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Perth Now
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Queens Of The Stone Age announce intimate UK and European gigs
Queens Of The Stone Age have announced intimate UK and European shows on The Catacombs Tour. The rockers will be performing at carefully curated venues in Britain and on the continent in October – kicking off in Milan and taking in Berlin and Amsterdam before the concluding show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The UK and European leg will be sandwiched between the No One Knows band's gigs in North America across October and November. The Catacombs Tour was inspired by the band's experience of playing in the Parisian underground burial network – in a performance that was later released as a concert film. The gig was the first of its kind and consisted of brand new arrangements of Queens Of The Stone Age's work, including the addition of a string section and creative alternatives to a drum kit. The rockers said in a statement: "The Catacombs Tour will see QOTSA draw upon the spirit of those sublime subterranean renditions and infuse it into reimagined versions that promise to twist the volume knob in both directions. "Enhanced by assembled ensembles, the end result will be a precious few unique and intimate performances unlike any previous QOTSA tour." Fans should expect to hear classic tracks as frontman Josh Homme previously hit out at artists who do not perform their popular hits live. The 52-year-old musician told the Tuna on Toast With Stryker podcast in 2023: "I understand that I'm always going to play No One Knows because I still like playing that song and that's something that it's an agreement with the audience. I assume that this is a part of coming here to see us, and here you go. "When there's bands that don't want to play their big song or their big songs, I always think it's a little c**** to do that. Acting like a song that a lot of people like is a burden is just a strange reaction to the gift that your fans have given you. Seems like an odd reaction." Queens Of The Stone Age UK and Europe The Catacombs Tour 2025 dates: October 18 – Milan, Italy – Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber October 23 – Berlin, Germany – Theater des Westens October 24 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen October 26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Royal Theater Carre October 27 – Antwerp, Belgium – Queen Elisabeth Hall October 29 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall
South Wales Argus
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Here are the best events happening in Gwent this weekend
The Cwmbran Big Event makes a return to the Boating Lake on Saturday, June 14, from noon onwards. The community event will have free activities, live performances, and family fun. The Cwmbran Big Event is returning this weekend (Image: Supplied) Children can enjoy arts and crafts, whale circus shows, a skateboard academy, hip hop culture classes, laser tag, inflatables, and face painting. Torfaen Sports Development will be running sports sessions. There will be live music from local performers, including No One Knows, Mics & Fins, and The Revamps. A dog show organised by All Creatures Great & Small Animal Sanctuary will also take place. Artisan food and craft stalls will showcase local talent and produce. A spokesperson for Cwmbran Community Council said: "The Big Event is always a fantastic community occasion that highlights the best of Cwmbran. "We look forward to welcoming everyone back to the Boating Lake for what promises to be another memorable day." The Legion Music Festival will liven up Usk with free entry on Saturday, June 14, from 6pm to 10pm. The Legion Music Festival (Image: Supplied) Regular open mic night performers such as Daisymae, Katielou, Jamie T, and Gums 'n' Noses will entertain with a variety of musical genres. The same date will see Tintern Abbey host Brother Thomas, the Cellarer, for a historical event from 10.30am to 4.30pm. (Image: Supplied) Visitors can travel back in time to learn about monk life at the abbey. Normal admission prices apply for this event. On Sunday, June 15, the Uskonbury Festival will take place at the Greyhound Inn & Hotel from 12pm to 9pm. (Image: Supplied) This family-friendly festival will feature live music and a range of homemade food and drinks. Kids' activities, a craft makers market, and more will also be on offer. The festival will raise funds for the DPJ Foundation, a charity supporting those in agriculture and rural communities with mental health challenges. Tickets are £20 for adults and £10 for children. Under 5s can enter for free, and under 12s will require a child ticket. More details on these events can be found on the respective organisers' websites and social media pages.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
These Rock Icons Just Made History Playing a Concert Surrounded by ‘Dead People'
Rock isn't dead, but the audience for Queens of the Stone Age's new concert film was. The modern rock legends—behind songs 'No One Knows,' 'Go With The Flow,' and 'I Sat By The Ocean'—announced their new concert film on May 13, one that shows them playing deep below the ground in the famed Catacombs of Paris. Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs features the band playing a career-spanning setlist while utterly surrounded by human remains. The Catacombs of Paris are a 200-mile ossuary, with several million bodies buried within it in the 1700s. Skeletal remains are largely exposed, and many walls are built of skulls and bones. Due to the nature of the catacombs—there are no outlets to plug into—the band plays acoustically for the most part, with makeshift percussion instruments and a three-piece string section. 'We're so stripped down because that place is so stripped down, which makes the music so stripped down, which makes the words so stripped down… It would be ridiculous to try to rock there,' said frontman Josh Homme in a press release. 'All those decisions were made by that space. That space dictates everything, it's in charge. You do what you're told when you're in there,' Josh added. QOTSA filmed the concert in July 2024. Josh had wanted to play in the Catacombs since he first visited them 20 years ago. At the time, the City of Paris had never permitted any artist to play within the tunnels. QOTSA are the first to get such an okay. 'The Catacombs of Paris are a fertile ground for the imagination. It is important to us that artists take hold of this universe and offer a sensitive interpretation of it,' said Hélène Furminieux of Les Catacombes de Paris. 'The recordings resonate perfectly with the mystery, history, and a certain introspection, notably perceptible in the subtle use of the silence within the Catacombs.' The concert film arrives on June 5 via Queen of the Stone Age's website.
Washington Post
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Osamu Dazai's bleak prose was matched only by his own misery
Writing is a famously miserable profession, but Osamu Dazai stands out as one of the most despondent writers ever to live. That strain is everywhere in evidence in his work, but it is on special display in 'No One Knows,' a collection of 14 short stories written in the first person, newly translated from Japanese by Ralph McCarthy. The protagonists of the stories, six of which have been translated for the first time here, are all women who usually describe themselves as wretched and are either on the verge of tears or already weeping.
