QOTSA SET RELEASE DATE FOR VILLAINS

Queens of the Stone Age have set 8/25 as the release date for their seventh album, Villains (Matador Records), that will be followed by a tour in September and October that includes their first headlining show at Madison Square Garden.

Joshua Homme explains that the title is not political. “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."

The album is their first since 2013’s …Like Clockwork. Produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin, the first single is “The Way You Used To Do.”

Tour dates
6/22 — Rapids Theater — Niagara Falls, N.Y.
6/24 — Amnesia Rockfest 2017 — Montebello, Que.
8/10 – Majestic Ventura Theater – Ventura, Calif.
8/12 – Outside Lands – San Francisco
9/6 – Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, N.Y.
9/7 – Festival Pier – Philadelphia
9/9 – Budweiser Stage – Toronto
9/10 – 20 Monroe Live – Grand Rapids, Mich.
9/12 – Express Live! Outdoor Pavilion – Columbus, Ohio
9/13 – Stage AE (Outdoors) – Pittsburgh
9/15 – Agora Theater – Cleveland
9/16 – Riot Fest – Chicago
10/9 – The Complex – Salt Lake City 10/10 – Red Rocks – Morrison, Colo.
10/12 – Peabody – St. Louis
10/13 – Crossroads KC – Kansas City, Mo.
10/14 – Roy Wilkins Auditorium – Saint Paul, Minn.
10/15 – Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee
10/17 – Fox Theatre – Detroit
10/18 – Old National Centre – Murat Theatre – Indianapolis
10/20 – TBC – Washington, D.C.
10/21 – Agganis Arena - Boston
10/22 – State Theatre – Portland, Maine
10/24 – Madison Square Garden – New York