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Queens of the Stone Age at Cardiff Castle: Event times, parking, support act, site map, setlist and more

The American rock band will be bringing its alternative rock music to Cardiff Castle this Friday

11:13, 21 JUN 2023
Updated 15:48, 21 JUN 2023

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Iconic rock band Queens of the Stone Age are coming to Cardiff Castle this Friday (June 23). The American band are making a pitstop in Wales as part of its UK tour before heading onto Somerset to play Glastonbury festival at the weekend. This show will mark the band's first headline show in Cardiff since 2002 - 21 years ago. So it's set to be a pretty special night indeed!

Fans will be able to sing along and rock out to timeless hits like Little Sister, If Only, No One Knows, Regular John, Feet Don't Fail Me, Mosquito Song, Make It Wit Chu, In My Head, Go With The Flow and so many more.

The band was founded in 1996 in Washington by lead vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has remained a constant figure in the set up for the last twenty plus years. In 2004, the band saw Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl join the band (among other instrumentalists) to record drums for its third album. He left the band a year later to focus on other projects.

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For the last decade, the lineup has consisted of Josh alongside Troy Van Leeuwen - who plays guitar, lap steel, keyboard, percussion and does backing vocals - Michael Shuman, aka Mikey Shoes, on bass and backing vocals, keyboardist and occasional guitarist Dean Fertita and drummer Jon Theodore. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters

The event is being run by Orchard Live and with the option to only 'get updates' on the band's website, it seems that tickets have sold out!

Queens of the Stone Age aren't the only big names to grace the capital this year. To find out who else will be serenading Wales this year, see here for all the big gigs happening around the country.

Here's everything you need to know if you're planning on going to the gig.

Event timings

Gates for the event will open at 5.30pm with last entry at 8pm. The event is set to finish at around 10:30pm.

Box Office to collect tickets will be open from 3.30pm.

We have requested stage times from the event organisers, but they have not yet confirmed. As soon as we find out stage times we'll update it here.

The organisers have requested that fans get their early to avoid queues.

Is there a support act?

Yes! The rock band will be supported by Isle of Wight-based "indie-grunge" band Coach Party - who will be Queens of the Stone Age's warm-up act for all three of its UK dates.

DJ-ing from doors open, too, is Press Play With Stacey.

What could the set list be?

From a little look at Queens of The Stone Age's most recent gig, Halifax on June 20, and various festival performances (according to setlist.fm), the band are likely to be performing the following songs:

Go With the Flow
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
Smooth Sailing
My God Is the Sun
Negative Space
Paper Machete
The Evil Has Landed
Little Sister
Made to Parade
Battery Acid
Carnavoyeur
The Way You Used to Do
I Appear Missing
No One Knows
In the Fade
God Is in the Radio
A Song for the Dead

Can you still buy tickets?

Unfortunately, you're out of luck. According to both the band's tour website and Ticketmaster, no tickets are available for the Cardiff date.

For its November dates - in Manchester, London, Birmingham and Stockton-on-Tees - it looks like there are a few still remaining. See Ticketmaster for more details .

What do you need ticket-wise?

Ensure you have your tickets downloaded on your phone or printed off prior to arrival.

If you need to collect your tickets the box office opens on gig day from 3.30pm and can be found at the north entrance of the castle.

Are there road closures?

No city centre road closures for the Castle gig, but traffic will be paused temporarily on Castle St as people leave the gig.

Where to park

There's no parking at the castle, but Cardiff has plenty of parking in the city centre. This includes Sophia Gardens and the Civic Centre.

City centre car parks include North Road car parks, St David's Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre and the NCP car parks at Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road.

Banned items

A fan-pack from Orchard Live has stated the following as being prohibited from the venue:

Anything that could be considered a weapon.
Gas canisters
Psychoactive substances aka ‘legal’ highs
Paper lanterns
Glass items
Pyrotechnics such as fireworks, flares or smoke bombs. It is illegal for a persons to let off the firework, flare or smoke bomb in a public place.
Do not arrive with any form of professional audio or visual recording equipment.
Furniture of any kind.
Food and drink into the event.

Food and Drinks stalls

A range of catering, offering a variety of street food and drink will be available within the event arena from the time the gates open. We have requested this information from the event organisers. Once we have this, we will update it here*.

General information

This is a standing concert and while there is no seating available, ticket holders are not permitted to bring camping furniture of any kind into the event - with the exception of medical aids.

Accessible toilets will be available within the event grounds.

With regards to drinking water, You are allowed to bring a bottle of water with you (that is less than 500ml), as long as it is unopened/sealed upon arrival.

If it can be helped, it is recommended to avoid bringing a bag. If you must, one the size of a A4 sheet of paper is permitted.

No children under 5 years old are allowed into the event and those aged 5 to 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult who is over 18+.

As the site operates a strict no re-entry policy, once you leave the event, you it is likely you will not be permitted to enter again.

To find out more information on the tour, see the Queens of the Stone Age website.

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Queens Of The Stone Age will be playing a trio of UK shows for summer 2023. You can check out the dates in more detail below.

The iconic desert rockers will return to the UK for the first time since the tour supporting 2017’s acclaimed Villains . As part of a long run of summer dates calling at festivals across Europe, the band will now be playing three UK shows in June – kicking off at Halifax’s Piece Hall in Yorkshire on June 20 before stopping off at Margate’s Dreamland on the Kent coast on June 22 and heading over the Welsh border to Cardiff Castle on June 23.

Support at the shows will come from Isle Of Wight indie band Coach Party. Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday April 21, with an artist pre-sale available from Wednesday April 19.

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Queens’ frontman Josh Homme recently appeared onstage at Wembley Stadium as part of the Foo Fighters-curated Taylor Hawkins tribute concert . He initially covered David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” with a Nile Rodgers-led band before reforming Them Crooked Vultures for a three-song set.

News of new material from Queens Of The Stone Age is expected this year. Last year, QOTSA bassist Michael Shuman confirmed to NME that there was “new stuff coming“, while Eagles Of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes has also hinted that a new Queens record was “done.”

Last year saw the band reissue three albums of vinyl : their 1998 self-titled debut, their 2013 record Like Clockwork and their most recent album, 2017’s Villains .

Queens Of The Stone Age play the following UK and European shows in 2023:

JUNE: 16 – Neuhausen Ob Eck, Southside Festival 17 – Landgraaf, Pinkpop Festival 18 – Scheessel, Hurricane Festival 20 – Halifax, The Piece Hall 22 – Margate, Dreamland 23 – Cardiff, Cardiff Castle 28 – Roskilde, Roskilde Festival 30 – Gdynia, Open’er Festival

JULY: 2 – Werchter, Rock Werchter Festival 4 – Lyon, Les Nuits de Fourvière 5 – Albi, Pause Guitare Festival 7 – Madrid, Mad Cool Festival 8 – Lisbon, NOS Alive Festival.

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Queens Of The Stone Age have today announced a very special Welsh headline show for summer 2023, playing the iconic Cardiff Castle. In what will be the 1st time the band have headlined Cardiff since 2002 and one of only 3 UK Dates announced.

The three special UK live shows arrive amongst a European summer tour taking in huge performances at Southside Festival, Pinkpop, Roskilde, Open’er Festival, Mad Cool, NOS Alive and more.

Isle Of Wight-based four piece Coach Party – recently tipped by the NME as “glittering new indie-grunge” and “dazzling pop goodness” by DIY – will perform in support at all three UK summer dates.

The dates begin at Halifax’s The Piece Hall on 20th June before taking in Margate’s Dreamland (22nd June) and Cardiff Castle (23rd June). Tickets will be on general sale from Friday 21st April at 09:00 BST, and available for artist presale from Wednesday 19th April at 09:00 BST at the links below.

The three-date run will mark Queens Of The Stone Age’s anticipated return to the UK, and first live performances in the country since the 2018 Villains tour, which saw Queens described as “the greatest rock’n’roll band on the planet” in a five star review in The Guardian.

Released in 2017 and received as a redefining album, shooting straight to #1 in the UK on its release, Villains is now a UK Gold-certified record. Alongside 2013’s multiple-GRAMMY-nominated, Billboard 200 #1 charting …Like Clockwork , and their self-titled 1998 debut, the three landmark albums were recently re-released, now back on vinyl newly cut from the original master tapes and available via Matador Records here .

See below for a full list of UK and European tour dates with artist presale and general sale links. Visit http://www.qotsa.com for more info, and stay tuned…

2023 UK Headline Shows

20 Halifax, The Piece Hall ( TICKET LINK )

22 Margate, Dreamland ( TICKET LINK )

23 Cardiff, Cardiff Castle ( TICKET LINK )

2023 European Summer Festival Performances

16 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Southside Festival

17 Landgraaf, Pinkpop Festival

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22 Margate, Dreamland

23 Cardiff, Cardiff Castle

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02 Werchter, Rock Werchter Festival

04 Lyon, Les Nuits de Fourvière

05 Albi, Pause Guitare Festival

07 Madrid, Mad Cool Festival

08 Lisbon, NOS Alive Festival The concert is delivered by 3 time UK Live Regional promoter of The Year Orchard Live & FKP Scorpio who have brought some highly successful shows at the Cardiff Castle. Including Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds , Catfish & The Bottlemen , Paul Weller & Pete Tong & Heritage Orchestra. Concerts taking place at the Castle this year include Rag N Boneman on June 25th & Ben Howard on July 23rd. Tickets for both concerts are on sale now.

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Josh Homme and co - who are embarking on dates across Europe this summer - will also play headline shows at Halifax's The Piece Hall, Margate's Dreamland and Cardiff Castle on 20th, 22nd and 23rd June respectively.

Support for the shows comes from Isle of Wight indie rockers Coach Party.

Tickets go on sale here on Friday 21st April from 9am and they'll be preceded by an artist presale this Wednesday 19th April at the same time.

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20th June 2023 – Halifax, The Piece Hall
22nd June 2023 – Margate, Dreamland
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Tickets go on sale on Friday 21st April from 9am BST at Ticketmaster.

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A week on from announcing The End Is Nero North American tour, Queens Of The Stone Age have confirmed a European and UK leg.

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For those in the UK who can’t wait until the winter, Queens will be playing some sold-out shows this month – at Halifax’s The Piece Hall (June 20), Margate’s Dreamland (June 22) and the Cardiff Castle (June 23) – before headlining The Other Stage at Glastonbury on June 25.

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Queens of the Stone Age are going on tour in support of their new album, In Times New Roman… . After the band plays festivals in Europe and the United Kingdom, the North American leg of the tour begins in August and stretches into October. Support on the tour will come from Phantogram, the Armed, Viagra Boys, and Jehnny Beth. See Queens of the Stone Age’s tour dates below.

Queens of the Stone Age are calling their trek the End Is Nero Tour. A press release promises: “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.”

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06-16 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival 06-17 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival 06-18 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival 06-20 Halifax, England - The Piece Hall 06-22 Margate, England - Dreamland 06-23 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff Castle 06-25 Somerset, England - Glastonbury Festival 06-28 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 06-30 Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival 07-02 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter 07-04 Lyon, France - Les Nuits de Fourviere 07-05 Albi, France - Festival Pause Guitare 07-07 Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival 07-08 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive 08-03 Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill *^ 08-04 Toronto, Ontario - Budweiser Stage *^ 08-05 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Outdoors *^ 08-07 Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater *^ 08-08 Philadelphia, PA - TD Pavilion at the Mann *^ 08-09 Washington, D.C. - The Anthem *^ 08-11 Portland, ME - Cross Insurance Arena *^ 08-12 Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium *^ 08-15 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater *^ 08-16 Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit *^ 08-18 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre *^ 08-19 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater *^ 09-16 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest 09-17 Minneapolis, MN - The Armory $% 09-19 Omaha, NE - Steelhouse $% 09-20 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre $% 09-22 Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park $% 09-23 St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park $% 09-24 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life 09-26 Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP $% 09-27 Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion $% 09-29 Greenwood Village, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre $% 09-30 Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Saltair $% 10-02 Portland, OR - Veterans Memorial Coliseum $% 10-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum $% 10-04 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena $% 10-06 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium $% 10-08 Sacramento, CA - Aftershock

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To be fair, even in their prime, you were never quite sure what you were going to get at a QOTSA live show.

This author particularly remembers a plodding mid-afternoon set in the sun at Reading Festival in 2001 which was painful to watch. Even the double joy of seeing both Nick Olivieri’s penis and Nick Olivieri’s beard flapping in the Berkshire breeze could not elevate it above the level of drab.

At their best, though, they were incredible. There was a show at the Forum where they absolutely tore the roof off for what seemed like hours. Bassist Olivieri was lead rabble-rouser, Singer Josh Homme was enthralling with his sharp, aggressive guitar lines, and the now-sadly-departed Mark Lanegan brought his gruff brilliance too. There’s a set from Glastonbury 2002 on YouTube which really captures the band at their absolute best from that era too, complete with a certain Mr Grohl on drums.

This was in late-2002, which was really the band’s heyday. Songs For The Deaf had been released earlier that year, the first great rock record of the 21st century, and unsurpassed since then. Themed around a road trip through the desert, it incorporated screaming thrash and grinding stoner rock into an irresitable hard rock journey, one which catapulted the band into the mainstream behind singles ‘No One Knows’ and ‘Go With The Flow’ .

Olivieri left the band in early 2004, and sadly, much of the band’s punk rock spirit left with him. That said, the popularity of the band has remained very high, as evidenced by how quickly tonight’s show sold out. With the maturity of hindsight, most of us can probably admit that most of the band’s albums since then haven’t been awful, and that a greatest hits set from those records would probably stand up against any other band from the era.

Which is a good thing, because for the first hour or so of tonight’s set at beautiful Cardiff Castle, that is exactly what we see, and it’s a really rather good arena rock show. Not Glasto 2002 good, but definitely a lot better than Reading 2001.

There’s plenty of highlights, from the staccato jerkiness of ‘Sick Sick Sick’ to the sweeping majesty of ‘My God Is The Sun’ to the menacing ‘If I Had A Tail’ . Right up with those is the groovy fun of ‘The Evil Has Landed’ , from the Villains album, a track that actually singularly justifies the continued existence of Mark Ronson . Bravo.

The band also play four songs from new album In Times New Roman , of which the undoubted highlight is lead single ‘Emotion Sickness’ . The howling guitar riff in the verses on that track really is something else, one to make the guitarists in the audience make a rash investment in whatever pedal is needed to make their instrument sound like that.

‘Make It Wit Chu’ , meanwhile, is accompanied by some fun crowd participation, which proves that, even in the land of Harry Secombe and Tom Jones , the average lady on the street has a much better singing voice than the average guy. Sorry fellas, we sounded pretty bad.

What is really striking about the set, when compared to the early noughties, is the demeanour of Homme. Back in the day, he was the epitome of aloof cool, all arrogant swagger. He wasn’t rude to the crowd, but a lot of the time, he wasn’t exactly welcoming either. Tonight, though, is totally different. He genuinely seems overwhelmed by the reception his band gets, and he smiles! A lot! Not gonna lie, it feels nice to be loved by Josh Homme.

Anyway, that was the first hour.

Then shit got real.

It is initiated, as you might expect, by those iconic opening chords to ‘No One Knows’ . Instantly, the moshpit, which had been a polite 30 rows or so deep for most of the night, suddenly goes 300+ rows deep, and man, it is wild. Suddenly, it really DOES feel like 2002 all over again.

This is followed up with ‘In The Fade’ , which is a great tribute to Lanegan, a man who truly did live until he died. Then ‘God Is In The Radio’ , a song they have hardly played in the last fifteen years, which they may or may not have chosen to play to mark the twentieth anniversary of Cardiff-based music website God Is In The TV . Either way, it’s probably the best song of the night.

The band close with ‘ A Song For The Dead’ , and in the moshpit, it is absolute fucking chaos. Even though this track is old enough to legally drink in the US now, the heaviness of it will never get old.

The only slight disappointment is the omission of ‘The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret’ from the setlist, even though it could clearly be heard drifting down the streets of Cardiff during the soundcheck, but we can’t be too greedy. For those who weren’t around in 2002, this ending to the show is a more-than-worthy flashback.

All-in-all, a tremendous night, a brilliant celebration of one of the truly great rock bands of this century. Long live the Queens of the Stone Age.

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Apr 14 2024 Centre Vidéotron Quebec City, QC, Canada Start time: 8:45 PM 8:45 PM
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The Struts announce Pretty Vicious tour dates

The hardest-working band in glam rock just keep working hard

UK glam kings The Struts are to continue their near-relentless touring schedule with a new run of North American shows in support of last year's Pretty Vicious album.

The band, who are currently on the road with Queens Of The Stone Age in Canada, will play at the House of Blues in Houston TX, on July 23, and wrap things up over a month later at the House of Blues Anaheim in Anaheim, CA, on August 30. Support at most shows will come from English singer-songwriter Barns Courtney.

"We’re very excited and honoured to be playing so many great places this summer!" say the band. "It’s not too late to meet us at a show, so be sure to grab your tickets!" Tickets are on sale now .

After their commitments with Queens Of The Stone Age, The Struts have a pair of dates with Staind in Newark and Baltimore, before another run of headline shows in the build-up to this year's Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, FL, on May 11. Then it's back to Europe for two festival dates, at the UK's Download Festival on June 14, and at the God Save The Kouing Festival in Penmarch, France, the following weekend.

The Struts: Pretty Vicious Tour 2024

Apr 13: Laval Place Bell, QC, Canada^ Apr 14: Quebec City Videotron Centre, QC, Canada^ Apr 16: Moncton Avenir Centre, NB, Canada^ Apr 17: Halifax Scotiabank Centre, NS, Canada^

Apr 25: Newark Prudential Center, NJ# Apr 26: Baltimore CFG Bank Arena, MD# Apr 27: Richmond The National, VA Apr 29: Buffalo Electric City, NY Apr 30: Cleveland House Of Blues Cleveland, OH May 01: Fort Wayne The Clyde Theatre, IN May 03: Lexington Manchester Music Hall, KY May 04: Claremont Lovin' Life Music Fest, NC May 05: Atlanta Shaky Knees Festival, GA May 07: Little Rock The Hall, AR May 08: Huntsville Mars Music Hall, AL May 09: Destin Club LA, FL May 11: Daytona Beach Welcome To Rockville, FL

Jun 14: Donington Download Festival, UK Jun 22: Penmarch God Save The Kouing Festival, France

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Jul 23: Houston House of Blues, TX+ Jul 24: Austin Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater, TX+ Jul 26: Nashville Marathon Music Works, TN+ Jul 27: St. Louis The Factory at The District, MO+ Jul 28: Cincinnati The Andrew J Brady Music Center, OH+ Jul 30: Dewey Beach Bottle & Cork, DE+ Aug 01: Washington The Anthem, DC+ Aug 02: Philadelphia The Fillmore, PA+ Aug 03: Asbury Park The Stone Pony Summer Stage, NJ+ Aug 04: Boston House of Blues Boston, MA+ Aug 06: Portland State Theatre, ME Aug 07: New Haven College Street Music Hall, CT+ Aug 09: Detroit Royal Oak Music Theatre+, MI+ Aug 11: Pittsburgh Stage AE, PA+ Aug 13: Milwaukee The Rave, WI+ Aug 14: Columbus Kemba Live! Indoor Pavilion, OH+ Aug 16: Indianapolis Rock the Ruins at Holliday Park, IN+ Aug 17: Chicago Riviera Theater, IL+ Aug 18: Minneapolis The Fillmore Minneapolis, MN+ Aug 20: Denver Mission Ballroom, CO+ Aug 21: Salt Lake City The Complex – Rockwell, UT+ Aug 23: Portland Roseland Theater, OR+ Aug 24: Seattle Showbox Sodo, WA+ Aug 25: Vancouver The Orpheum, BC, Canada+ Aug 27: Reno Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, NV+ Aug 28: Oakland Fox Theatre, CA+ Aug 30: Tempe Marquee Theatre, AZ+ Aug 31: Anaheim House of Blues Anaheim, CA

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Queens of the Stone Age in Laval, QC – IN PHOTOS

Queens of the Stone Age April 13th, 2024 Place Bell, Laval QC Canadian Beats Passport

Tonight, US rock legends Queens of the Stone Age set Laval’s Place Bell on fire! The reunion was long-awaited, with the band’s last visit in town dating from 2014, 10 years ago! The set started on a high note with the intoxicating No One Knows , setting up the bar high for a set full of classics, deep cuts, and tracks from their latest album In Times New Roman . Just like in Kingston last week and throughout the tour, frontman Josh Homme commanded the crowd like not other, performing a fun and exciting rock show, showing how it’s done!

Queens of the Stone Age will be performing in Quebec City, Moncton and Halifax over the next few days. For tickets and more information visit the band’s website .