Nick Oliveri to Reunite With Queens of the Stone Age for Halloween Show

Nick Oliveri to Reunite With Queens of the Stone Age for Halloween Show

Nick Oliveri‘s rocky past with Queens of the Stone Age will again be pushed aside—by his bandmates, at least—when Oliveri joins them for a Halloween show on October 31, as NME reports. The show will be at the Forum in Los Angeles. Oliveri will also be one of the openers of the show, in addition to the Kills.

Oliveri told NME, “[Queens frontman] Josh [Homme] asked me to come up and do six songs with Queens, like an encore set. A reunion, but not a reunion. I’m going to get up and play some bass and sing some songs at the end of the show. It should be an interesting night.”

In April, Oliveri joined Queens of the Stone on stage for the first time in a decade. He also contributed backing vocals to last year’s Queens album Like ClockworkOliveri was originally fired in 2004, apparently because Homme discovered that Oliveri had abused his girlfriend. In 2011, Oliveri faced several felonies after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. He was sentenced to 52 weeks of anger management and 200 hours of community service.

In NME, Oliveri also discussed the possibility that he’ll rejoin Queens of the Stone Age on a more permanent basis:

That’s pretty much up to Josh. It’s his band, and when he pulls the trigger on something, it’s up to him. I put myself out there a few different times in the past 10 years at Queens shows. I’d go and see them play and say, ‘Hey man, I’m here! Do you want me to sing a song?’ I stopped asking him after a while, and then he asked me! It’s pretty much just when he wants to do something, these days. It’s not up to me, is what I’m saying.

I always put myself out there, and so finally he came up with this Halloween date. First he asked for my band to open up, and I said yeah. Then he got back to me and said: ‘At the end, do you want to do some of the old songs?’ I was like, ‘Sure man! Let’s do it!’ It should be a very fun and interesting night.

Meanwhile, the U.S. release date for Oliveri’s next solo record, Leave Me Alone, has been pushed back to October 28, via Schnitzel. It was originally scheduled for late September.

Watch fan-shot footage of Oliveri reuniting with Queens of the Stone Age in April:

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