{"id":23327,"date":"2025-10-30T22:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23327\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:41:26","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-recruit-matt-berry-for-royal-albert-hall-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23327\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age recruit Matt Berry for Royal Albert Hall Performance –"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith strings, a cleaver, and Matt Berry on the organ, the band delivered a spellbinding, once-in-a-lifetime performance.<\/p>\n

Queens of the Stone Age<\/a> transformed their final UK and European \u2018Catacombs Tour\u2019 show into a breathtaking theatrical event at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n

The band traded their typical hard-rock bluster for a spellbinding, stripped-back performance that unfolded in three distinct acts.<\/p>\n

\"qotsa<\/p>\n

The show began with an intimate, blue-lit atmosphere, featuring acoustic instruments and string sections.<\/p>\n

Frontman Josh Homme acted as a \u201cslightly psychotic jazzy bandleader,\u201d crooning and prowling through the audience, even while brandishing a meat cleaver.<\/p>\n

The performance gradually intensified, building through a blood-red second act that included a soaring orchestral version of \u2018Mosquito Song\u2019 and a cover of \u2018Spinning in Daffodils\u2019 by Homme\u2019s side project, Them Crooked Vultures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bassist Michael Shuman took lead vocals on \u2018Auto Pilot\u2019 and the debut of a catchy new song, \u2018Easy Street,\u2019 which featured flamenco rhythms and David Bowie-esque guitar work.<\/p>\n

The night culminated in a stunning encore of \u2018Long Slow Goodbye,\u2019 performed a capella by Homme and Shuman and backed by the hall\u2019s massive pipe organ, played by special guest Matt Berry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Homme dedicated the emotional performance to his late friend and collaborator, Mark Lanegan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With strings, a cleaver, and Matt Berry on the organ, the band delivered a spellbinding, once-in-a-lifetime performance. Queens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[221,9,24,63,122,124,123,1572,6201],"class_list":{"0":"post-23327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-concert","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queens","13":"tag-queens-headlines","14":"tag-queens-news","15":"tag-rock-music","16":"tag-tour"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}