For Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, the band’s recent Boston show marked a triumphant return to the road after the singer revealed a near-death experience earlier this year .

“Thank you Boston, thank you so much,” Homme said while receiving a standing ovation from a sold-out room at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

“You’re making me blush,” the rock star said. “I love you too. We love you too. Thank you so much for coming tonight, you look fantastic.”

QOTSA was in Boston as part of The Catacombs Tour, which kicked off on Oct. 2 in Chicago, Illinois. The tour is in support of the band’s most recent EP, “Alive in the Catacombs.”

The project was recorded inside the Catacombs of Paris in July 2024 and made the band the first rock act to officially play ins

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