Late in Queens of the Stone Age‘s strange and wonderful night in Hollywood on Tuesday, singer Josh Homme paused to state the obvious.

“I know it’s all a bit strange and unusual, and a little terrifying,” Homme said of a performance that deconstructed the band’s catalog to reinvent them in unprecedented new arrangements. “Hasn’t been an easy time.

“Well, tough (bleep), Larry, life is scary,” he continued to laughter from the sold-out Dolby Theatre. “That’s the point.

“It’s OK to make strange requests of each other. We’re making a strange request of you tonight, and we’re asking a lot of you.” • Queens of the Stone Age perform at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. This was the band’s first-ever acoustic tour, inspired by a 2024 EP for which the band recorded insid

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