performance is the entirety of the second act of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/queens-of-the-stone-age-catacombs-tour-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">QOTSA\u2019s three-act \u201cCatacombs\u201d show<\/a>, which concluded its touring run on May 1st.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:qotsa*live-on-kecp-catacombs-button\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fqueens-of-the-stone-age-tickets%2Fperformer%2F9328\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Queens of the Stone Age Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both the tour it was drawn from and this set in particular see the sludgy alt-rock band performing orchestral re-arrangements of their material, occasionally performing medleys of multiple songs. The extended lineup of Queens of the Stone Age here includes tuba, French horn, violin, cello, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Josh Homme casually waves a cleaver dressed in a sharp suit under haunting red lights, giving the sense of a Lynchian cabaret performance in Hell, fitting for the often gothic timbres of the music.<\/p>\n<p>The show ends with a brief interview with Josh Homme about the decision and process in playing the Catacombs in Paris, as well as re-orchestrating the band\u2019s material for the tour that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Queens of the Stone Age are currently preparing to hit the road once again in North America as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/queens-of-the-stone-age-catacombs-tour-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Foo Fighters\u2019 \u201cTake Cover\u201d tour<\/a> this August through September. <a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:qotsa*live-on-kexp-catacombs\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fqueens-of-the-stone-age-tickets%2Fperformer%2F9328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Get tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full \u201cLive on KEXP\u201d performance by Queens of the Stone Age and see the full setlist below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive on KEXP\u201d Setlist:<br \/>01. Someone\u2019s in the Wolf \/ A Song for the Deaf \/ Straight Jacket Fitting<br \/>02. Mosquito Song<br \/>03. Keep Your Eyes Peeled<br \/>04. Spinning in Daffodils<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A set that Queens of the Stone Age performed for \u201cLive at KEXP\u201d in late April has just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-495270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}