Katrina Rees
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Following the announcement of their North American summer tour, Queen and Adam Lambert have confirmed an European tour for later this year.
They will return to Europe in November for a string of dates, including 12 arena shows in the UK and Ireland. The tour kicks off in Prague on November 1 before finishing off at The SSE Arena, Wembley on December 15. We can expect a spectacular new stage production and a set list full of surprises as well as their classic anthems.
Queen and Adam Lambert Tour Dates 2017
EUROPE
Wed 1st November – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Thu 2nd November – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
Sat 4th November – Sportarena, Budapest, Hungary
Mon 6th November – Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
Wed 8th November – Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria
Fri 10th November – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
Sun 12th November – Amneville Galaxie, Luxembourg
Mon 13th November – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fri 17th November – Zalgiris Arena, Kaunas, Lithuania
UK & IRELAND
Sat 25th November – 3 Arena, Dublin
Sun 26th November – SSE Arena, Belfast
Tue 28th November – Echo Arena, Liverpool
Thu 30th November – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
Fri 1st December – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Sun 3rd December – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Tue 5th December – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Wed 6th December – First Direct Arena, Leeds
Fri 8th December – Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
Sat 9th December – Arena, Manchester
Tue 12th December – O2 Arena, London
Fri 15th December – The SSE Arena, Wembley, London
Tickets go on general sale on Friday April 21 at 10am. O2 Priority pre-sale will begin on Wednesday April 19 at 10am, whilst there will also be venue, AXS and Ticketmaster pre-sales on Thursday April 20 at 10am.
Speaking of the tour, Queen drummer and co-founder Roger Taylor says it “will look entirely different to the show we took around before. Production has really changed a lot, the things you can do now, you have a much broader palette, the technology has really come along. But we don’t use it all. We don’t play to click track. It’s 100% live. We’re planning on doing stuff we either haven’t done before or haven’t done for a long time.”
Guitarist Brian May adds: “The general public knows the hits, so you’ve got to cater for that but we can chuck in a few things that people really don’t expect. We’ll do quite a bit more of that this time around. There are so many dimensions to Adam, which of course fits with our music. He can get down and do the rock stuff really dirty, and you have all those dimensions, and we can explore that even more.”
Adam Lambert also adds: “What people should know if they came to the shows a couple of years back, is obviously we will still be playing the big hit songs you know and love from Queen, but we thought it would be good to challenge ourselves a bit. Change it up a little bit, change the visuals, change all the technology, change the set list to some degree. We will probably be pulling some other songs out of the Queen catalogue which we haven’t done before, which I am very excited about.”
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