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
Start date23 June 2017
End date22 September 2018
Legs5
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[1] European summer tour in 2016, it was announced on 26 January that the group would return to North America for a 25-city tour.[2] 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.[3] In April 2017, the group announced European dates scheduled for November and December of that year.[4] Two months later, it was reported that the group would perform in New Zealand and Australia in February and March 2018.[5][6] In February 2018 a second European leg was announced.[7][8]

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.[9] His place was taken by longtime Queen Extravaganza drummer Tyler Warren.[10]

Set lists
2017 European Tour

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[11]
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[lower-alpha 1] 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

Notes
  1. The 6 July 2018 concert in Glasgow was part of TRNSMT.[12]

References
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  2. "Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce 25 Date North American Tour". QueenOnline.com. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. "Queen + Adam Lambert Plot U.S. Summer Tour". Rolling Stone. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce UK and European Tour!". QueenOnline.com. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. "Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce Australia and New Zealand Tour". QueenOnline.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. "Queen and Adam Lambert will rock you down under early next year". news.com.au. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  7. "Adam Lambert and Queen to tour Germany and Italy in 2018". 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. Deacon, queen, official, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John. "QueenOnline.com – Upcoming Shows". www.queenonline.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Taylor, R. Instagram 2017-03-09.
  10. "Full line-up confirmed for Q+AL 2017 tour". brianmay.com. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  11. "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. "Huge final TRNSMT Festival 2018 headliner and loads more names announced". NME. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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