Queens of the Stone Age have introduced that they’ve canceled or postponed all of their remaining 2024 concert events to ensure that frontman Josh Homme to “obtain important medical care.”
Earlier this summer season, QOTSA have been pressured to nix a number of dates on their European tour as Homme needed to journey again to the US for emergency surgical procedure. The band then canceled much more European gigs in August, with Jack White filling of their slots at sure festivals.
The newly affected concert events are all North American gigs that have been set to happen this fall, together with headlining reveals in Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin, in addition to the Soundside Music Competition in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Mempho Music Competition in Memphis, and the Corona Capital Competition in Mexico Metropolis. The band is engaged on rescheduling the headlining reveals for 2025, however sadly has to cancel the competition appearances outright.
Of their new assertion, Queens of the Stone Age wrote the next:
“QOTSA remorse to announce the cancellation and/or postponement of all remaining 2024 reveals. Josh has been given no alternative however to prioritize his well being and the obtain important medical care all through the rest of the yr. Josh and the QOTSA household are so grateful on your assist and the time we have been capable of spend collectively during the last yr. Hope to see you all once more in 2025.”
Whereas no particular well being situation has been talked about in any of the statements that QOTSA have issued this summer season, Homme did reveal in a June 2023 interview that he was recognized with an unspecified most cancers the yr prior. A number of months later, in November 2023, he disclosed that he was cancer-free.
Right here’s wishing Homme a full and speedy restoration regarding his present well being points. The affected Queens of the Stone Age concert events are listed within the Instagram publish beneath.