Queens of the Stone Age were ejected from their own show at a Californian rehab centre last week.
The gig, a light-hearted breeze through six of the act’s songs, immediately took something of a wrong-turn when Homme and co. opened their set with ‘Feel Good Hit of the Summer’.
Security staff at the clinic were left unimpressed by the song’s opening refrain of “nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol… c-c-c-c-c-cocaine”.
So, the band were promptly “manhandled” from the building, runs the NME.com report; presumably booted onto the streets of LA.
The band are soon to head over for a UK tour - we've already published the dates here; but we may as well reiterate.
With support coming from Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, QOTSA will play the following shows:
November
23 Brighton Dome
24 Liverpool Academy
25 Nottingham Rock City
26 London Brixton Academy
28 Glasgow Academy
29 Newcastle Academy
December
1 Bristol Academy
2 Manchester Apollo
3 Birmingham Academy
4 Reading Rivermead
Click for tickets to Brixton, Birmingham and the February Hammersmith Apollo show that's a part of this 2008 tour.
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serious?!
amazing.
That was
just too easy!
Surely they must've seen that one coming a mile off?
that's lolorific.
haha.
amazing
i wonder how many guards it took to eject Josh?
Shurely shome publicity stunt?
Still funny.
H ah ah ha ha ha ha
That's hilarious.
Possibly
This is very similar to the story about a 'Songs for the Deaf' album playback that was attended by several deaf people expecting some exciting new technology.
Predictable but funny...
What ever happened to a little thing called a sense of humor?
It was tempting fate inviting them to play anyway... they aren't the most clean living band in history!
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster!
HELL FUCKING YEAH! This is going to be awesome.
Hilarious
Fucking hi-goddamn-larious
Why the hell would they play rehab anyway??
Most of the band are off their trollies usually!
I smell the smell if a marketing man.

Queens of The Stone Age
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