Queens Of The Stone Age‘s “Alive In The Catacombs” live film will meet a June 05th release date. The gold-certified alternative rockers filmed that set in the Catacombs of Paris in Paris, France with director Thomas Rames last summer, marking the first-ever live performance in that famous ossuary. Speaking today (May 13th) of the ambitious project, the band’s camp stated:
“Filmed and recorded in July 2024, Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs captures QOTSA as you’ve never seen or heard them before. This utterly unique once in a lifetime experience features a carefully selected setlist spanning the QOTSA catalog, each song chosen and epically reimagined for the Catacombs.
The result is an unprecedented incarnation of QOTSA at their most intimate, yet surrounded by literally millions of human remains—“the biggest audience we’ve ever played for,” says Joshua Homme. Every aesthetic decision, every choice of song, every configuration of instruments… absolutely everything was planned and played with deference to the Catacombs—from the acoustics and ambient sounds — dripping water, echoes and natural resonance — to the darkly atmospheric lighting tones that enhance the music.
Orders made by June 7th will receive exclusive access to behind the scenes footage in addition to full streaming and download access.
Special thanks to La Blogothèque, Les Catacombes de Paris & Andreas Neumann”
The band’s vocalist/guitarist Josh Homme added:
“We’re so stripped down because that place is so stripped down, which makes the music so stripped down, which makes the words so stripped down… It would be ridiculous to try to rock there. All those decisions were made by that space. That space dictates everything, it’s in charge. You do what you’re told when you’re in there.”
Pre-orders are available now through qotsa.com.
