Tomorrow night’s Celebrity Gogglebox episode is unmissable. Josh Homme, the frontman of Queens Of The Stone Age, is sharing a couch with Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters to watch and comment on TV. But here’s what makes this pairing special: these two actually know each other. They’ve collaborated on multiple projects over the years, including Homme appearing in Shears’2018 solo music video for“Big Bushy Mustache”and Shears contributing to Homme’s Desert Sessions album. This isn’t some manufactured celebrity matchup—it’s two musicians who genuinely respect each other’s work, which means the commentary should feel refreshingly authentic.
The timing couldn’t be better for QOTSA fans. Homme’s band just released their new single‘Easy Street,’marking their return to new music following the 2023 album‘In Times New Roman…’The band is currently opening for System Of A Down across UK and European stadiums, so Homme’s profile is at an all-time high right now. Seeing him step away from the heavy rock world to hang out and laugh on a couch with a friend offers a totally different side of who he is as a person.
Celebrity Gogglebox Season 8 airs Friday, July 17 at 9pm BST on Channel 4, with episodes available to stream on-demand afterward. If you’re tired of celebrities feeling plastic and performative on reality TV, this episode might be exactly what you need. What would you want to see Josh Homme and Jake Shears reacting to? Let us know in the comments.
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