The American rock band Queens of the Stone Age is not going to carry out at this yr’s Colours of Ostrava competition. This was introduced on Tuesday by the occasion’s dramaturg Filip Košťálek, in keeping with whom the reason being the well being of the fifty-one-year-old frontman Josh Homme.
In this system of the primary day, the well-known guitarist and singer Tom Morello will substitute the friends. Final yr, the competition canceled two headliners. British singer Ellie Goulding didn’t carry out because of well being causes. Nigerian singer Burna Boy additionally didn’t arrive, citing a aircraft malfunction.
Queens of the Stone Age nyní cancelled program for the entire of July. Well being issues affected singer Josh Homme, who underwent most cancers remedy final yr. The band stated in an announcement that they have to instantly return to the US from Europe, the place the frontman will bear surgical procedure.
Tom Morello carried out on the Open’er competition in Poland a number of days in the past. | Picture: Reuters
“We’re very sorry, as an opener we couldn’t have requested for a greater band, sadly Queens of the Stone Age is canceling the remainder of the July program because of well being causes. This unhappy information additionally affected different festivals,” said for the organizer of the Ostrava competition Ondřej Bambas. Queens of the Stone Age additionally canceled performances in Slovakia’s Pohoda, Vienna, Croatia’s Zagreb and Romania’s Cluj.
Who’s on Colors of Ostrava was going only for this group and purchased a Wednesday one-day ticket, the organizers are providing a refund. “The refund applies solely to one-day tickets for July 17,” Bambas factors out.
In this system of the primary day on Wednesday, as a substitute of Queens of the Stone Age, Tom Morello will lastly carry out. The 60-year-old American guitarist and political activist turned well-known as a member of the bands Rage In opposition to the Machine and Audioslave, between 2016 and 2019 he was a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage and can also be identified beneath the alter ego The Nightwatchman.
Rolling Stone journal named Morello the 18th greatest guitarist of all time. The musician is a member of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame and winner of two Grammy Awards.
The organizers of Colours of Ostrava already solved the issues with the lacking stars final yr. First, the singer Ellie Goulding canceled her efficiency, because the physician didn’t advocate the flight and the live performance in Ostrava. In her place, the Czech band Chinaski acquired into this system on the final minute.
In the long run, even the Nigerian singer Burna Boy didn’t carry out, citing a malfunction on his non-public aircraft. In accordance with his managers, it was an issue with the engine.
