I'm not sure I can keep up with the membership of **Queens Of
The Stone Age**. The latest line up switch centres on former Screaming
Trees frontman Mark Lanegan who, you might remember, stopped collaborating with QOTSA main man Josh Homme about the same time Nick Oliveri was sacked from the band, but who then appeared on one track on new album 'Lullabies To Paralyze' and who has recently been playing at the band's gigs. Well, it seems he is back on the bench after the band issued a statement saying he would no longer be appearing on their tour, though the statement was keen to stress there were no new tensions between Homme and Lanegan.
The statement reads thus: "Mark Lanegan is taking a brief sabbatical from the ongoing Queens tour due to exhaustion. The band would like to wish a speedy recovery, so that he can return back to the touring Queens circus ASAP. Josh and Mark have already been in discussions to figure out when Mark will be able to return.
The band stresses that all other rumours regarding this subject should be written down, burned and pushed into your eyes so that you are unable to find your watercooler / sewing circle.
Thank you, the Duchess Of Insider."