Queens of the Stone Age unearthed an evening of ghosts, grooves, and a live debut at the legendary Chicago Theatre on Thursday (10/2) to kick off their Catacombs Tour. The three-act performance even included a Vulture cover which was apropos to the theme.
The Catacombs Tour supports the group’s five-song EP Alive in the Catacombs on Matador Records, their moody live recording from beneath Paris last year, surrounded by over a million French souls.
The Parisian catacombs date back to the late 18th century, when overflowing cemeteries forced city officials to exhume and move millions of remains into the abandoned limestone quarries beneath the elegant capital.
The tunnels stretch more than 200 miles under Paris, though only small sections are open to the public today.
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