SHOWS 2023

PORTABLE INFINITE SHOWS 2023

Jan 5th: The CIA @ Zebulon

Jan 13^th: Allie Crow Buckley @ Gold Diggers

Jan 22^nd: Dry Cleaning @ Belasco

Jan 26^th: Junior Boys @ Fonda

Feb 9^th: Margo Price + Lola Kirke @ Fonda

Feb 17^{th - 19th}: Cali Vibes @ Long Beach

Feb 18^th: Charlatan UK + Ride @ Wiltern

Feb 20^th: Dante Elephante + No Vacation @ Chapel SF

Feb 21^st: Noso + Squireel Flower @ Rickshaw Stop

Feb 22^nd: White Reaper + Narrow Head @ August Hall

Feb 25^th: Fidlar @ Observatory **

Feb 28^th: Show Me The Body @ Observatory **

Mar 3^rd: Yelle @ Belasco

Mar 7^th: Flaming Lips @ HOB Anaheim

Mar 9^th: Kimbra + Tei Shi @ Fonda

Mar 10^th: Ibeyi @ Regent

Mar 20^th: Alt-J @ Wiltern

Mar 24^th: Robyn Hitchcock @ Zebulon

Mar 28th: Melody’s Echo Chamber @ Lodge Room

Mar 29^th: Black Flag @ Glasshouse

Mar 30^th: Boygenius @ El Rey

Mar 31: Big Joanie @ Constellation Room

April 1^st: Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Palladium (20)

April 7^th: Luna Li @ Natural History Museum

April 16^th: Chemical Brothers @ Santa Barbara Bowl

April 17^th: Christine and The Queens @ Humphreys SD

April 18^th: Hiatus Kaiyote @ Novo

April 19^th: Ethel Cain @ Glasshouse

April 26^th: Isabella Lovestory @ Constellation Room

April 26^th: Poolside @ Observatory

April 28^th: Tennis @ Palladium

April 28^th: STAGECOACH

May 5^th: Tamino @ Lodge Room

May 6^th: Cursive + Neva Dinova @ Glasshouse

May 7^th: Crumb + Automatic @ Observatory

May 7^th: Tamino @ Lodge Room

May 10^th: Mr Bungle + Melvins @ Glasshouse

May 11^th: Placebo + Cold Cave @ Greek (30)

May 15^th: Sisters of Mercy @ Palladium

May 17^th: Nation of Language @ Fonda

May 18^th: Molchat Doma @ Shrine

May 19^th: Gang of Four + Sextile @ Glasshouse

May 20^th: Cruel World

May 20^th: The Cure @ North Island Credit Union Chula Vista

May 24^th: The Damned @ HOB anaheim (36)

June 1^st: Joy Formidable + Paranoyds @ Garden Amp

June 2^nd: Thrill Kill Cult + Adult @ Teragram

June 9^th: Melanie Martinez + Tanukichan @ YouTube

June 13^th: SBTRKT @ El Rey (40)

July 17^th: Vinyl Williams @ Wayfarer

June 20^th: Love and Rockets @ ACE

June 21^st: Love and Rockets @ ACE

June 22^nd: Pere Ubu @ Lodge Room

June 24^th: Temples @ Teragram

June 29^th: Protomartyr @ Constellation Room

July 7^th: Local Natives @ Lodge Room

July 7^th: Sky Ferreira @ Observatory SD

July 9^th: Le Tigre @ Greek

July 14^th: Panda Bear + Sonic Boom @ Bellwether (50)

July 18^th: Foals @ Belasco

July 22^nd: The Garden + JpegMafia @ Observatory

July 28^th: George Thorogood @ Pac Amp

July 29^th: Bryan Adams @ KIA Forum

Aug 5^th: Danny Elfman + Boy Harsher @ Five Point (55)

Aug 5^th: Bleached SD

Aug 7^th: Cheap Trick + Tubes @ Pac Amp

Aug 8^th: Regina Spektor @ HOB anaheim

Aug 9^th: Beck + Phoenix @ Pac Amp

Aug 17^th: Cigarettes After Sex @ Greek

Aug 18^th: Flaming Lips @ YouTube

Aug 19^th: Underoath @ Observatory

Aug 24^th: Boris + Melvins @ Belasco

Aug 25^th: Sudan Archives @ Bellwether

Aug 27^th: Alabaster DePlume @ Zebulon (65)

Aug 31^st: Black County New Road @ Regent

Sept 2^nd: Black Country New Road @ Lodge Room

Sept 8^th: Swans @ Lodge Room

Sept 9^th: Swans @ Lodge Room

Sept 12^th: Julie Byrne @ Masonic Lodge (70)

Sept 14^th: Sextile @ Fonda

Sept 14^th: Lovetempo + Great Vacation @ Gold Diggers

Sept 17^th: Pixies + Modest Mouse @ Hollywood Bowl

Sept 19^th: Miya Folick @ El Rey

Sept 20^th: Jockstrap @ Fonda (75)

Sept 22^nd: Ladytron @ Belasco

Sept 23^rd: John Cooper Clark @ Moroccan

Sept 23^rd: Mission UK + Chameleons @ Belasco

Sept 24^th: King Krule @ Hollywood Palladium

Sept 28^th: Hot Chip @ Hollywood Palladium

Sept 28^th: Underworld @ Shrine

Sept 29^th: Tallest Man on Earth @ ACE

Sept 29^th: Little Dragon @ Hollywood Palladium

Sept 30^th: Yeule @ Glasshouse

Oct 2^nd: The Walkmen @ Fonda

Oct 3^rd: Fontaines DC @ Wiltern (85)

Oct 4^th: Weyes Blood @ Greek

Oct 10^th: Tove Lo @ Observatory

Oct 10^th: Dandy Warhols + Black Angels @ Bellwether

Oct 11^th: Yves Tumor @ Observatory

Oct 11^th: Dandy Warhols + Black Angels @ Glasshouse

Oct 13^th: BJM @ Bellwether

Oct 14^th : Blonde Redhead + Melody’s Echo Chamber @ Riverside Live

Oct 17^th: Loyle Carner @ El Rey

Oct 19th: Arlo Parks @ Grammy Museum

Oct 25^th: Sampha @ Hollywood Palladium (95)

Oct 27^th: Interpol @ HOB Anaheim

Oct 29^th: Yeule @ Fonda

Nov 2^nd: Scout Gillett @ Brain Dead Studios

Nov 3^rd: PVA + Crack Cloud @ Substance (Globe Theatre)

Nov 4^th: TR/ST @ Substance (Globe Theatre)

Nov 5^th: Lauryn Hill @ KIA Forum

Nov 7^th: Fever Ray @ Wiltern

Nov 9th: Osees + Lightning Bolt @ Substance (Globe Theatre)

Nov 15^th: New Order @ YouTube

Nov 18^th: Darker Waves @ HB (105)

Nov 19^th: OMD @ Hob anaheim

Nov 21^st: Black Midi @ Wiltern

Nov 25^th: Sky Ferreira @ Glass House

Nov 30^th: Skinny Puppy @ HOB anaheim

Dec 2^nd: Julie @ Constellation Room

Dec 6^th: Jenny Lewis @ Observatory

Dec 7^th: Devendra Banhart @ Belasco

Dec 7^th: Mandy Indiana @ The Echo

Dec 9^th: William Basinski + Eartheater @ Wiltern

Dec 15^th: Lemon Twigs @ Glass House (115)

Dec 19^th: Jonathan Rado + Foxygen @ Zebulon

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS LISTEN TO NEW SONG "STAYIN’ ALIVE ! CHRIS VERSION"

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS 

LISTEN TO NEW SONG "STAYIN’ ALIVE ! CHRIS VERSION"

ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM 

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE 

OUT NOW

“Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version” art

Christine and the Queens today completes a triumphant year with the surprise release of his reinterpretation of a Bee Gees classic. “Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version” first debuted live in a performance at the Cannes Film Festival this summer and now arrives as a fully realised studio version, alongside a video shot in Venice and directed by Chris himself.

Art heals! Brings us all together again and again! Art is the experience of humanity, the joyful boat of the imagination, the fireside where we reinvent together - childhood

My masters use art as a magical refuge and I, in turn, take them along

masked, free of themselves into the sovereign realm of their own dreams.

Made in a few days, in an emergency with fabulous friends, generous strangers, the inhabitants of Venice the beautiful, this is our fond farewell to 2023

our PUNK gesture for a better future

see you soon, 

Chris

Watch / listen to "Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version"

“Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version” ends a year that saw the artist releasing his second acclaimed album in less than 12 months; curate and perform at London’s legendary Meltdown Festival; headline stages at Coachella, BBC 6 Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival and Wilderness Festival; and tour the globe to sold out audiences.

The acclaimed PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE, released in June via Because Music, is written, performed, and produced by Christine and the Queens, with co-production by Mike Dean (Lana Del Rey, Beyoncé), and features guest appearances from powerhouses Madonna and 070 Shake. The stunning 20-track record is proving a mainstay in album of the year round ups, including lists by BBC 6 Music, Sunday Times Culture, Rolling Stone, Variety, Clash and Rough Trade, amongst others. Highlights on the new album include the newly released single “A day in the water”, the hypnotic “Tears can be so soft,” the “thoroughly obsessional” (The New York Times) “True love (feat. 070 Shake),” and the “stellar” (PAPER) lead single “To be honest.” 

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PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE artwork by Paolo Roversi

“The 20-track LP is hyperpersonal but enigmatic, spiritually minded but extremely horny, extraterrestrial but grounded.”  Vulture

“a patient and pleading unfurling of atmospheric sounds” The New Yorker

“Melodic, clever, stylish, serious, fun, addictively unexpected and euphorically danceable” - 5*, The Guardian

“There are songs of breathtaking beauty… frequently extraordinary” - 5*, Evening Standard

“A new magnum opus” - 5*, DIY Magazine

“An astounding mausoleum of heavy emotions and heavenly longing” - The Observer

“One of the most complex entries into our recent pop lexicon, it’s a revelation” 

- Album of the Month, DJ Mag

“A sprawling odyssey” - 9/10, The Line of Best Fit

 

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR IN STYLE

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR IN STYLE
 
Headlining the Kia Forum this Saturday, December 16
Queens Colosseum Pre-Show Party to feature local bands and DJs, carnival games, burlesque performances and more
 
Performing TONIGHT on Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

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there’s no denying that the five-piece are one of the greatest rock bands on the planet —NME

Queens of the Stone Age are one of the last great legacy rock bands left, because no matter how fickle the music business, maybe it just doesn’t really matter when you’re that damn good — Dallas Morning News

After gracing the rest of North America and Europe with legendary shows all year, “U.S. rock gods” (The Telegraph) Queens of the Stone Age have finally landed in their home turf of Los Angeles to close out the 2023 in epic fashion. 

The festivities kick off with tonight’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for their first U.S. television appearance in support of their latest album, In Times New Roman…  The band will perform the hit “Emotion Sickness,” which moved Pitchfork to rave, “alternates fluently between high-octane blasts of acid-damaged guitar and a chorus that luxuriates in the band’s melodic chops. ‘Baby don’t care for me,’ goes the deceptively sun-kissed refrain… there’s a playfulness, a thrilling push-and-pull between melody and attack, that recalls the band’s heights.”

Saturday the band will return to Los Angeles’s own Kia Forum, their first Los Angeles performance since their 2018 headline performance at the Forum. Ticketed fans will be treated to Queens Colosseum, an official pre-party hosted by Queens of the Stone Age where guests are encouraged to “dance like no one is surviving.” 

Queens Colosseum is located at the Forum’s terrace with food and drinks available.  The parking lot party will include performances by local bands DeathbyRomy, Return to Dust and Ramonda Hammer, plus DJ set courtesy of Rock Night Out, carnival games, burlesque performances curated by Kitty Lane and friends from Jumbo’s Clown Room, flash tattoos, tarot reading and specialty goods vendors. Guests are encouraged to bring an item of clothing for screen printing as well. Toys for Tots will be collecting holiday gifts for donation – one lucky participant will win a ticket upgrade for two.  

This event starts at 4PM and runs through the start of the show, and is for ticket purchasers only. More information can be found at https://qotsa.com/news/

For a sneak peek of Queens Colosseum check out this video from the Queens of the Stone Age Toronto stop.