Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age bring their Perfecth world tour to 16 U.S. cities in May 2027, following international dates across Asia, Australia, and Latin America.
Sixteen nights. Two alternative-rock institutions. One bill you won’t see replicated anytime soon. Queens of the Stone Age and the Pixies sharing the same stage isn’t a nostalgia package — it’s a generational summit worth clearing your calendar for. The U.S. run closes out a global campaign spanning Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America, all in support of Perfecth, the band’s ninth studio album, due October 30 via Matador Records.
West to East: 16 Cities Across the Map
The route sweeps from California’s coast all the way to Boston, hitting major arenas and landmark outdoor venues along the way.
The tour opens May 1 at Viejas Arena in San Diego and runs through May 24 at TD Garden in Boston. Four California dates launch the run — San Diego, Inglewood, Oakland, Sacramento — before the route moves north through Seattle and Portland, cuts inland to Salt Lake City, and drops into Morrison, Colorado, for a May 12 night at Red Rocks. From there, it pushes east through Saint Paul, Milwaukee, Rosemont, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and finally Boston.
Key facts to lock in now, according to the official tour announcement and TicketNews:
- Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp support all 16 U.S. dates
- Standout venues include Red Rocks (Morrison, CO), American Family Insurance Amphitheater (Milwaukee), Little Caesars Arena (Detroit), and TD Garden (Boston)
- Perfecth drops October 30 via Matador Records — the band’s ninth studio album
- “Where the Goth Girls At?” made its live debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- General public tickets go on sale October 29 at 10 a.m. local time; presale begins October 28
The supporting bill deserves a second look. Wheelchair Sports Camp brings experimental hip-hop energy into a rock context, positioned between the Pixies’ loud-quiet-loud DNA and QOTSA’s desert-rock menace. It’s the sonic equivalent of a playlist algorithm that somehow gets everything right — unexpected on paper, compelling in practice.
Red Rocks, a Global Campaign, and an Album That Demands a Live Stage
The May 12 Red Rocks date and a sweeping international leg signal that this Perfecth campaign is built to be heard at full volume.
Red Rocks is a landmark for a reason. The Colorado outdoor amphitheater’s altitude and acoustics elevate any performance, and a QOTSA set there on May 12 arrives with genuine expectation behind it. That date alone makes the itinerary worth watching.
The international leg preceding the U.S. shows — Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil — confirms the scale of this Perfecth rollout, per Billboard. Nine albums into a career, the band’s Tonight Show performance of “Where the Goth Girls At?” offered the first public window into the new material and suggested the record is built for rooms this size.
Presale opens October 28. Don’t wait on this one.
