“The title Villains isn’t a political statement. It has nothing to do with Trump or any of that shit. It’s simply 1) a word that looks fantastic and 2) a comment on the three versions of every scenario: yours, mine and what actually happened… Everyone needs someone or something to rail against—their villain—same as it ever was. You can’t control that. The only thing you can really control is when you let go.”—Joshua Homme

(photo by Andreas Neumann)

Hundreds of epic shows, memory lapses, unexplained injuries, one yearlong detour with Iggy Pop and multiple Grammy nominations later, Queens Of The Stone Age reemerge from the desert newly scarred and somehow strangely prettier with lucky seventh album, ‘Villains’, out August 25 on Matador Records. Now available for preorder on deluxe vinyl, standard vinyl, CD and digital, ‘Villains’ consists of the following songs:

1. Feet Don’t Fail Me

2. The Way You Used To Do

3. Domesticated Animals

4. Fortress

5. Head Like A Haunted House

6. Un-Reborn Again

7. Hideaway

8. The Evil Has Landed

9. Villains Of Circumstance

Produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, ‘Villains’ is the first full album offering from Queens Of The Stone Age since 2013’s ‘…Like Clockwork’ gave the band its first #1 album in the U.S. (and #1s in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, #2s in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Finland… but really, who’s counting?). Like the stunning artwork of returning illustrator Boneface, the sonic signatures of the lineup that took ‘…Like Clockwork’ around the world and back—Founder/guitarist/vocalist/lyricist Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, keys), Michael Shuman (bass), Dean Fertita (keys, guitar), Jon Theodore (drums)—are as unmistakable as ever, though coexisting with sufficient new twists to induce recurring double takes. As Homme himself puts it, “The most important aspect of making this record was redefining our sound, asking and answering the question ‘what do we sound like now?’ If you can’t make a great first record, you should just stop—but if you can make a great record but you keep making records and your sound doesn’t evolve, you become a parody of that original sound.”

Of his role working within such a closed and confident ecosystem as Queens Of The Stone Age, Ronson says, “Queens are and have always been my favorite rock n roll band ever since I walked into Tower on Sunset and bought ‘Rated R’ in the summer of 2000, so it was incredibly surreal to be welcomed into their secret, pirate clan—or the ‘jacuzzi’ as Josh likes to call it. I also knew that my super fandom alone would not keep me in the jacuzzi. There were moments during the making of the album in which i was aware i was watching my musical heroes craft something that was sure to become one of my favorite moments on any Queens album. And to have some part in that felt like being in a dream–a very heavy, dark, wonderful dream.”

Longtime Queens cohort co-producer Mark Rankin added, “After the baptism of fire that was …Like Clockwork, I was excited to get into the studio again with the challenge of pushing the sound for this record, especially with the the addition of Ronson into the creative mix. We wanted to evolve the production to be processed in a modern way yet be totally organic and still performed fully live, like lifting a veil and what you thought was electronic is actually live and things are not as they first appear… What we’ve made is forward looking yet unmistakably Queens.”

Queens Of The Stone Age have also confirmed a slew of North American dates filling in the space between and beyond their previously announced appearances at Outside Lands and Riot Fest. The new shows, which include Queens’ first ever Madison Square Garden headline, are detailed below. For further information, keep an eye on Queens Of The Stone Age sites and socials and just let go.

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TOUR DATES (new dates in bold, Tickets On Sale To The Public June 22)

Thursday, June 22 – Rapids Theater — Niagara Falls, NY SOLD OUT

Saturday, June 24 – Amnesia Rockfest 2017 — Montebello, QC

Thursday, July 13 – Logan Campbell, Auckland, New Zealand SOLD OUT

Sunday, July 16 – Convention Centre, Darwin, Australia

Wednesday, July 19 – Hodern Pavilion, Sydney NSW, Australia SOLD OUT

Thursday, July 20 – Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia SOLD OUT

Saturday, July 22, Splendour In The Grass, Tenindewa, Australia SOLD OUT

Friday, July 28 – Fuji Rock Festival, Kinsasa, Japan

Thursday, August 10 – Ventura Theatre, Ventura CA

Saturday, August 12 – Outside Lands, San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, September 6 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY

Thursday, September 7 – Festival Pier, Philadelphia PA

Saturday, September 9 – Moison Amphitheatre (Budweiser Stage), Toronto ON

Sunday, September 10 – 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids MI

Tuesday, September 12 – Express Live! Outdoor Pavilion, Columbus OH

Wednesday, September 13 – Stage AE (Outdoors), Pittsburgh PA

Friday, September 15 – Agora Theatre, Cleveland OH

Saturday, September 16 – Riot Fest, Chicago IL

Monday, October 9 – The Complex, Salt Lake City UT

Tuesday, October 10 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO

Thursday, October 12 – Peabody, St. Louis MO

Friday, October 13 – Crossroads KC, Kansas City MO

Saturday, October 14 – Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Saint Paul MN

Sunday, October 15 – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee WI

Tuesday, October 17 – Fox Theatre, Detroit MI

Wednesday, October 18 – Old Theatre Centre – Murat Theatre, Indianapolis IN

Saturday, October 21 – Agganis Arena, Boston MA

Sunday, October 22 – State Theatre, Portland ME

Tuesday, October 24, Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Saturday, November 4th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy

Sunday, November 5th – Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria

Monday, November 6th – Samsung Hall, Zurich, Switzerland

Tuesday, November 7th – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France

Thursday, November 9th – König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany

Friday, November 10th – Zenith, Munich, Germany

Saturday November 11th – Velodrom, Berlin, Germany

Sunday, November 12th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tuesday, November 14th – TAP1, Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday, November 15th – Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Thursday, November 16th – Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

Sunday, November 19th – Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK

Tuesday, November 21st – The 02, London, UK

Thursday, November 23rd – Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK

Friday, November 24th – 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland

Customers ordering any format off the Matador store are entitled to Jump The Q when ordering tickets for the upcoming tour, visit http://presale.qotsa.com for info and access (by participating in this promotion, entrants hereby agree to the collection and usage of their personal information to enable Matador and Ticketmaster to fulfill this promotion)

All Matador Store customers will receive an exclusive sticker sheet, featuring artwork designed by Boneface.

Pre-order the deluxe LP edition from Matador for the chance to find a golden ticket awarding you a pair of tickets to the headline show of your choice.” (Entries also accepted by mailing a letter to QOTSA Tickets c/o Matador Records, 134 Grand St. New York, NY 10013)

Deluxe LP comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl at Pallas and includes 14 limited-edition Boneface art prints and an etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 and FLAC download coupon.

Standard and Indie Retail Edition LP’s (the latter sleeve above) are pressed on 140 gram vinyl with an etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 and FLAC download coupon. The Indie LP will feature alternate cover art from the original.

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