Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018

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.

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018

World tour by Queen + Adam Lambert
Location	North America Europe Oceania
Start date	23 June 2017
End date	22 September 2018
Legs	5
No. of shows	36 in North America 42 in Europe 10 in Oceania 88 in total
Queen + Adam Lambert concert chronology

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. His place was taken by longtime Queen Extravaganza drummer Tyler Warren.

Set lists

2017 North American Tour

1. "We Will Rock You" (teaser; not played on 23 June, instead the full version was moved here)
2. "Hammer to Fall"
3. "Stone Cold Crazy"
4. "Another One Bites the Dust"
5. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
6. "Killer Queen"
7. "Two Fux"
8. "Don't Stop Me Now"
9. "Bicycle Race"
10. "I'm In Love With My Car"
11. "Get Down, Make Love"
12. "I Want It All"
13. "Love of My Life"
14. "Somebody to Love"
15. "Happy Birthday to You" (played on 18 and 26 July; before "Drum Battle" on 26 July)
16. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
17. "Drum Battle"
18. "Under Pressure"
19. "I Want to Break Free" (not played until 8 July)
20. "It's Late" (dropped after 8 July; played after "Day-Oh" on 23 June)
21. "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
22. "Last Horizon"
23. "Guitar Solo"
24. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
25. "Radio Ga Ga"
26. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Encore

27. "Spread Your Wings" (dropped temporarily on 25 June but permanently after 6 July; played after "It's Late" on 6 July)
28. "We Will Rock You" (played as the opening song instead of the teaser version on 23 June)
29. "Tie Your Mother Down" (played on 5 August)
30. "We Are the Champions"
31. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

2017 European Tour

1. "We Will Rock You" (teaser)
2. "Hammer to Fall"
3. "Stone Cold Crazy"
4. "Tie Your Mother Down"
5. "Another One Bites the Dust"
6. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
7. "Killer Queen"
8. "Don't Stop Me Now"
9. "Bicycle Race"
10. "I'm In Love With My Car"
11. "Get Down, Make Love"
12. "I Want It All"
13. "Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt" (played on 4 November)
14. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (played on 28 November)
15. "Leaning on a Lampost" (played on 9 December)
16. "Love of My Life"
17. "Somebody to Love"
18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
19. "Drum Battle"
20. "Under Pressure"
21. "A Kind of Magic" (not played until 12 November; temporarily dropped on 28 and 30 November)
22. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (played on 28 and 30 November instead of "A Kind of Magic")
23. "I Want to Break Free"
24. "Whataya Want From Me" (played until 25 November)
25. "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
26. "Last Horizon"
27. "Guitar Solo"
28. "Radio Ga Ga"
29. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Encore

30. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
31. "We Will Rock You"
32. "We Are the Champions"
33. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

2018 Oceania Tour

1. "We Will Rock You" (teaser)
2. "Hammer to Fall"
3. "Stone Cold Crazy"
4. "Tie Your Mother Down"
5. "Another One Bites the Dust"
6. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
7. "Killer Queen"
8. "Don't Stop Me Now"
9. "Bicycle Race"
10. "I'm In Love With My Car"
11. "Get Down, Make Love"
12. "I Want It All"
13. "Waltzing Matilda" (played on 27 February and 6 March)
14. "Highway to Hell" (played on 2 March)
15. "Down Under" (played on 28 February and 3 March)
16. "Love of My Life"
17. "Somebody to Love"
18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
19. "Drum Battle"
20. "Under Pressure"
21. "A Kind of Magic" (not played on 18, 22 and 28 February, 3 March and 6 March)
22. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (played instead of "A Kind of Magic" on 18 and 22 February, 3 March and 6 March)
23. "Whataya Want From Me"
24. "I Want to Break Free"
25. "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
26. "Last Horizon"
27. "Guitar Solo"
28. "Radio Ga Ga"
29. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Encore

30. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
31. "We Will Rock You"
32. "We Are the Champions"
33. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

2018 European Tour

1. "Tear It Up" (dropped on 6 and 8 July)
2. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
3. "Tie Your Mother Down"
4. "Play the Game"
5. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
6. "Killer Queen"
7. "Don't Stop Me Now"
8. "Bicycle Race"
9. "I'm In Love With My Car"
10. "Another One Bites the Dust"
11. "Lucy" (dropped on 6 and 8 July)
12. "I Want It All"
13. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (played on 9 and 10 June)
14. "Edvard Greig's Piano Concerto in A minor Op, 16"(played on 17 June)
15. "'O sole mio"(played on 25 June)
16. "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond""(played on 6 July)
17. "Love of My Life"
18. "Somebody to Love"
19. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
20. "Drum Battle"
21. "Under Pressure"
22. "I Want to Break Free"
23. "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
24. "Last Horizon"
25. "Guitar Solo"
26. "The Show Must Go On"
27. "Radio Ga Ga"
28. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Encore

29. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
30. "We Will Rock You"
31. "We Are the Champions"
32. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

The Crown Jewels

1. "We Will Rock You" (fast)
2. "Tie Your Mother Down"
3. "Somebody to Love"
4. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
5. "Killer Queen"
6. "Don't Stop Me Now"
7. "Happy Birthday to You" (played on 5 September)
8. "Bicycle Race"
9. "I'm In Love With My Car"
10. "Another One Bites the Dust"
11. "I Want It All"
12. "Love of My Life"
13. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Elvis Presley song)
14. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
15. "Drum Battle"
16. "Under Pressure"
17. "I Want to Break Free" (played from 14 September onwards)
18. "Who Wants to Live Forever"(with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
19. "Last Horizon"
20. "Guitar Solo"
21. "The Show Must Go On"
22. "Radio Ga Ga"
23. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Encore

24. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
25. "We Will Rock You"
26. "We Are the Champions"
27. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box office
Leg 1 — North America
23 June 2017	Glendale	United States	Gila River Arena	11,041 / 11,635	$1,017,047
24 June 2017	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena	11,716 / 15,346	$1,292,650
26 June 2017	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	32,433 / 35,156	$3,182,630
27 June 2017
29 June 2017	San Jose		SAP Center	11,940 / 12,265	$1,343,607
1 July 2017	Seattle		KeyArena	11,077 / 11,908	$1,138,564
2 July 2017	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	12,363 / 12,363	$1,114,680
4 July 2017	Edmonton		Rogers Place	—	—
6 July 2017	Denver	United States	Pepsi Center	8,228 / 13,737	$876,828
8 July 2017	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha	9,155 / 13,883	$734,216
9 July 2017	Kansas City		Sprint Center	10,384 / 10,384	$934,820
13 July 2017	Chicago		United Center	12,537 / 13,725	$1,262,869
14 July 2017	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	13,723 / 14,977	$1,202,548
17 July 2017	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	10,624 / 12,651	$904,046
18 July 2017	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	14,927 / 14,927	$1,482,010
20 July 2017	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills	10,410 / 12,442	$990,523
21 July 2017	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	11,405 / 14,504	$1,073,355
23 July 2017	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	6,440 / 6,667	$884,680
25 July 2017	Boston		TD Garden	10,984 / 11,486	$1,139,680
26 July 2017	Newark		Prudential Center	10,941 / 10,941	$1,120,744
28 July 2017	Brooklyn		Barclays Center	12,874 / 12,874	$1,337,636
30 July 2017	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	12,335 / 12,850	$1,195,327
31 July 2017	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	11,512 / 12,014	$1,252,708
2 August 2017	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	14,178 / 14,178	$1,297,029
4 August 2017	Dallas		American Airlines Center	11,481 / 11,481	$1,240,050
5 August 2017	Houston		Toyota Center	9,260 / 9,260	$1,034,567
Leg 2 — Europe
1 November 2017	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	—	—
2 November 2017	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	—	—
4 November 2017	Budapest	Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	—	—
6 November 2017	Łódź	Poland	Atlas Arena	—	—
8 November 2017	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	—	—
10 November 2017	Bologna	Italy	Unipol Arena	—	—
12 November 2017	Amnéville	France	Galaxie Amnéville	—	—
13 November 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	—	—
17 November 2017	Kaunas	Lithuania	Žalgiris Arena	—	—
19 November 2017	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	—	—
21 November 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Friends Arena	—	—
22 November 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	—	—
25 November 2017	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	—	—
26 November 2017	Belfast	Northern Ireland	SSE Arena	—	—
28 November 2017	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena Liverpool	—	—
30 November 2017	Birmingham		Arena Birmingham	—	—
1 December 2017	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena	—	—
3 December 2017	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro	11,227 / 11,230	$1,159,380
5 December 2017	Nottingham	England	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	—	—
6 December 2017	Leeds		First Direct Arena	—	—
8 December 2017	Sheffield		FlyDSA Arena	—	—
9 December 2017	Manchester		Manchester Arena	15,639 / 15,639	$1,626,890
12 December 2017	London		The O2 Arena	35,049 / 36,922	$3,572,980
13 December 2017
15 December 2017			Wembley Arena	—	—
16 December 2017	Birmingham		Arena Birmingham	—	—
Leg 3 — Oceania
17 February 2018	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena	19,389 / 19,389	$2,712,350
18 February 2018
21 February 2018	Sydney	Australia	Qudos Bank Arena	24,791 / 25,708	$3,357,960
22 February 2018
24 February 2018	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	9,681 / 9,681	$1,322,200
27 February 2018	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	13,936 / 13,936	$1,702,470
28 February 2018
2 March 2018	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	24,295 / 24,295	$3,033,680
3 March 2018
6 March 2018	Perth		Perth Arena	12,720 / 12,720	$1,732,180
Leg 4 — Europe
7 June 2018	Lisbon	Portugal	Altice Arena	—	—
9 June 2018	Madrid	Spain	WiZink Center	—	—
10 June 2018	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi	—	—
13 June 2018	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	—	—
15 June 2018	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	—	—
17 June 2018	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena	—	—
19 June 2018	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes Benz Arena	—	—
20 June 2018	Hamburg		Barclaycard Arena	—	—
25 June 2018	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	—	—
27 June 2018	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy	—	—
29 June 2018	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	—	—
1 July 2018	London	England	Wembley Arena	10,799 / 10,831	$1,098,510
2 July 2018			The O2 Arena	32,471 / 35,870	$3,276,590
4 July 2018
6 July 2018	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Green	—	—
8 July 2018	Dublin	Ireland	Marlay Park	—	—
Leg 5 — The Crown Jewels
1 September 2018	Las Vegas	United States	Park Theater	9,024 / 9,753	$1,382,473
2 September 2018
5 September 2018				13,838 / 14,621	$2,151,922
7 September 2018
8 September 2018
14 September 2018				9,532 / 9,754	$1,523,605
15 September 2018
19 September 2018				14,472 / 14,472	$2,396,170
21 September 2018
22 September 2018
TOTAL				548,831 / 586,475 (94%)	$61,102,174

Tour band

• Brian May – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
• Roger Taylor – drums, vocals
• Adam Lambert – lead vocals
• Freddie Mercury – vocals (pre-recorded)

Additional musicians

• Spike Edney – keyboards, vocals
• Neil Fairclough – bass guitars, vocals
• Tyler Warren – percussion, additional drums, vocals

External links

• QueenOnline – Queen's official website
• Adam Lambert – Adam Lambert's official website