{"id":2107911,"date":"2025-10-22T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2107911"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:06:06","slug":"were-angered-frustrated-and-shocked-by-the-decisions-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/were-angered-frustrated-and-shocked-by-the-decisions-made\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re angered, frustrated and shocked by the decisions made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/queens-of-the-stone-age\">Queens Of The Stone Age<\/a> have been forced to cancel their scheduled show in Berlin tomorrow (Thursday October 23), citing organisers\u2019 \u201cinexcusable\u201d poor planning.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/josh-homme\">Josh Homme<\/a> and co. had been due to perform at the Theater des Westens in the German capital as part of the current <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queens-of-the-stone-age-announce-intimate-2025-uk-and-european-the-catacombs-tour-including-londons-royal-albert-hall-3878372\">UK and European leg of their intimate \u2018Catacombs Tour\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/queens-of-the-stone-age-alive-in-the-catacombs-paris-and-before-review-3867538\">Queens Of The Stone Age \u2013 \u2018Alive In The Catacombs\u2019 review: moving and meditative concert doc<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, the band shared an update for ticketholders today (Wednesday October 22) to confirm that the gig would no longer be taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concert organiser failed to tell us that Theater Des Westens was unable to put on \u2018The Catacombs\u2019 show as intended,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were surprised by this news at such a late stage making it impossible to relocate the show. Therefore, it is with extreme disappointment that we announce \u2018The Catacombs Tour\u2019 performance planned for 23 October has been cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>QOTSA went on to say that they were \u201cangered, frustrated, and shocked by the decisions made\u201d by the organisers, adding: \u201cThe disrespect shown towards you and your valuable time and money that resulted in this action is inexcusable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They concluded: \u201cTicket holders who purchased from the official ticketing partner, Eventim, will be refunded automatically.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQGVeL2Dqxd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The European run of dates began in Milan last Saturday (October 18), ahead of further stops in Paris and Basel. Queens Of The Stone Age are set to resume the tour in Copenhagen on Friday (October 24).<\/p>\n<p>Next Wednesday (October 29), QOTSA will conclude the UK and European trek with a performance at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/queens-of-the-stone-age-tickets\/artist\/730011?irgwc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;clickId=xOnTBHWu7xyKRF4SKGSfxVZQUkpy%3ApUrzXxF0U0&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=7559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find any remaining tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-queens-of-the-stone-age-debut-new-song-easy-street-and-air-deep-cuts-and-rarities-as-they-kick-off-the-catacombs-tour-setlist-footage-3897066\">The band debuted a new song, \u2018Easy Street\u2019, and played some rarities as they began their \u2018Catacombs Tour\u2019 in the US<\/a> earlier this month. They later delivered <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-queens-of-the-stone-age-perform-running-joke-paper-machete-on-jimmy-fallon-3898640\">an atmospheric rendition of \u2018Running Joke\/Paper Machete\u2019<\/a> on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The current run of special, stripped-back gigs follows<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queens-of-the-stone-age-to-play-gig-in-paris-catacombs-3772054\"> Queens\u2019 performance at the Parisian Catacombs last summer<\/a>, which was captured for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queens-of-the-stone-age-announce-alive-in-the-catacombs-live-movie-3862265\">a recent concert film<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queens-of-the-stone-age-announce-vinyl-and-audio-release-of-alive-in-the-catacombs-3868442\">live album<\/a>. In a four-star review of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/queens-of-the-stone-age-alive-in-the-catacombs-paris-and-before-review-3867538\"><em>Alive In The Catacombs<\/em><\/a> movie, <em>NME<\/em> described the project as a \u201cmoving and meditative concert doc\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Queens Of The Stone Age will support <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/system-of-a-down-add-second-london-show-2026-european-stadium-tour-tickets-3892977\">System Of A Down at their two massive headline concerts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London<\/a>\u00a0next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Homme and co. released their eighth and latest studio album,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/queens-of-the-stone-age-in-times-new-room-review-3455962\">\u2018In Times New Roman\u2019<\/a>, in 2023.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queens-of-the-stone-age-announced-to-headline-sheffields-rock-n-roll-circus-2025-3838551\">This summer, they played two huge gigs in Sheffield as part of Rock N Roll Circus 2025<\/a>\u00a0(and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/queen-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-visits-arctic-monkeys-landmarks-while-in-sheffield-3888495\">the frontman visited some \u201cArctic Monkeys landmarks\u201d in the Steel City<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queens Of The Stone Age on overcoming hard times, a &quot;romance&quot; with Dave Grohl, and what&#039;s next\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qBq0-baxRAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In 2024,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-homme-vows-to-roll-his-sleeves-up-so-next-queens-of-the-stone-age-album-doesnt-take-so-long-3777089\"> Homme vowed to \u201croll his sleeves up\u201d so that the fans wouldn\u2019t have to wait so long for their next record<\/a>. There was a six-year gap between 2017\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/queens-stone-age-villains-review-2128338\">\u00a0\u2018Villains\u2019<\/a>\u00a0and \u2018In Times New Roman\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2023,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-interview-times-new-roman-3556110\">Homme and bandmate Dean Fertita spoke to <em>NME<\/em>\u00a0about the group, their personal battles and plans for the future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we should be making something,\u201d Homme explained, some six months on from releasing QOTSA\u2019s most recent LP. \u201cThe mantra of the last five years was, \u2018It won\u2019t be long now!\u2019 That needs to pertain to making things too. I certainly think we should make more, faster-er, better-er.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queens Of The Stone Age have been forced to cancel their scheduled show in Berlin tomorrow (Thursday October 23), citing organisers\u2019 \u201cinexcusable\u201d poor planning. 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