It's been Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme's life-long dream to become the first band to (legally) play in the Paris Catacombs. He wasn't going to let emergency surgery ruin a passion ...

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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age in the Catacombs of Paris in 2024. (Andreas Neumann) By Mikael Wood Pop Music Critic . June 10, 2025 1:29 PM PT . 1 ; Share via Close extra sharing options.

The last bones were put in the Catacombs in 1860 but the site was first opened to the public in 1809. The first visits were by appointment only but quickly became very popular.

"There are 6 million people in there, and I think about, ‘What would you want to hear if you were one of those people?'" Josh Homme says at L.A. screening.

Beneath the streets of the French capitol lurks a city of the dead: the Paris Catacombs. Why they were piled up there is a dark and fascinating story, that includes everything from the bloody days ...

He’s not wrong. So immersive is the California rockers’ starkly beautiful Thomas Rames-directed and Blogothèque-produced half-hour live film Alive In The Catacombs, that it’s easy to get ...

“There’s also an entitled, spoiled aspect to this,” Homme explains. “Somewhere around 19 years ago, on a day off in Paris, I tried to go into the catacombs, but the line was three and a ...

Alive in the Catacombs review: Queens of the Stone Age stripped back to bare bones. Few rock bands can match the raw power and propulsive swagger generated by Queens of the Stone Age in full flight.

Explore the Paris Catacombs tunnels is ranked #23 out of 34 things to do in Paris. See pictures and our review of Explore the Paris Catacombs tunnels.