Former Kyuss members Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Scott Reeder have filed a federal lawsuit against ex-band members John Garcia and Brant Bjork over the band name Kyuss Lives! for “trademark infringement and consumer fraud.”
Today Reeder and Homme released a statement through PR firm Nasty Little Man:
Kyuss Lives, a reformed Kyuss without Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures), has announced a pair of US shows with The Sword. Dates follow:
Kyuss Lives have booked a run of Australian dates for next May. Dates are as follows:
May 04 Gold Coast, QLD @ Coolangatta Hotel
May 06 Brisbane, QLD @ The Tivoli
May 07 Sydney, NSW @ Metro Theatre
May 08 Melbourne, VIC Billboard
May 10 Adelaide, SA @ Fowlers
May 11 Perth, WA @ Capitol
Kyuss will be reforming for a European run next year without Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) under the name Kyuss Lives. Dates are as follows:
Mar 11 Bergen, NOR @ Rökeriet
Mar 12 Oslo, NOR @ Rockefeller
Mar 13 Stockholm, SWE @ Debaser Medis
Mar 15 Hamburg, GER @ Docks
Mar 16 Berlin, GER @ Columbia Halle
Mar 17 Saarbrücken, GER @ Garage
Mar 18 Basel, CHE@ Z7
Mar 19 München, GER @ Backstage Werk
Mar 20 Budapest, HUN @ Gödör
Mar 22 Vienna, AUT @ Arena
Mar 23 Milan, ITA, @ Live Club
Mar 24 Frankfurt, GER @ Hugenottenhalle
Mar 25 Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre
Mar 26 Athens, GRC @ Fuss Club
Mar 27 Brussels, BEL @ AB
Mar 28 Cologne, GER @ Live Music Hall
Mar 29 Amsterdam, NLD @ Paradiso
Mar 31 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Apr 01 Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall
Apr 02 London, UK @ The Forum
Kyuss frontman John Garcia will be performing an entire set of Kyuss songs at Roadburn Festival 2010. The three day festival will take place from Thursday, April 15 to Saturday, April 17 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland.