QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Explain LANEGAN's Absence

April 6, 2005

NME.com is reporting that vocalist Mark Lanegan has left the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE U.S. tour under mysterious circumstances, fuelling rumors of a fight between him and QUEENS leader Josh Homme.

On Monday (April 4),the band released a statement on their official web site, confirming that Lanegan had taken a break due to "exhaustion," but rejected Internet rumors that there was anything more to it.

"Mark Lanegan is taking a brief sebatical from the ongoing QUEENS tour due to exhaustion," the statement reads. "The band would like to wish a speedy recovery, so that he can return back tour the touring QUEENS circus ASAP. Joshua & Mark have already been in discussions to figure out when Mark will be able to return. And finally the band stresses that all other rumors regarding this subject should be written down, burned & the ashes pushed in to your eyes so that you are unable to find your watercooler/sewing circle."

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