Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age Announce Co-Headline Australian Tour

Take a seat. Please, I insist, just so that you can jump out of it and celebrate in true headbanging style at the news that Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age are heading Down Under in 2014 for a co-headline tour.

Okay, now take a seat again and continue to read on. Two of the biggest acts in alternative rock are set to arrive on our shores in March next year. This is glorious news to Oceania fans who haven't seen Nine Inch Nails since 2009 and Queens of the Stone Age since 2011. Both bands have teased since May about heading this way, when Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme told triple j's Tom and Alex, "Everybody who knows me knows that Australia is my home away from home. I also think it's time that we come and tell our own stories, so we're gonna skip the round of festivals and see you in your fall."

Nine Inch Nails lead Trent Reznor then revealed his band's intentions to head down under when they turned down Soundwave in favour of a "better scenario" for fans. Well, there is no better scenario than seeing them combine with QOTSA for a tour that is sure to go down in legend.

Australia: we love you and we're coming. Didn't feel Soundwave was the right vibe for us or our fans - working on a better scenario.

— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) August 23, 2013

The tour comes on the back of Nine Inch Nails' and QOTSA's recent respective releases, the much-heralded Hesitation Marks and ...Like Clockwork, and they will be joined on stage by Australian-born Brody Dalle, Mrs Josh Homme, of The Distillers and Spinnerette fame. Which one of the two bands will play first each night? That will be left to a flip of the coin. Seriously.

The full list of tour dates and venues are below. Tickets start from $105 and will be available through a Frontier Members pre-sale from noon on Tuesday, October 22, and available to the general public from 9am on Thursday, November 24.

Nine Inch Nails Queens Of The Stone Age Co-Headline Tour Dates

Thursday March 6, 2014
Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney – All Ages

Saturday March 8, 2014
Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle – All Ages

Tuesday March 11, 2014
Perth Arena, Perth – All Ages

Thursday March 13, 2014
Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide – All Ages

Friday March 14, 2014
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – All Ages

Monday March 17, 2014
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane – All Ages

Wednesday March 19, 2014
Vector Arena, Auckland - All Ages

Saturday March 22, 2014
CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch - All Ages