Rock band Queens of the Stone Age has canceled the rest of its 2024 tour as lead vocalist and founding member Josh Homme prioritizes his well being and medical restoration following an emergency surgical procedure earlier this summer season.
“QOTSA remorse to announce the cancellation and/or postponement of all remaining 2024 exhibits,” the group introduced on social media yesterday. “Josh has been given no alternative however to prioritize his well being and to obtain important medical care via the rest of the 12 months.”
The submit continued, “Josh and the QOTSA household are so grateful to your assist and the time we have been capable of spend collectively over the past 12 months. Hope to see you all once more in 2025.”
Within the caption, the band suggested competition ticket holders to seek the advice of the particular occasion websites for up to date info. Additional particulars about rescheduled dates are forthcoming from the websites purchases have been made. Reveals in Boston on the MGM Music Corridor; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago and Madison, Wis. have been postponed to subsequent 12 months. The live shows in Bridgeport, Conn.; Memphis, Tenn. and Mexico Metropolis have been canceled.
The information comes following a number of cancellations earlier this summer season in July, because the frontman skilled medical points. On July 5, the band — which Homme shaped within the late Nineties, as the only real steady member — introduced a cancellation with refunds “resulting from sickness” for the AMA Competition in Vicenza, Italy. Queens of the Stone Age returned to the stage the next day in Milan. On July 9, it was introduced that the singer-songwriter needed to urgently return to the U.S. for emergency surgical procedure, with the band writing that “each effort was made to push via and play for you, however it’s not an choice to proceed.” Remaining dates in July have been canceled, with the band stating that it was “gutted” it wouldn’t be capable to carry out. The final replace got here on July 26, with the band writing that Homme was below docs’ orders to stay within the U.S. to proceed receiving medical care, main Queens of the Stone Age to cancel the remaining leg of their European tour.
Homme was recognized with most cancers in 2022, revealing final 12 months that the surgical procedure to take away it was “profitable.”
