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===Them Crooked Vultures (2009β2010, 2022)=== {{Main|Them Crooked Vultures}} In July 2009, it was revealed that Homme, [[Dave Grohl]] and [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] were recording together for a musical project named [[Them Crooked Vultures]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Andrew|title=Queens of the Foo Zeppelin?|url=http://stereokill.net/2009/07/02/queens-of-the-foo-zeppelin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704134053/http://stereokill.net/2009/07/02/queens-of-the-foo-zeppelin/|archive-date=July 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl Are The Crooked Vultures|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124540|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803185235/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124540|archive-date=August 3, 2009|website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> Though initially conceived as solely a studio project, the trio performed their first show together on August 9, 2009, in Chicago at The Metro to a crowd of approximately 1,100 ticketholders with additional live rhythm guitarist/auxiliary man Alain Johannes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Conner|first=Thomas|author-link=:de:Thomas Conner|date=September 27, 2010|title=Them Crooked Vultures at Metro; updated|work=Chicago Sun-Times|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2009/08/them_crooked_vultures_at_metro.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008152236/http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2009/08/them_crooked_vultures_at_metro.html|archive-date=October 8, 2010}}</ref> Their album, [[Them Crooked Vultures (album)|''Them Crooked Vultures'']], was released by [[Interscope Records]] in the United States on November 17, 2009, and by [[Sony Music]] internationally.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 2, 2009|title=Them Crooked Vultures Interview|website=Antiquiet.com|url=http://www.antiquiet.com/interviews/2009/10/crooked-vultures-interview/|access-date=October 11, 2009}}</ref> The band launched a world tour including performing on [[Saturday Night Live]] as a musical guest on February 6, 2010, and at [[Austin City Limits]] on October 2, 2009, as well as many festivals through 2010. Them Crooked Vultures won the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Them Crooked Vultures Wins 'Best Hard Rock Performance' Grammy for 'New Fang' β Feb. 13, 2011|work=Blabbermouth.net|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=153883}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2463095.htmlstory}}</ref> Though the band has been inactive for an extended period due to the schedules of its members' other projects, all three of members have expressed interest in returning to the project. On September 3, 2022, they reunited for a performance at [[Wembley Stadium]] in honour of [[Foo Fighters]]' late drummer [[Taylor Hawkins]] and again on September 27 at the KIA Forum for the second Hawkins tribute show. The band covered [[Elton John]]'s "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and Queens of the Stone Age's "Long Slow Goodbye", and also played their songs "Gunman" and "Dead End Friends".
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