QOTSA to release live tour CD with bonus cover tracks + new tour dates

To celebrate their forthcoming Canada tour, the southern cal’ hard rockers Queens of the Stone Age, are set to release a “Limited Tour Edition” of last year’s ZME top 10 albums Era Vulgaris. The track will feature some awesome live versions of Era Vulgaris songs, as well as some of the band’s pre-Vulgaris songs. There’s one catch to it though: it’s only available in Canada upon its release on April 15. I guess it’s a good time as any for those Canadian jokes, ufff.

The QOTSA rarity will feature two 2 discs, on one CD there’s the 11-track original Vulgaris album, bolstered by a Richard File remix of the title track, a live acoustic version of the album’s “Make It Wit Chu”, and covers of Brian Eno’s “Needle in the Camel’s Eye”, Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”, and their unlikely take on Elliott Smith’s “Christian Brothers”. On the second disc you can find nine various QOTSA songs recorded live at Amsterdam’s Paradiso.

Currently the band is in New Zealand,  prepping for a short Australian leg of their tour, where they’ll make a few appearances in the V Fest as well. Soon after they’ll leave the aussie desert and head for more chilly plains, in Canada, when they’ll kick off their first show in late April. Bellow Era Vulgaris – tour edition tracklist and tour dates:

Era Vulgaris “Limited Tour Edition” disc 1:

1. Turnin on the Screw
2. Sick, Sick, Sick
3. I’m Designer
4. Into The Hollow
5. Misfit Love
6. Battery Acid
7. Make It Wit Chu
8. 3s & 7s
9. Suture Up Your Future
10. River in the Road
11. Run, Pig, Run
12. Era Vulgaris (Richard File remix)
13. Needle in the Camel’s Eye (Brian Eno cover)
14. White Wedding (Billy Idol cover)
15. Make It Wit Chu (live acoustic)
16. Christian Brothers (Elliott Smith cover)

Era Vulgaris “Limited Tour Edition” disc 2, live at Amsterdam’s Paradiso:

1. Monsters in the Parasol
2. Misfit Love
3. If Only
4. I Think I Lost My Headache
5. Into the Hollow
6. Go With the Flow
7. Regular John
8. Avon
9. Song for the Dead

Dates:

March 20: Wellington, New Zealand – TSB Arena
March 22: Auckland, New Zealand – Vector Arena
March 24: Christchurch, New Zealand – Westpac Arena
March 27:  Brisbane, Australia – The Arena
March 28: Sydney, Australia – Big Top
March 29: Sydney, Australia – Centennial Park (V Festival)
March 30: Gold Coast, Australia – Avica Resort (V Festival)
April 1: Melbourne, Australia – Metro Palace
April 2: Adelaide, Australia – Entertainment Centre
April 4: Hobart, Australia – City City
April 5: Melbourne, Australia – Showgrounds (V Festival)
April 6: Perth, Australia – The Esplanade (V Festival)
April 30: Vancouver, British Columbia – PNE Forum
May 1: Victoria, BC – Save on Foods Memorial Center
May 3: Calgary, Alberta – Stampede Corral
May 4: Edmonton, Alberta – Northlands Agricom Arena
May 5: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Odeon Events Center
May 6: Regina, Saskatchewan – Conexus Centre of the Arts
May 7: Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theater
May 10: Hamilton, Ontario – Copps Coliseum
May 11: Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Civic Center
May 13: Halifax, Nova Scotia – Cunard Events Centre
May 17: Atlanta, GA – Centennial Olympic Park (SoCo Music Experience)
May 30: Madrid, Spain – Electric Weekend Festival
June 5: Skive, Denmark – Skive Beach Party
June 6: Nuremberg, Germany – Frankenstadion (Rock im Park Festival)
June 7: Strasbourg, France – Zenith
June 8: Nuremberg, Germany – Nürburgring Racetrack (Rock am Ring Festival)
June 14: Stockholm, Sweden – Where the Action Is Festival