Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015

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, Spike Edney
Start date	19 June 2014
End date	30 September 2015
Legs	5
Number of shows	24 in North America 3 in Asia 8 in Oceania 25 in Europe 6 in South America 66 in Total
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The Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 was a worldwide concert tour by British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert.^[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 fall, then Europe in early 2015.^[2] A tour of South America took place in September 2015.^[3] According to Pollstar, the complete tour 2014-2015 grossed $68.7 million dollars, 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 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 reharsals, London ^[20] on 31 December 2014. The 85,000 tickets for each night of Rock In Rio sold out in just 3 hours.

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. "Vocal Solo"
23. "Radio Ga Ga"
24. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
25. "The Show Must Go On"
26. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

27. "We Will Rock You"
28. "We Are the Champions"
29. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

• "Don't Stop Me Now" was played at most shows in June after "Radio Ga Ga"
• "Dragon Attack" replaced "Love Kills" at the last two shows
• "Bass Solo" and "Vocal Solo" were not played in Chicago

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. "Vocal Solo"
23. "Radio Ga Ga"
24. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
25. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

26. "We Will Rock You"
27. "We Are the Champions"
28. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

• "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" was added for the two Japanese shows before "Love of My Life", performed in the acoustic set by Brian
• "I Was Born to Love You" was performed after "Dragon Attack" in South Korea and "Radio Ga Ga" in Japan
• "I Want to Break Free" was added in Australia and New Zealand
• "The Show Must Go On" was added in Melbourne on 30 August before "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "Waltzing Matilda" was added in Brisbane before "Love of My Life", performed in the acoustic set by Brian
• "Don't Dream It's Over" was added at the second New Zealand show, again performed in the acoustic set by Brian

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. "Vocal Solo"
23. "I Want It All"
24. "Radio Ga Ga"
25. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
26. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Encore:

27. "We Will Rock You"
28. "We Are the Champions"
29. "God Save the Queen (tape)"

Other Songs:

• "Drowse" was played at the soundcheck in London for the New Year's Show show, but they never played it on the tour^[23]
• "Fog on the Tyne" was played in Newcastle
• "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" was played at The O2 in London on the first night
• "The Show Must Go On" was performed at some shows
• "Plaisir d'amour" was played in Paris
• "Don't Stop Me Now" was only performed in the UK
• "Stone Cold Crazy" was not performed in Cologne and Amsterdam
• "Who Wants to Live Forever" was not performed in Frankfurt
• "Another One Bites the Dust" was not performed in Milan
• "Dragon Attack" was performed in Krakow and at Wembley before "I Want It All"
• "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" was played in Liverpool

South American set list^[24] 

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. "Vocal Solo"
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:

29. "We Will Rock You"
30. "We Are the Champions"
31. "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.^[25]

Tour dates

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold/Available	Box office
North America
19 June 2014	Chicago	United States	United Center	N/A	N/A
21 June 2014	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	N/A	N/A
23 June 2014	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre	N/A	N/A
24 June 2014	Edmonton		Rexall Place	N/A	N/A
26 June 2014	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome	N/A	N/A
28 June 2014	Vancouver		Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena	N/A	N/A
1 July 2014	San Jose	United States	SAP Center at San Jose	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
22 July 2014	Boston		TD Garden	N/A	N/A
23 July 2014	East Rutherford		Izod Center	N/A	N/A
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
Asia
14 August 2014	Seoul	South Korea	Jamsil Sports Complex	—[lower-alpha 2]
16 August 2014	Osaka	Japan	Maishima Sports Island	—[lower-alpha 3]
17 August 2014	Chiba		Chiba Marine Stadium
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	N/A	N/A
4 September 2014				N/A	N/A
Europe
13 January 2015	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena	N/A	N/A
14 January 2015	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro	11,423 / 11,472 (99%)	$1,164,860
17 January 2015	London	England	The O2	33,003 / 34,093 (97%)	$3,300,140
18 January 2015
20 January 2015	Leeds		First Direct Arena	N/A	N/A
21 January 2015	Manchester		Manchester Arena	15,607 / 15,892 (98%)	$1,568,870
23 January 2015	Birmingham		Barclaycard Arena	N/A	N/A
24 January 2015	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham	N/A	N/A
26 January 2015	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	N/A	N/A
29 January 2015	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	N/A	N/A
30 January 2015	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	N/A	N/A
1 February 2015	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	N/A	N/A
2 February 2015	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
10 February 2015	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	N/A	N/A
13 February 2015	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	N/A	N/A
15 February 2015	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	N/A	N/A
17 February 2015	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	N/A	N/A
19 February 2015	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	13,000 / 13,000 (100%)	$1,149,070
21 February 2015	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena Kraków	N/A	N/A
24 February 2015	London	England	The SSE Arena, Wembley	N/A	N/A
26 February 2015	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool	N/A	N/A
27 February 2015	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield	N/A	N/A
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 4]
21 September 2015	Porto Alegre		Gigantinho	4,882 / 4,882 (100%)	$379,349
25 September 2015	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio G.E.B.A.	N/A	N/A
27 September 2015	Córdoba		Orfeo Superdomo	N/A	N/A
30 September 2015	Santiago	Chile	Pista Atlética del Estadio Nacional	N/A	N/A
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[26]

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 is a part of "Supersonic".
3. The 16, 17 August 2014 concerts in Osaka and Chiba are a part of "Summer Sonic Festival".
4. The 18 September 2015 concert in Rio de Janeiro is a part of "Rock in Rio VI".

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 * - (pre-recorded vocals on "Love of My Life" and "Bohemian Rhapsody")

Additional musicians:

• Spike Edney - keyboards and vocals
• Neil Fairclough - bass guitar and vocals
• Rufus Tiger Taylor - percussion, drums and vocals

References

1. "Queen and Adam Lambert's Tour Opener: 5 Things We Learned". Rolling Stone. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. "Brian May says there will be more Queen and Adam Lambert dates across the world". Click Music. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
3. http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/queen-adam-lambert-dont-stop-them-now-south-american-tour-dates/
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7. "Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce North American Tour!". QueenOnline. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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11. "Announcement Coming...". Queen Online. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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14. "Queen + Adam Lambert: 2nd Sydney Show Announced / General Sale Information". Queen Online. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
15. "Queen + Adam Lambert Announce New Zealand Show!". Queen Online. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
16. "Queen + Adam Lambert: New Zealand Shows Only General Sale Now". Queen Online. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
17. http://adamlamberttv.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/possible-queen-adam-lambert-concert-at.html
18. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queen-adam-lambert/2014/the-x-factor-london-england-63cdf263.html
19. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queen-adam-lambert/2014/helene-fischer-show-cornberg-germany-23cd6cbb.html
20. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queen-adam-lambert/2014/westminster-hall-london-england-33cd6059.html
21. "Queen + Adam Lambert Average Setlists 2014". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
22. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/queen-adam-lambert-3de3997.html?year=2015
23. http://adamlamberttv.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/partial-soundcheck-list-from-queen-adam.html
24. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/queen-adam-lambert-3de3997.html?year=2015
25. http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/queenonline-on-tour-notes-from-the-road-south-america-part-9/
26. http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbfeb15a.html#12

External links

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