Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has shared his ideas on the passing of Ozzy Osbourne.
Homme wasn’t all the time on the most effective of phrases with the Osbourne household – falling out with Sharon Osbourne after telling US journal Blender that enjoying the Ozzfest 2000 tour was his “worst summer season job” ever – however chatting with Radio X, the 52-year-old musician was gracious when talking about Ozzy, and his farewell live performance in Birmingham on July 5.
“I feel it was such a poetic ending to a profession that you just simply can’t take your eyes and ears off of,” he says. “I imply, I may watch Ozzy do something. Properly, virtually something. However, you recognize, if he was squeezing orange juice, I’d be like, We must always watch this. One thing past juice is coming, you recognize? I simply suppose he’s a traditional.”
“I feel his passing was poetic, and I really feel for the household, as a result of that’s such a loss,” he continued. “However I additionally suppose that I consider that they see the poetry in that too. You recognize, I feel David Bowie’s passing was that these are two poetic methods to go.”
Homme is referring right here to the truth that Bowie was in a position to launch his Blackstar album simply days earlier than his dying in 2016.
Josh Homme’s band lately introduced the UK and European legs of their upcoming Catacombs Tour.
The schedule begins on November 18 at Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber in Milan, Italy, and wraps up on November 29 at London’s iconic Royal Albert Corridor. The tour additionally visits Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Antwerp.
The Catacombs Tour follows within the subterrestrial footsteps of the band’s Queens Of The Stone Age: Alive In The Catacombs movie and stay album, which was launched earliest this summer season, documenting their efficiency final yr within the Paris Catacombs, dwelling to the stays of greater than six million individuals.
“The Catacombs Tour will see QOTSA draw upon the spirit of these chic subterranean renditions and infuse it into reimagined variations that promise to twist the amount knob in each instructions,” boasts a press release from the band. “Enhanced by assembled ensembles, the top consequence will probably be a treasured few distinctive and intimate performances in contrast to any earlier QOTSA tour.
“Acceptable gown is inspired for this very particular night on the theatre.”
Yeah, whatevs.
Queens Of The Stone Age: The Catacomb Tour
Oct 02: Chicago Theatre, IL
Oct 03: Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre, MI
Oct 05: Toronto Massey Corridor, ON
Oct 07: Philadelphia The Met, PA
Oct 08: Boston Wang Theatre – Boch Middle, MA
Oct 10: New York Beacon Theatre, NY
Oct 18: Milan Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber, Italy
Oct 23: Berlin Theater des Westens, Germany
Oct 24: Copenhagen Koncerthuset Koncertsalen, Denmark
Oct 26: Amsterdam Royal Theater Carré, Netherlands
Oct 27: Antwerp Queen Elisabeth Corridor, Belgium
Oct 29: London Royal Albert Corridor, UK
Nov 08: Santa Barbara Arlington Theatre, CA
Nov 10: San Francisco Davies Symphony Corridor, CA
Nov 11: Los Angeles Dolby Theater, CA
Nov 19: Austin Bass Live performance Corridor, TX
Nov 21: New Orleans Saenger Theatre, LA