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Last night Queen – original band members, Brian May and Roger Taylor – and long-time frontman Adam Lambert on lead vocals, kicked off their highly anticipated North American Rhapsody Tour, in Vancouver at the Rogers Arena. Produced by Live Nation, the epic 25-date arena and stadium tour is set to run from mid-July through late August with an all new concert experience.
The tour follows an acclaimed run of 10 sold out shows at the MGM Park Theater, Las Vegas in September 2018 and Queen + Adam Lambert’s incredible performance opening the 2019 Oscars Ceremony where the Queen biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, was the biggest winner of the night picking up four Oscars.
Never known to rest on their laurels, Queen on this Rhapsody tour will unveil a stage show as experimental and rule-defying as the hit-packed Queen back catalogue.
Completing the tour line-up are long-term collaborator Spike Edney on keyboards, Neil Fairclough on bass, and Tyler Warren on percussion.
“This is a feel-good tour for sure and it leaves one feeling that way…” – Vancouver Sun
ROGER TAYLOR: “Thank you Vancouver! What a crowd and what a start to our tour!”
Quotes:
“This is a feel-good tour for sure and it leaves one feeling that way” – VANCOUVER SUN
“The extended cosmic guitar solo was unlike anything seen in a stadium since the sonic excesses of the seventies.” – VANCOUVER SUN
“He was himself, and with that approach, Queen + Adam Lambert brought Freddie Mercury back to life for thousands of us” – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
“And that’s what we got: a celebration, a tribute, an opportunity to commune and sing along to the words Mercury (and his bandmates) dreamed up. There were ghosts in the arena, but they were good ones – comforting, good company.” – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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July 11, 2019
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July 11, 2019
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