Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015

The Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 was a worldwide concert tour by British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert during 2014 and 2015.[1] Following on their 2012 tour and their appearance at the 2013 iHeart Radio Music Festival, the band announced a 2014 tour of North America. Following the overwhelming success of their North American tour, it was expanded to Australia, New Zealand and Asia in the autumn, then Europe in early 2015.[2] A tour of South America took place in September 2015.[3]

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015
World tour by Queen + Adam Lambert
Queen + Adam Lambert with touring musicians, L-R: Neil Fairclough, Rufus Tiger Taylor, Adam Lambert, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Spike Edney
Start date19 June 2014
End date30 September 2015
Legs5
No. of shows24 in North America
3 in Asia
8 in Oceania
26 in Europe
6 in South America
67 in total
Queen + Adam Lambert concert chronology

According to Pollstar, the complete tour 2014–2015 grossed $68.7 million, ranked number 35 in the top 100 worldwide tours in 2014 [4] and number 46 in 2015.[5]

Background
Queen+Adam Lambert stage at their concert in Estadio G.E.B.A. of Buenos Aires

Queen + Adam Lambert first toured together in 2012. The following year, 2013, Queen and Lambert only performed one concert together at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. This concert was part of the iHeartRadio Music Festival. The band were joined onstage by American band Fun for several songs. The concert was met by positive reviews.[6]

On 6 March 2014 Queen and Lambert announced at a press conference in the United States and via QueenOnline that they would tour North America in June and July 2014 starting in Chicago including concerts at the legendary venue Madison Square Garden in New York and at The Forum in Los Angeles where the band had last performed in 1982.[7] The tour began with an intimate performance at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles.[8]

On 2 April it was announced that Queen would play in South Korea for the first time in their careers at the Super Sonic Festival.[9] On the same day it was announced that Queen and Lambert would play at the same festival franchise in Japan. The last time Queen played in Japan was with Paul Rodgers eight years previously.[10]

On 19 May it was announced that Queen and Lambert would play several shows in Australia. This was the first time that Queen had played in the country since 1985, twenty-nine years previously. Queen and Lambert were to perform one show each in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.[11][12] On 26 May a second date at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena was added.[13] The following day a second date at Sydney's Allphones Arena was added.[14] On 16 July a concert at Auckland's Vector Arena was announced.[15] A week later a second concert at the Vector Arena was announced.[16] On 29 September 2014, Queen and Lambert announced a European leg of the tour, including two concerts at The O2 in London on 17 and 18 January 2015.[17]

Three special performances were played for X FACTOR UK,[18] Helene Fischer Show on 25 December 2014,[19] & New Year's Eve at Westminster Hall where they played Drowse for the first time at the rehearsals, London [20] on 31 December 2014. The 85,000 tickets for each night of Rock In Rio sold out in just 3 hours.

Lady Gaga performed with Lambert and Queen singing Another One Bites The Dust during their stop in Sydney.

Set lists
North American set list[21]
  1. "Procession (tape)"
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Stone Cold Crazy"
  4. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  5. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  6. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  7. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  8. "Killer Queen"
  9. "Somebody to Love"
  10. "I Want It All"
  11. "Love of My Life"
  12. "39"
  13. "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
  14. "Bass Solo"
  15. "Drum Battle"
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Love Kills"
  18. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
  19. "Last Horizon"
  20. "Guitar Solo"
  21. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  22. "All Your Love Tonight"
  23. "Radio Ga Ga"
  24. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  25. "The Show Must Go On"
  26. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

  1. "We Will Rock You"
  2. "We Are the Champions"
  3. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

Asian and Oceanic set list
  1. "Procession (tape)"
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Stone Cold Crazy"
  4. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  5. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  6. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  7. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  8. "Killer Queen"
  9. "Somebody to Love"
  10. "I Want It All"
  11. "Love of My Life"
  12. "39"
  13. "A Kind of Magic"
  14. "Bass Solo"
  15. "Drum Battle"
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Dragon Attack"
  18. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
  19. "Last Horizon"
  20. "Guitar Solo"
  21. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  22. "All Your Love Tonight"
  23. "Radio Ga Ga"
  24. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  25. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

  1. "We Will Rock You"
  2. "We Are the Champions"
  3. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

UK and European set list[22]
  1. "One Vision"
  2. "Stone Cold Crazy"
  3. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  4. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  5. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  6. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  7. "Killer Queen"
  8. "I Want to Break Free"
  9. "Somebody to Love"
  10. "Love of My Life"
  11. "39"
  12. "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
  13. "A Kind of Magic"
  14. "Bass Solo"
  15. "Drum Battle"
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Save Me"
  18. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
  19. "Last Horizon"
  20. "Guitar Solo"
  21. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  22. "All Your Love Tonight"
  23. "I Want It All"
  24. "Radio Ga Ga"
  25. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  26. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

  1. "We Will Rock You"
  2. "We Are the Champions"
  3. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

South American set list[22]
  1. "One Vision"
  2. "Stone Cold Crazy"
  3. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  4. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  5. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  6. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  7. "Killer Queen"
  8. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  9. "I Want to Break Free"
  10. "Somebody to Love"
  11. "Love of My Life"
  12. "39"
  13. "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
  14. "Bass Solo"
  15. "Drum Battle"
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Save Me"
  18. "Ghost Town"
  19. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
  20. "Last Horizon"
  21. "Guitar Solo"
  22. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  23. "All Your Love Tonight"
  24. "I Want It All"
  25. "Radio Ga Ga"
  26. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  27. "The Show Must Go On"
  28. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

  1. "We Will Rock You"
  2. "We Are the Champions"
  3. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

  • "'39", "Bass Solo" and "Tie Your Mother Down" weren't performed at Rock in Rio.
  • "The Show Must Go On" was moved to after the guitar solo at Rock in Rio.
  • "A Kind of Magic" was performed instead of "These Are the Days of Our Lives" at Rock in Rio.
  • "Las Palabras de Amor" was played in place of "'39" in Argentina.
  • The band rehearsed "Let Me Entertain You" in soundchecks before the final show of South America – though it was never performed on tour.
  • "Stone Cold Crazy" wasn't performed in Santiago.[24]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold/available Revenue
Leg 1 — North America
19 June 2014 Chicago United States United Center — —
21 June 2014 Winnipeg Canada Bell MTS Place — —
23 June 2014 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre — —
24 June 2014 Edmonton Rexall Place — —
26 June 2014 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome — —
28 June 2014 Vancouver Rogers Arena — —
1 July 2014 San Jose United States SAP Center — —
3 July 2014 Inglewood The Forum 12,613 / 12,613 (100%) $1,218,231
5 July 2014 Las Vegas The Joint 5,388 / 5,388 (100%) $890,970
6 July 2014
9 July 2014 Houston Toyota Center — —
10 July 2014 Dallas American Airlines Center 11,000 / 13,167 (84%) $928,240
12 July 2014 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,331 / 14,070 (88%) $961,050
13 July 2014 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 14,516 / 14,516 (100%) $1,209,445
14 July 2014 Montreal Bell Centre 10,504 / 12,357 (85%) $896,483
16 July 2014 Philadelphia United States Wells Fargo Center — —
17 July 2014 New York City Madison Square Garden 14,007 / 14,007 (100%) $1,249,871
19 July 2014 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 13,982 / 14,101 (99%) $1,340,490[lower-alpha 1]
20 July 2014 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 15,000 / 15,000 (100%) —
22 July 2014 Boston TD Garden — —
23 July 2014 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena — —
25 July 2014 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena  —[lower-alpha 1]
26 July 2014 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 10,154 / 10,937 (93%) $722,743
28 July 2014 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 14,516 / 14,516 (100%) $1,209,445
Leg 2 — Asia
14 August 2014 Seoul South Korea Supersonic – Jamsil Sports Complex —[lower-alpha 2]
16 August 2014 Osaka Japan Maishima Sports Island —[lower-alpha 3]
17 August 2014 Chiba Chiba Marine Stadium
Leg 3 — Oceania
22 August 2014 Perth Australia Perth Arena 13,285 / 13,285 (100%) $2,008,590
26 August 2014 Sydney Allphones Arena 24,773 / 24,773 (100%) $3,803,070
27 August 2014
29 August 2014 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 23,327 / 23,327 (100%) $3,568,480
30 August 2014
1 September 2014 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 9,334 / 9,334 (100%) $1,397,860
3 September 2014 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena — —
4 September 2014 — —
Leg 4 — Europe
31 December 2014 London England Central Hall Westminster —[lower-alpha 4]
13 January 2015 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
14 January 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro 11,423 / 11,472 (99%) $1,164,860
17 January 2015 London England The O2 Arena 33,003 / 34,093 (97%) $3,300,140
18 January 2015
20 January 2015 Leeds First Direct Arena — —
21 January 2015 Manchester Manchester Arena 15,607 / 15,892 (98%) $1,568,870
23 January 2015 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena — —
24 January 2015 Nottingham Capital FM Arena Nottingham — —
26 January 2015 Paris France Zénith de Paris — —
29 January 2015 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena — —
30 January 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome — —
1 February 2015 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle — —
2 February 2015 Munich Germany Olympiahalle — —
4 February 2015 Berlin O2 World Berlin 10,660 / 11,326 (94%) $797,512
5 February 2015 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg 9,804 / 12,780 (77%) $781,132
7 February 2015 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt — —
10 February 2015 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum — —
13 February 2015 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle — —
15 February 2015 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen — —
17 February 2015 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena — —
19 February 2015 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 13,000 / 13,000 (100%) $1,149,070
21 February 2015 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków — —
24 February 2015 London England Wembley Arena — —
26 February 2015 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool — —
27 February 2015 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield — —
Leg 5 — South America
16 September 2015 São Paulo Brazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera 8,024 / 8,024 (100%) $730,990
18 September 2015 Rio de Janeiro New City of Rock —[lower-alpha 5]
21 September 2015 Porto Alegre Gigantinho 14,882 / 14,882 (100%) $379,349
25 September 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A. — —
27 September 2015 Córdoba Orfeo Superdomo — —
30 September 2015 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos — —
Total 296,133 / 307,860 (96%) $32,617,381

Cancelled dates
Date City Country Venue Reason
8 February 2015 Brussels Belgium Palais 12 Rescheduled to 15 June 2016 due to Lambert's illness[25]

Tour band
  • Brian May – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Love of My Life", "'39" "Teo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together)" and "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" and co-lead vocals on "I Want It All"
  • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "These Are the Days of Our Lives" and "A Kind of Magic" and co-lead vocals on "Under Pressure"
  • Adam Lambert – lead vocals
  • Freddie Mercury – vocals (pre-recorded on "Love of My Life" and "Bohemian Rhapsody")

Additional musicians

  • Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Neil Fairclough – bass guitars, electric upright bass, backing vocals
  • Rufus Tiger Taylor – percussion, additional drums, backing vocals

Notes
  1. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Mohegan Sun Arena on 19 and 25 July 2014.
  2. The 14 August 2014 concert in Seoul was part of "Supersonic".
  3. The 16, 17 August 2014 concerts in Osaka and Chiba were part of the "Summer Sonic Festival".
  4. The concert was part of the New Year's Eve 2014 and New Years Day 2015 celebration live on BBC One for "Queen & Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live".
  5. The 18 September 2015 concert in Rio de Janeiro was part of "Rock in Rio VI".

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