The Rhapsody Tour

The Rhapsody Tour
World tour by Queen + Adam Lambert
Location
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Europe
Start date10 July 2019
End date14 February 2024
Legs6
No. of shows
  • 50 in North America
  • 11 in Asia
  • 11 in Oceania
  • 37 in Europe
  • 109 in total
Queen + Adam Lambert concert chronology

The Rhapsody Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Queen + Adam Lambert, the collaboration between British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert. The tour was announced following the success of the biopic film Bohemian Rhapsody. The tour marks the group's third visits to North America and Oceania after performing there in 2014 as part of the Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 and in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018. The North American dates of the tour sold out in April 2019.[1] The North American leg began on 10 July 2019, in Vancouver, Canada at the Rogers Arena and continued throughout the continent until its last show in Charlotte. The tour went through Europe, Oceania and a second North American leg which ended in Los Angeles before concluding in Tokyo Dome on 14 February 2024.

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.

Setlists

Leg 1 — North America
  1. "Innuendo" (video intro)
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  4. "Keep Yourself Alive"
  5. "Hammer to Fall"
  6. "Killer Queen"
  7. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  8. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" (not played on 31 July and 3 August; swapped positions with "Somebody to Love" from 9 to 23 August)
  9. "Somebody to Love" (swapped positions with "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" from 9 to 23 August)
  10. "I'm in Love with My Car"
  11. "Bicycle Race" (not played on 4 August)
  12. "Another One Bites the Dust" (swapped positions with "Fat Bottomed Girls" from 10 July to 20 July)
  13. "One Vision" (played once on 10 July)
  14. "Machines (or Back to Humans)" (played to 13 August but was also dropped 9 and 10 August)
  15. "I Want It All" (swapped positions with "Radio Ga Ga" from 10 July to 14 July)
  16. "Love of My Life"
  17. "'39"
  18. "Doing All Right"
  19. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  20. "Under Pressure"
  21. "Dragon Attack" (dropped from 23 July to 13 August; played after "Tie Your Mother Down" from 10 July to 20 July)
  22. "I Want to Break Free"
  23. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  24. "Guitar Solo" (including Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony No. 9)
  25. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  26. "The Show Must Go On" (played before "I'm in Love With My Car" from 10 July to 7 August and was played in the encore before "We Will Rock You" on 9 August)
  27. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (swapped positions with "Another One Bites the Dust" from 10 July to 20 July)
  28. "Radio Ga Ga" (swapped positions with "I Want It All" from 10 July to 14 July)
  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)
Leg 2 — Asia
  1. "Innuendo" (video intro)
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  4. "Keep Yourself Alive"
  5. "Hammer to Fall"
  6. "Killer Queen"
  7. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  8. "Somebody to Love"
  9. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  10. "I'm in Love with My Car"
  11. "Bicycle Race"
  12. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  13. "I Want It All"
  14. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (Japanese shows only)
  15. "Love of My Life"
  16. "'39"
  17. "Doing All Right"
  18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  19. "Under Pressure"
  20. "Dragon Attack"
  21. "I Was Born to Love You" (Japanese shows only; played before "Radio Ga Ga" on 25 January)
  22. "I Want to Break Free"
  23. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  24. "Guitar Solo" (including Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony No. 9)
  25. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  26. "The Show Must Go On"
  27. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Korean shows only)
  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)
Leg 3 — Oceania
  1. "Innuendo" (video intro)
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  4. "Keep Yourself Alive"
  5. "Hammer to Fall"
  6. "Somebody to Love" (played after "Don't Stop Me Now" on 5 and 7 February, and played before "I Want to Break Free" on 10 and 13 February)
  7. "Killer Queen"
  8. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  9. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  10. "I'm in Love with My Car" (not played on 20 February)
  11. "Bicycle Race"
  12. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  13. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  14. "I Want It All"
  15. "Love of My Life"
  16. "'39"
  17. "Doing All Right" (not played on 20 February)
  18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  19. "Under Pressure"
  20. "Dragon Attack"
  21. "I Was Born to Love You" (played on 5 and 7 February)
  22. "Whole Lotta Love" (played from 10 February onwards)
  23. "Heartbreak Hotel" (played from 13 February onwards)
  24. "I Want to Break Free"
  25. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  26. "Guitar Solo" (including Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony No. 9)
  27. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  28. "The Show Must Go On"
  29. "Radio Ga Ga"
  30. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    Encore
  31. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
  32. "We Will Rock You"
  33. "We Are the Champions"
  34. "God Save the Queen" (tape)
Leg 4 — Europe
  1. "Innuendo" (video intro)
  2. "Now I'm Here"
  3. "Tear It Up" (not played after 7 July)
  4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (not played after 7 July)
  5. "Keep Yourself Alive" (played once on 27 May)
  6. "Hammer to Fall"
  7. "Somebody to Love"
  8. "Killer Queen"
  9. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  10. "Nessun dorma" (played on 10 and 11 July)
  11. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
  12. "I'm in Love with My Car" (not played after 20 June but returned 6 July onwards)
  13. "Bicycle Race"
  14. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  15. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  16. "I Want It All"
  17. "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" (played on 17, 18 and 20 June)
  18. "Love of My Life"
  19. "'39"
  20. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (not played on 21, 24 and 26 June)
  21. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  22. "Under Pressure" (not played on 21 June)
  23. "A Kind of Magic"
  24. "I Want to Break Free"
  25. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  26. "Guitar Solo" (including Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony No. 9)
  27. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  28. "The Show Must Go On" (not played on 14, 15, 21 and 26 June, 15 July and from 18 July onwards)
  29. "Radio Ga Ga"
  30. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    Encore
  31. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
  32. "We Will Rock You"
  33. "We Are the Champions"
  34. "God Save the Queen" (tape)
Leg 5 — North America
  1. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"/"Radio Ga Ga"
  2. "Hammer to Fall"
  3. "Stone Cold Crazy" (not played after 18 October)
  4. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  5. "I'm in Love with My Car"
  6. "Bicycle Race" (not played on 21 October)
  7. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  8. "I Want It All"
  9. "A Kind of Magic"
  10. "Killer Queen" (not played on 21 October)
  11. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  12. "Somebody to Love"
  13. "Love of My Life"
  14. "'39" (not played on 21 October)
  15. "Drum Solo" (not played on 21, 28 and 30 October)
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Tie Your Mother Down" (not played on 31 October)
  18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  19. "I Want to Break Free"
  20. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  21. "Guitar Solo" (not played on 21 October)
  22. "Is This the World We Created...?" (not played on 21 October)
  23. "The Show Must Go On" (not played on 12, 13 and 15 October)
  24. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    Encore
  25. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
  26. "We Will Rock You"
  27. "Radio Ga Ga" (Reprise)
  28. "We Are the Champions"
  29. "God Save the Queen" (tape)
Leg 6 — Asia
  1. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"/"Radio Ga Ga"
  2. "Hammer to Fall"
  3. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (played after "Bicycle Race" on 4 February)
  4. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  5. "I'm in Love with My Car"
  6. "Bicycle Race"
  7. "I Was Born to Love You" (played after "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on 4 February)
  8. "I Want It All"
  9. "Love of My Life"
  10. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
  11. "Drum Solo"
  12. "Under Pressure"
  13. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  14. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  15. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (with "You Take My Breath Away" intro on tape)
  16. "Guitar Solo"
  17. "Is This the World We Created...?"
  18. "A Kind of Magic"
  19. "Killer Queen" (played once on 4 February)
  20. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  21. "Somebody to Love"
  22. "The Show Must Go On"
  23. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    Encore
  24. "Day-Oh" (Freddie singing at Queen at Wembley)
  25. "We Will Rock You"
  26. "Radio Ga Ga" (Reprise)
  27. "We Are the Champions"
  28. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

Tour dates

List of concerts in North America[2]
Date City Country Venue Attendance[3] Revenue[4]
10 July 2019 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 14,392 / 14,392 $1,701,360
12 July 2019 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 19,147 / 19,147 $1,939,777
14 July 2019 San Jose SAP Center 13,418 / 13,418 $1,788,296
16 July 2019 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,574 / 13,574 $1,604,064
17 July 2019[a] Las Vegas Las Vegas Festival Grounds — —
19 July 2019 Inglewood The Forum 29,373 / 29,373 $4,301,412
20 July 2019
23 July 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center 14,419 / 14,419 $1,879,599
24 July 2019 Houston Toyota Center 12,653 / 12,653 $1,627,417
27 July 2019 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 16,754 / 16,754 $1,781,325
28 July 2019 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 15,728 / 15,728 $1,920,782
30 July 2019 Washington, D.C. United States Capital One Arena 14,896 / 14,896 $1,919,710
31 July 2019 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 14,152 / 14,152 $1,672,100
3 August 2019 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 15,422 / 15,422 $1,949,987
4 August 2019 Mansfield Xfinity Center 19,821 / 19,821 $1,537,028
6 August 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden 29,622 / 29,622 $4,148,957
7 August 2019
9 August 2019 Chicago United Center 16,108 / 16,108 $2,089,002
10 August 2019 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 15,578 / 15,578 $1,956,969
13 August 2019 Columbus Nationwide Arena 14,294 / 14,294 $1,566,927
15 August 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14,169 / 14,169 $1,626,022
17 August 2019 Sunrise BB&T Center 14,325 / 14,325 $1,782,692
18 August 2019 Tampa Amalie Arena 14,558 / 14,558 $1,697,316
20 August 2019 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 13,741 / 13,741 $1,706,957
22 August 2019 Atlanta State Farm Arena 11,721 / 11,721 $1,502,796
23 August 2019 Charlotte Spectrum Center 14,597 / 14,597 $1,768,254
28 September 2019[b] New York City Central Park — —
List of concerts in Asia[7][8][9]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
18 January 2020 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome — —
19 January 2020
25 January 2020 Saitama Japan Saitama Super Arena — —
26 January 2020
28 January 2020 Osaka Kyocera Dome — —
30 January 2020 Nagoya Nagoya Dome — —
List of concerts in Oceania[10][11][12]
Date City Country Venue Attendance[13] Revenue[14]
5 February 2020 Wellington New Zealand Westpac Stadium 33,921 / 33,921 $4,597,181
7 February 2020 Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 27,357 / 27,357 $3,715,732
10 February 2020 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 28,919 / 28,919 $3,712,779
13 February 2020 Brisbane Australia Suncorp Stadium 40,337 / 40,337 $4,899,923
15 February 2020 Sydney ANZ Stadium 60,029 / 60,029 $6,492,672
16 February 2020[c] — —
19 February 2020 Melbourne AAMI Park 59,230 / 59,230 $7,471,188
20 February 2020
23 February 2020 Perth Optus Stadium 44,593 / 44,593 $4,707,760
26 February 2020 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 42,484 / 42,484 $4,436,072
29 February 2020 Gold Coast Metricon Stadium 39,607 / 39,607 $4,536,677
List of concerts in Europe[d][17]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
27 May 2022 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena 18,317 / 18,779 $2,496,960
28 May 2022
30 May 2022 Manchester England AO Arena 30,142 / 30,142 $4,381,781
31 May 2022
2 June 2022 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro 26,233 / 26,233 $3,686,571
3 June 2022
4 June 2022[e] London England Buckingham Palace — —
5 June 2022 The O2 Arena 174,485 / 174,485[f] $22,744,678[g]
6 June 2022
8 June 2022
9 June 2022
11 June 2022 Birmingham Utilita Arena — —
12 June 2022
14 June 2022 London The O2 Arena
15 June 2022
17 June 2022
18 June 2022
20 June 2022
21 June 2022
24 June 2022 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 11,535 / 11,535 $1,322,696
26 June 2022 Cologne Lanxess Arena 14,048 / 14,048 $1,448,054
28 June 2022 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 13,500 / 13,500 $1,995,553
29 June 2022 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,275 / 11,275 $1,342,201
1 July 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome — —
2 July 2022
6 July 2022 Madrid Spain WiZink Center 27,615 / 31,837 $4,350,727
7 July 2022
10 July 2022 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena — —
11 July 2022
13 July 2022 Paris France Accor Arena — —
15 July 2022 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis — —
17 July 2022 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena — —
18 July 2022
20 July 2022 Stockholm Sweden Avicii Arena — —
21 July 2022 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena — —
24 July 2022 Tampere Finland Tampere Deck Arena — —
25 July 2022
List of concerts in North America[18]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
4 October 2023 Baltimore United States CFG Bank Arena — —
5 October 2023 — —
8 October 2023 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena — —
10 October 2023 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena — —
12 October 2023 New York City Madison Square Garden — —
13 October 2023 — —
15 October 2023 Boston TD Garden — —
16 October 2023 — —
18 October 2023 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center — —
21 October 2023[h] Austin Circuit of the Americas — —
23 October 2023 Atlanta State Farm Arena — —
25 October 2023 Nashville Bridgestone Arena — —
27 October 2023 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center — —
28 October 2023 — —
30 October 2023 Chicago United Center — —
31 October 2023 — —
2 November 2023 Dallas American Airlines Center — —
3 November 2023 — —
5 November 2023 Denver Ball Arena — —
8 November 2023 San Francisco Chase Center — —
9 November 2023 — —
11 November 2023 Los Angeles BMO Stadium — —
12 November 2023 — —
List of concerts in Asia[20]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
4 February 2024 Nagoya Japan Vantelin Dome — —
7 February 2024 Osaka Kyocera Dome — —
10 February 2024 Sapporo Sapporo Dome — —
13 February 2024 Tokyo Tokyo Dome — —
14 February 2024 — —
TOTAL 1,076,089 / 1,080,773
(99.6%) 		$133,807,954

Grossing

  • 2019: $45.5 million from 25 shows[21]
  • 2020: $67.5 million from 16 shows[22][23]

Total available grossing: $156.7 million from 63 shows.[24]

Tour band

Notes

  1. ^ Private concert specifically for the attendees of the Microsoft Inspire conference.[5]
  2. ^ Part of the Global Citizen Festival.[6]
  3. ^ Part of the Fire Fight Australia benefit concert.[15]
  4. ^ The European leg of the tour, originally scheduled to take place from May–July 2020, was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  5. ^ Part of the Platinum Party at the Palace concert
  6. ^ Attendance for all 10 shows
  7. ^ Revenue for all 10 shows
  8. ^ Part of the 2023 United States Grand Prix.[19]

References

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