[Music] the rock group Queens of the Stone Age won't be touring for the rest of the year as planned as frontman josham struggles with his health cat a regret to announce the cancellation and or postponement of all remaining 2024 shows the band said in the announcement below that was posted on its social media accounts Friday Josh has been given no choice but to prioritize his health and to receive Essential Medical Care through the year the following dates have been postponed until 20125 September 27th 28 in Boston October 1st in Cincinnati October 2nd in Chicago October 4th in Madison Wisconsin the following dates are cancelled September 29th in Bridgeport Connecticut October 6th in Memphis November 17th in Mexico City Festival ticket holders are aded to visit specific event sites for updated information ticket holders for kataa shows will be contacted by point of purchase with further information about the new dates the band said in the announcement Josh and the kataa family are so thankful for your support and the time we were able to spend together over the last year the statement continued hope to see you all again in 2025 I'm revealed in June 2023 that he had been diagnosed with cancer a year earlier at the time he told revolver that he had undergone a successful surgery to remove it but he did not disclose details the founder of the group behind hits such as no one knows um and his band were on an international tour in July when he had to return to the United States immediately for emergency surgery according to the official statement they cancelled and postponed eight shows and had planned to return to the road in August the band which dropped its first album in 1998 had been promoting its eth in Times New Roman which was released in June 2023 over their career kataa have been nominated for eight Grammys I like having made it I'm told the Los Angeles Times in December 2023 it's getting harder and harder to do because I put so much pressure on wanting to be raw vulnerable honest how much more honest are you going to be it's more the words I like messing with arrangements and all that stuff but it was just hard to know what to say