{"id":209866,"date":"2026-04-25T23:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209866\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:51:48","slug":"watch-queens-of-the-stone-age-perform-auto-pilot-with-their-former-bassist-nick-oliveri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209866\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens Of The Stone Age<\/a> have performed live with their former bass player Nick Oliveri<\/a> for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n

Josh Homme’s QOTSA welcomed Oliveri to the stage during their show at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center in California on Friday night (April 24).<\/p>\n

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Homme introduced Oliveri as \u201cone of the people that I love dearly\u201d before they launched into Auto Pilot from the band’s hit 2000 album Rated R, with Oliveri on vocals.<\/p>\n

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Oliveri was a member of Kyuss<\/a> alongside Homme and joined his friend in QOTSA in 1998. He played on Rated R and its hugely successful follow-up, 2002’s Songs for the Deaf.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was fired by the band in 2004, although he provided vocals for the band’s track If I Had a Tail from 2013 album \u2026Like Clockwork.<\/p>\n

Oliveri has previously spoken of his pride over his contributions to QOTSA.<\/p>\n

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He told Metal Hammer<\/a>: “I\u2019m very proud of the stuff I did with Queens. Fortunately I haven\u2019t done anything musically I don\u2019t like. But the Queens stuff was great, I can hold my head up and feel good about it.<\/p>\n

“We worked together very well and I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll do some stuff in the future. I always leave stuff like that open down the road. But it was crazy successful, and all new for us and we hadn\u2019t experienced it before. A bit scary as well.”<\/p>\n

QOTSA will join Foo Fighters on a North American tour<\/a> starting in August.<\/p>\n

Queens of the Stone Age (w\/ Nick Oliveri) – Auto Pilot – Joshua Tree 04.24.2026 – YouTube
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