{"id":2629,"date":"2025-10-15T00:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2629\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:06:35","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-at-beacon-theatre-photos-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2629\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Of The Stone Age at Beacon Theatre [photos + review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photos + Review by Will Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

As someone lucky enough to be in my position of going to shows as frequently as I do l being in the New York City area. Most of the shows I see are (thankfully) very good, but its rare that I am left completely in awe and surprised by what I witness.<\/p>\n

This was very much the case last Friday night, when Queens Of The Stone Age<\/a> stopped into a very sold out Beacon Theatre as a part of The Catacombs Tour, coming in support of their new live album and film,\u00a0Alive in the Catacombs.<\/p>\n

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The goal of this tour was to bring all-new arrangements that were crafted specifically for the occasion and enhanced by a local New York-based ensemble. The result was a show made for the die hards \u2013 the band suggested fans dress up for the occasion, which featured mostly deep cuts from throughout their over two decades of material.<\/p>\n

The sets were broken up into a trio of sets, first with the Alive in the Catacombs performance that brought the crowd into the atmospheric descent into the Catacombs with a mood-driven stripped down performance which totally brought tracks like Suture Up Your Future\u201d and \u201cI Never Came\u201d to a totally new place of existence. Frontman Josh Homme brought spooky season theatrics to life, toying with a meat clever, even descending into the crowd to add to the spectacle. <\/p>\n

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For the second act the band welcomed a horn section, and while the third act was the closest to the more \u201ctraditional\u201d lineup of the band, they still offered up a performance unlike anything I\u2019ve seen from them, and I\u2019ve seen them probably close to ten times at this point. This show was tailor-made for the biggest diehards of the band who got deep cuts and even a bit of Them Crooked Vultures \u201cSpinning in Daffodils\u201d and saw bassist Mikey Shuman share vocal duties with Homme on \u201cAuto Pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s wild to think of seeing them and not getting expected staples like \u201cNo One Knows\u201d or \u201cGo With The Flow\u201d, but it was a worthy sacrifice in order to see a band operating like never before, and giving you a chance to take in songs that you may never get to hear again \u2013 let alone in that manner. I wish so many more of my favorites would follow suite.<\/p>\n

Enjoy a full gallery of photos from the performance posted below, along with the setlist. <\/p>\n

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Setlist:<\/p>\n

Alive in the Catacombs<\/p>\n

1. Running Joke \/ Paper Machete <\/p>\n

2. Kalopsia Play<\/p>\n

3. Villains of Circumstance<\/p>\n

4. Suture Up Your Future<\/p>\n

5. I Never Came<\/p>\n

Set 2: <\/p>\n

6. Someone\u2019s in the Wolf \/ A Song for the Deaf \/ Straight Jacket Fitting<\/p>\n

7. Mosquito Song<\/p>\n

8. Keep Your Eyes Peeled<\/p>\n

9. Spinning in Daffodils (Them Crooked Vultures cover) <\/p>\n

Set 3:<\/p>\n

10. \u201cYou Got a Killer Scene There, Man\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

11. Hideaway <\/p>\n

12. The Vampyre of Time and Memory <\/p>\n

13. Auto Pilot<\/p>\n

14. Easy Street <\/p>\n

15. Fortress <\/p>\n

16. \u2026Like Clockwork<\/p>\n

Encore:<\/p>\n

17. Long Slow Goodbye (Josh and Mike a cappella)<\/p>\n

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