{"id":331831,"date":"2026-08-28T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331831\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:00:08","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-expands-on-corporate-assholes-setting-rules-at-gigs-its-about-controlling-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331831\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme expands on “corporate assholes” setting rules at gigs: “It’s about controlling fun”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens Of The Stone Age<\/a>\u2018s Josh Homme<\/a> has expanded on his comment about \u201ccorporate assholes\u201d setting rules at gigs.<\/p>\n

During a recent show at Ford Field, Detroit, Homme\u00a0defied the venue\u2019s anti-smoking policy on stage by lighting up a ciagrette<\/a>. Violations of the policy could be penalised with a hefty $10,000 fine.\u00a0While smoking, Homme told the crowd: \u201cDon\u2019t let these fucking corporate assholes tell you what to do\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, the QOTSA frontman has clarified his comments in an interview with\u00a0Consequence of Sound<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cIt had nothing to do with smoking,\u201d Homme told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s about monopolies and corporations that charge you $85 for parking, and $30 for a beer, and tell you, \u2018You can\u2019t go here, but you can go here.\u2019 It\u2019s about controlling fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe example of smoking just doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s not important. It\u2019s about being constantly told what to do when you yourself are paying for a moment of escapism. It\u2019s like having to have fun with the hall monitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homme went on to say that \u201cI kinda don\u2019t give a fuck\u201d, explaining: \u201cYou\u2019re not supposed to smoke, but who cares? It\u2019s about uniting people so they can do what they want\u2026 We\u2019re already playing this big corporate thing. It\u2019s like we might as well infiltrate it and have a good time. Turn these Mondays into Saturdays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Homme make the remarks below:<\/p>\n

QOTSA are readying to release their upcoming album, \u2018Perfecth\u2019<\/a>. The record is scheduled to arrive on October 30 via Matador Records \u2013 pre-save\/pre-order here<\/a>. So far, QOTSA have released the singles \u2018Easy Street<\/a>\u2018 and \u2018Insignificant Other<\/a>\u2019 ahead of the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing in this world is perfect, but everything seems to be \u2018perfecth\u2019,\u201d Homme explained of the title. \u201cAnd that title is funny when you\u2019re in a group, but it ain\u2019t so funny when you\u2019re alone\u201d.<\/p>\n

The album is also said to be inspired by their experience of playing a\u00a0stripped-back concert at the historic Parisian Catacombs back in 2024<\/a>, which was captured for\u00a0an accompanying concert film<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0live album<\/a>.\u00a0NME\u00a0gave\u00a0Alive In The Catacombs\u00a0a four-star review<\/a>, hailing it as a \u201cmoving and meditative concert doc\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Perfecth\u2019 will serve as the follow-up to 2023\u2019s \u2018In Times New Roman<\/a>\u2018, which\u00a0NME gave a four-star review.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018In Times New Roman\u2019 is unlikely to win over those perched on the fence, though all-encompassing adoration perhaps doesn\u2019t fit a period that has left so many deep scars,\u201d we wrote. \u201cThey\u2019ve 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we last spoke to Homme in 2023<\/a>, where he told us about the band\u2019s future plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we should be making something,\u201d he told us at the time. \u201cThe mantra of the last five years was, \u2018It won\u2019t be long now!\u2019 That needs to pertain to making things too. I certainly think we should make more, faster-er, better-er.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview with Homme and bandmate Dean Fertita above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens Of The Stone Age\u2018s Josh Homme has expanded on his comment about \u201ccorporate assholes\u201d setting rules at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-331831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331831","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=331831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}