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Get ready for the return of Queens Of The Stone Age, as frontman Josh Homme reveals that the band are 'locked in' for a new album and tour. Hell yes.
Since finishing the campaign for 2013's immaculate ...Like Clockwork in 2014, Homme has spent time working with Eagles Of Death Metal and collaborating with Iggy Pop for Post Pop Depression - including what may well have been the best gig of the year at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Now, speaking to podcast Let There Be Talk, Homme says that QOTSA are set for a comeback.
“Yeah, a Queens return is up next on my schedule," he said. "Same line-up and we’re locked in. We’re having a meeting tomorrow about what we’re going to do.”
Speaking to Gigwise last year, QOTSA bassist Mikey 'Shoes' Shuman spoke of the band's hiatus.
"There will be future stuff with Queens, we're just taking a break since we had a long, long two years of touring," he told us in March. "We'll take a break to do other stuff."
Speaking of the QOTSA's initial urgency to re-enter the studio, he said: "We were eager because we were in a good spot, having fun and the record had done really well. But we decided to take a break because we had been going so hard for so long, and we really worked on that record for a long time. It's not like we're sick of each other and don't want to do it - it's just better to step back for a second and come back once the world has had a little bit of a break from you."
He added: "I think music and working with different people is the kind of process where you gain things along the way. Whether it's a big band, a small band, a different production or crew - you learn something from everybody, well I do. By the time you're older you've figured it out, and that's what's great about Queens - it's a very open family and everyone is free to do what they want and bring different aspects about what they do to the table."
