Editing Josh Homme (section)

===Health issues===
In a 2011 interview with ''[[NME]]'', Homme talked about how his leg surgery affected him: "[In 2010] I had surgery on my leg and there were complications and I died on the table. I was in bed for three months."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fullerton|first=Jamie |date=January 19, 2011|title=Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme: 'I died on a hospital table'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/queens-of-the-stone-age-136-1290726|access-date=June 22, 2023|website=[[NME]]}}</ref> He became [[Depression (mood)|depressed]] and considered quitting music, eventually finding himself unable to produce any new music at all for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Maron podcast: Episode 431 – Josh Homme|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_431_-_josh_homme|website=Wtfpod.com|date=October 10, 2013 }}</ref> He has said that this experience greatly contributed to the making of the 2013 album ''[[...Like Clockwork]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme: I died on a hospital table|work=NME|format=article|url=https://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/54615|access-date=May 23, 2013}}</ref> He credits [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]] with helping him recover.<ref name="Rolling Stone 10/13">{{cite magazine|date=October 11, 2013|title=Josh Homme 'Really Thankful' for Near-Death Experience|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/josh-homme-really-thankful-for-near-death-experience-20131011|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>

In June 2017, Homme revealed on [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]]' radio show that he had recently tried to quit his decades-long smoking habit via [[hypnotherapy]], but claimed that it failed because he was unable to relax enough to be fully influenced by the hypnotherapist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Josh Homme in-studio on Jonesy's Jukebox| date=June 16, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCkDSKZns9o| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211110/bCkDSKZns9o| archive-date=November 10, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=December 22, 2019|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Three months later, [[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]] frontman Mike Kerr discussed Homme's drinking habits and told [[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]] interviewer [[Gordon Smart]], "I can't go anywhere near [Homme] without having an unbelievable amount of tequila in my body. I did hide from him once [while touring together] because I could hear him coming and I was like, 'Oh no, I'm gonna have to do more tequila,' so I hid in the toilets of the dressing room."<ref>{{cite web|title=WATCH: Why Mike Kerr Hid In The Toilet From Josh Homme...|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/royal-blood/watch-why-mike-kerr-toilet-from-josh-homme/|access-date=April 1, 2019|website=Radio X}}</ref> By 2023, Homme had completed rehab and was sober.

In an April 2023 interview with ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'', Homme revealed that he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer in 2022, though he did not specify which type of cancer it was. He underwent a successful operation to remove the cancer from his body and spent the following year healing from it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Appleford |first=Steve |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Josh Homme on Queens of the Stone Age's return: 'For me, it's all personal' |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/josh-homme-queens-stone-age-return |access-date=June 12, 2023 |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]}}</ref>

In July 2024, during the European leg of [[The End Is Nero World Tour]], Queens of the Stone Age postponed a concert in Italy as Homme was forced to return to the U.S. for emergency surgery of an undisclosed nature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=2024-07-09 |title=Josh Homme to Undergo Emergency Surgery, Prompting Queens of the Stone Age to Cancel Eight European Shows |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/queens-of-the-stone-age-cancel-european-dates-josh-homme-surgery-1236063835/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Variety}}</ref> They later announced the cancelation or postponement of all shows in 2024 due to Homme requiring "essential medical care" for the remainder of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-08-23 |title=Queens of the Stone Age Cancel 2024 Tour Dates to Prioritize Josh Homme's Health and Medical Care |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age-cancel-2024-tour-dates-to-prioritize-josh-homme-health-and-medical-care/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>