The Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018 was a worldwide concert tour by British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert. The North American leg began on 23 June 2017, in Glendale, Arizona at the Gila River Arena and continued throughout the continent until its last show at the Toyota Center in Houston. In Continental Europe, the tour began in Prague on 1 November 2017 and ended in Copenhagen on 22 November before recommencing for a United Kingdom and Ireland arena tour on 25 November. The United Kingdom leg ended with a show at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham on 16 December 2017. The group then played concerts in Oceania starting on 17 February 2018 in Auckland, ending on 6 March with a show at Perth Arena. The tour had another European leg and finished with a ten show residency in Las Vegas. The tour marks the group's second visits to North America and Oceania, both of which took place in 2014 as part of the Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015.
Background After performing with American Idol finalists Kris Allen and Adam Lambert during the programme's season finale in 2009, the active members of Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor, began contemplating the future of the band after the group's amicable split with touring collaborator Paul Rodgers. Two years later, at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, Queen was presented that year's Global Icon Award, accepted by May. As part of the broadcast, Queen performed a short set with Lambert, receiving an overwhelmingly welcoming response. Speculation regarding a collaboration with Lambert soon arose, with the three formally announcing a short summer tour of Europe in 2012, including three dates at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, as well as shows in Ukraine, Russia and Poland. As with the partnership with Paul Rodgers, John Deacon chose not to participate.
After a 66-date world tour in 2014–2015 and a well-received European summer tour in 2016, it was announced on 26 January that the group would return to North America for a 25-city tour. The tour includes two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, as well as shows at the newly constructed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The North American leg ended at the Toyota Center in Houston on 5 August 2017. In April 2017, the group announced European dates scheduled for November and December of that year. Two months later, it was reported that the group would perform in New Zealand and Australia in February and March 2018. In February 2018 a second European leg was announced.
In March 2017, percussionist Rufus Tiger Taylor confirmed in an Instagram post that he would not be touring with the band for the first time since the start of the collaboration with Lambert, citing schedule conflicts with his band The Darkness.Taylor, R. Instagram 2017-03-09. His place was taken by longtime Queen Extravaganza drummer Tyler Warren.
Set list 2017 The following is from the June 23, 2017, show in Glendale. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.
"We Will Rock You" "Hammer to Fall" "Stone Cold Crazy" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Killer Queen" "Two Fux" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Bicycle Race" "I'm In Love With My Car" "Get Down, Make Love" "I Want It All" "Love of My Life" "Somebody to Love" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Drum Battle" "Under Pressure" "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape) "Last Horizon" "Guitar Solo" "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley) "Radio Ga Ga" "Bohemian Rhapsody" Encore "Spread Your Wings" "We Are the Champions" "God Save the Queen" (tape)
The Crown Jewels The following is from the September 1, 2018, show in Las Vegas. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.
"We Will Rock You" (fast) "Tie Your Mother Down" "Somebody to Love" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Killer Queen" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Bicycle Race" "I'm In Love With My Car" "Another One Bites the Dust" "I Want It All" "Love of My Life" "Heartbreak Hotel" (Elvis Presley song) "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Drum Battle" "Under Pressure" "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape) "Guitar Solo" "The Show Must Go On" "Radio Ga Ga" "Bohemian Rhapsody" Encore "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley) "We Will Rock You" "We Are the Champions" "God Save the Queen" (tape)
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceBox officeLeg 1 — North America23 June 2017GlendaleUnited StatesGila River Arena11,041 / 11,635$1,017,04724 June 2017Las VegasT-Mobile Arena11,716 / 15,346$1,292,65026 June 2017Los AngelesHollywood Bowl32,433 / 35,156$3,182,63027 June 201729 June 2017San JoseSAP Center11,940 / 12,265$1,343,6071 July 2017SeattleKeyArena11,077 / 11,908$1,138,5642 July 2017VancouverCanadaRogers Arena12,363 / 12,363$1,114,6804 July 2017EdmontonRogers Place — —6 July 2017DenverUnited StatesPepsi Center8,228 / 13,737$876,8288 July 2017OmahaCenturyLink Center Omaha9,155 / 13,883$734,2169 July 2017Kansas CitySprint Center10,384 / 10,384$934,82013 July 2017ChicagoUnited Center12,537 / 13,725 $1,262,86914 July 2017Saint PaulXcel Energy Center13,723 / 14,977$1,202,54817 July 2017MontrealCanadaBell Centre10,624 / 12,651$904,04618 July 2017TorontoAir Canada Centre14,927 / 14,927$1,482,01020 July 2017Auburn HillsUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn Hills10,410 / 12,442$990,52321 July 2017ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena11,405 / 14,504$1,073,35523 July 2017UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena6,440 / 6,667$884,68025 July 2017BostonTD Garden10,984 / 11,486$1,139,68026 July 2017NewarkPrudential Center10,941 / 10,941$1,120,74428 July 2017BrooklynBarclays Center12,874 / 12,874 $1,337,63630 July 2017PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center12,335 / 12,850$1,195,32731 July 2017Washington, D.C.Verizon Center11,512 / 12,014$1,252,7082 August 2017NashvilleBridgestone Arena14,178 / 14,178$1,297,0294 August 2017DallasAmerican Airlines Center11,481 / 11,481$1,240,0505 August 2017HoustonToyota Center9,260 / 9,260$1,034,567Leg 2 — Europe1 November 2017PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena — —2 November 2017MunichGermanyOlympiahalle — —4 November 2017BudapestHungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena — —6 November 2017ŁódźPolandAtlas Arena — —8 November 2017ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle — —10 November 2017BolognaItalyUnipol Arena — —12 November 2017AmnévilleFranceGalaxie Amnéville — —13 November 2017AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome — —17 November 2017KaunasLithuaniaŽalgiris Arena — —19 November 2017HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena — —21 November 2017StockholmSwedenFriends Arena — —22 November 2017CopenhagenDenmarkRoyal Arena — —25 November 2017DublinIreland3Arena — —26 November 2017BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena — —28 November 2017LiverpoolEnglandEcho Arena Liverpool — —30 November 2017BirminghamArena Birmingham — —1 December 2017NewcastleMetro Radio Arena — —3 December 2017GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro 11,227 / 11,230 $1,159,3805 December 2017NottinghamEnglandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham — —6 December 2017LeedsFirst Direct Arena — —8 December 2017SheffieldFlyDSA Arena — —9 December 2017ManchesterManchester Arena 15,639 / 15,639 $1,626,89012 December 2017LondonThe O2 Arena35,049 / 36,922$3,572,98013 December 201715 December 2017Wembley Arena — —16 December 2017BirminghamArena Birmingham — —Leg 3 — Oceania17 February 2018AucklandNew ZealandSpark Arena 19,389 / 19,389 $2,712,35018 February 201821 February 2018SydneyAustraliaQudos Bank Arena24,791 / 25,708 $3,357,960 22 February 201824 February 2018BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre9,681 / 9,681$1,322,20027 February 2018AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre 13,936 / 13,936 $1,702,47028 February 20182 March 2018MelbourneRod Laver Arena 24,295 / 24,295 $3,033,6803 March 20186 March 2018PerthPerth Arena12,720 / 12,720$1,732,180Leg 4 — Europe7 June 2018LisbonPortugalAltice Arena — —9 June 2018MadridSpainWiZink Center — —10 June 2018BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi — —13 June 2018CologneGermanyLanxess Arena — —15 June 2018HerningDenmarkJyske Bank Boxen — —17 June 2018OsloNorwayTelenor Arena — —19 June 2018BerlinGermanyMercedes Benz Arena — —20 June 2018HamburgBarclaycard Arena — —25 June 2018MilanItalyMediolanum Forum — —27 June 2018RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy — —29 June 2018AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis — —1 July 2018LondonEnglandWembley Arena10,799 / 10,831$1,098,5102 July 2018The O2 Arena32,471 / 35,870$3,276,5904 July 20186 July 2018GlasgowScotlandGlasgow Green — —8 July 2018DublinIrelandMarlay Park — —Leg 5 — The Crown Jewels1 September 2018Las VegasUnited StatesPark Theater9,024 / 9,753 $1,382,4732 September 20185 September 201813,838 / 14,621 $2,151,9227 September 20188 September 201814 September 20189,532 / 9,754 $1,523,60515 September 201819 September 201814,472 / 14,472$2,396,17021 September 201822 September 2018TOTAL548,831 / 586,475 (94%)$61,102,174
Personnel
Brian May – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, vocals Adam Lambert – lead vocals Freddie Mercury – lead vocals (pre-recorded) John Deacon – bass guitar (pre-recorded)
Additional musicians Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals Neil Fairclough – bass guitar, backing vocals Tyler Warren – percussion, additional drums, backing vocals
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References
External links QueenOnline – Queen's official website Adam Lambert – Adam Lambert's official website