Two of the world’s most influential bands of the last decade, Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age, will join forces for a massive double headline tour of New Zealand in 2014!
With the first headline band on stage being decided each night by the toss of a coin, fans will want to make sure they’re at the ready for a big night from the minute doors open.
Queens Of The Stone Age are no strangers to New Zealand shores having performed here with in 2008 and again in 2011. Unfortunately that tour was tragically cancelled mid tour after the Christchurch Earthquake. It was important to the band that a Christchurch concert be included in the 2014 tour.
QOTSA are possibly the single most critically acclaimed hard rock band of the 2000s. The band first emerged with its 1998 self-titled debut then ascended the international major leagues with 2000s Rated R. QOTSA popularity was cemented in 2002 with the Grammy-nominated album Songs For The Deaf, featuring some of their best known songs - ‘No One Knows’, ‘Go With The Flow’ and ‘Feel Good Hit Of The Summer’. Further commercial success ensued with 2005’s Lullabies to Paralyze and 2007s Era Vulgaris, but it was with QOTSA album number six, this years Like Clockwork, that QOTSA would come out bigger and better than ever.
Nine Inch Nails are considered a pioneer in the industrial music movement and have been highly influential in the evolution of electronic music. Their recordings – which include the US Platinum-certified Pretty Hate Machine (1989), Broken (1992), The Downward Spiral (1994) and With Teeth (2005) – have revolutionised detailed digital production. The band have sold more than thirty million albums worldwide, released a remarkable collection of singles and received two Grammy awards. Their latest studio album Hesitation Marks is the first new music from Nine Inch Nails in five years. This album was the band’s fifth top 5 album in the United States and debuted at #4 on the ARIA Album Chart.
QOTSA and NIN will also bring special guest, Australian-born singer/songwriter/musician Brody Dalle along for the ride! Dalle will open the shows with a full band, playing a selection of songs from her extensive catalogue from her renowned punk rock bands The Distillers and Spinnerette and new songs from her fierce forthcoming solo album.
The relationship between these two rock powerhouse bands is no secret; they’ve played over thirty shows together in the United States in 2005 and have teamed up for several recordings together over the years. It’s evident these two bands share a musical affinity and are prodigies of the live show.
Christchurch, you had better secure your tickets because this is going to be one mammoth, mind blowing, live event of the year that you definitely don’t want to miss!
