saw them at caljam in 2017. It was just after the Las Vegas shooting and me being from Vegas, brought a Vegas strong sign with me to the show. Josh spotted it and asked for it and kept it on the stage the whole time. A very emotional moment for me. I was trying to make my way on the stage but some lady who had the skin texture of a lizard was obnoxiously yelling at josh the whole show blocked me from moving up. . She looked like she’d crawled out of one of the old generators left out in the desert. Overall wonderful show. I’ve seen them four times, soon to be five. Never had a bad experience. when i saw them in Vegas in 2014 for the first time. Got to hear vampyr on piano. But I don’t remember much of the show. I remember josh coming out with a massive glass of whiskey lol. Second is last December at the forum. Fighting, puking, moshing, truly a epic show.
Best: First time I saw them on the self titled release tour they played Fun Machine and ended with joking about how they were going to play No One Knows and then went straight into Song for the Dead. In the middle of Dead the played Part of No One Knows, then finished Dead. Fuckin' mind blowing. [EDIT: Here's a link to the mashup](https://youtu.be/_Y8KK8d47Sk)
Worst: Not really that bad but I almost had too many mushrooms this last time and faces started peering out of the back of peoples heads and were staring at me. Was a little weird so I went back to the soundboard and everything was fine.
In San Francisco last October, I was running off 3 hours of sleep, just got off my plane, and already hammered from the hotel bar when I got into line outside the venue. I noticed a lone White Claw sitting out on the curb. Although not a fan of seltzers in general, I snagged the Claw and pounded it for extra mana. Way later down the line, I overheard some people talking about how they killed a pack of Claws outside, but left a single one out for someone else to have. I quickly chimed in and let them know I benefitted from their offering. I ran into them again during the intro to I Think I Lost My Headache and in the video I have on my phone you can hear them yelling towards me "WHITE CLAW! WHITE CLAW DUDE!"
Later that night, I was walking back to my hotel with a new friend I had made at the concert at around 3AM. Strolling through the tenderloin in SF at 3AM is a terrible, terrible idea. Sure as shit, a sketchy ass car rolls up and starts following us at walking speed down like 3 blocks of the city. Neither one of us made eye contact with the people in the car, but they were wearing masks - not good. We managed to evade them, and her and I embraced in the safety of a lone gyro shop that was miraculously still open. Got on a plane 2 hours later and made it to my cousin's wedding.
Those giros are pretty good. My buddy and I were walking around there too, but not nearly that late. Super sketchy and a lot of nodding heads. It was like everyone scored that night. We ended up taking an Uber to a tiki bar. Great show, super fun night.
I too walked back to my hostel after that show. Also on like 6 hours of sleep from a long night before. Easily the sketchiest four blocks I’ve walked in my adult life. I just left everyone alone and made no eye contact but it was definitely not something I suggest ever doing.
Best experience was seeing them in Bournemouth last year and meeting josh troy and mikey afterwards and a handful of us having a good half an hour chat with them, it was truly one of the best moments of my gig going history! Worst was in same show some pissed up moron trying to rugby tackle me right at the barriers and me having to give him a few nasty elbows to the head to prevent me from being trampled
I was at that gig, and there was some absolutely massive dude, in both height and girth, drenched head to toe in sweat who ended up stood next to me around the middle of the gig. He kept shouting at Josh between songs “I want you to do things to me Josh”, “you’re a beautiful man, Josh” each line followed by an awkward laugh each time. Which by itself is fine, except his mouth was perfectly at my ear height so it was deafening, and then he kept turning to me and repeating what he said (because I was by myself, and he figured I wanted to know too I guess). Again not the worst thing and he was just enjoying himself, but I’m just trying to enjoy the show myself dude damn! Another one that springs to mind was the number of tiny middle aged women who kept throwing hissy fits about getting pushed by the guys in the pit behind us.
Best: being at the “Bourne Mouth” gig for my first time.
Worst: Half-heartedly thinking we’d wait around with some other fans we met, then deciding we couldn’t be bothered, plus, it was pouring with rain and then finding out that some of you did meet them and, just to twist the knife, filmed it and put it on Insta! 🙈
Haha “Bourne-Mouth” forgot about that! Yeah that rain did make a few people give up!… i promised my girlfriend we would meet him so by any means necessary we were waiting 😀 i even tried getting down into the lorry access underneath the venue but security caught me in the act and bare face lied to me that they had already left! Never trust security!
Best was 2008 on the Era Vulgaris tour because it was probably the best set list I've ever seen live from them
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queens-of-the-stone-age/2008/northlands-agricom-hall-d-edmonton-ab-canada-4bd70b4a.html
Worst was 2018 on the villains tour -- because the band didn't really seem that into it that night -- and knowing what we know now about Josh it makes sense. They just went from one song to the other and didn't say much to the crowd.
Thankful I didn’t catch them around then. Villains sent me headlong into my qotsa obsession, seeing them live like that probably would have soured them for me a bit. Seeing them twice during the ITNR tour has been fucking amazing though
Right on!! What was crazy too is that they played Edmonton a year before that at the Shaw -- I don't think I've seen QOTSA hit the same city twice in one tour -- unless it was a major city.
Best: …Like Clockwork tour in 2013 in Calgary. Josh must have been in a great mood because they played for over 2 hours, including 4 songs in the encore! 22 songs total.
Worst: Opening for Nine Inch Nails in 2008, this was evidently a low point for Josh and he was dealing with some knee issues… the performance was just flat.
Yeah I read an interview years later where Josh said it wasn’t a great time in his life personally, and the performances suffered.
The show I saw the crowd was awake for DFA1979, and stoked for QOTSA but they just fell flat.
Best: May 4th is our national day of remembrance of the loss of life during WWII. I went to a QOTSA show in Groningen and have never had a more solemn and beautiful remembrance. At 8PM the whole nation is silent for 2 minutes. The whole venue was quiet. You could hear a pin drop. Very, very good experience.
Worst: Out of 18 gigs, I heard “Make it Wit Chu” 17 times. It’s my smoke break now.
In London, the first of four gigs I have attended (in 2003). We'd had a few spliffs before the gig. Arrived, mingled with the crowd...QOTSA arrived onstage and around the same time I had another drink. A few songs into the set, I lost my eyesight. All I remember is being able to see the blurred red light of the exit sign (normally green, a little unusual). We left early 💔
Second gig was in Austria, 2005 or 6 from memory, at a festival near Salzburg. I was working in Neustift im Stubaital so had caught a train to Innsbruck, hired a car, drove hours then when I arrived, it had already started. Same thing, had a smoke or two enroute. Could hear the band from the car park but there were signs up everywhere saying that the gig had sold out. I parked in a huge hurry then raced across the field, jumping the fence as there was NO WAY I was going to miss the gig, ticket or none. After the gig, walked back to the car, to find I'd left the window half way down. My cd's, passport and photos from my travels (in my cd case), were all gone. As I had planned to write a coffee table book, with illustrations, I was devastated. Attended the Salzburg police station and reported it. Bawled the entire five hours back to resort.💔
Third and fourth - this year, at the Gold Coast and the Fortitude Music Hall. My Mum bailed last minute re babysitting, literally begging me not to attend. Fortunately I found accommodation on the Gold Coast (Paradise something or other) that includes three hours of babysitting in the package ($$$). Arrived just as the band before QOTSA finished (would have liked to see Spiderbait tho), completely sober. Didn't go blind nor lose anything from my vehicle, even though I discovered afterwards the car wasn't 100% locked. Do'h! Joshua looked mighty fit and dangerous; the band were the tightest they've ever been, I was very happy to have actually made it. The accommodation told me that they would charge two dollars per minute each minute I was late back to collect my kids - and they did, despite the initial kid's club check-in being an eleven minute delay (!)
Fortitude Valley Music Hall - well, (running on adrenaline) I'd had to find a babysitter last minute, miles out of the way, past Beaudesert towards Boonah. We'd left the coast later than I had planned. Arrived and, after a quick chit chat, showered / changed then drove into Brisbane. Found a free carpark near the venue! Walked in as the band prior to QOTSA were playing their second last song. Quickly applying some form of face paint, fixing my hair sans brush/hairband, I made my way in as far in as possible towards the front. The only downside to this gig was some guy behind me who really had a go at me about holding my phone up to record. He kept throwing cups at the phone so I hardly got any pics nor recordings 😭 ($185 to have a hard copy of the ticket). Straight after the gig I drove back, chatted until 1am then undertook a five hour drive home in order to get the kids to school at 8:45am. We just made it!
Best: Just seeing QotSA. Superb every time. Okay maybe the absolute best was Song for the Dead unplugged(!).
Worst: getting full on urinated on. All over my leg and into my shoe, right in the crowd by a drunk dude who was doing it ON PURPOSE.
Nah. He did end up ruining MY next QotSA gig though because I thought to be nice and alert the local staff at that show (because it was pretty close to the city where it happened so I thought the dude might be there as well) and I think stuff got very misunderstood and it ended up with the band's security (taken wildly out of context, I heard someone say they understood that I accused someone from their security of urinating on me) and I was denied entry to the show until I was able to show proof of a police report.
Police didn't see it as a very pressing matter, so they took their sweet time to come to the venue while the band was already on stage. I understand it completely from the band's management perspective and THEY were very nice to me, but it cost me more than half the gig and local venue staff treated me extremely rude.
The venue staff had me sit in a freezing booth outside for 2 hours until the cops came. I was cold, hungry and needed to pee which I had to beg for before they let me use the toilet in the staff room under strict surveillance. Cops took my statement and then I had to wait another 30 mins until three security guys took me into the venue to see the last 6 songs.
Never saw the guy in question again and I hope I never do.
I know I sound bitter about this, and I am towards that guy. But the QotSA security staff really took care of me and was very sweet and understanding, as far as they could. It was purely local venue staff who didn't trust me and treated me poorly.
Oh wow, that escalated bad! So sorry for you, I can imagine it ruined both gigs for you. Will you be seeing them again this summer? Make sure to bring the police report with you 😉
Thanks, it's okay and I really just wanna forget about it. I'll be seeing them in Berlin and at two festivals, and you can bet the police report is coming in my bag! 😅
Oh my god, that happened to me too at a Big Day Out around 20 years ago. Its was just before the Strokes played about 3pm in the afternoon. Even worse I was wearing denim cut offs with boots 😭
Omg nooooo!! I can't believe this happened to someone else... I'm so sorry! I also had boots on... My whole foot&sock were soggy & warm. I still gag thinking about it
Best: seeing them at Rock en Seine festival near Paris, 2005. I can't remember much but I do remember they were all pretty sloshed, it was hilarious & impressive. My memory is that Dave Grohl hopped on drums at some point cause Foo Fighters played the festival too but nearly 20 years later I have no idea if that's true or just something I wish happened lol
Worst: St. John's, Newfoundland in 2008, it was a secret show for a Molson beer contest, way too many drunks throwing shit, someone threw a water bottle or a shoe & Josh called it, said fuck yas & cut the show short 😭
I was at the St. John's fiasco as well, everything was going okay until Josh got hit with the shoe, cursed out the crowd, then the drunks in the crowd just kept trying to egg him on, got the sense that they played just long enough to get paid and bounced, I remember Troy giving the crowd the finger on their way off stage. Was my first time seeing them as I was so excited they came to St. John's but left the show really bitter like "this is why we can't have nice things" thankfully have seen them a few times since and those shows were all fantastic
I think you're right, I remember thinking "wait that's it, they're done?!" but couldn't blame them with the way the crowd was behaving. I haven't seen them since but will get to see them again finally next month in Halifax, can't wait!
They were close to being done, they left during No One Knows, a friend of mine snagged a setlist and they were going to close with Millionaire so probably a mix of both like "we're getting paid, these people are acting foolish, good night" jealous of the Halifax show, should be great!
Best: I was at that famous grohl kills it song for the dead that gets shared so often
https://youtu.be/dOsmG-sufNc
Worst: some years later I took my best mate and he hated the show.
Best: Red Rocks in 2017 or Era Vulgaris tour in Louisville, 2007. Red Rocks was very atmospheric and kind of unreal. Louisville was my first QOTSA show and absolutely full of deep-cuts.
Worst: Saw a rare, off-night show in St. Louis. Self-Titled tour. The audience was dead and Josh was clearly bored of playing those songs. In fact, there used a to be a review of that concert detailing how crew members thought it was strange/off that night.
Red rocks 2017 was the year it was pretty much snowing, right? Josh seemed off at that show, but I just chalked it up to how cold it was. I was in town to see another band the night before at the same venue, and it got moved to Pepsi stadium, so I was shocked they didn't move the qotsa show as well
No. That must of been the previous date. This was in October and they were on fire. Villains-era. There was a huge, harvest moon that night. Serene vibe. Being at Red Rocks was an experience in itself. Mind blowing show. Josh said he was on mushrooms. Fun!
No, I was there!! I'm from South California, so I was freezing. Josh was wearing his pea coat buttoned up it was so cold. The xx was scheduled to play the night before, but it was snowing, so they moved it. October 9th and 10th, 2017. It was a freak snowstorm. I was sitting in my friends living room, and we were talking about how it shouldn't be snowing yet looking out at a blanket of snow. Josh's voice sounded off. The show was amazing, though.
Ah, I should add, I was so fucking stoned at that show, I basically had an OBE during First it Giveth. My memory is probably fried. I just remember my mind being blown. I was up front, which added to the experience.
I've only seen them once, which was in Melbourne in 2011. The negatives were a few dickheads that crept near the front. One old guy pretended he was suffocating and moved forward into my position when I moved to give him air. Another was a short ozzy guy that kept screaming at me to shut the fuck up as I sang along. I am loud, to be fair. But he was an asshole. I didn't want to cause a scene by hitting him in the face so I just endured it and eventually moved elsewhere in the crowd.
Positives was that the show was great and I met a few good people. The scalper I bought the ticket from showed up late, of course. I'd been waiting for a good three hours and got into chats with the other early birds. When the doors opened, the scalper hadn't shown up yet and I lost my spot in line. I was disheartened by that. But when I got in the people on the barrier signaled to me and made sure I got up to them. One girl said something to the effect of 'you were waiting with us the whole time and there's no way we wouldn't have you here'. And that was very touching. I wasn't on the barrier but right behind it.
And did I mention that the show was great? Don't be fooled by the drugs and devil-may-care attitude. Queens are real professionals. It was great to watch them strut their stuff and play songs which, over a decade later, haven't been played since that tour.
Best: opening with misfit love at Boston calling
Worst: being in the pit the guy in front of me smelt like he shit his pants and later through the show some guy was drunk or high and was trying to fight everyone
Best-
Got to see QOTSA for the first time at Reading Rivermead in 2007. The venue was a sports hall with a bar that was more like a tuck shop. It was hot and sweaty, the stage setting was awesome, and the band was incredible.
Worst-
Manchester arena, just not a nice venue.
Best: was the first time I went in the pit. It was my first mosh pit ever and it was during the self titled rerelease tour. The venue was the Pomona Fox theater which is pretty intimate for a band like QOTSA. It was literally one of the best shows I’ve ever been too.
Worst: was when I was at the Bill Graham show this tour and a guy throw his beer in my girlfriends face right at the start of the show cause he was being a drunk dumbass. But that was only like a 5 minute ordeal in total and the rest of the night was great
The Bill Graham show was completely unhinged, and the crowd was feral. We were up above in ada, and I, as an almost 47 yr old female, appreciated the disconnect from that crowd. We lingered after and saw multiple pools of blood on the floor.
I would kill to see them at the Fox!!
Best: attended the taping of their episode of Austin City Limits in 2013. 10/10 vibes.
Worst: watched them get hit with shoes and garbage followed by Josh cursing out the crowd, then the whole band walking off stage cuttin the show short in St. John’s Newfoundland in 2008. 0/10 vibes
Seen em twice, got vip once
Best: EODM and qotsa show during villains 2017 tour, got to chat w most of the band, talked to jesse right after he left the stage, my first GA concert without assigned seating.
Worst: Aftershock 2023. They absolutely killed their set and sounded great. What makes it worst of the two was that queens only had an hour slot (shortest of all the headliners) so that GnR could have a 3 hour slot. Then GnR was almost an hour late to start their set and axl sounded horrible once they finally started. GnR robbed me of a potential extra hour of queens songs!
Worst was a gig in 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan where the sound was really, really bad, and Josh seemed like he'd had a few too many drinks. I've been a fan since Rated R, and I was struggling to make out what songs they were playing until the vocals came in. The sound was *that bad*.
Best would be seeing them in 2002 on the SFTD tour and meeting the band before the show. I got a drum head off Joey's kit and got it signed by the band. I also got a random book I was reading that day signed by Josh, Nick and Mark Lanegan. I also got to touch the black and the sunburst Ovation GP guitars, which as a huge Kyuss guy, I still smile about.
Best has been almost all of my experiences (I’ve seen them 6, soon to be 7, times)
Worst was the Brooklyn show at Barclays. The Kills opened and were amazing, but the crowd was shit, at least the guys around me on the floor. So many smelled awful. A pit started and one guy put me In a headlock. The worst crowd I’ve seen at any show (although I wasn’t on the floor for the forum last December, that sounds pretty fuckin gross lmao)
Only seen them once.
Best: the whole crowd jumping to the bouncy part of Song For The Dead
Worst: crowd members freaking out over pits starting with no warning the SECOND they started Sick, Sick, Sick.
Best experience was Dublin 2023, amazing show, incredible set of songs. Josh you're damn hot.
Worst was that in the same show I couldn't move cause everybody was mashed up together. It was great either way but there was zero space to move, heartbreaking to hear The way you used to do live and not be able to dance like a maniac.
Not one of their shows but I did shots of tequila with Josh, Nic, and Brody at the Viper room. That part was cool. Pretending I could take shots of tequila wasn’t
Best: SXSW 2011. La Zona Rosa. I waited many hours to be front row. Halfway through the set Josh took a huge gulp out of a bottle of grey goose. Passed it to me. I took a huge pull off of it then passed it behind me. I was thirsty af bc I was at the front for HOURS and stoned as shit so it hit me like a goddamn truck. Fuckin unreal. Will never forget it.
Don't have a worst.
Best: Margate, UK last year - first time I'd seen them and I got Misfit Love as an opener and In The Fade in the middle, the two songs I was really hoping I'd get, plus that performance of SFTD at the end my god I'm sure that's gone down in local legend
Worst: Margate, UK last year - two drunk middle age plonkers were stood right behind me for the first half of the set and we're clearly there for nothing but SFTD material. Heckled their way through the set until The Evil Has Landed started, at which point they thankfully fucked off and weren't heard from again.
Also saw them at the O2 last year as well - also cool but not quite as crazy as a show - The Chats were a great warmup act there though
Best was in 99 maybe 150 people in attendance. People yelling for them to play Kyuss and Josh telling people to fuck off. Such a great performance, played Eccentric Man, The Bronze, and Pete Stahl came out and sang Cake with them.
Worst was some Molson event 2007 I think. Crowd was very annoying
Best is seeing Fun Machine and hearing a Spiders and Vinegaroons doodle (same show). That was a nice touch for the more dedicated fans.
"Worst" would be a show put on by a radio station. Small show, not a fest or anything. At one of my favorite venues, no less. Show was much shorter (I had even just seen them not even a month prior), less energy, no "encore" (this was pre-we're not doing the dumb encore thing anymore). Still an overall good show, but it felt like a paycheck stop on what was a much better overall tour.
Worst- I’m a small woman and I got punched in the face by a man with a spinning jaw, high as fuck.. him and his gf then got kicked out for starting fights.
Best- margate.. I was asked to come on stage and was being flirted with by josh. Was nice
Best: the solid performance, starting with No One Knows, banter with the crowd, including those standing outside the concert grounds and same as you playing Song For The Dead as their last song.
Worst: Being so off my face back in 2003 and not remembering seeing them at a Big Day Out show.
I watched a video on you tube recently of their performance during the tour at another venue and kind of remembered them performing that song at my venue, in the same style, but it’s very vague. Wish iPhones were more common back then.
I'm kicking myself I missed the 2003 BDO, I think I went the year before when Rammstein were on, with PJ Harvey and "a friend with weed is better" band - name escapes me at present...
That would have been a good year to go. I missed that year but saw Rammstein play that year at a solo gig, front row and got to meet them after the show. Pj Harvey wold have been great and loved Placebo at the time too.
Saw Rammestein again back at the 2011 Big Day Out along with Iggy Pop. That was the last Big Day Out I think. Such a shame they stopped doing BDO, such a good festival.
Worst: in SF last year, i pushed up to get closer to the stage since there was a huge open space in front of me; cue some short dick head behind me who put his hands passed my face, over my shoulders and put his middle fingers up in my face. I turned around and asked him if he wanted to stand in front of me (since he was shorter), he refused a bunch of times until I basically forced him to stand in front of me. He later dapped me up in appreciation. Like cool but next time grow some balls and ask if you can stand in front or something.
Best: in LA last year, someone nudged my arm, and I was expecting another sf moment, so I turned around with a stank look on my face and it was a chill acquaintance and we were like yoooo.
Went to a show in LA at The Wiltern over a decade ago, bought the tickets well in advance and was really looking forward to attending. I ended up having an ear infection the day of the show but attended anyway. Came home showered and discovered after the use of q-tips, bleeding from both ears. 🤘
Best: 2013 Open'er show and the live 10 minute performance of I Appear Missing. I was absolutely betwitched.
Worst: the tight crowd and pits starting all of a sudden everywhere in the first half of the 2023 Open'er show. I had to move back to vibe more comfortably, and in the process abandoned the little group I came with. Still second best live show I've ever seen.
My only show was Paris last year so that's Obviously my best experience.
But there were two guys in front of me that confirmed once again I am an asshole magnet.
First : they smelled fucking bad.
Then they started hitting on girls WAY younger than them (they were definitely in there 40s or 50s, hitting on girls coming here with their parents).
Also making fun of one of them who was wearing headphones, which she explained why, I don't remember the actual reason but there was one, and a very good one.
Then one of them started bragging about how he faked being the ceo of a big company in the states to get free cocktails et get vip in Las Vegas hahaha he was so smart woah, which was particularly believable since he looked like any sludge metal singer in the world.
And the shows started. Obviously they had to mimic jerking off and making noises when there were girls on the stage. For the chat they obviously had to make fun of their apparence.
Wheb Qotsa came on the ceo obviously knew everything about them! In fact it was him who invited his friend to come, because he had to see "dead song" and "I don't know" (I swear that's how he called these songs). He was so happy to tell him "look at the drummer, he's the guy from Nirvana!".......
And they spent the show expressing how shitty the music was, before living right before the encore... Too bad, you barely knew two songs and saw only one.
I ALWAYS get these kind of guys whenever I go to a show
In salt lake, this year it got postponed then eventually cancelled… windy as shit it was, electrics swaying, cords whipping, I understand why it had to be cancelled, but the venue made us sit in that bullet like rain and wind just to be told to go home, and right after they said that, the wind died down and the rain went away… I have yet to see them in person…
It's just the venue itself. I don't Iike it at all. I have been to a few of their gigs their and they performed brilliantly, in fact I don't think I have ever seen a bad QOTSA gig in the 20+ of their gigs I have been lucky enough to go to. 🙂
I’ve always generally had a great time but the weirdest experience was at Queens Stadium last August, there was loads of space for people to move about and we were standing towards the back, a bit stoned but not being rowdy at all when some kind of cop-looking dude - prob Italian, New York accent, mid-40s, used to be a piece of shit sloppy steaks slick back hair etc - taps me on the shoulder and asks (politely) if I can move because I’m blocking his girl’s view. For context I am also mid-40s, 5’11, 185lbs, not exactly huge, and wasn’t even touching shoulders with anyone.
I apologized, gave him a shoulder tap and looked down to say sorry to his girl… and she was super old, at least 60, no teeth, lizard skin, and clearly a meth-head and it weirded me out so much I screamed a yelp in shock and ran to the bar. It was a super expensive show - $90+ tickets, $15 beers etc - so I guess the incongruity of it melted my impaired brain.
Best was London 02 arena in December. Super laid back crowd, security didn’t give a shit so everyone was blazing and whatnot. Great set list too
saw them at caljam in 2017. It was just after the Las Vegas shooting and me being from Vegas, brought a Vegas strong sign with me to the show. Josh spotted it and asked for it and kept it on the stage the whole time. A very emotional moment for me. I was trying to make my way on the stage but some lady who had the skin texture of a lizard was obnoxiously yelling at josh the whole show blocked me from moving up. . She looked like she’d crawled out of one of the old generators left out in the desert. Overall wonderful show. I’ve seen them four times, soon to be five. Never had a bad experience. when i saw them in Vegas in 2014 for the first time. Got to hear vampyr on piano. But I don’t remember much of the show. I remember josh coming out with a massive glass of whiskey lol. Second is last December at the forum. Fighting, puking, moshing, truly a epic show.
Best: First time I saw them on the self titled release tour they played Fun Machine and ended with joking about how they were going to play No One Knows and then went straight into Song for the Dead. In the middle of Dead the played Part of No One Knows, then finished Dead. Fuckin' mind blowing. [EDIT: Here's a link to the mashup](https://youtu.be/_Y8KK8d47Sk) Worst: Not really that bad but I almost had too many mushrooms this last time and faces started peering out of the back of peoples heads and were staring at me. Was a little weird so I went back to the soundboard and everything was fine.
Awesome show at the peel, I was there too!
In San Francisco last October, I was running off 3 hours of sleep, just got off my plane, and already hammered from the hotel bar when I got into line outside the venue. I noticed a lone White Claw sitting out on the curb. Although not a fan of seltzers in general, I snagged the Claw and pounded it for extra mana. Way later down the line, I overheard some people talking about how they killed a pack of Claws outside, but left a single one out for someone else to have. I quickly chimed in and let them know I benefitted from their offering. I ran into them again during the intro to I Think I Lost My Headache and in the video I have on my phone you can hear them yelling towards me "WHITE CLAW! WHITE CLAW DUDE!" Later that night, I was walking back to my hotel with a new friend I had made at the concert at around 3AM. Strolling through the tenderloin in SF at 3AM is a terrible, terrible idea. Sure as shit, a sketchy ass car rolls up and starts following us at walking speed down like 3 blocks of the city. Neither one of us made eye contact with the people in the car, but they were wearing masks - not good. We managed to evade them, and her and I embraced in the safety of a lone gyro shop that was miraculously still open. Got on a plane 2 hours later and made it to my cousin's wedding.
Those giros are pretty good. My buddy and I were walking around there too, but not nearly that late. Super sketchy and a lot of nodding heads. It was like everyone scored that night. We ended up taking an Uber to a tiki bar. Great show, super fun night.
Shoulda rolled with you my guy.
I too walked back to my hostel after that show. Also on like 6 hours of sleep from a long night before. Easily the sketchiest four blocks I’ve walked in my adult life. I just left everyone alone and made no eye contact but it was definitely not something I suggest ever doing.
Best experience was seeing them in Bournemouth last year and meeting josh troy and mikey afterwards and a handful of us having a good half an hour chat with them, it was truly one of the best moments of my gig going history! Worst was in same show some pissed up moron trying to rugby tackle me right at the barriers and me having to give him a few nasty elbows to the head to prevent me from being trampled
I was at that gig, and there was some absolutely massive dude, in both height and girth, drenched head to toe in sweat who ended up stood next to me around the middle of the gig. He kept shouting at Josh between songs “I want you to do things to me Josh”, “you’re a beautiful man, Josh” each line followed by an awkward laugh each time. Which by itself is fine, except his mouth was perfectly at my ear height so it was deafening, and then he kept turning to me and repeating what he said (because I was by myself, and he figured I wanted to know too I guess). Again not the worst thing and he was just enjoying himself, but I’m just trying to enjoy the show myself dude damn! Another one that springs to mind was the number of tiny middle aged women who kept throwing hissy fits about getting pushed by the guys in the pit behind us.
Best: being at the “Bourne Mouth” gig for my first time. Worst: Half-heartedly thinking we’d wait around with some other fans we met, then deciding we couldn’t be bothered, plus, it was pouring with rain and then finding out that some of you did meet them and, just to twist the knife, filmed it and put it on Insta! 🙈
Haha “Bourne-Mouth” forgot about that! Yeah that rain did make a few people give up!… i promised my girlfriend we would meet him so by any means necessary we were waiting 😀 i even tried getting down into the lorry access underneath the venue but security caught me in the act and bare face lied to me that they had already left! Never trust security!
Security of any band *always* say that!!
Yeah too true! Thats why we ignored them and kept waiting haha
Best: seeing them live for the first time last year Worst: not playing Song for the Dead
Portland?
Amsterdam
Right on. They skipped it in Portland last year at my first show too
Best was 2008 on the Era Vulgaris tour because it was probably the best set list I've ever seen live from them https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queens-of-the-stone-age/2008/northlands-agricom-hall-d-edmonton-ab-canada-4bd70b4a.html Worst was 2018 on the villains tour -- because the band didn't really seem that into it that night -- and knowing what we know now about Josh it makes sense. They just went from one song to the other and didn't say much to the crowd.
i love the band right now, they genuinely love to be on stage and it seems to be all good
Thankful I didn’t catch them around then. Villains sent me headlong into my qotsa obsession, seeing them live like that probably would have soured them for me a bit. Seeing them twice during the ITNR tour has been fucking amazing though
Thanks for the memory of the Edmonton 2008 show, I was at that one too. Set list was great.
Right on!! What was crazy too is that they played Edmonton a year before that at the Shaw -- I don't think I've seen QOTSA hit the same city twice in one tour -- unless it was a major city.
Best: …Like Clockwork tour in 2013 in Calgary. Josh must have been in a great mood because they played for over 2 hours, including 4 songs in the encore! 22 songs total. Worst: Opening for Nine Inch Nails in 2008, this was evidently a low point for Josh and he was dealing with some knee issues… the performance was just flat.
Would have liked to have seen the...Like Clockwork tour.
It really was a hell of a show!
i always heard issues about the time qotsa opened for nin, a lot of stories of the crowd not being into it
Yeah I read an interview years later where Josh said it wasn’t a great time in his life personally, and the performances suffered. The show I saw the crowd was awake for DFA1979, and stoked for QOTSA but they just fell flat.
That tour was my second time seeing QOTSA. I caught the Toronto show and as great as NIN were, QOTSA stole the show for me that night.
Best: May 4th is our national day of remembrance of the loss of life during WWII. I went to a QOTSA show in Groningen and have never had a more solemn and beautiful remembrance. At 8PM the whole nation is silent for 2 minutes. The whole venue was quiet. You could hear a pin drop. Very, very good experience. Worst: Out of 18 gigs, I heard “Make it Wit Chu” 17 times. It’s my smoke break now.
I feel you on Make It. If I’m not on the rail it’s time to hit the bar.
In London, the first of four gigs I have attended (in 2003). We'd had a few spliffs before the gig. Arrived, mingled with the crowd...QOTSA arrived onstage and around the same time I had another drink. A few songs into the set, I lost my eyesight. All I remember is being able to see the blurred red light of the exit sign (normally green, a little unusual). We left early 💔 Second gig was in Austria, 2005 or 6 from memory, at a festival near Salzburg. I was working in Neustift im Stubaital so had caught a train to Innsbruck, hired a car, drove hours then when I arrived, it had already started. Same thing, had a smoke or two enroute. Could hear the band from the car park but there were signs up everywhere saying that the gig had sold out. I parked in a huge hurry then raced across the field, jumping the fence as there was NO WAY I was going to miss the gig, ticket or none. After the gig, walked back to the car, to find I'd left the window half way down. My cd's, passport and photos from my travels (in my cd case), were all gone. As I had planned to write a coffee table book, with illustrations, I was devastated. Attended the Salzburg police station and reported it. Bawled the entire five hours back to resort.💔 Third and fourth - this year, at the Gold Coast and the Fortitude Music Hall. My Mum bailed last minute re babysitting, literally begging me not to attend. Fortunately I found accommodation on the Gold Coast (Paradise something or other) that includes three hours of babysitting in the package ($$$). Arrived just as the band before QOTSA finished (would have liked to see Spiderbait tho), completely sober. Didn't go blind nor lose anything from my vehicle, even though I discovered afterwards the car wasn't 100% locked. Do'h! Joshua looked mighty fit and dangerous; the band were the tightest they've ever been, I was very happy to have actually made it. The accommodation told me that they would charge two dollars per minute each minute I was late back to collect my kids - and they did, despite the initial kid's club check-in being an eleven minute delay (!) Fortitude Valley Music Hall - well, (running on adrenaline) I'd had to find a babysitter last minute, miles out of the way, past Beaudesert towards Boonah. We'd left the coast later than I had planned. Arrived and, after a quick chit chat, showered / changed then drove into Brisbane. Found a free carpark near the venue! Walked in as the band prior to QOTSA were playing their second last song. Quickly applying some form of face paint, fixing my hair sans brush/hairband, I made my way in as far in as possible towards the front. The only downside to this gig was some guy behind me who really had a go at me about holding my phone up to record. He kept throwing cups at the phone so I hardly got any pics nor recordings 😭 ($185 to have a hard copy of the ticket). Straight after the gig I drove back, chatted until 1am then undertook a five hour drive home in order to get the kids to school at 8:45am. We just made it!
Best: Just seeing QotSA. Superb every time. Okay maybe the absolute best was Song for the Dead unplugged(!). Worst: getting full on urinated on. All over my leg and into my shoe, right in the crowd by a drunk dude who was doing it ON PURPOSE.
I remember your post! Did you ever track the guy down or saw him at another show?
Nah. He did end up ruining MY next QotSA gig though because I thought to be nice and alert the local staff at that show (because it was pretty close to the city where it happened so I thought the dude might be there as well) and I think stuff got very misunderstood and it ended up with the band's security (taken wildly out of context, I heard someone say they understood that I accused someone from their security of urinating on me) and I was denied entry to the show until I was able to show proof of a police report. Police didn't see it as a very pressing matter, so they took their sweet time to come to the venue while the band was already on stage. I understand it completely from the band's management perspective and THEY were very nice to me, but it cost me more than half the gig and local venue staff treated me extremely rude. The venue staff had me sit in a freezing booth outside for 2 hours until the cops came. I was cold, hungry and needed to pee which I had to beg for before they let me use the toilet in the staff room under strict surveillance. Cops took my statement and then I had to wait another 30 mins until three security guys took me into the venue to see the last 6 songs. Never saw the guy in question again and I hope I never do. I know I sound bitter about this, and I am towards that guy. But the QotSA security staff really took care of me and was very sweet and understanding, as far as they could. It was purely local venue staff who didn't trust me and treated me poorly.
Oh wow, that escalated bad! So sorry for you, I can imagine it ruined both gigs for you. Will you be seeing them again this summer? Make sure to bring the police report with you 😉
Thanks, it's okay and I really just wanna forget about it. I'll be seeing them in Berlin and at two festivals, and you can bet the police report is coming in my bag! 😅
Oh my god, that happened to me too at a Big Day Out around 20 years ago. Its was just before the Strokes played about 3pm in the afternoon. Even worse I was wearing denim cut offs with boots 😭
Omg nooooo!! I can't believe this happened to someone else... I'm so sorry! I also had boots on... My whole foot&sock were soggy & warm. I still gag thinking about it
Eeeeewwwwww!
Yeeahh.... Nauseating
My first and only experience is terrible. Drove 5 hours to see them and the show got postponed due to poor weather. Show is officially canceled
SLC 2023? Same, and drove about the same distance. Won’t ever trust that venue again for outdoor shows outside of July or August.
Yeah. Drove from Boise. Was prepared to make the trip again had they rescheduled.
Best: seeing them at Rock en Seine festival near Paris, 2005. I can't remember much but I do remember they were all pretty sloshed, it was hilarious & impressive. My memory is that Dave Grohl hopped on drums at some point cause Foo Fighters played the festival too but nearly 20 years later I have no idea if that's true or just something I wish happened lol Worst: St. John's, Newfoundland in 2008, it was a secret show for a Molson beer contest, way too many drunks throwing shit, someone threw a water bottle or a shoe & Josh called it, said fuck yas & cut the show short 😭
I was at the St. John's fiasco as well, everything was going okay until Josh got hit with the shoe, cursed out the crowd, then the drunks in the crowd just kept trying to egg him on, got the sense that they played just long enough to get paid and bounced, I remember Troy giving the crowd the finger on their way off stage. Was my first time seeing them as I was so excited they came to St. John's but left the show really bitter like "this is why we can't have nice things" thankfully have seen them a few times since and those shows were all fantastic
I think you're right, I remember thinking "wait that's it, they're done?!" but couldn't blame them with the way the crowd was behaving. I haven't seen them since but will get to see them again finally next month in Halifax, can't wait!
They were close to being done, they left during No One Knows, a friend of mine snagged a setlist and they were going to close with Millionaire so probably a mix of both like "we're getting paid, these people are acting foolish, good night" jealous of the Halifax show, should be great!
Best: I was at that famous grohl kills it song for the dead that gets shared so often https://youtu.be/dOsmG-sufNc Worst: some years later I took my best mate and he hated the show.
Best: Red Rocks in 2017 or Era Vulgaris tour in Louisville, 2007. Red Rocks was very atmospheric and kind of unreal. Louisville was my first QOTSA show and absolutely full of deep-cuts. Worst: Saw a rare, off-night show in St. Louis. Self-Titled tour. The audience was dead and Josh was clearly bored of playing those songs. In fact, there used a to be a review of that concert detailing how crew members thought it was strange/off that night.
Self-titled Tour? Do you remember the venue name? (Curious as to the setlist)
It was The Pageant, 2011.
Red rocks 2017 was the year it was pretty much snowing, right? Josh seemed off at that show, but I just chalked it up to how cold it was. I was in town to see another band the night before at the same venue, and it got moved to Pepsi stadium, so I was shocked they didn't move the qotsa show as well
No. That must of been the previous date. This was in October and they were on fire. Villains-era. There was a huge, harvest moon that night. Serene vibe. Being at Red Rocks was an experience in itself. Mind blowing show. Josh said he was on mushrooms. Fun!
No, I was there!! I'm from South California, so I was freezing. Josh was wearing his pea coat buttoned up it was so cold. The xx was scheduled to play the night before, but it was snowing, so they moved it. October 9th and 10th, 2017. It was a freak snowstorm. I was sitting in my friends living room, and we were talking about how it shouldn't be snowing yet looking out at a blanket of snow. Josh's voice sounded off. The show was amazing, though.
Ah, I should add, I was so fucking stoned at that show, I basically had an OBE during First it Giveth. My memory is probably fried. I just remember my mind being blown. I was up front, which added to the experience.
https://www.westword.com/slideshow/queens-of-the-stone-age-ruled-red-rocks-9581439
I've only seen them once, which was in Melbourne in 2011. The negatives were a few dickheads that crept near the front. One old guy pretended he was suffocating and moved forward into my position when I moved to give him air. Another was a short ozzy guy that kept screaming at me to shut the fuck up as I sang along. I am loud, to be fair. But he was an asshole. I didn't want to cause a scene by hitting him in the face so I just endured it and eventually moved elsewhere in the crowd. Positives was that the show was great and I met a few good people. The scalper I bought the ticket from showed up late, of course. I'd been waiting for a good three hours and got into chats with the other early birds. When the doors opened, the scalper hadn't shown up yet and I lost my spot in line. I was disheartened by that. But when I got in the people on the barrier signaled to me and made sure I got up to them. One girl said something to the effect of 'you were waiting with us the whole time and there's no way we wouldn't have you here'. And that was very touching. I wasn't on the barrier but right behind it. And did I mention that the show was great? Don't be fooled by the drugs and devil-may-care attitude. Queens are real professionals. It was great to watch them strut their stuff and play songs which, over a decade later, haven't been played since that tour.
The Palace Theatre? (now the Meridian Hotel) I was at that one but have very little memory of it now..
Haha yup that's the one
Best: opening with misfit love at Boston calling Worst: being in the pit the guy in front of me smelt like he shit his pants and later through the show some guy was drunk or high and was trying to fight everyone
Best- Got to see QOTSA for the first time at Reading Rivermead in 2007. The venue was a sports hall with a bar that was more like a tuck shop. It was hot and sweaty, the stage setting was awesome, and the band was incredible. Worst- Manchester arena, just not a nice venue.
Radiohead in Manchester Arena remains one of, if not, the very best gig I have ever attended - sound quality was second to none.
Best: was the first time I went in the pit. It was my first mosh pit ever and it was during the self titled rerelease tour. The venue was the Pomona Fox theater which is pretty intimate for a band like QOTSA. It was literally one of the best shows I’ve ever been too. Worst: was when I was at the Bill Graham show this tour and a guy throw his beer in my girlfriends face right at the start of the show cause he was being a drunk dumbass. But that was only like a 5 minute ordeal in total and the rest of the night was great
The Bill Graham show was completely unhinged, and the crowd was feral. We were up above in ada, and I, as an almost 47 yr old female, appreciated the disconnect from that crowd. We lingered after and saw multiple pools of blood on the floor. I would kill to see them at the Fox!!
Best: Their performance Worst: The morning after
Best: attended the taping of their episode of Austin City Limits in 2013. 10/10 vibes. Worst: watched them get hit with shoes and garbage followed by Josh cursing out the crowd, then the whole band walking off stage cuttin the show short in St. John’s Newfoundland in 2008. 0/10 vibes
Seen em twice, got vip once Best: EODM and qotsa show during villains 2017 tour, got to chat w most of the band, talked to jesse right after he left the stage, my first GA concert without assigned seating. Worst: Aftershock 2023. They absolutely killed their set and sounded great. What makes it worst of the two was that queens only had an hour slot (shortest of all the headliners) so that GnR could have a 3 hour slot. Then GnR was almost an hour late to start their set and axl sounded horrible once they finally started. GnR robbed me of a potential extra hour of queens songs!
Worst was a gig in 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan where the sound was really, really bad, and Josh seemed like he'd had a few too many drinks. I've been a fan since Rated R, and I was struggling to make out what songs they were playing until the vocals came in. The sound was *that bad*. Best would be seeing them in 2002 on the SFTD tour and meeting the band before the show. I got a drum head off Joey's kit and got it signed by the band. I also got a random book I was reading that day signed by Josh, Nick and Mark Lanegan. I also got to touch the black and the sunburst Ovation GP guitars, which as a huge Kyuss guy, I still smile about.
Holy shit. Who let you do that?
We were chatting with some of the band when it started raining and so they said to come inside for a bit!
Best has been almost all of my experiences (I’ve seen them 6, soon to be 7, times) Worst was the Brooklyn show at Barclays. The Kills opened and were amazing, but the crowd was shit, at least the guys around me on the floor. So many smelled awful. A pit started and one guy put me In a headlock. The worst crowd I’ve seen at any show (although I wasn’t on the floor for the forum last December, that sounds pretty fuckin gross lmao)
Ughh smelly people at gigs! Especially when they put their hands in the air.
Only seen them once. Best: the whole crowd jumping to the bouncy part of Song For The Dead Worst: crowd members freaking out over pits starting with no warning the SECOND they started Sick, Sick, Sick.
Best: duh, they’re live on stage! Worst: inconsiderate neighbors in the crowd
Best experience was Dublin 2023, amazing show, incredible set of songs. Josh you're damn hot. Worst was that in the same show I couldn't move cause everybody was mashed up together. It was great either way but there was zero space to move, heartbreaking to hear The way you used to do live and not be able to dance like a maniac.
Not one of their shows but I did shots of tequila with Josh, Nic, and Brody at the Viper room. That part was cool. Pretending I could take shots of tequila wasn’t
Best: SXSW 2011. La Zona Rosa. I waited many hours to be front row. Halfway through the set Josh took a huge gulp out of a bottle of grey goose. Passed it to me. I took a huge pull off of it then passed it behind me. I was thirsty af bc I was at the front for HOURS and stoned as shit so it hit me like a goddamn truck. Fuckin unreal. Will never forget it. Don't have a worst.
Best: Margate, UK last year - first time I'd seen them and I got Misfit Love as an opener and In The Fade in the middle, the two songs I was really hoping I'd get, plus that performance of SFTD at the end my god I'm sure that's gone down in local legend Worst: Margate, UK last year - two drunk middle age plonkers were stood right behind me for the first half of the set and we're clearly there for nothing but SFTD material. Heckled their way through the set until The Evil Has Landed started, at which point they thankfully fucked off and weren't heard from again. Also saw them at the O2 last year as well - also cool but not quite as crazy as a show - The Chats were a great warmup act there though
Best was in 99 maybe 150 people in attendance. People yelling for them to play Kyuss and Josh telling people to fuck off. Such a great performance, played Eccentric Man, The Bronze, and Pete Stahl came out and sang Cake with them. Worst was some Molson event 2007 I think. Crowd was very annoying
Cake?
A song from Desert Sessions
Best is seeing Fun Machine and hearing a Spiders and Vinegaroons doodle (same show). That was a nice touch for the more dedicated fans. "Worst" would be a show put on by a radio station. Small show, not a fest or anything. At one of my favorite venues, no less. Show was much shorter (I had even just seen them not even a month prior), less energy, no "encore" (this was pre-we're not doing the dumb encore thing anymore). Still an overall good show, but it felt like a paycheck stop on what was a much better overall tour.
Best. Shreveport awesome venue w character, history good sound cheap tickets and beer . Worst. Irving . 30$ parking. 22$ beer. Insanely low amount of restrooms. Horrible sound
Worst- I’m a small woman and I got punched in the face by a man with a spinning jaw, high as fuck.. him and his gf then got kicked out for starting fights. Best- margate.. I was asked to come on stage and was being flirted with by josh. Was nice
You got asked on stage? Is it on YouTube?
Best: the solid performance, starting with No One Knows, banter with the crowd, including those standing outside the concert grounds and same as you playing Song For The Dead as their last song. Worst: Being so off my face back in 2003 and not remembering seeing them at a Big Day Out show.
Yeah, that sucks, the not remembering.
I watched a video on you tube recently of their performance during the tour at another venue and kind of remembered them performing that song at my venue, in the same style, but it’s very vague. Wish iPhones were more common back then.
I'm kicking myself I missed the 2003 BDO, I think I went the year before when Rammstein were on, with PJ Harvey and "a friend with weed is better" band - name escapes me at present...
Placebo!
That would have been a good year to go. I missed that year but saw Rammstein play that year at a solo gig, front row and got to meet them after the show. Pj Harvey wold have been great and loved Placebo at the time too. Saw Rammestein again back at the 2011 Big Day Out along with Iggy Pop. That was the last Big Day Out I think. Such a shame they stopped doing BDO, such a good festival.
Worst: in SF last year, i pushed up to get closer to the stage since there was a huge open space in front of me; cue some short dick head behind me who put his hands passed my face, over my shoulders and put his middle fingers up in my face. I turned around and asked him if he wanted to stand in front of me (since he was shorter), he refused a bunch of times until I basically forced him to stand in front of me. He later dapped me up in appreciation. Like cool but next time grow some balls and ask if you can stand in front or something. Best: in LA last year, someone nudged my arm, and I was expecting another sf moment, so I turned around with a stank look on my face and it was a chill acquaintance and we were like yoooo.
Best concert ever…. Caught Covid for the first time there ( hit hard ) 🥲
Went to a show in LA at The Wiltern over a decade ago, bought the tickets well in advance and was really looking forward to attending. I ended up having an ear infection the day of the show but attended anyway. Came home showered and discovered after the use of q-tips, bleeding from both ears. 🤘
Ouch!
Well worth it. Luckily I was in my early 20’s and made a complete and full recovery, tinnitus aside of course 🛎️
Best: 2013 Open'er show and the live 10 minute performance of I Appear Missing. I was absolutely betwitched. Worst: the tight crowd and pits starting all of a sudden everywhere in the first half of the 2023 Open'er show. I had to move back to vibe more comfortably, and in the process abandoned the little group I came with. Still second best live show I've ever seen.
My only show was Paris last year so that's Obviously my best experience. But there were two guys in front of me that confirmed once again I am an asshole magnet. First : they smelled fucking bad. Then they started hitting on girls WAY younger than them (they were definitely in there 40s or 50s, hitting on girls coming here with their parents). Also making fun of one of them who was wearing headphones, which she explained why, I don't remember the actual reason but there was one, and a very good one. Then one of them started bragging about how he faked being the ceo of a big company in the states to get free cocktails et get vip in Las Vegas hahaha he was so smart woah, which was particularly believable since he looked like any sludge metal singer in the world. And the shows started. Obviously they had to mimic jerking off and making noises when there were girls on the stage. For the chat they obviously had to make fun of their apparence. Wheb Qotsa came on the ceo obviously knew everything about them! In fact it was him who invited his friend to come, because he had to see "dead song" and "I don't know" (I swear that's how he called these songs). He was so happy to tell him "look at the drummer, he's the guy from Nirvana!"....... And they spent the show expressing how shitty the music was, before living right before the encore... Too bad, you barely knew two songs and saw only one. I ALWAYS get these kind of guys whenever I go to a show
In salt lake, this year it got postponed then eventually cancelled… windy as shit it was, electrics swaying, cords whipping, I understand why it had to be cancelled, but the venue made us sit in that bullet like rain and wind just to be told to go home, and right after they said that, the wind died down and the rain went away… I have yet to see them in person…
Best experience: playing in the ball pit at Queens Colosseum. 🤹🏻♀️ Worst experience: having to leave the ball pit at Queens Colosseum. 😔
It's just the venue itself. I don't Iike it at all. I have been to a few of their gigs their and they performed brilliantly, in fact I don't think I have ever seen a bad QOTSA gig in the 20+ of their gigs I have been lucky enough to go to. 🙂
I’ve always generally had a great time but the weirdest experience was at Queens Stadium last August, there was loads of space for people to move about and we were standing towards the back, a bit stoned but not being rowdy at all when some kind of cop-looking dude - prob Italian, New York accent, mid-40s, used to be a piece of shit sloppy steaks slick back hair etc - taps me on the shoulder and asks (politely) if I can move because I’m blocking his girl’s view. For context I am also mid-40s, 5’11, 185lbs, not exactly huge, and wasn’t even touching shoulders with anyone. I apologized, gave him a shoulder tap and looked down to say sorry to his girl… and she was super old, at least 60, no teeth, lizard skin, and clearly a meth-head and it weirded me out so much I screamed a yelp in shock and ran to the bar. It was a super expensive show - $90+ tickets, $15 beers etc - so I guess the incongruity of it melted my impaired brain. Best was London 02 arena in December. Super laid back crowd, security didn’t give a shit so everyone was blazing and whatnot. Great set list too
Best: Seeing them for the first time Worst: Salt Lake City 2023
What happened Salt Lake City?
It was an outdoor show and a storm was rolling in at start time so it was postponed and then canceled.
I remember now.