Eagles of Death Metal are flying down under

High octane rockers Eagles of Death Metal are headed down under for eight huge shows across Australia and New Zealand this winter. On their first visit to our shores since 2016, Eagles of Death Metal will play Perth’s Astor Theatre on Wednesday, August 2.

The visit is part of Eagles of Death Metal’s 24th Anniversary Tour celebrations, which also includes tour dates across Europe, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada.

Formed in 1998 in Palm Desert, California, by best friends Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Eagles of Death Metal made their recording debut when they appeared on Homme’s The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, released that same year. Famous for singles such as I Want You So Hard, WannaBe In LA, Complexity and Miss Alissa, Eagles of Death Metal have released four studio albums to date – Peace Love Death Metal (2004), Death by Sexy (2006), Heart On (2008), and Zipper Down (2015) – plus an album of covers, Eagles of Death Metal Presents Boots Electric Performing The Best Songs We Never Wrote (2019). The pair have a brand-new studio album set for a worldwide release in late 2023.

“Man, I have been itching to get back out there and play some live rock ‘n’ roll again to the best fans in the world,” said Hughes. “John Steinbeck once said, ‘People don’t take trips, trips take people’… This is an open invite to come take a trip with me and the band.”

Fronted by Hughes, the Eagles of Death Metal live band is filled out by Jennie Vee on bass, Jorma Vik on drums, and Joshua Jove on guitar.

Eagles of Death Metal will play Astor Theatre on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 26 from ​ticketek.com.au