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Queen & Adam Lambert Set List Revealed for 2023 Rhapsody Tour After First Show

Queen is back on tour with Adam Lambert providing lead vocals and the setlist is pretty incredible!

The band just kicked off the 2023 North American Rhapsody Tour and they’ll be playing 23 shows across the next month.

The two-and-a-half hour show includes 27 songs and the tour kicked off with a sold-out performance at the CFG Bank Arena on Wednesday (October 4) in Baltimore, Maryland.

Queen ‘s original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor , plus Adam Lambert , are supported on stage by their regular band members, long-serving Queen keyboard player Spike Edney , bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren .

Head inside to check out the set list…

Keep scrolling to check out the full set list… **This set list is representative of the first shows and might not be completely accurate for every show.

1. Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’) / Radio Ga Ga 2. Hammer to Fall 3. Stone Cold Crazy 4. Another One Bits the Dust 5. I’m in Love With My Car 6. Bicycle Race 7. Fat Bottomed Girls 8. I Want It All 9. A Kind of Magic 10. Killer Queen 11. Don’t Stop Me Now 12. Somebody to Love 13. Love of My Life 14. ’39 15. Roger’s drum solo 16. Under Pressure 17. Tie Your Mother Down 18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 19. I Want to Break Free 20. Who Wants to Live Forever 21. Brian’s guitar solo 22. Is This the World We Created…? 23. The Show Must Go On 24. Bohemian Rhapsody 25. ENCORE: We Will Rock You 26. ENCORE: Radio Ga Ga 27. ENCORE: We Are the Champions

Check out the set lists for more artists on tour right now!

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Queen Kicks Off 2023 US ‘Rhapsody’ Tour: Photos, Set List, Videos

Queen + Adam Lambert kicked off the 2023 leg of their Rhapsody tour Wednesday night at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.

You can see photos, fan-shot video and the set list from the show below.

After opening with "Radio Ga Ga" from 1984's The Works , guitarist Brian May , drummer Roger Taylor and singer Lambert delivered a career-spanning 25-song set that featured a couple of new twists. They tore through the Sheer Heart Attack rocker "Stone Cold Crazy" for the first time since 2018 and performed "Is This the World We Created ... ?," also from The Works , for the first time with Lambert.

The show also featured a parade of the band's most famous songs, including "Bohemian Rhapsody," "We Will Rock You," "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love."

The fall leg of the Rhapsody tour is scheduled to conclude on Nov. 12 at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Queen + Adam Lambert, 10/4/23, CFG Bank Arena, Baltimore 1. "Radio Ga Ga" 2. "Hammer to Fall" 3. "Stone Cold Crazy" 4. "Another One Bites the Dust" 5. "I'm in Love With My Car" 6. "Bicycle Race" 7. "Fat Bottomed Girls" 8. "I Want It All" 9. "A Kind of Magic" 10. "Killer Queen" 11. "Don't Stop Me Now" 12. "Somebody to Love" 13. "Love of My Life" 14. "'39" 15. "Under Pressure" 16. "Tie Your Mother Down" 17. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 18. "I Want to Break Free" 19. "Who Wants to Live Forever" 20. "Is This the World We Created...?" 21. "The Show Must Go On" 22. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 23. "We Will Rock You" 24. "Radio Ga Ga" (Reprise) 25. "We Are the Champions"

Queen 2023 'Rhapsody' Tour Opening Night Photos

Gallery Credit: Matthew Wilkening

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Here Is Queen And Adam Lambert’s ‘The Rhapsody Tour’ Setlist

Queen and Adam Lambert first got together in 2011. Last year, they unveiled a concert film titled Rhapsody Over London to capture their chemistry. Now, they’re joining forces again to take over stages all across North America this fall.

The tour kicked off last night (October 4) in Balitmore. They’ll be hitting Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and a few other major cities on this run, ending in November. The setlist is packed with a whopping 28 songs that span their entire career, from “We Are the Champions” to “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Check out their setlist from their show at at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD, according to setlist.fm .

1. “Radio Ga Ga” 2. “Hammer to Fall” 3. “Stone Cold Crazy” 4. “Another One Bites the Dust” 5. “I’m in Love With My Car” 6. “Bicycle Race” 7. “Fat Bottomed Girls” 8. “I Want It All” 9. “A Kind of Magic” 10. “Killer Queen” 11. “Don’t Stop Me Now” 12. “Somebody to Love” 13. “Love of My Life” 14. “’39” 15. Drum Solo 16. “Under Pressure” 17. “Tie Your Mother Down” 18. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 19. “I Want to Break Free” 20. “Who Wants to Live Forever” 21. Guitar Solo 22. “Is This the World We Created…?” 23. “The Show Must Go On” 24. “Bohemian Rhapsody” 25. “We Will Rock You” (encore) 26. “Radio Ga Ga” (encore) 27. “We Are the Champions” (encore)

This is the setlist from the first night of Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody tour

Queen + Adam Lambert kick-off their North American Rhapsody tour in style with an epic 30 song set at Vancouver's Rogers Arena

Queen + Adam Lambert have kicked off their North American Rhapsody tour in style by delivering a 30-song set at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena.

The tour was first revealed in December last year, with the the live extravaganza described as a “brand new larger-than-life production.”

The setlist featured a wealth of classic tracks including Seven Seas Of Rhye , Hammer To Fall , Killer Queen , One Vision , Radio Ga Ga , Under Pressure , Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites The Dust .

They left the stage only to return shortly after to perform We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions .

Video footage from the performance has now appeared online and can be found below, along with the full setlist.

Speaking previously about the tour, Stufish Entertainment Architects’ set designer Ric Lipson said: “Queen and Adam Lambert’s  Rhapsody  tour will, once again for them, expand the parameters of what a live music experience can be.

“This new show promises to be their most spectacular yet – an innovative and interactive celebration of the continued power of Queen’s music.”

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Guitarist Brian May added: "This is a great opportunity. Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever and got us our best notices ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious!”

The Rhapsody tour continues later tonight when Queen and Adam Lambert play the Tacoma Dome in Washington State.

Queen and Adam Lambert: Vancouver setlist 1. Now I'm Here  2. Seven Seas Of Rhye  3. Keep Yourself Alive  4. Hammer To Fall 5. Killer Queen 6. Don't Stop Me Now 7. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited 8. Somebody To Love 9. The Show Must Go On  10. I'm In Love With My Car  11. Bicycle Race  12. Fat Bottomed Girls  13. One Vision  14. Machines  15. Radio Ga Ga  16. Love Of My Life  17. '39  18. Doing All Right  19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love  20. Under Pressure  21. I Want To Break Free  22. Who Wants To Live Forever  23. Last Horizon  24. Tie Your Mother Down / Death On Two Legs / The Invisible Man  25. Dragon Attack 26. Another One Bites The Dust 27. I Want It All 28. Bohemian Rhapsody

Encores 29. We Will Rock You  30. We Are The Champions

Queen and Adam Lambert Rhapsody tour 2018 Jul 12: Tacoma Dome, WA Jul 14: San Jose SAP Center, CA Jul 16: Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena, AZ Jul 19: Los Angeles The Forum, CA Jul 23: Dallas American Airlines Center, TX Jul 24: Houston Toyota Center, TX Jul 27: Detroit Littles Caesars Arena, MI Jul 28 Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON Jul 30: Washington Capital One Arena, DC Jul 31: Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena, PA Aug 03: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA Aug 04: Boston Xfinity Center, MA Aug 06: New York Madison Square Garden, NY Aug 09: Chicago United Centre, IL Aug 10: St paul Xcel Energy Center, MN Aug 13: Columbus Nationwide Center, OH Aug 15: Nashville Bridgestone Arena, TN Aug 17: Ft lauderdale BB&T Center, FL Aug 18: Tampa Amalie Arena, FL Aug 20: New Orleans Smoothie King Centre, LA Aug 22: Atlanta State Farm Arena, GA Aug 23: Charlotte Spectrum Center, NC

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Queen Kick Off Their “Rhapsody Tour” in Baltimore: Photos + Setlist

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Queen ruled Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena Wednesday night (October 4th) as they kicked off their North American “Rhapsody Tour.”

Original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor — plus vocalist Adam Lambert — spent two hours tearing through over two dozen Queen tunes, with a career-spanning setlist that featured both their biggest hits as well as fan-favorite deep cuts.

Notably, the band played “Is This the World We Created…?” live with Lambert for the first time, and dusted off “Stone Cold Crazy” after more than five years.

May, Taylor, and Lambert were backed by Queen’s longtime keyboard player Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough, and percussionist Tyler Warren, comprising an ensemble whose sound filled the entire arena. It was a night that served as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, keeping his songs and spirit alive without ever overshadowing his bright legacy.

Check out some photos of Queen’s tour kickoff and see the full setlist below.

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Queen’s North American tour dates continue through November 12th in Los Angeles, and you can grab tickets to the upcoming concerts here .

Setlist: Radio Ga Ga Hammer to Fall Stone Cold Crazy Another One Bites the Dust I’m in Love With My Car Bicycle Race Fat Bottomed Girls I Want It All A Kind of Magic Killer Queen Don’t Stop Me Now Somebody to Love Love of My Life ’39 (Drum Solo) Under Pressure Tie Your Mother Down Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Want to Break Free You Take My Breath Away Who Wants to Live Forever (Guitar Solo) Is This the World We Created…? The Show Must Go On Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore: Ay‐Oh We Will Rock You Radio Ga Ga (Reprise) We Are the Champions

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates: 10/05 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 10/08 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 10/10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 10/12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/13 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/16 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 10/23 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 10/25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 10/27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/28 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 10/31 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 11/02 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/03 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/05 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 11/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium 11/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium

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Queen & Adam Lambert Announce 2023 North American ‘Rhapsody’ Tour – Setlist & Ticket Info

Queen and Adam Lambert are returning to North America for their Rhapsody Tour . This marks their first concert series in the U.S. since 2019. The tour starts on October 4 in Baltimore, Maryland, and concludes on November 11 in Los Angeles, California.

Queen guitarist Brian May told Rolling Stone that the tour has “lots of new bells and lots of new whistles.” He continued, saying that the band has improved their chemistry with Lambert and has “evolved as performers.”

The tour’s setlist will include Queen’s classic songs like “Somebody to Love” and “Another One Bites The Dust” as well as lesser-known tracks like “A King of Magic” and “Tear It Up,” which they played during their European tour last year.

Queen and Lambert first performed together at the 2009 finale of American Idol . They started to regularly collaborate in 2012 and have toured over the subsequent decade.

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The below setlist comes from Queen and Lambert’s European tour during a July 25, 2022 performance in Tampere, Finland.

Now I’m Here Hammer to Fall Somebody to Love Killer Queen Don’t Stop Me Now In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited I’m in Love With My Car Bicycle Race Fat Bottomed Girls Another One Bites the Dust I Want It All Love of My Life (May on vocals, Freddie Mercury sings the last verse on-screen) ’39 (May on vocals) These Are the Days of Our Lives (Taylor on vocals) Crazy Little Thing Called Love Under Pressure (Taylor & Lambert on co-lead vocals) A Kind of Magic (Lambert on vocals) I Want to Break Free Who Wants to Live Forever Act 3 Guitar Solo Tie Your Mother Down Radio Ga Ga Bohemian Rhapsody Encore: We Will Rock You We Are the Champions

Oct. 4 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena Oct. 8 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Oct. 10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena Oct. 12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden Oct. 15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden Oct. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center Oct. 23 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena Oct. 25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena Oct. 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center Oct. 30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center Nov. 5 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena Nov. 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center Nov. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium

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Queen + Adam Lambert Announce 2023 North American ‘Rhapsody’ Tour Dates

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Queen + Adam Lambert are bringing their Rhapsody Tour back to North America for their first shows on this side of the Atlantic since 2019. The tour kicks off Oct. 4 in Baltimore, Maryland, and wraps up Nov. 11 in Los Angeles, California.

“This tour has lots of new bells and lots of new whistles,” Queen guitarist Brian May tells Rolling Stone . “We’ve evolved as performers, I think. We’ve stepped up our game. We have better chemistry than ever. We understand each other better than ever, and we feel more free in the way that we interpret stuff. We’re very happy with it. There’s lots of new production and stuff we want to excite you with.”

The set will focus on Queen classics like “Another One Bites The Dust,” “Somebody to Love,” and “Radio Ga Ga.” But they sprinkled in deep cuts like “Tear It Up” and “A King of Magic” in Europe last year, and hope to keep doing that.

“This show has evolved since its been in America since we’ve taken it around the world,” adds drummer Roger Taylor. “It’s quite a different show in a way, while retaining all the big hits, which so many people want to hear.”

Ticket sales begin Friday, March 31. In an effort to keep prices low and reduce scalping, the band is going to utilize the Ticketmaster Face Value Exchange, which makes it impossible to sell tickets for more than face value. “It’s an experiment,” says May. “We got sick of seeing our fans get ripped off by scalpers. We’re hoping this works out.”

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Queen + Adam Lambert first played together on the 2009 finale of American Idol. They began gigging together in 2012, and have stayed on the road consistently over the past decade. Filling in for Freddie Mercury was a daunting task at first for Lambert, but he’s grown very comfortable with the job over the years.

“I feel less anxiety now,” he says. “I’ve matured as a performer. I trust myself a bit more. I will say that when the movie [ Bohemian Rhapsody ] came out, we had all these new fans, and many of them were young, I felt this little pang of, ‘Oh, these are new fans that haven’t been to a show yet.’ I needed to prove myself again, which is good. It keeps me on my game.”

The 2018 movie was an enormous success that grossed $911 million and won four Academy Awards, including Best Actor for star Rami Malek. It ends at Live Aid in 1985, and there’s been scattered talk over the past few years of a sequel that would chronicle Mercury’s final years.

“We need a script,” says May. “That’s what it comes down to. It took us 12 years to get the script for Bohemian Rhapsody , and get the right team in place. I’m not anxious. I think if the right thing comes along, it might work. We have our wonderful producer, Graham King, on it. It’s a possibility. If the right planets align, it might happen.”

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“He would be welcome,” adds Taylor. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen.”

At the moment, this next leg of the Rhapsody Tour is just 14 shows, but it’s very possible they’ll tack on more. “People are buying tickets,” says Lambert. “And hey, we like performing.”

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Oct. 4 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena Oct. 8 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Oct. 10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena Oct. 12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden Oct. 15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden Oct. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center Oct. 23 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena Oct. 25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena Oct. 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center Oct. 30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center Nov. 5 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena Nov. 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center Nov. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium

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Queen Kick Off Their “Rhapsody Tour” in Baltimore: Photos + Setlist

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Queen ruled Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena Wednesday night (October 4th) as they kicked off their North American “Rhapsody Tour.”

Original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor — plus vocalist Adam Lambert — spent two hours tearing through over two dozen Queen tunes, with a career-spanning setlist that featured both their biggest hits as well as fan-favorite deep cuts.

Notably, the band played “Is This the World We Created…?” live with Lambert for the first time, and dusted off “Stone Cold Crazy” after more than five years.

May, Taylor, and Lambert were backed by Queen’s longtime keyboard player Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough, and percussionist Tyler Warren, comprising an ensemble whose sound filled the entire arena. It was a night that served as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, keeping his songs and spirit alive without ever overshadowing his bright legacy.

Check out some photos of Queen’s tour kickoff and see the full setlist below.

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Queen’s North American tour dates continue through November 12th in Los Angeles, and you can grab tickets to the upcoming concerts here .

Setlist: Radio Ga Ga Hammer to Fall Stone Cold Crazy Another One Bites the Dust I’m in Love With My Car Bicycle Race Fat Bottomed Girls I Want It All A Kind of Magic Killer Queen Don’t Stop Me Now Somebody to Love Love of My Life ’39 (Drum Solo) Under Pressure Tie Your Mother Down Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Want to Break Free You Take My Breath Away Who Wants to Live Forever (Guitar Solo) Is This the World We Created…? The Show Must Go On Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore: Ay‐Oh We Will Rock You Radio Ga Ga (Reprise) We Are the Champions

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates: 10/05 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 10/08 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 10/10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 10/12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/13 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/16 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 10/23 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 10/25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 10/27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/28 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 10/31 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 11/02 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/03 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/05 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 11/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium 11/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium

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Queen + Adam Lambert Return For The Rhapsody Tour Across North America

Tickets Onsale Starting Friday, March 31 at 10am Local on LiveNation.com

“visions fine and sound supreme   essence of a fiery queen   doyens of the paradigm   we will rock you one more time.”   brian may  .

Having first launched their universally acclaimed Rhapsody Tour with 25 epic shows across North America in 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert are bringing their highly acclaimed production, now expanded and updated, back to where it first began. After a 4-year long hiatus, Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and their exceptional frontman Adam Lambert have announced they will set out on a spectacular North America run this fall. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on October 4 at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena making stops in Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and more before concluding at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. See full routing below. 

Brian May says, “Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious. Watch out world.”  

And Adam Lambert says: “I can’t wait to tour North America one more time with the Rhapsody tour alongside the two unbelievably talented legends that are Brian May and Roger Taylor.”  

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Queen + Adam Lambert’s 150-minute career-spanning set list celebrates the band’s extraordinary back catalogue, lining up wall-to-wall immortal anthems like “We Will Rock You”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “Radio Ga Ga”, and “Somebody To Love” alongside classic deep cuts and vintage fan favourites. Featuring a dazzling state-of-the-art stage design, incredible special effects and set pieces, this sense-swamping extravaganza has been blowing critics and fans away the world over. 

As with last year’s UK and European dates, the 2023 North American tour will see Queen + Adam Lambert supported on stage by their regular band members, long-serving Queen keyboard player and musical director Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren.  

Having extensively toured over the last few years, the Rhapsody show is forever evolving. But it remains at heart a tribute to Freddie Mercury’s majestic legacy, a confirmation of Brian and Roger’s undimmed musical prowess, plus a magnificent showcase for Adam’s vocal skills and electrifying stage charisma, all of which adds up to a glorious full-blooded celebration of one of the greatest songbooks in rock history. Read more on the story of The Rhapsody Tour so far, including the special performance opening the Platinum Jubilee concert with the late Queen herself tea cup tapping to the beat of “We Will Rock You” HERE . 

TICKETS: Tickets will be available via a general onsale beginning Friday, March 31st at 10AM local time at LiveNation.com .  

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Queen + Adam Lambert appreciate that it is an enormous task to try and stop scalpers from taking advantage of fans wanting to purchase tickets for the tour. In an effort to help minimize resale and keep ticket prices at face value for fans, the band are collaborating with the venues’ ticketing partners to restrict the ability to transfer tickets for The Rhapsody Tour so that they may only be transferred between fans at the original price. 

Fans will still have protection against unforeseen circumstances. Those who purchase tickets and are no longer able to attend their show will be able to sell their tickets at the price they paid using a face value ticket exchange, including the Ticketmaster Face Value Exchange – which is free to use for buyers and sellers. More information on how the Ticketmaster Exchange works is available here . 

Unfortunately, the states of NY, IL, and CO have laws in place which protect ticket scalpers – these laws prohibit artists from being able to restrict the transfer of their tickets to face value exchanges only. For shows in these states, Queen + Adam Lambert strongly encourage fans to only buy or sell tickets to one another on face value exchanges. More information can be found here , with more details to follow in the coming weeks.  

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT THE RHAPSODY TOUR 2023 DATES:   

Wed Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena 

Sun Oct 08 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena 

Tue Oct 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena 

Thu Oct 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 

Sun Oct 15 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 

Wed Oct 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center 

Mon Oct 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena 

Wed Oct 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 

Fri Oct 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center 

Mon Oct 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center 

Thu Nov 02 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 

Sun Nov 05 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena 

Wed Nov 08 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center 

Sat Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium 

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No, the Rhapsody Tour Is Not Queen + Adam Lambert’s Last: ‘You Can Always Do One More Time’

Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert dish about their favorite Queen songs, knighthood, and the "thrill-seeking" aspects of their forthcoming North American tour.

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Since joining forces in 2011, Queen + Adam Lambert have quickly become one of the most successful touring acts in the world — and now, they’re ready to prove why.

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Billboard caught up with May, Lambert and Roger Taylor ahead of their official announcement, where the trio talked about what fans can expect from the new show, their favorite songs to perform live, and why “this is not a farewell tour,” according to May.

This is the first time in four years that the three of you will be touring the U.S. together, following your European tour last year — how are you feeling ahead of hitting the road this fall?

Brian May:  It’s incredible, yeah. I think we all learned in COVID how much we really missed this. It was really tough for everybody. We already did our big outing in Europe, but with a lot of restrictions on that; we had a very strict protocol just to get through, because people were going down like flies. But we managed to get through that whole tour without losing a date, and it was all sold-out, packed, fantastic and better than ever, I think. So we thought, “Well, we just have to get back to the states.”

Outside of those restrictions, were there any significant learning curves you had to navigate in a post-COVID touring environment last year?

May:  Oh, yeah. 

Taylor:  We were changing it and improving it as we went, and we are now going through all of those improvements again when it comes to this American leg.

I’ve noticed that the phrase “one more time” has been thrown around quite a bit when it comes to this tour — are you planning on this being Queen + Adam Lambert’s final outing?

May:  Let me be clear, this is not a farewell tour. You can always do one more time … and then one more time … and then another time after that!

Adam Lambert:  [laughs] Yeah, why limit yourself, guys?

Taylor:  It’s just a simple, five year farewell tour, right?

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When it comes to the “improvements” you’ve made to the show, what can fans expect to see that’s new with this leg of The Rhapsody Tour?

May:  Well, we’re not gonna tell you  that  much, we don’t want to spoil it. [laughs] But the nice things is that the material is what ultimately gives the ideas, and we’re able to develop those ideas as we go along. We get to throw more and more stuff in, production-wise.

Lambert:  I will say, the technology has come so far, even in the 10 years that we’ve worked together. It gives us so much freedom when it comes to what we want to create, what environment we want to put around a song. We have all of these toys that we get to play with, which we all get a big kick out of. We have an amazing creative team that work with us — I mean, we add something in a couple of days if we have a cool idea. Once the show kicks off, the show is never locked. It’s never the same show every night, we have the ability to throw a new song in, move the set around, change the visuals. There’s so much freedom.

Lambert:  I’d say a couple of glasses of wine and a chat, yeah? 

May:  [laughs] I mean, we also always do a soundcheck. The soundcheck is the key thing for us, I think. Every time we go into a new city and set things up, we’ll go into a soundcheck for two or three hours sometimes. When we’re doing that, we’ll try new stuff out, and our team is so flexible with us, that we’ll just throw out, “Can you give us a certain lighting effect, can you do stuff on the screens?” And they’ll build it on the spot for us. We don’t work on backing tracks or anything, which means we can kind of do anything we want. And we’re really fortunate to have a technical team that can handle that — a lot of this stuff is programmed to work at pretty exact intervals, and ours is all human touch, which gives it that live feel.

Lambert:  Also, when we add a song sort of impromptu, we don’t like to over-rehearse it. We play it in that soundcheck and maybe one more soundcheck, and then we throw it in. It makes it really fun, like it’s a thrill-seeking activity, where we just go for it and see what happens. 

Brian, I wanted to congratulate you on your recent knighting from King Charles III — what was that experience like for you?

And Adam, congratulations on your  High Drama  covers album — were there any big covers you wanted to include that didn’t quite make the cut?

Lambert:  There were definitely a couple others I was considering, but it was a very thought-out project, so we weren’t wasting a lot of time or energy in the studio. We did it so quick, probably recorded those over about two months. I’m so happy with it, even though I did not write those songs, it felt like I was getting creative in the studio to find new ways to make them sound. That was such a cool challenge for me. 

Queen has one of the most prolific songbooks in modern rock music. Obviously there are the core set of hits that you’re gonna play almost no matter what — do you have any favorites in particular to perform that maybe aren’t as monolithic?

May:  You know, there’s some stuff that we know would be very difficult — Roger mentioned “The Millionaire Waltz” once. 

Taylor:  [laughs] Oh yeah, I don’t know if we could pull that off.

May:  But a lot of the stuff we do anyways is fairly complex — the key is you don’t play the record. We really play how we feel on the stage. It’s funny, some people would call that a bluff, but there’s a lot of multi-track guitar harmonies in a lot of our songs, and I don’t do that onstage and I don’t use trickery to achieve it. I play what I’m feeling, and people hear that and get a purely live version of the song. No extra frills, because to me, recording has always been different than performing live. 

Taylor:  Sometimes, the song gains a whole new dimension of excitement from that. But the live version will not be exactly the same as the record — that’s not what we’re about.

Lambert:  As far as the setlist goes, I think we’re all aware of what the fan favorites are. But the most important thing here is that, sure, we need to have fun, but the audience is buying a ticket to see the show. This is about their evening and giving them a show that feels fresh. We are keenly aware of what the favorites are and we try to include the big hits every night — they have a  lot  of hits, so it’s a lot to choose from. But it’s a two-plus hour show, so we’ve got plenty of time to get those big hits.

Tickets for The Rhapsody Tour officially go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation.com .

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Queen + Adam Lambert Unveil North American ‘Rhapsody’ Tour Dates: ‘These Are New Glory Days’

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“These are kind of new glory days for us,” said Queen guitarist and founding member Brian May, who was literally knighted by King Charles III earlier this month. “It’s nice to think that hopefully there will be the demand for that.” 

But the guitarist, along with founding drummer Roger Taylor and singer Adam Lambert , was on the other side of the Atlantic in Thursday, in New York to announce the group’s 14-show North American leg of its “Rhapsody” tour — its first since 2019 — which runs from Oct. 4 through Nov. 11.

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Shows on the overseas “Rhapsody” tour dates featured around 25 songs plus four encore numbers, and included the hits “Killer Queen,” “Fat Bottomed Girls, “Another One Bites the Dust, “We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions” and the song with more than 2 billion Spotify streams that lent its title to a film and this tour, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Queen promises some deeper cuts on this jaunt. Lambert says, “I’m not sure exactly what we’ll pull out for this one. Look, I would be happy just to show up and do what I was told if that was how it was. But I’ve been really fortunate to work with these two gentlemen who are very collaborative, and we get to all throw ideas in and work things out. I’m really grateful for that it makes me even more invested in it.

It’s been a decade since the group’s first live American concert, though the first time they performed was in 2009 when May and Taylor were guests on the eighth season of “Idol.” May remembers the first actual American concert in Las Vegas in 2013 for the iHeart Music Festival: “It felt so good both internally and from the [crowd] reaction that we thought, ‘My God, this is something we shouldn’t be letting go.’ I think we foresaw some kind of future, didn’t we? But not quite as big as it actually happened. It’s been colossal.” 

Lambert agreed, “I don’t think I would have imagined that it would have been the gift that keeps on giving.”

The current Rhapsody tour features Queen + Adam Lambert’s regular band members, longtime keyboard player and musical director Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren. Founding bassist John Deacon left the band and effectively retired from music following Freddie Mercury’s 1991 death, and chose not to be present at Queen’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Despite a 30-year-plus age difference between Lambert, 41, and May, 75 and Taylor, 73, the three have an easy camaraderie that’s evident both onstage and off. Lambert was only three when Queen’s iconic 1985 Live Aid performance rocked the world, but it was something he got to recreate at the Fire Fight fundraiser concert in Sydney, Australia in February 2020, a month before Covid shut down the world.

 As a fan growing up, Lambert was familiar with Queen’s Live Aid footage. “But when it came time to first join the band on stage, I was like, ‘I have to know my stuff’ so I watched as much as I could. Besides Live Aid, one of my favorite things was Montreal concert where Freddie was running around in a pair of itty bitty white shorts and no shoes,” Lambert says. “I just I remember seeing that and going ‘This guy’s amazing.’ He was so free and ridiculous and just full of joy and I’ve been so inspired by that spirit. I try to approach shows with that same humor…”

“And shorts?” Taylor quipped.

“Not the shorts for me — Freddie had much better legs,” Lambert concluded.

A general on sale date for the Queen + Adam Lambert  U.S. tour is March 31, and in light of exorbitant ticket prices and “dynamic pricing,” the band stated in a release that “In an effort to help minimize resale and keep ticket prices at face value for fans, the band are collaborating with the venues’ ticketing partners to restrict the ability to transfer tickets for the Rhapsody tour so that they may only be transferred between fans at the original price.”

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT THE RHAPSODY TOUR 2023 DATES:

Wed Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Sun Oct 08 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena

Tue Oct 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Thu Oct 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Wed Oct 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Mon Oct 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Wed Oct 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Fri Oct 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Mon Oct 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center

Thu Nov 02 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Sun Nov 05 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Wed Nov 08 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Sat Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium

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The band’s 23-date US tour begins October 4 with the first of two shows at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena.

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Having first launched their universally acclaimed Rhapsody Tour with 26 epic shows across North America during June & July 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert are taking their highly acclaimed production, now expanded and updated, back to where it first began.

Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and their exceptional frontman Adam Lambert are returning for a further spectacular North American run of sold out shows which gets underway next week with its opening show Wednesday October 4 in Baltimore.

Promising an “even more ambitious show”, the band’s 23-date US tour begins October 4 with the first of two shows at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena continuing throughout North America including stops in Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and further cities before closing out with a pair of dates at Los Angeles’s BMO Stadium November 11 and 12. In addition, the band will perform a special one-off headliner on October 21 at the Formula 1 Lenovo U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas.

Brian May says, “We’re still calling our show “The Rhapsody Tour,” but the content has evolved massively from when you last saw it. New toys, new takes, but all the hits and more.”

Says Adam Lambert says: “I consider it a beautiful twist of fate that I was put on a path that aligned me with Brian and Roger. I can’t wait to tour North America one more time alongside the two unbelievably talented legends that are Brian May and Roger Taylor.”

Roger Taylor adds: “Adam is certainly a real force on stage. It’s been nothing but a riotously funny and enjoyable journey with him. He is simply one of the best vocalists in the world – FACT!”

Queen + Adam Lambert’s 150-minute career-spanning set list celebrates the band’s extraordinary back catalogue, lining up immortal anthems like “We Will Rock You”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “Radio Ga Ga”, and “Somebody To Love” alongside classic deep cuts and vintage fan favourites.

Featuring a dazzling state-of-the-art stage design, incredible special effects and set pieces, this sense-swamping extravaganza has been blowing critics and fans away the world over since its very first unveiling in North America in 2019 .

It has been over a year since the band last toured their acclaimed “Rhapsody Tour,” which was highlighted across the world in royal fashion Saturday June 4, 2022 with a special performance in front of London’s Buckingham Palace as the opener for the Platinum Jubilee concert celebrating the late H.M. Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign, providing an altogether magnificent opener for its UK & European run of sold-out dates which saw the band play the Rhapsody tour across the UK and 11 countries throughout Europe, in all playing a total of 36 concerts.

The 2023 North American tour will see Queen + Adam Lambert supported on stage by their regular band members, long-serving Queen keyboard player Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren.

Having extensively toured since it first debuted in North America in 2019, the Rhapsody show is forever evolving. But it remains at heart a tribute to Freddie Mercury’s majestic legacy, a confirmation of Brian and Roger’s undimmed musical prowess, plus a magnificent showcase for Adam’s vocal skills and electrifying stage charisma, all adding up to a glorious full-blooded celebration of one of the greatest songbooks in rock history.

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT: NORTH AMERICA THE RHAPSODY TOUR 2023 DATES:

Wed Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena Thu Oct 05 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena Sun Oct 08 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena Tue Oct 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Thu Oct 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Fri Oct 13 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sun Oct 15 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Mon Oct 16 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Wed Oct 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Sat Oct 21— Austin, TX– Circuit of The Americas Mon Oct 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Wed Oct 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Fri Oct 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Sat Oct 28 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Mon Oct 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center Tue Oct 31 — Chicago, IL – United Center Thu Nov 02 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Fri Nov 03 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Sun Nov 05 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena Wed Nov 08 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Thu Nov 09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Sat Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium Sun Nov 12 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium.

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