"It's about understanding the imperfection of your life. Imperfections are unbeatable." Queens of the Stone Age return with new single Easy Street

QOTSA 2026 — (Image credit: Andreas Neumann)

Queens of the Stone Age have released a new single, Easy Street, their first new music since since their 2023 album In Times New Roman...

The song features vocals from South Carolina country singer/songwriter Nikki Lane, who duets with frontman Josh Homme on lyrics such as "The sound of your voice and the things that you say / Just shut up & fuck me or shut up and go away."

“It’s kind of a funny song." Homme says."It’s like hitting your funny bone, where it’s funny because it hurts and it hurts because it’s funny. You’re serious, but it’s funny. We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in. It speeds up, it slows down, the claps aren’t great, but they’re not bad, and a bad clap adds this human thing you can’t fake.

"It’s not just about silliness," he insists. "It’s about understanding the imperfection of your life. The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable."

Queens Of The Stone Age 2026 tour dates

Jul 15: London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, UK*
Jul 18: Warsaw PLPGE Narodowy, Poland*
Jul 19: Warsaw PLPGE Narodowy, Poland*

Aug 04: Toronto Rogers Stadium, ON
Aug 06: Detroit Ford Field, MI
Aug 08: Chicago Soldier Field Stadium, IL
Aug 10: Cleveland Huntington Bank Field, OH
Aug 13: Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field, PA
Aug 15: Nashville Nissan Stadium, TN
Aug 17: Washington Nationals Park, DC
Aug 15: Regina Mosaic Stadium, SK
Sep. 17: Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium, AB
Sep. 20: Vancouver BC Place, BC
Sep. 26: Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium, NV
Oct 04: Sacramento Aftershock Festival, CA

Oct 24: Reykjavík Laugardalshöll, Iceland

Dec 08: Adelaide The Drive, Australia^
Dec 11: Hobart MyState Bank Arena, Australia^
Dec 13: Melbourne Rod Laver Arena, Australia^
Dec 15: Sydney Afterpay Arena, Australia^
Dec 16: Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Australia^
Dec 18: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Australia^
Dec 20: Auckland Spark Arena, New Zealand^

* Supporting System Of A Down
^ With Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm

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A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.