In July 2013, California rock band Queens of the Stone Age, led by Josh Homme and riding the wave of ...Like Clockwork—their first album in six years, featuring guest spots from Elton John and Dave Grohl—performed at Roskilde Festival, one of Europe's oldest and largest music events founded in 1971 in Denmark, annually drawing over 130,000 attendees. Their hour-long set, brimming with heavy riffs and improvisational surges, traced a shift from garage chaos to mature festival command, where desert rock gained epic scope under open skies. This performance served as a triumphant coda to their European tour, underscoring QOTSA's pioneer role in alternative rock, captivating crowds across generations.