Who Is Opening for Queens of the Stone Age on the 2027 Tour?

Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp open for Queens of the Stone Age at all 16 shows of the 2027 US tour. Both acts play every single date, from Saturday, May 1 at Viejas Arena in San Diego through Monday, May 24 at TD Garden in Boston.

That makes this one of the easiest openers questions of the year. There is no rotating cast and no city-by-city swap: whichever date you buy, you are seeing Wheelchair Sports Camp and Pixies before Queens of the Stone Age. Both acts were named in the tour announcement on Thursday, October 22, 2026, so none of this is guesswork.

The artist presale starts Wednesday, October 28 at 10 a.m. local time, with registration closing Sunday, October 25 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The general on-sale is Thursday, October 29 at 10 a.m. local time.

The Two Opening Acts

Pixies are the headline of the announcement, and plenty of fans will treat them as a co-headliner rather than an opener. The Boston band formed in 1986, made Surfer Rosa and Doolittle in the space of two years, and wrote "Where Is My Mind?", "Debaser", "Gigantic" and "Here Comes Your Man". Their quiet-then-loud songwriting is the single biggest reason 1990s alternative rock sounds the way it does, and Kurt Cobain said outright that he was trying to write a Pixies song when he wrote "Smells Like Teen Spirit." They have headlined arenas and festival stages on their own for the last decade, so getting them in front of Queens of the Stone Age for the price of one ticket is the real draw here.

Wheelchair Sports Camp are the surprise of the two. The Denver group is led by rapper Kalyn Heffernan, who is a wheelchair user and a longtime disability rights activist, and their music is jazz-leaning, funny and openly political hip-hop rather than anything rock-adjacent. Their album oh imperfecta came out on Alternative Tentacles, the label Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys runs, and Heffernan ran for mayor of Denver in 2019. Nobody else on a 2027 arena tour sounds like this, and the May 12 show at Red Rocks is essentially their hometown night.

No set times have been announced for any date, and nothing announced says which of the two openers plays earlier in the night. With two acts playing before Queens of the Stone Age, plan on roughly two hours between doors and the headline set once the venues publish their schedules.

Every 2027 Date

Sixteen shows across 24 days, almost all of them indoor arenas. Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp open every one.

Date	City	Venue	Openers
Sat, May 1	San Diego, CA	Viejas Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Sun, May 2	Inglewood, CA	Kia Forum	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Tue, May 4	Oakland, CA	Oakland Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Wed, May 5	Sacramento, CA	Golden 1 Center	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Fri, May 7	Seattle, WA	Climate Pledge Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Sun, May 9	Portland, OR	Moda Center	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Tue, May 11	Salt Lake City, UT	Delta Center	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Wed, May 12	Morrison, CO	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Fri, May 14	St. Paul, MN	Grand Casino Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Sat, May 15	Milwaukee, WI	American Family Insurance Amphitheater	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Sun, May 16	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Tue, May 18	Indianapolis, IN	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Wed, May 19	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Fri, May 21	Pittsburgh, PA	Petersen Events Center	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Sat, May 22	Detroit, MI	Little Caesars Arena	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Mon, May 24	Boston, MA	TD Garden	Pixies, Wheelchair Sports Camp

Two of the 16 are outdoors: Red Rocks on May 12 and the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee on May 15. Two of them are college arenas rather than pro buildings, Viejas Arena at San Diego State and the Petersen Events Center at Pitt, which means smaller capacities and tickets that will go faster than the rest.

Tickets and On-Sale Times

Registration for the artist presale closes Sunday, October 25 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, which is the first deadline to worry about. The presale itself runs Wednesday, October 28 at 10 a.m. local time, and the general on-sale follows on Thursday, October 29 at 10 a.m. local time. Everything goes through Ticketmaster.

Once dates are live you can find them on Ticketmaster's Queens of the Stone Age artist page and on SeatGeek. Red Rocks sells through its own system as well, so check the venue directly for that one. For more shows like these on the calendar, see our rock tour dates and alternative tour dates pages.

What the Tour Is For

The shows follow Perfecth, the band's ninth studio album, out Friday, October 30, 2026 on Matador Records. Venue listings for the May dates use the name Perfecth World Tour, which puts these shows in the same run as the overseas dates the band has already announced.

Those overseas shows have different openers, so do not read the Pixies pairing as a global thing. Queens of the Stone Age play Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong's Clockenflap festival in late 2026, then Australia and New Zealand in December with Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm opening. In March 2027 they headline Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City with Interpol, and play the Lollapalooza festivals in Buenos Aires, Santiago and Sao Paulo. The Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp pairing covers the US shows in May and nothing else.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is opening for Queens of the Stone Age in 2027?

Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp, at every one of the 16 US shows from May 1 to May 24. There are no city-specific openers and no substitutions announced.

Do Pixies play every date?

Yes. Pixies are listed for all 16 dates, from San Diego on May 1 through Boston on May 24.

How long will Pixies play?

Set lengths have not been announced. An opening set on an arena tour this size usually runs somewhere between 45 minutes and an hour, so expect a substantial run of songs rather than a quick handful, but treat that as a rough guide until the venues post start times.

When do Queens of the Stone Age 2027 tickets go on sale?

The general on-sale is Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 10 a.m. local time. The artist presale is a day earlier, Wednesday, October 28 at 10 a.m. local time, and you have to register by Sunday, October 25 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern to get into it.

Is Queens of the Stone Age playing New York, Texas or Florida?

No. There is no New York date, no Texas date, no Florida date and nothing anywhere in the Southeast or in Canada. Boston on May 24 is the only East Coast show and the farthest east the tour goes. If you are in New York, Boston is the closest option.

Which show is the Red Rocks date?

Wednesday, May 12, 2027 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, with the same two openers. It is one of only two outdoor shows on the tour, and Wheelchair Sports Camp are a Denver group, so it is the one date with a local act on it.

Is this the same tour as the 2026 shows?

No. The 2026 North American run was a separate tour with its own openers, and it finished before this one was announced. These 16 May 2027 dates are the first US shows behind Perfecth.