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Watch QOTSA’s hypnotising new performance on The Tonight Show

Queens Of The Stone Age hit The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a special, theatrical performance of Running Joke / Paper Machete.

Watch QOTSA’s hypnotising new performance on The Tonight Show
Words:
Emily Garner

Queens Of The Stone Age were the musical guests on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Josh Homme and co. hit the New York studios as part of the promotion for their 2025 Alive In The Catacombs release, which was of course originally recorded at Paris’ iconic, haunting landmark.

The EP opens with Running Joke / Paper Machete – from 2007’s Era Vulgaris and 2023’s In Times New Roman… respectively – and that’s exactly what they performed for Jimmy, doing an impressive job of channelling the haunting vibes of the Catacombs surroundings and transferring that feeling to the telly.

Check it out below:

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