Josh Homme and Jake Shears are heading to Celebrity Gogglebox for Friday July 17. The pairing lands as Jake And Josh Gogglebox on Channel 4, with the episode set for 9pm BST before it appears on demand shortly afterwards.
The sofa swap gives viewers a one-off music pairing inside season eight. Shears is not a random booking here: Homme appeared in the video for Shears' 2018 solo song Big Bushy Mustache, and Shears later contributed to Homme's Desert Sessions… project.
Big Bushy Mustache link
That 2018 connection makes this more than a novelty booking. Josh Homme and Jake Shears are longtime friends and former collaborators, so the episode turns a familiar off-camera relationship into a television slot that is easy to market and even easier to time around a Friday broadcast.
Jake Shears also matters because he brings a second, distinct music identity from Scissor Sisters. For Channel 4, that kind of pairing helps Celebrity Gogglebox keep its current run feeling curated rather than random, especially with season eight already drawing on names such as Shaun Ryder, Bez, Fearne Cotton, Martin Kemp and James Buckley.
Queens Of The Stone Age timing
Friday July 17 also lands while Queens Of The Stone Age are active on the road. The band returned with Easy Street, their first new single since In Times New Roman..., and they are currently opening for System Of A Down on a UK and European stadium tour.
That schedule gives Homme a television cameo that sits beside a busy release cycle rather than replacing it. The same group played London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday July 13 and again on Wednesday July 15, and they will later open for Foo Fighters on the North American leg of their Take Cover stadium tour.
The current run also carries more history than a one-night TV booking usually does. Queens Of The Stone Age played a stripped-back concert at the Parisian Catacombs in 2024, and Homme said then that he would roll his sleeves up so fans would not have to wait so long for the next record.
Friday July 17 on Channel 4
“Meet friends (and rock legends) Jake and Josh,” the announcement post said, which is exactly the pitch here. If you want the music-world version of Celebrity Gogglebox, this is it: a dated episode, a known friendship and a slot that is easy to catch live or on demand.
The episode is the practical takeaway for viewers. Tune in at 9pm BST on Friday July 17, or stream it shortly after broadcast, and the only real unknown left is what TV programmes, news broadcasts or films the two will end up watching together.
