Queens of the Stone Age have confirmed a show at Pula Arena on 30 June 2027, adding another big rock name to the roster of the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre on Croatia's Istrian coast. It's their first Croatian date since a two-night run at Zagreb's Šalata stadium, so fans in the region have had a two-year wait.
The setlist will lean on the band's newest album, Perfetch, a nine-track record produced by frontman Josh Homme and bassist Michael Shuman. Its themes run through love, family, loss and personal change, with the Japanese art of kintsugi — mending broken pottery with gold — as the creative anchor. Four singles have already been released: Run Away From the Mob, Where The Goth Girls At?, Insignificant Other and Easy Street. That closing track has a nice bit of history attached: it was first recorded back in 2013 with Dave Grohl on drums and only finished for this album.
For anyone who only knows the hits, there will be plenty of those too. The band, formed in 1996 from the ashes of desert rock outfit Kyuss, has three decades of material behind it, including No One Knows, Go With The Flow, Little Sister, My God Is the Sun and Make It Wit Chu. They've collected multiple Grammy nominations and a Billboard No. 1 album with ...Like Clockwork, so expect a career-spanning night rather than a new-album showcase.
Tickets go on sale Friday, 6 November 2026 at 10:00 via the Core Event ticketing system, plus Dirty Old Shop, Rockmark and Dallas Music Shop. Pricing is tiered: €67 for standing on the arena floor (Parter), €89 for the grandstand (Tribina) and €59 for the grass area above the stands (Trava poviše tribine). Given the venue's track record of sell-out summer shows, the cheaper grass tickets will likely move fast.
Why make a trip of it? Pula Arena is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres anywhere, and watching a rock show inside its stone walls as the sun goes over the Adriatic is a genuinely different festival-night experience. Pula itself is an easy summer base — a harbour town with Roman ruins, beaches and ferry links, and Istria's hilltop towns and coastline within an hour's drive. If you're coming from abroad, fly into Pula or Zagreb and plan a few days around the concert; late June is peak season, so book accommodation early.
