Queens Of The Stone Age Performed Live On TV With An Orchestra And Holy Hell, It Works

Josh Homme might be extremely tall and sometimes very intimidating, but the man sure has the voice of a sweet baby angel.

California’s slickest rock dog busted out the pipes on Later… With Jools Holland yesterday for a rendition of ‘Villains of Circumstance’, the closing track from the new Queens of the Stone Age album Villains.

But he didn’t go it alone — joining Homme on stage was his QOTSA bandmate Dean Fertita and a seven-piece orchestra, who added strings and a little bit of drama to the track. It’s a curveball, but it bloody well works.

Queens of the Stone Age were last in the country to headline Splendour in the Grass in July. Villains dropped soon after in August  — but not before three of the tracks from the album were accidentally pressed on a run of Gordi records and mailed out to puzzled fans.

Now, surely a Villains acoustic special edition is just around the corner?