QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: NPR MUSIC "FIRST LISTEN LIVE" MAY 23 FROM LOS ANGELES

…LIKE CLOCKWORK OUT JUNE 4 ON MATADOR

www.npr.org/event/music/185557912/first-listen-live-queens-of-the-stone-age-like-clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age will unveil the never before heard bulk of …Like Clockwork on May 23, with a very special NPR Music “First Listen Live” from QOTSA”s sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.

Presaged by the just-revealed 15-minute film by Boneface (with animator Liam Brazier) featuring partial songs and the full animated “My God Is The Sun” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49yRhJ0NjI), the May 23 “First Listen Live” will be the first chance to hear the newest Queens material in its full length, girth and glory. QOTSA mainman Joshua Homme and his cohorts  Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore will hit the stage and your screen 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET at www.npr.org/event/music/185557912/first-listen-live-queens-of-the-stone-age-like-clockwork to walk you through …Like Clockwork and then some.

Described by Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” …Like Clockwork is the first all new Queens album since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, as well as the band”s debut release on Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now fromhttp://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazon and from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun.”

… Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.

See below for tour dates and check back at the following for updates:

http://www.qotsa.com/

https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Live 2013

05/23/13  Los Angeles CA  The Wiltern Theater (SOLD OUT)
06/13/13 ­ Interlaken, Switzerland ­ Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 ­ Landgraaf, Netherlands ­ Pinkpop
06/15/13 ­ Donington, UK ­ Download Festival
06/21/13 ­ Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany ­ Southside Festival
06/22/13 ­ Berlin, Germany ­ Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 ­ Scheesel, Germany ­ Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 ­ Helsinki, Finland ­ Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 ­ Borlange, Sweden ­ Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 ­ Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg ­ Rock a Field Festival07/02/13 ­ Vienna, Austria ­ Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 ­ Budapest, Hungary ­ Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 ­ Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic ­ Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 ­ Gdansk, Poland Heineken Open¹er Festival
08/02/13 ­ Chicago, IL ­ Lollapalooza
08/03/13 ­ Bonner Springs, KS ­ Buzz Under The Stars at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/04/13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino & Hotel
08/05/13  Sturgis, SD  Broken Spoke Saloon and Campground
08/07/13 Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center
08/08/13 Calgary, AB – Stampede Corral
08/9-10/13  Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/15/13 Morrison, CO  Red Rocks Amphitheater
08/31-09/01/13 Philadelphia, PA  Budweiser Made In America Festival
10/04-06/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival
10/11-13/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival

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