Queens of the Stone Age Announce AU/NZ Tour With Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm
Live Nation has today announced an extensive Australia and New Zealand tour from revered US rock band Queens of the Stone Age, set to take place across December this year. The band, comprised of Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore, will play 7 outdoor and arena shows, their first shows in the region since 2024. Joining them as special guests on the tour are the legendary Primus and Australian experimental art-punk quartet, Tropical Fuck Storm.
Queens of the Stone Age will kick off their 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour at The Drive in Adelaide on Tuesday 8 December before heading to Hobart’s MyState Bank Arena on Friday 11 December, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday 13 December, Afterpay Arena in Sydney on Tuesday 15 December, Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 16 December and Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday 18 December, before winding up in New Zealand at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Sunday 20 December.
Australian and New Zealand fans will be the first to witness a brand-new show following their current European tour with System of a Down and scheduled US dates with Foo Fighters, plus a headline show in Iceland set for October.
An artist presale will run from Thursday 16 July, 11am to Monday 20 July, 10am.
Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia and New Zealand. Mastercard Presale starts Thursday 16 July at 11am and ends Monday 20 July at 10am. Plus, Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Monday 20 July at 11am. Check out priceless.com/music for details.
A Live Nation presale will run from Friday 17 July at 11am until Monday 20 July at 10am.
General public tickets on sale Monday 20 July at 11am.
All times are local.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au and livenation.co.nz
Today’s announce follows the release of the band’s new single “Easy Street” via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Out now.
Debuted live last year during their lauded Catacombs tour and eagerly awaited by fans, it’s the band’s first new song since 2023’s In Times New Roman. The music is serene and perfectly imperfect — acoustic guitar, psychedelic synths, and a rhythm track that breathes on its own. Beneath the surface: raw edges and withering wit. Singer Nikki Lane guests on vocals, arriving like gravel and honey with a Wanda Jackson grit. Her voice flips the sonic script against Josh Homme’s smoother lead line.
The accompanying video was directed by Tony Wolski and Christopher Gruse, based on a story and idea by Homme. The film opens with a bruised and battered Homme attempting to outrun a motley crew of pursuers, including band members dressed as themselves – a Juggalo, a mall santa, a leather enthusiast and of course a fancy cowboy leading a tiny horse. However, the story upends expectations with a surprise twist that honors the very outsiders we often dismiss.
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 2026
With special guests Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm
Presented by Double J
The Drive, Adelaide
Tuesday 8 December
MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
Friday 11 December
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sunday 13 December
Afterpay Arena, Sydney
Tuesday 15 December
Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
Wednesday 16 December
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Friday 18 December
Spark Arena, Auckland
Sunday 20 December
Artist / Mastercard (AU) / Mastercard (NZ) Presale: Thursday 16 July, 11am – Monday 20 July, 10am
Live Nation Presale: Friday 17 July, 11am – Monday 20 July, 10am
GP Onsale: Monday 20 July, 11am
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au and livenation.co.nz
ABOUT QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Formed by Joshua Homme against a backdrop of 1990s Palm Desert, California, Queens of the Stone Age is what happens when a multidimensional musical entity outgrows the very genre it creates. Too prolific, ambitious and just plain brilliant to be confined by categorization, QOTSA has morphed over the course of eight utterly essential albums into the behemoth that has blessed us with a cornucopia of bangers from “No One Knows” to “Little Sister,” “My God is the Sun” to “Emotion Sickness” “Paper Machete” and so many more. Undeniably rock — yes, always, but with the blood, sweat and dark magical swagger only Homme and his cohorts can conjure.
Regularly hailed as one of the greatest live bands in existence, QOTSA consists of Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore… What started off as generator parties in the desert has evolved into an undeniable multi-sensual juggernaut that returns to light up stages across Australia & New Zealand with the epic line up of Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm.
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ABOUT PRIMUS
Responsible for some of the most cutting edge and original rock music of the 1990’s, singer/bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander – are back together and planning on getting the worldwide masses bobbing up and down in unison once more.
Originally formed in 1984, Primus joined a variety of underground bands that refused to be pigeonholed, merging metal, funk, alternative, punk, country, roots rock, and experimental music. The band built a large and loyal following in San Francisco before eventually, going global and have toured with some of rock’s biggest names (Jane’s Addiction, Public Enemy, Rush, U2, etc.), and headlined the third-ever Lollapalooza Festival.
Alexander exited the band in 1996, but returned in 2003, in time for an EP/DVD set, ‘Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People,’ and a sold out reunion tour, that lasted over the next few years, before the drummer departed once more. But as Claypool got to work on putting together a forthcoming book about the band’s history, Les began longing for the days of when Alexander’s unmistakable and powerful drumming provided the beat. A phone call was placed, a conversation ensued, and before you could say, “Here come the bastards,” the Claypool-LaLonde-Alexander line-up was back in business. Plans to tour the world over and offering up new music are already in place. Be forewarned…here they come!
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ABOUT TROPICAL FUCK STORM
Genre-bending Tropical Fuck Storm released their fourth album, ‘Fairyland Code’ in June 2025. Recorded with co-producer Michael Beach at the band’s Dodgy Brothers studio in Nagambie, Australia, the songs on ‘Fairyland Codex’ immerse us in the chaos of a fateful landslide, picking out the characters that litter the impending collapse of society.
Tropical Fuck Storm formed when guitarist and vocalist Gareth Liddiard and bassist and vocalist Fiona Kitschin’s previous band, The Drones, went on hiatus in 2016. Joined by guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Erica Dunn and drummer Lauren Hammel, the group has released a string of critically acclaimed albums and gained a reputation for their incendiary live shows.
Acidic, acerbic, anarchic; Tropical Fuck Storm’s command of wordplay, undercut by snarling guitars, pulsing rhythms, and explosive salvos, populates a hinterland between light and dark. The vocal interplay between Liddiard and the soaring harmonies of Kitschin and Dunn creates a teetering balancing act that’s intensified by the frantic narratives that evolve from their collective psyche.
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