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Middle-Aged Queers play other artists' greatest hits

Posted by Loren on May 3, 2026

Middle-Aged Queers play other artists' greatest hits
photo by Alan Snodgrass

As the band mentioned at the end of 2025, Middle-Aged Queers is back with a covers album, Greatest Hits, a collection of punked-up versions of songs that originally span a wider vareity of genres.

"Over the past four years, Middle-Aged Queers has concluded our recording sessions by covering one or two songs, if time allowed," explains Shuan Osborne. "By the end of 2025, we realized we had enough material to do a collection of previously unreleased covers, which we decided to title ‘Greatest Hits’ as a self-deprecating nod to the fact that we don’t actually have any hits of our own! That’s show business for you!"

This includes songs originally by Faith No More, AFI, Taylor Swift, Mazzy Star, Bush, Dr. Know, and more. Greatest Hits is available via Sell The Heart (US) / Engineer (UK) Records.

Upcoming shows:

Thursday, May 14 at the Wood Shop in Brooklyn, NY | 6pm. 16+.

Friday, May 15 at 1st Republic Brewing in Essex Junction, VT | 7pm. All ages.

Saturday, May 16 at Café Cléopâtre in Montreal, QC (Pouzza Fest) | 5pm. 18+.

Tuesday, May 26 at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA | 8pm. 21+.

 Friday, July 10 at Green Auto in Vancouver, BC | 8pm. All ages.

Saturday, July 11 at Belltown Yacht Club in Seattle, WA | 8pm. 21+.

Sunday, July 12 at Venue TBA in Portland, OR | 7pm. All ages.

Friday, August 14 at the Sardine in San Pedro, CA (Recess Romp) All ages.

Middle-Aged Queers play other artists' greatest hits
photo by Alan Snodgrass

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