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Rebecca Keith / October 24, 2023

Queens Of The Stone Age Announce ‘The End Is Nero’ Summer 2024 Australian Tour

Queens of the Stone Age  officially announce  ‘The End Is Nero’  Summer 2024 Australian and New Zealand tour, the band’s first appearance in Australasia since 2018. The official announcement comes after the band excitedly teased the news via social media last week, “ sending shockwaves of excitement through the Gold Coast and beyond.”  – GC Mag.

The far-reaching tour, hailed by NME as “ a band reaching the peak of their powers”  and the Lincoln Star Journal to proclaim it “ the best rock show I’ve seen in a very long time”  will see the band start at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth on 10th February, ahead of shows in Adelaide, Hobart, Torquay, Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Queens Of The Stone Age 2024 Australian Tour Dates

• February 13, 2024, The Drive, Adelaide SA
• February 16, 2024, Mona Lawns, Hobart TAS
• February 18, 2024, Lookout, Torquay Common, Torquay VIC
• February 24, 2024, Lookout, Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast QLD
• February 25, 2024, – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD
• February 26, 2024, – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday 30 October 2023 @ 1PM (local time)

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‘The End is Nero’  tour is in support of their acclaimed eighth studio album,  ‘In Times New Roman…’  which debuted at #2 on the ARIA charts and which NME Australia described as  “their darkest, knottiest material to date.’  The End Is Nero  tour is an invitation from Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore to come celebrate the end of the world, which we hear is “in a month or two.” They would like to encourage the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between to attend, this is where you belong. Leave your judgment at the door, bring anything and everything else. 

When do tickets for Queens of the Stone Age 2024 Australian tour go on sale?

• My Ticketmaster presale – Tasmania only: 11am (local time) Wednesday 25 October
• My Ticketmaster presale – QLD, VIC, SA & WA: 12pm (local time) Friday 27 October
• General public on sale: 1pm (local time) Monday 30 October

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Queens Of The Stone Age will be coming to Australia in February 2024. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster.com.au.

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Queens Of The Stone Age add intimate acoustic show to 2024 Australian tour

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Queens Of The Stone Age will be back in Australia next month, with a string of massive rock shows locked in around the country. 

They've just added a special new date, with Hobart audiences getting a second show when the band are in town for MONA FOMA. 

As well as their big, sold out outdoor show, the band will play an intimate show inside MONA, which has always been a happy place for the group. 

"I want to play acoustically," Josh Homme said in a statement today.

"I love to play Mona. It's a chance to do something nice and this is a situation where it's very simple to do something nice."

That nice thing is raising funds for the  Royal Hobart Hospital Children’s Services and 24 Carrot Gardens, who will receive all the money from this special show. 

It happens at MONA on Thursday 15 February and tickets are on sale now. Scroll down to see all the band's Aussie dates. 

Care to spend the summer with rock gods Queens Of The Stone Age and some ass-kicking special guests?

Fresh from the release of their new album, In Times New Roman… , QOTSA have locked in plans to return to Australia for 'The End Is Nero' tour, extending the apocalyptic ' Rome is burning! ' messaging of their eighth full-length record.

Josh Homme and his formidable bandmates – Troy Van Leeuwen , Dean Fertita , Michael Shuman , beast drummer Jon Theodore – hit our shores from February, playing venues and outdoor shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, MONA FOMA in Hobart and two shows in Brisbane!

Queens Of The Stone Age also head up an expanded bill of acts for Lookout concerts in Torquay, Victoria and on the Gold Coast. More on that right after this handy reminder of why QOTSA are one of the most widely revered rock acts on the planet.

Some excellent special guests have been lined up to support QOTSA at each show.

There's few better warm-up acts than psych rock cosmonauts Pond , fronted by the magnetic, bug-eyed Nick Allbrook and pulling from an acclaimed catalogue now nine albums deep .

You've also got emerging Melbourne/Naarm five-piece Gut Health . The Unearthed faves fuse angular post-punk and new wave sounds with a menacing charm (you need to hear 'Uh Oh' ), which makes for a riotous, infectious live show.

In addition to Pond and Gut Health, two of QOTSA's dates will feature alt-rock national treasures Spiderbait , who are sounding as match-fit as they've ever been, Josh Homme's ol' pub-punk mates The Chats , as well as young grunge-pop idol Lola Scott .

The last time Queens Of The Stone Age were in Australia was 2018, for "the kind of rock show that would make a teenager want to start a band".

This was after a set at  Splendour In The Grass , where triple j proclaimed they "remain one of the most visceral, vicious, sexiest things to ever happen to rock music, and still among the top tier doing it."

Fans have had their fingers crossed that a new album meant another visit Down Under, and the feeling's been mutual for QOTSA's frontman.

"Look, Australia is my home away from home. It has been for 16, 17, 18 years… I can't wait to get there," Homme told Double J earlier this year in a candid interview  covering what's been some of the lowest points of his career. 

In recent years, Homme was diagnosed with cancer, saw close friends die (such as  former QOTSA bandmate Mark Lanegan , Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins , and food and travel icon Anthony Bourdain ), and began a messy public custody battle with ex-wife Brody Dalle.

"I learned an awful lot in the last four or five years," Homme said. "I don't think I've ever learned so much in such a short period of time."

He took those lessons and funnelled them into the emotional exorcisms of  In Times New Roman… , cultivating Homme's ongoing realtionship with cathartic music-making. 

"It's totally worth it because it works. I don't have a therapist: this is my religion, this is my therapy, this is my way out."

You can share in one of Homme and co's patented rock 'n' roll sermons at the following dates on the Queens of the Stone Age 2024 Austarlian tour. 

Tickets are on sale Monday 30 October, 1pm local time. There's a pre-sale kicking off from 25 October. Find more info at the Live Nation website .

Saturday 10 February - Red Hill Auditorium: Whadjuk Noongar Land, Perth (with Pond & Gut Health)

Tuesday 13 February - The Drive: Kaurna Land, Adelaide (with Pond & Gut Health)

Thursday 15 February - Mona: muwinina Land, Hobart (intimate show)

Friday 16 February - MONA FOMA - Mona Lawns: muwinina Land, Hobart (with Pond & Gut Health)  [SOLD OUT]

Sunday 18 February - Lookout: Torquay Common, Wadawurrung Land, Torquay (with The Chats, Spiderbait, Pond, Gut Health and Lola Scott)

Monday 19 February - Sidney Myer Music Bowl: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Land, Melbourne (with Pond & Gut Health)

Wednesday 21 February - Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (with Pond & Gut Health) [SOLD OUT]

Thursday 22 February - Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (with Pond & Gut Health)  [SOLD OUT]

Saturday 24 February - Lookout: Broadwater Parklands, Yugambeh Land, Gold Coast (with The Chats, Spiderbait, Pond, Gut Health and Lola Scott)

Sunday 25 February - Fortitude Music Hall: Turrbal Jagera Land, Brisbane (with Pond & Gut Health)

Monday 26 February - Fortitude Music Hall: Turrbal Jagera Land, Brisbane (with Pond & Gut Health)

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Queens of the Stone Age officially announce ‘The End Is Nero’ Summer 2024 Australian and New Zealand tour, the band’s first appearance in Australasia since 2018.

• Presented by:  Live Nation
• The far-reaching tour, hailed by NME as  “a band reaching the peak of their powers"  and the Lincoln Star Journal to proclaim it  “the best rock show I’ve seen in a very long time”  will see the band at Melbourne and Sydney.  Queens of the Stone Age  will then continue their tour in Auckland and Wellington before concluding the run in Christchurch.
• 'The End is Nero'  tour is in support of their acclaimed eighth studio album,  ‘In Times New Roman…’  which debuted at #2 on the ARIA charts and which NME Australia described as  "their darkest, knottiest material to date.’
• The End Is Nero  tour is an invitation from Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore to come celebrate the end of the world, which we hear is  “in a month or two.”  They would like to encourage the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between to attend, this is where you belong. Leave your judgment at the door, bring anything and everything else.

Dates & Times

EVENT DATE:

Wednesday 21st February, 2024 (SOLD OUT)

Thursday 22nd February, 2024 (SOLD OUT)

EVENT TIMES:

• 6:00pm – Doors
• 7:00pm – Gut Health
• 7:50pm – POND
• 9:00pm – Queens of The Stone Age

*Please note times are approximate and subject to change without notice.

Pricing & Ticketing Info

General Admission: $152.85

General Admission Collector Ticket: $173.25

This is an ALL AGES event.

*This is event is general admission, first come first serve.

Presale Begins: Fri 27 Oct, 12pm – Mon 30 Oct, 12pm

On sale to public: Mon 30 Oct, 1pm

Ticketek is the only authorised ticket seller for all events held at the Hordern Pavilion. Only tickets purchased from our official ticketing partner; Ticketek, are valid for this event. Tickets purchased through any other sources may not be valid and you may not be admitted into the show

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Queens Of The Stone Age Tease 2024 Australian Tour

Queens Of The Stone Age last toured Australia in August/September 2018.

Queens Of The Stone Age (Credit: Andreas Neumann)

According to a new social media post, Queens Of The Stone Age will return to Australia and New Zealand in summer 2024.

Captioning the post with a reference to a single from their latest album, In Times New Roman…, the band wrote, “#TheEndIsNero” with accompanying Australian and New Zealand flag emojis. “Be the first to slake your thirst…” and a link to sign up to their mailing list, which you can find here . Check out the teaser below.

The caption sits alongside a striking image, which says that Queens Of The Stone Age are hitting the following cities in summer 2024: Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Torquay, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane.

The band’s tour also stretches out to New Zealand, with the post hinting at dates in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. In the coming weeks, we should have an update on the group’s forthcoming AU/NZ tour.

Queens Of The Stone Age released their new album , In Times New Roman… in June 2023. The album was preceded by the single Emotion Sickness, a rollicking rock and roll number that hints at the “raw, at times brutal and not recommended for the faint of heart” music on the new LP.

The band’s leader, vocalist  Josh   Homme , and bandmates  Troy Van Leeuwen ,  Dean Fertita ,  Michael Shuman  and  Jon Theodore  come together to create “the sound of a band creating the music its own members want to hear while giving the rest of us a sonic forum in which to congregate”.

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In Times New Roman...  was recorded and mixed at Homme’s   own  Pink Duck Studios  (RIP), with additional recording at  Shangri-La . The album was produced by Queens Of The Stone Age and mixed by  Mark Rankin. In Times New Roman… was the follow-up to 2017’s Villains .

Queens Of The Stone Age last toured Australia in August/September 2018. In a live review of their show at Brisbane’s Riverstage, The Music writer Lauren Baxter commented that the gig was “only about guitars, drums and good ol’ fashioned rock’n’roll ”.

In a separate review of their concert at the Hordern Pavilion, The Music ’s Brendan Delavere concluded that “Homme and co once again prove that rock'n'roll ain’t dead .”

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The Josh Homme-fronted group's The End Is Nero tour is their first trip to Australasia since 2018, and comes after their eighth album In Times New Roman... released in June 2023. Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore are giving their latest shows an apocalyptic theme, which fans can look forward to seeing in Melbourne on Monday, February 19.

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Concertgoers can look forward to a setlist that steps through QOTSA's 27-year history, including their Hottest 100 winner 'No One Knows', plus everything from 'Go with the Flow' and 'Make It Wit Chu' to 'Emotion Sickness' and 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret'. In support at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl: Pond and Gut Health.

Queens of the Stone Age formed in Seattle in 1996 after Homme's prior band Kyuss split up, is linked to the Palm Desert music scene and have seven Grammy nominations to their name. Despite the long gap since their last trip Down Under, they're no strangers to playing Australia, including a joint tour with Nine Inch Nails back in 2014 .

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Queens of the Stone Age Add Second Sydney Show to 2024 Australian Tour

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Queens of the Stone Age are heading back to Australia in February 2024 as part of their ‘The End Is Nero’ tour. The Californian rock band has just announced a second show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, with the first on the verge of selling out. Sydney joins Brisbane in getting a second show from Josh Homme and co. Details below.

Queens of the Stone will also perform headline shows in Perth, Adelaide, Hobart (for  Mona Foma ) and Melbourne, with support from  Pond  and  Gut Health . In the midst of the tour, the three bands will front up for Lookout festival events in Torquay Common and Gold Coast’s Broadwater Parklands. The Chats ,  Spiderbait and  Lola Scott are also on the lineup.

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The current Queens lineup consists of vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Josh Homme, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, bass player Michael Shuman, keys player Dean Fertita and drummer Jon Theodore. The band released its eighth studio LP,  In Times New Roman… , in June 2023.

Queens of the Stone Age 2024 Australian Tour

w/ Pond, Gut Health

• Saturday, 10th February – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth WA
• Tuesday, 13th February – The Drive, Adelaide SA
• Friday, 16th February – Mona Lawns, Hobart TAS
• Monday, 19th February – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC
• Wednesday, 21st February – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW
• Thursday, 22nd February – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW ( new show )
• Sunday, 25th February – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD
• Monday, 26th February – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD

Tickets on sale via  Live Nation

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• Sunday, 18th February – Torquay Common, Torquay VIC
• Saturday, 24th February – Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast QLD

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Queens Of The Stone Age are bringing their The End Is Nero tour to Australia and New Zealand.

In a thunderous declaration, Queens of the Stone Age have officially announced their The End Is Nero Summer 2024 Australian and New Zealand tour, marking their triumphant return to Australasia since their last visit in 2018. The highly anticipated revelation follows an electrifying teaser via social media last week.

This monumental tour is set to kick off at the iconic Red Hill Auditorium in Perth on the 10th of February. From there, the Queens will journey to Adelaide, Hobart, Torquay, Melbourne, Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane, before crossing the Tasman to grace the stages of Auckland and Wellington. The grand finale of their rock odyssey will be in Christchurch on the 3rd of March.

Queens of the Stone Age The End Is Nero Summer 2024

• Sat 10th Feb 2024 – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth
• Tues 13th Feb 2024 – The Drive, Adelaide
• Fri 16th Feb 2024 – Mona Lawns, Hobart
• Sun 18th Feb 2024 – Lookout, Torquay Common, Torquay
• Mon 19th Feb 2024 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
• Wed 21st Feb 2024 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
• Sat 24th Feb 2024 – Lookout, Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast
• Sun 25th Feb 2024 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
• Mon 26th Feb 2024 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
• Thu 29th Feb 2024 – Spark Arena, Auckland
• Fri 1st Mar 2024 – TSB Arena, Wellington
• Sun 3rd March 2024 – Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch

Keep up with the latest music news, features, festivals, interviews and reviews  here .

Locally, you’ll be able to catch them for the first time at the Torquay Common on Sunday 18 February, where they are headlining the inaugural Lookout Festival. Lookout is a live music concert event that celebrates the best of alternative rock with music that has stood the test of time, along with some fresh new sounds on the scene. It will feature some of the most iconic names plus rising stars making noise in the industry. The festival will also feature Spiderbait, The Chats, Gut Health, Pond and Lola Scott.

The End Is Nero tour serves as a raucous celebration of their acclaimed eighth studio album, In Times New Roman…, which made a thunderous debut at #2 on the ARIA charts.

Emerging from the sun-soaked backdrop of 1990s Palm Desert, California, Queens of the Stone Age epitomize what happens when a multidimensional musical entity transcends the very genre it birthed. They’ve proved too prolific, too ambitious, and just too brilliant to be confined within any musical boundaries. The band, led by the enigmatic Joshua Homme, has morphed into the colossal force responsible for chart-toppers like No One Knows, Little Sister, My God is the Sun, The Way You Used To Do, and everything in between. They are undeniably rock, but with the visceral energy and dark magic that only Homme and his ensemble can summon.

Regularly anointed as one of the paramount live acts, Queens of the Stone Age is an ensemble comprised of Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and Jon Theodore. What started as “generator parties” in the desert has evolved into sold-out arenas and headlining the main stage at your favourite summer festival. The End Is Nero tour promises to be a spectacle that should not be missed.

The general on-sale for the tour begins at 1 pm (local time) on Monday, 30th October. For a comprehensive rundown of tour dates and ticket information, head  here . 

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Queens of the Stone Age Announce ‘The End Is Nero’ Australian Tour

Queens of the Stone Age are back with their first Australasian tour since 2018. Fans can expect a thrilling setlist featuring hits from their latest album, ‘In Times New Roman…’ . For die-hard fans, you’ll be pleased to hear that the setlist is rumored to include some deep cuts and fan favorites from earlier albums. Brace yourselves, Australia and New Zealand—the Queens are coming.

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Teasing the tour.

Last week, the band subtly hinted at the upcoming tour on social media, instantly fueling excitement among their fan base. Sharp-eyed fans might have noticed that the teaser featured a snippet from “Better Living Through Chemistry,” a classic from their second album ‘Rated R.’ Now, the official announcement is here, and the tour, aptly named ‘The End Is Nero,’ will kick off in February 2024.

Tour Dates and Cities

Firstly, the tour will commence at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth on 10th February 2024. Subsequently, the band will make their way to Adelaide, Hobart, Torquay, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, and Brisbane. For the super-fans keeping score, this marks their fifth visit to Australia since their first appearance in 2001.

Complete Tour Dates and Venues with Supporting Acts

• Supporting Acts: Pond & Gut Health
• Supporting Acts: The Chats, Spiderbait, Pond, Gut Health & Lola Scott

In Support of ‘In Times New Roman…’

Importantly, the tour aims to promote their critically acclaimed eighth studio album, ‘In Times New Roman…’ . The album features collaborations with long-time friends like Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan. It debuted at #2 on the ARIA charts and is described as “their darkest, knottiest material to date.”

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Inviting All Fans

Moreover, Joshua Homme and the rest of the Queens crew are encouraging fans from all walks of life to join the tour. Longtime QOTSA followers will recall the infamous “No One Knows” video featuring the band’s off-kilter sense of humor; they’ve emphasized that “this is where you belong.”

Ticket Information

Eager fans can start marking their calendars for these critical dates:

Fan Presale

The Queens of the Stone Age fan presale begins at 11 am (local) on Wednesday, 25 October. Historically, fan presale tickets for the band have sold out within minutes, so act fast.

My Live Nation Members

Members can secure their tickets during the ‘My Live Nation’ presale, also beginning at 11 am (local) on Wednesday, 25 October.

General Sale

Lastly, general ticket sales start at 1 pm (local) on Monday, 30 October.

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About Queens of the Stone Age

Formed in the 1990s by Joshua Homme in Palm Desert, California, Queens of the Stone Age have long since outgrown the confines of any single genre. Homme initially started the band as a way to explore different musical styles after the dissolution of his previous band, Kyuss. Known for their incredible live performances, the band has evolved from desert “generator parties” to sold-out arenas worldwide.

To sum up, the ‘The End Is Nero’ Summer 2024 Australian and New Zealand tour promises to be an electrifying experience for fans and super-fans alike. Don’t miss out on what promises to be a truly memorable series of concerts. Get your tickets now and be part of this epic musical journey!

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A Rock Renaissance Down Under: Queens of the Stone Age Tour

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Queens of the Stone Age, the band that redefined rock music, is making a grand return to Australia in February 2024. Known for their unique blend of heavy rock and exploratory musical styles, the band is set to perform across various cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Torquay, Gold Coast, and Brisbane.

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More than just a concert - an australian adventure.

Attending a Queens of the Stone Age concert is more than just a musical experience; it's an opportunity to immerse yourself in Australia's rich cultural tapestry. Each concert location is a gateway to exploring the diverse attractions that Australia has to offer, from Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge to Melbourne's bustling laneways and cafes.

The tour includes a special performance at the historic Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. This iconic venue, known for hosting a variety of events, offers an intimate concert experience with one of the world's most dynamic rock bands.

Such is the popularity of Queens of the Stone Age that the initial Sydney show sold out rapidly, leading to the addition of a second show. This reflects not just the band's enduring appeal but also the vibrant live music scene in Australia.

Tickets can be purchased through a variety of vendors but are offered at Live Nation Australia. Visit livenation.com.au for purchasing options.

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Date: mon 19 feb 2024, location: sidney myer music bowl melbourne, vic.

Date: Wed 21 & Thur 22 Feb 2024

Location: hordern pavilion, moore park, nsw.

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Queens Of The Stone Age Reveal Dates For 2024 Australian/New Zealand Tour

Gold-certified alternative rockers Queens Of The Stone Age will be making the voyage to Australia and New Zealand early in the new year. Support on the trek will vary by date, here’s how the schedule shakes out:

With Pond & Gut Health :

02/10 Perth, AUS – Red Hill Auditorium 02/13 Adelaide, AUS – The Drive 02/16 Hobart, AUS – Mona Lawns

With The Chats , Spiderbait , Pond , Gut Health & Lola Scott :

02/18 Torquay, AUS – Torquay Common

02/19 Melbourne, AUS – Sidney Myer Music Bowl 02/21 Sydney, AUS – The Hordern Pavilion

02/24 Gold Coast, AUS – Broadwater Parklands

02/25 Brisbane, AUS – Fortitude Music Hall 02/26 Brisbane, AUS – Fortitude Music Hall

With Pond & Earth Tongue :

02/29 Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena 03/01 Wellington, NZ – TSB Arena 03/03 Christchurch, AUS – Wolfbrook Arena

Tickets for the run will be on sale this coming Monday, October 30th at 01:00pm local time.

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• No One Knows Play Video
• Do It Again Play Video
• In My Head ( tour debut; first time since 2018 ) Play Video
• Smooth Sailing Play Video
• Paper Machete Play Video
• My God Is the Sun Play Video
• Emotion Sickness Play Video
• I Sat by the Ocean Play Video
• Carnavoyeur Play Video
• The Way You Used to Do Play Video
• Negative Space Play Video
• Kalopsia Play Video
• I Think I Lost My Headache Play Video
• Sick, Sick, Sick Play Video
• Battery Acid Play Video
• You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire ( crowd request ) Play Video
• Make It Wit Chu Play Video
• Little Sister Play Video
• Go With the Flow Play Video
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Note: "Made to Parade" was on the printed setlist but "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire" was played in its place instead.

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Queens of the Stone Age is currently touring across 20 countries and has 42 upcoming concerts.

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I was then told I was not allowed to re-enter the festival if I left. THIS WAS OUTRAGEOUS! We were not allowed to take refreshments inside the festival. We COULD NOT get a drink inside the festival and then were penalized for getting refreshment outside the site. Why was there no re-entry? This policy should have been immediately changed when you realised you were unable to provide adequate refreshment.

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It was a pretty poorly organised affair if I am completely honest.

The queues for the bars were totally ridiculous and some of my friends left early as they were just so fed up with waiting for a drink.

That said, the bands were staggeringly good. I've been following QOTSA since 200 and have lost count of the number of times I've seen them but can honestly say that this was amongst the best I have seen them. Josh was on good form and the crowd were loving it. (Iggy had warmed them up nicely).

Before that we saw Brody Dalle, whose new stuff is excellent and benefited from the drummer and guitarist from Savages helping her out.

Deap Vally were excellent, as were Skinny Girls Diet but somehow, Miles Kane didn't fit into the line up.

Nice shows, shame about the organisation!

Queens of the Stoneage were Amazing,I have seen them Twice in the UK but this Gig was so much Better,Josh Homme & the Band were on Top Form Playing All their Big Singles Aswell as Tracks which they would not Normally Play like Songs From The Deaf & Millionaire which were Amazing,We came to the Gig Because Royal Blood were Supporting & we are Massive Fans of Theirs After Seeing Them Live in Cardiff on Their How Did We Get So Dark Tour Last November in Cardiff,I would Love to See Queens Of The Stoneage Play in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff as on this Album Tour they only played London & Manchester which was a Real Disappointment as we always try to see them,we Seen them on the Era Vulgaris Tour in the 02 in Bristol when Josh Homme was not well & the Like Clockwork Tour in Birmingham 21/11/13 which they were good,I would love them to come to the Capital of Wales to play as they do have Loads of Fans here too,Fingers Crossed.

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Queens Of The Stone Age Australian Dates

• April 26, 2018

Queens Of The Stone Age will return to Australia and New Zealand on their Villains World Tour, performing nine huge headline shows for Frontier Touring throughout August and September.

They will be joined at all shows by Australian blues maestro C.W. Stoneking.

‘Queens Of The Stone Age, you beautiful bunch of freaks. Rock’n’roll just doesn’t get any sexier than the sounds this band lovingly wrench from their instruments and these skillful players perform with a synergy that proves they’re a band of brothers who genuinely rate each other.’ – The Music

Helmed by founding member Joshua Homme (guitar/vocals), with Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar), Dean Fertita (guitar/keys), Jon Theodore (drums/percussion) and Michael Shuman (bass), Queens of The Stone Age will kick off the AU & NZ leg of their Villains World Tour at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Thursday 23 August.

From there, the rock’n’roll legends will perform a second New Zealand date at Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena, before landing in Australia to perform shows in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne and Adelaide closing out the tour at Perth Arena on Wednesday 12 September. These shows make good on Homme’s promise made while on our shores last year of returning before too long:

“Everybody who knows me knows that Australia is my home away from home.” – Josh Homme

Tickets to all dates go on sale on Thursday 3 May – head to frontiertouring.com/QOTSA for all of the details.

Following hundreds of epic shows, six genre-defining albums and multiple Grammy nominations, Queens Of The Stone Age blasted forth once more from the Californian desert last August with their most recent acclaimed chart-topping seventh album, Villains (released via Matador Records/Remote Control Records).

Featuring fan and radio favourites ‘Head Like A Haunted House’, ‘The Way You Used To Do’ and ‘The Evil Has Landed’, Villains was named #8 on Rolling Stone’s ‘50 Best Albums of 2017’ list and debuted at #1 on Australia’s ARIA Album Chart.

C.W. Stoneking, the embodiment of what some would say is a bygone era of music, will join Queens Of The Stone Age as special guest at all Australian and New Zealand shows. From his rasping jungle-rock-blues, to his well-oiled locks, and his familiar, though increasingly less frequent, all white clothing ensemble, he has converted fans across the world to his unique style.

Over three albums (King Hokum, ARIA award-winning Jungle Blues and his most recent release, Gon’ Boogaloo), and countless tours both here and abroad, C.W. has delivered his own brand of swampy rhythm and blues via his larger than life persona, incredible musicianship, and epochal performances.

Currently in the midst of wowing fans on a massive USA run and returning to our shores off the back of dates in Japan, Queens Of The Stone Age are not to be missed. Arguably one of the best rock bands on the planet, and armed with their latest rock masterpiece in Villains, these will be the tightest shows you’re ever likely to see. Their 2017 AU & NZ tour completely sold out immediately – don’t delay!

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE VILLAINS WORLD TOUR

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2018 With special guest C.W. Stoneking Presented by Frontier Touring, The Rock (NZ) and Under The Radar (NZ)

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/qotsa Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 1 May (2pm AEST/2pm NZST) or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE Begins: Thursday 3 May (12noon local time)

Thursday 23 August Spark Arena | Auckland, NZ All Ages ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

Saturday 25 August Horncastle Arena | Christchurch, NZ All Ages ticketek.co.nz | Ph: 0800 842 538

Tuesday 28 August Riverstage | Brisbane, QLD All Ages ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

Thursday 30 August Entertainment Centre | Newcastle, NSW All Ages ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Friday 31 August Hordern Pavilion | Sydney, NSW All Ages ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Tuesday 4 September Derwent Entertainment Centre | Hobart, TAS All Ages ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

Friday 7 September Margaret Court Arena | Melbourne, VIC All Ages ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Sunday 9 September Entertainment Centre | Adelaide, SA All Ages ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Wednesday 12 September Perth Arena | Perth, WA All Ages ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

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Australian psych band Pond headlines the New Parish

By Dave Pehling

Updated on: May 13, 2024 / 12:35 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

While they have not yet ascended to arena-filling heights of sibling Australian psych band Tame Impala, Down Under rock band Pond has a loyal and growing fanbase thanks to the prolific output of principle songwriter Nick Allbrook. Formed in 2008 by Allbrook and fellow Tame Impala member Jay Watson -- TI main man Kevin Parker used to play drums in the band and has produced almost all of their albums -- the Perth-based group started out crafting a much wilder, more unruly style of psychedelic rock.

The band issued a pair of albums through Aussie imprint Badminton Bandit Records that were recorded in a home studio on eight-track before garnering wider recognition from their association with Tame Impala, eventually signing to the larger Australian label Modular Records. While the two bands delve into similar echo-drenched sonic vistas, Pond initially employed far heavier guitar riffs with a funkier, more irreverent approach on 2013's  Hobo Rocket.  The group veered easily from the delicate, fractured pop of "O Dharma" to the punchy swagger of face-melting tunes like "Xanman" and the title track.

Strangely, that album was actually recorded after Pond decided to temporarily shelve the already completed effort  Man, It Feels Like Space Again , which ended up finally being released in 2015. In some ways, the effort   presaged Tame Impala's drift into propulsive dance beats and woozy synth sounds that marked TI's biggest hit album so far,  Currents.  

The band would continue into that more electronic funk/pop direction with The Weather  in 2017 and its follow-up companion piece album Tasmania  two years later, with Allbrook's soulful vocals and sassy delivery at times recalling classic Prince and Beck as it rode the band's propulsive, still psychedelic grooves. The band also released the live album Sessions  ahead of the pandemic shutdown that would curtail Pond's touring activity in 2020.   

The following year, the group released its first album not produced by Parker in almost a decade with 9 . Another freewheeling exploration of synth-driven funk and expansive neo-psychedelia, the effort became their highest charting record in their native country and was reissued in a deluxe version with four additional tracks in 2022. 

After a period of relative quiet, Pond returned to action earlier this year with the release of the soaring new anthem "Neon River," the lead single for their forthcoming new tenth full-length album Stung!  set for release next month. After playing a string of dates across Australia supporting Queens of the Stone Age in February, the band has returned to the U.S. for a tour featuring stops at the Shakey Knees Festival in Atlanta and the Kilby Court Block Party in Salt Lake City along with select headlining shows to promote their upcoming new effort. Pond's Bay Area stop at the New Parish in Oakland Wednesday night will be opened by 26fix, the stage name used by Utah-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Erika Goodwin, who crafts a left-field style of psychedelic indie-funk.

Pond with 26ix Wednesday, May 15, 8 p.m. $25-$30 The New Parish

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Queens Of The Stone Age live at Mad Cool 2023: a band reaching the peak of their powers

Josh Homme and co. mark the midway point of the Madrid festival with a fearsome set that any artist would be nervous to follow

Having already made headlines with their recent run of live performances – including a viral mosh pit at Glastonbury  and an onstage appearance from Spider-Man in Belgium  –  Queens Of The Stone Age raised the bar once again tonight (July 7) at Mad Cool 2023 by delivering one of their strongest festival sets to date.

With numerous festivalgoers frantically sprinting from the Sam Smith set that just wrapped up on the Mad Cool stage, from the second Josh Homme and co. step onto the Madrid Is Life stage it becomes clear they have no intention of easing their audience into the set. Launching with fan favourite ‘No One Knows’, the frontman immediately has the Madrid audience in the palm of his hand – and the intensity only ramps up from here.

• READ MORE: Queens of The Stone Age: “This album sounds as brutal as it feels to be alive right now”

“If we play a little bit more, is that alright?” Homme jokingly asks at one point, not needing to wait for the eruption of approval that follows. Even when devoting a large portion of the setlist to newer tracks – ‘Carnavoyeur’, ‘Paper Machete’, ‘Emotion Sickness’ and ‘Straight Jacket Fitting’ from June’s ‘In Times New Roman…’  – there’s no doubting that Queens are producing one of the most captivating performances of the entire festival.

Of course, the set wouldn’t be complete without the usual playful antics from the band. There’s the moment when Homme teases the crowd by asking them to sing louder due to it being bassist Michael Shuman’s birthday (a minor white lie), while during the stripped-back ending of ‘Straight Jacket Fitting’ the frontman busts out some questionable dance moves atop the front speakers after recruiting the crowd as his personal a capella choir.

Despite being one of the veterans on the Mad Cool 2023 line-up –  which prides itself on supporting new talent  – you just get the sense that we are witnessing a band who are reaching the peak of their powers. With 25 years’ worth of material to draw from and a mammoth number of live performances lined up for the rest of 2023, this set proves that QOTSA clearly have no intention of slowing down any time soon.

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“This is the best audience we’ve played to this entire fucking tour,” Homme, taking a brief break from practising his Spanish, declares at the end of their set, which climaxes with a frenzied ‘Song For The Dead’. “Look at what we’ve done together! Gracias… motherfuckers.”

Queens Of The Stone Age played:

‘No One Knows’ ‘My God Is The Sun’ ‘Smooth Sailing’ ‘The Way You Used To Do’ ‘Carnavoyeur’ ‘If I Had A Tail’ ‘The Evil Has Landed’ ‘Paper Machete’ ‘Emotion Sickness’ ‘Make It Wit Chu’ ‘Little Sister’ ‘Straight Jacket Fitting’ ‘Go With The Flow’ ‘Song For The Dead’

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Queens of the Stone Age rock Wilmington with blistering set, Cape Fear River jokes

S eattle rockers Queens of the Stone Age have been making noise on the rock scene since forming in the wake of the grunge movement in the mid-'90s.

In all that time, however, the band had never played Wilmington, a situation they rectified on Tuesday night when Queens of the Stone Age treated an enthusiastic crowd to a scorching, interactive set at Live Oak Bank Pavilion downtown.

After British rock trio Royal Blood opened with a pummeling set that you could feel in your bones, Queens of the Stone Age took the stage to cheers right at 8:30 p.m., opening with the darkly polished alt-rock song "No One Knows."

Led by the affable singer/guitarist/songwriter Josh Homme, the five-piece band — Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar), Dean Fertita (keys), Jon Theodore (drums) and Michael Shuman (bass) — played in front of a dazzling, triangular lighting rig that added lots of colorful flash to to the muscular, mid-tempo rock sound.

Full disclosure here: Queens of the Stone Age, or QOTSA, as they're known, is a band I've always been aware of but never super-familiar with, so Tuesday's concert was a bit of an education for me.

Homme is an engaging frontman. He's got a strong voice that shows its range by soaring into the occasional falsetto, and he uses it to deliver hard-driving songs about both emotional upset and fortitude. They were topics he echoed when he addressed the crowd directly, like when Homme spoke to a 12-year-old boy named Jackson who was watching the show with his dad from the front of a packed pit.

"Never look away. Whatever it is you're scared of, look into it," Homme offered earnestly. "The only way to go through life is with a machete through the jungle."

After introducing his band, Homme said, "And I'm your tenured professor, Dr. Joshua."

The concert was an evening of angular rhythms and moody rockers ("Carnavoyeur") that could be downright orchestral. Songs were accented with slashing, chugging riffs ("Smooth Sailing"), interlocking guitars, bluesy stomps and searing synths ("I Sat By the Ocean"). Van Leeuwen proved the Swiss army knife of the band by playing a whining slide guitar, a pedal steel, even an electric shaker. During "Emotion Sickness," Homme showed off his voice and sang a capella for a time.

Between songs, Homme exhorted the crowd with profanely good-natured affirmations: "Don't be afraid to sing. Don't be afraid to dance. Don't be afraid to love the person next to you. Don't be afraid."

Homme then re-directed his attention to young Jackson down front, telling the boy, "Do everything all the time. Life is short, yesterday is gone and tomorrow never comes. Right now is all that matters."

Homme was also quick with a joke, drawing laughs when he talked about playing next to "a beautiful river that's completely polluted," a reference to the PFAS chemicals that have tainted the Cape Fear River in recent years. "Don't drink it," he said, "but maybe (make love) next to it."

Then, looking up into the condo canyons that surround Live Oak Bank Pavilion, Homme said, "I don't know what day it is. But I love that we're keeping these people in their apartments awake."

Homme then said he didn't want to play the song the band was supposed to play next, and took a request for "Straight Jacket Fitting" from the crowd. During the song he took a wireless mic into the audience and sang part of the song from in the thick of the pit, drawing smiles and pointed phones from the crowd.

He then let the crowd choose "Better Living Through Chemistry," and got the audience singing with him during the sexy strut of "Make It Wit Chu," which segued into The Rolling Stones' "Miss You."

Perhaps exhausted, the crowd barely called for an encore. But the band came back out anyway, playing a spooky and spacey outro that built into a crescendo and yielded an epic solo from drumer Theodore. The show ended on a blistering note as the crowd was blasted with sound and bathed in blinding lights.

As the crowd filed out of the seats down front, one man was overheard to say, "That's the best $40 I've spent recently," proof that Live Nation's "dynamic pricing" model can sometimes work in the audience's favor, at least when concerts don't sell out right away.

This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Queens of the Stone Age rock Wilmington with blistering set, Cape Fear River jokes

Cannes 2024: The 15 Movies We’re Most Excited to See

By David Fear

A musical involving drug cartels, gender identity, and Selena Gomez. A Brooklyn sex worker’s fairy-tale romance involving a Russian oligarch’s son. An Italian director’s tribute to his hometown, via the sort of go-for-baroque filmmaking that’s become rarer and rarer, and a woman named after a siren from The Odyssey. A French filmmaker’s tribute to his own career, filled with past heroes and villains from a rich back catalog. The return of a New Hollywood legend. A high-octane sequel from an Australian New Wave legend. A harrowing yet uplifting doc on Ukraine. A biopic on Donald Trump: The Younger, Pre-Fascist Years!

These are just a few of buzzier titles set to be unveiled once the Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 14, and we haven’t even got to Cate Blanchett communing in a forest with a giant brain yet. An omnivorous moviegoer’s dream come true, the big event on the fest-circuit’s spring calendar kicks off with the latest from auteur/agent provocateur Quentin Dupieux — a Louis Garrel/Léa Seydoux comedy titled The Second Act — and over the next few weeks, will premiere everything from the first half of Kevin Costner’s new Western ( Horizon: Part 1 ) to new works from Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Jia Zhang-ke, Leos Carax, and a whole lot more.

We’ve skimmed the cream of this year’s Cannes crop, and come up with 15 movies we’re dying to see during the 2024 edition’s run.

‘Anora’

Writer-director Sean Baker ( Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket ) hits the Croisette with a rom-com centered around a Brooklyn-based sex worker ( Better Things ‘ Mikey Madison) who finds herself in a real-life Cinderella story when she meets a rich, Russian Prince Charming. It sounds like a dream, until, well … you remember what happened to Cinderella when the clock struck midnight, and the carriage turned back into a pumpkin?

‘The Apprentice’

Have you heard the one about the real estate mogul who became a reality-TV star, then decided to go into politics? Holy Spider director Ali Abbasi takes on the rise of one Donald J. Trump, right as this Queens native starts making power moves with the help of a longtime power broker. Sebastian Stan plays the younger Donald (!); Borat’s Maria Bakalova is Ivana Trump (!!); and no less than Jeremy “I’m the Eldest Boy!” Strong is Trump enabler-slash-Prince of Darkness Roy Cohn (!!!). There will be controversy around these screenings. Bet on it.

‘The Balconettes’

French actor Noémie Merlant ( Portrait of a Woman on Fire, Tár ) reminds you that “writer-director” is also part of her ever-growing resumé, courtesy of this dark comedy about a trio of women — played by Merlant, Sanda Codreneau, and Soheila Yacoub — who begin interfering with their neighbors’ lives during a massive heat wave. Then they take things too far, and suddenly, what started as way of alleviating boredom becomes, per the press notes, “a bloody affair.” Bonus: Her Portrait director Célinne Sciamma co-wrote the script.

‘Bird’

If you’ve seen British filmmaker Andrea Arnold’s work, then you know she has a knack for finding poignancy in hardscrabble lives, and moments of tenderness within the toughest of coming-of-age circumstances. Her latest sounds like it falls within her Fish Tank -type sweet spot: A 12-year-old girl (Nykia Adams) lives in Kent with her father (Barry Keoghan) and brother (Jason Buda). A mysterious stranger ( Passages ‘ Franz Rogowski) soon enters the picture.

‘Emilia Perez’

There’s a lot of buzz around the new film from Jacques Audiard, whose extraordinary body of work includes everything from a remake of James Toback’s Fingers ( The Beat That My Heart Skipped ) to a weirdo Western ( The Sisters Brothers ) to the greatest prison movie of the past 20 years ( A Prophet ). All we know about this latest project is that it involves a lawyer (Zoe Saldana), a cartel drug lord yearning “to become the woman he has already dreamt of being,” and Selena Gomez. Also it’s a musical. We’re so ready for this.

‘Furiosa’

Mad Max: Fury Road had a massive, out-of-competition gala screening at Cannes (one day before it was released) back in 2015, so it’s no surprise that George Miller would premiere its follow-up prequel — which gives us the origin story of Max’s female cohort, the mighty Imperator Furiosa — at the festival. Anya Taylor-Joy steps into Charlize Theron’s battered, dusty boots to play a younger version of the postapocalyptic anti-heroine. Also along for the ride(s) are: Chris Hemsworth, playing a character with the A+ name of Dementus; The Souvenir ‘s Tom Burke, as the toughest road warrior in town; and a shit-ton of stunt people risking their lives in the name of analog, go-for-broke screen mayhem. To the gates of Valhalla!

‘The Invasion’

Ukrainian filmmaker Sergi Loznitsa has been chronicling his country’s ongoing civil war with Russia for years, in films like Maidan (2014) and Donbass (2018). His latest documents the nation’s current life during wartime in the face of bombings, on-the-ground combat, and constant hardship. It refuses to pull punches — his films never do — yet this time around, he’s said he wanted to keep focus on the population’s resilience in the face of Putin’s aggressive campaign against them.

‘It’s Not Me (C’est Pas Moi)’

Trust a filmmaker like Leos Carax ( Holy Motors ) to make a self-portrait and then call the thing It’s Not Me. In other words: classic Carax! French cinema’s reigning enfant terrible -slash-oddball genius has concocted a 40-minute featurette of experimental autofiction, casting his longtime collaborator and screen counterpart Denis Levant to play both the director and what we’re told is a host of past characters from Carax’s movies. Mind — blown!

‘Kinds of Kindness’

Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to Poor Things was supposed to come out right on the heels of that Oscar-nominated juggernaut, under the title And… , last year. Thank god that we got a chance to catch our breath before his next round of disturbing absurdism hits us and likely leaves us reeling. It’s a triptych of stories that features a to-die-for cast — including Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Hunter Schafer, and Mamadou Athie — many of whom play different roles in all three chapters. “Kindness” is always a relative term in Lanthimos’ universe, so take that word’s inclusion in the title with a boulder-sized grain of salt.

‘Megalopolis’

For close to 40 years, Francis Ford Coppola has been chasing a story built around the concept of utopias, visionaries, and the rise and fall of empires. Now, the maestro has finally caught his white whale and turned a dream into a reality. The early word on Coppola’s epic featuring [ deep breath ] Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne, the Midnight Cowboy duo of Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, SNL ‘s Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, and Coppola family members Talia Shire and Jason Schwartzman has been divisive, to say the least — responses range from “masterpiece” to “dude, WTF?!” But there’s no film we’re looking forward to seeing more at this year’s Cannes than this tale of artists vs. politicians, and the fact that Coppola is premiering this late work at the same festival that gave Apocalypse Now its inaugural, “in-progress” bow feels like a full-circle moment. Good or bad, it’s undoubtedly going to be unforgettable.

‘Oh Canada’

It’s hard to think of a living Hollywood filmmaker who’s had such a major third-act rejuvenation as Paul Schrader; ever since First Reformed suggested that the New Hollywood lion-in-winter had experienced a creative second wind, the 77-year-old has delivered bold, uncompromising dramas about complicated characters working their way out of existential ruts ( The Card Counter, Master Gardener ). Now, Schrader tackles another work from the late, great novelist Russell Banks, the same author who gave him the source material for 1997’s Affliction. A writer (Richard Gere) decides to make peace with his past as an American who moved to the Great White North to avoid being drafted during the Vietnam War. His decision to tell all does not sit well with his friends and loved ones, however. Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli, and current It guy Jacob Elordi co-star.

‘Parthenope’

Greek-mythology scholars and fans of The Odyssey will be quick to point out that Parthenope is the name of a siren who attempted to sing Homer’s hero to his death, and ended up in a watery grave herself. The new film from Paolo Sorrentino ( The Great Beauty, The Hand of God ) features a character who shares this legendary figure’s name, but per the man himself , “is neither siren nor myth.” Instead, she’s something like a tour guide to Sorrentino’s love letter to the region that he grew up in, and one that will likely contain his signature mix of surreality, capital-R Romanticism, and his flair for gloriously over-the-top cinematic flourishes. You may love or hate the man’s work, but you’re never bored by it, and a new film from this major Italian filmmaker is always a big deal.

‘Rumours’

From the moment that the first still from Guy Maddin’s new movie hit the internet — featuring two folks crouching next to a giant brain in some hallucinogenic forest — you could tell that this was going to be severely cracked even by the Canadian cult filmmaker’s standards. The logline of this dream-like fable (co-directed by Maddin’s longtime collaborators Evan and Galen Johnson, and produced by Ari Aster) is that a group of world leaders has gathered for the annual G7 summit. Then the night before a presentation, they all get lost in the woods, and … who knows what happens next. Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Charles Dance are among those stuck in this waking nightmare; if it’s even half as wonderful as My Winnipeg, we’re in for a treat.

‘The Shrouds’

When David Cronenberg was promoting Crimes of the Future after its premiere at Cannes in 2022, he mentioned a project that he’d envisioned as a series for Netflix , before the streaming service passed on it. The Canadian director said that he hoped to turn it into a feature soon. The fear was that it would just become another what-if work left without a home or a patron saint, but the man made good on his word — and we now have another unsettling, dread-inducing thriller about a man (Vincent Cassel) who’s trying to franchise technologically advanced graveyards around the world. Then a mysterious event occurs at his flagship location, which sets off a chain of events that reverberates in a number of ways. Given how Cassel’s gray mane makes him a dead ringer for the director — and Cronenberg has talked about this was inspired by his grief over the death of his wife in 2017 — this sounds like one of his more personal films.

‘September Says’

French-Greek actor Ariane Labed — you likely know her from her husband Yorgos Lanthimos’ films such as Dogtooth and The Lobster — makes her feature directorial debut with this story about two sisters, September (Pascale Kann) and July (Mia Tharia), who travel with their mother for a vacation in Ireland. Except the bond between those two siblings has been fraying of late, and going abroad together has more or less pushed their simmering tensions to a full boil.

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