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*Footage by Kenny Howell

Everyone’s favorite supergroup Them Crooked Vultures have announced some new tour dates. In addition to playing Coachella on Friday April 16th, the band will be playing NYC (2/8), Charlotte (2/10) and Atlanta (2/11). The band has also announced that they’ll be playing Saturday Night Live on February 6th. Tickets for the three shows go onsale Saturday at 10AM local time.

2/8 Roseland Ballroom New York City, NY

2/10 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC

2/11 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

4/16 Coachella Indio, CA

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Hot-shot resumes aside, the three heavy hitters in Them Crooked Vultures have a taste for the strange. Guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) indulges his weirder impulses in his long-running “Desert Sessions” ensembles. Drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) instigated the excellent heavy-metal detour Probot. And bassist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) has collaborated with genuine subversives from Diamanda Galas to the Butthole Surfers. Together in Them Crooked Vultures, the three settle not for bland détente but for something a bit more out there.

The arrangements are laced with twists in tempo and mood. Nasty riffs and sticky melodies are everywhere, buttered over by the androgynous harmonies that have made Homme a hard-rock anti-hero, but verse-chorus arrangements hold little interest. Instead, there are fascinating digressions, packed with surprises.

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Bassist John Paul Jones has told BBC News that there were plans in 2008 for the original LED ZEPPELIN members to hit the road without frontman Robert Plant — under a different name — which were later abandoned.

Now, John Paul Jones who is currently playing with THEM CROOKED VULTURES, also featuring FOO FIGHTERS’ Dave Grohl and Josh Homme from QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE — said things have worked out for the best. “Jimmy [Page] and I rehearsed a bit with Jason Bonham and we couldn’t really agree on singers and that fell by the wayside,” he said. “Then this came along and to be honest, I’m really happy.”

THEM CROOKED VULTURES made their first official single, called “New Fang”, available to radio stations on Monday (October 26). The track is also streaming at the trio’s web site and is taken from the band’s self-titled debut album, which is due for release on November 17. Meanwhile, following their first North American tour of mostly East Coast cities earlier this month, the group will next head west for four gigs in November.

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*Footage by Kenny Howell

Them Crooked Vultures are to have their first single played on radio stations next week.

The song is called “New Fang” (see video above) and it’s to be released for public performance on October 26. The band’s self-titled debut album is now expected to be released on November 16.

Them Crooked Vultures feature Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl.

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*Footage & photos by Kenny Howell

During a stellar 12-song, 80-minute set, THEM CROOKED VULTURES went on to prove they are one of the rarest and tightest units in rock. Nowadays, the term “supergroup” gets thrown around like a groupie at a Poison concert but to call THEM CROOKED VULTURES a supergroup would be a disservice.

The group includes rock alumni JOSH HOMME (Queens of The Stone Age/Eagles of Death Metal/Kyuss) on guitar and lead vocals, DAVE GROHL (Foo Fighters/Nirvana) on drums, JOHN PAUL JONES (Led Zeppelin) on bass/organ and longtime Homme affiliate ALAIN JOHANNES (Queens of The Stone Age/Eleven) on rhythm guitar.

TCV music has been held in anonymity. No tracks have been leaked and the only samples that are available are on the bands YouTube channel.  But even those are only 30 second clips and even their MySpace page music player is empty. My only regret is that I listened to several bootlegs before the show. In hindsight, I think I would have preferred to discover the music live.

GROHL was astonishing! With his brute force and finesse he was invigorating and exhausting to observe at close immediacy. He played long and complicated fills between hi-hat, snare and floor tom without ever losing the songs’ propulsive drive. It was apparent why JOSH HOMME chose him to anchor the finest QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE album, “Songs for the Deaf” (2002).

HOMME handled lead vocals and guitar laying the foundation with hard edges and playing precision just as he does in QOTSA. And JOHN PAUL JONES, whose music with LED ZEPPELIN is an obvious touchstone for both his bandmates, was a huge presence and match for GROHL’s power and a counterpoint for Homme’s melodies. They sounded fresh, invigorating, tight and just plain nasty.

Also, if you expecting to hear any material from FOO FIGHTERS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE or LED ZEPPELIN you will sadly be disappointed.  TCV only play material from their forthcoming album and they do not return for a trendy encore.

As history has shown, most supergroups usually don’t last usually last past their debut album but at least this particular one is off to a exciting start.  A debut album has been completed but a release date has yet to be confirmed.

SETLIST:

• Elephants
• Dead End Friends
• Scumbag Blues
• Gunman
• Caligulove
• Bandolier
• Highway One *First time performed live
• Interlude /w ludes
• Mind Eraser No Chaser
• New Fang
• Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I
• Warsaw

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Them Crooked Vultures  supergroup featuring Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones — will embark on its first U.S. tour next month, including a just-announced appearance at the Austin City Limits festival. The group will perform on the festival’s opening night (October 2) prior to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kings of Leon, as well as kick off the festival on October 1 at Stubb’s BBQ as a part of the ACL Aftershow series.

The Austin shows will be a jump start to a small North American club tour, starting on Oct. 8 at Detroit’s Fillmore and stretching through the East Coast. Confirmed dates include Oct. 9 at Toronto’s Sound Academy, Oct. 11 at Boston’s House of Blues and Oct. 12 at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory. Live Nation presales for the Detroit and Philadelphia shows start this Friday.

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