8.29.14 Q+AL Melbourne Australia Concert #1

Queen + Adam Lambert
Melbourne, Australia #1

Date: August 29, 2014

Event Times

6:30pm External Doors open
7:00pm Internal Doors open
8:00pm Queen commence (no support act)
10:00pm approx. finish (play straight through)

US Time: 6:00 AM EDT Friday, August 29, 2014

World Clock: Find your time here www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Q%2BAL+Melbourne&iso=20140829T20&p1=240&ah=2&am=30

Twitter Follow List:  twitter.com/adam_events/lists/aug-29-melbourne-aus

Stream: mixlr.com/blakkerz222/

Venue: Rod Laver Arena
Concert capacity for a stage configuration like Q+AL is using is around 12,000.


Setlist



Procession (recorded)
1. Now I'm Here
2. Stone Cold Crazy
3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited-Adam changed up the opening
6. Seven Seas Of Rhye
7. Killer Queen
8. Somebody To Love
9. I Want It All
10. Love Of My Life (Brian, short version)
11. '39 (Brian)
12. There Were the Days of Our Lives (Roger)
13. Bass Solo (Neil)
14. Drum Duel (Roger and Rufus)
15. Under Pressure (Roger and Adam)
16. Dragon Attack
17. Who Wants To Live Forever
18. Guitar Solo (Brian)
19. Tie Your Mother Down
20. Gimme That Love, (vocal solo, Adam)
21. I Want To Break Free
22. Radio Gaga
23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
24. The Show Must Go On
25. Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore
26. We Will Rock You
27. We Are The Champions
God Save the Queen (recorded)



Interesting Facts

- This is the first of two concerts in this venue. Both sold out very quickly.


Videos

jadelle11's video playlist link


Now I'm Here

youtu.be/b7IYu2Uf7OA

Stone Cold Crazy

youtu.be/MQqyt8WlfLY

Another One Bites The Dust

youtu.be/4F-gvCJ4e1g

Fat Bottomed Girls

youtu.be/bbPx9TzhXXU

In The Lap Of The Gods

youtu.be/n6ImEc5o7I8

Seven Seas Of Rhye

youtu.be/DMn4Fw7wMuI

Killer Queen

youtu.be/_1lT2o5Jd7k

Killer Queen+Somebody To Love

youtu.be/qq19tQ44nSE

I Want It All

Love Of My Life

youtu.be/-sWgU3n6oE0

'39

youtu.be/LqhKc_VL1F4

A Kind Of Magic

youtu.be/NS0c_T3dSl0

Bass Solo

Drum Duel+UP

youtu.be/df1oII3fQ_k

Under Pressure+Dragon Attack

youtu.be/6aHyStNplj0

Dragon Attack

youtu.be/2GqE_cctqTI

Who Wants To Live Forever

youtu.be/9_fRbTGNNxs

Guitar Solo

youtu.be/TuqGKA-Gcz4

Tie Your Mother Down

Gimme That Love(partial)

youtu.be/1GpY02jvGUo

I Want To Break Free

youtu.be/2cgvRs4wpKo

Radio Ga Ga

youtu.be/W1bnHMI_MK8

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

youtu.be/VjjCsbGCNFE

Bohemian Rhapsody

youtu.be/PQOGzkRJx7E

WWRY+WATC

youtu.be/cDk8SY8XHxQ



Photos

kittybaroque photos(489) link


kittybaroque


charlesnewbury
Back of the camera: #AdamLambert with #Queen


Rod Laver Arena ‏@rod_Laver_Arena 9m
Not gonna lie, @queenwillrock + @adamlambert BLEW OUR MINDS last night. View more pics HERE > on.fb.me/1B2CeoF


ADAM LAMBERT ‏@adamlambert 2m
Bam! instagram.com/p/sSS53bONBj/




Bronwyn Cook ‏@broncook76 5m
Gimmie gimmie gimmie @adamlambert instagram.com/p/sSBbH6OUnA/


@broncook76: Final shot of the night ladies & gents. Hope you enjoyed @adamlambert & @queenwil


Kittybaroque




Selected Tweets/IG Posts

Retweeted by BrianMaycom
James Barber ‏@brizzyguitar 1h
My daughter's 1st tweet - how excited she is to see @queenwillrock, @adamlambert and @drbrianmay in concert. Parenting, I'm doing it right!

BrianMaycom‏@brianmaycom
NEXT SHOWS Melbourne 29/30 Aug @queenwillrock +@adamlambert @drbrianmay @officialrmt bit.ly/1pKAxZr


@katiemelb: Slow clap has started. Whistling, cheering, lights still up #QAL

@kiwibertling: Only men at on stage seats this could get interesting

@krusectrl: For the next two hours my life is better than yours. Queen ft Adam Lambert

@_netiri_zandz
Is it just me projecting or is Adam kinda on Cloud 10? Like, way above cloud 9!

@katiemelb
Dr Bri you are a shameless flatterer telling us we sing better than Sydney. We'll take it. #QAL

@lovesummer22: Both my Aunties & mum are crying!!!

@salt_liquorice: "I'm vocally mas tur bat ing" HE IS ALSO VOCALLY FU CK ING THE AUDIENCE. AND IT FEELS SO GOOD.

Katie Purvis ‏@katiemelb 1m
'Does love drive you nuts? I like nuts' says Adam and blinks innocently. Hahaha I love him #QAL

lovesummer22 @lovesummer22
ADAMS PLAYING THE FUCKING SYMBOLS!!

Chris Lowry ‏@chriscitylights 57s
I now firmly believe that the only man who can ever measure up to the greatness of Freddie Mercury is @adamlambert . What. A. Show.

bridgeymah ‏bridgeymah 29s
Over will recover speech soon.. Dfrygvmlkgcfhb zanjan amazing #adamlambert #queenwilleock #melbourne

gastronomel
2 minutes ago
Gold glitter, a tiara, a velvet leopard print suit and a giant fan to blow back Brian May's hair. Glam camp rock. instagram.com/p/sSIPqoAv5-/

David Butler ‏@baritonebutler 3m
@adamlambert Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making a childhood dream come true tonight with a rocking night of amazing music! DBx

Adam shaking Roy's hand (I Want To Break Free)
Video: instagram.com/p/sSNn-xw_Am/

@heytherehoran_: @adamlambert YOU DID FUCKING AMAZING TONIGHT YOU SEXY BEAST

Tanya Fraser ‏@tantanfraser 16m
@adamlambert Suspend disbelief?? Nah. You came, you saw, you conquered. The Show Went On, a fitting tribute always. #brianmay #rogertaylor

sophmchugh
27 minutes ago
His voice is so perfect! They could not have found someone more perfect in both voice and persona to sing for Freddie #Queen #AdamLambert

sophmchugh
38 minutes ago
Greatest show on earth #Queen #BrianMay #RogerTaylor #FreddieMercury #nowimhere

brittanyleepage I keep listening. His voice is disgusting amazing

Helen Bovill ‏@hbovill 10m
The sparkliest man in rock, @adamlambert, onstage in Melbourne tonight. Stunning performance Adam - you ROCK!

@christoholio: Adam Lambert - camp as a scout jamboree, very, very funny and can sing so well. Awesome.

Michel Hogan @michelhogan
The @queenwillrock @adamlambert show tonight was fabulous. "Who wants to live forever" was best live vocal I've ever heard. EVER. #sang

Leo Joy 94.9 @leojoy949
.@adamlambert totally rocked the **** out of #Melbourne tonight with the amazing #Queen - Adam's voice is off the chart! ❤️ #AdamLambert

blakkrrox ‏@blakkrrox 12m
My sister is a seasoned concert-goer, said Adam/Queen gig was the best concert she'd ever been to. Now regrets not going with me earlier

Jensational ‏@jensational1976 1m
@adamlambert Thank you! I cried twice! Came home and bought another ticket to see you and Queen tmrw night! I'm in love!

lissdalton
18 minutes ago
Easily the greatest night of my life. After years of waiting. ???????????????? #queen #adamlambert #rodlaver #melbourne #brianmay #rogertaylor #legends #lifecomplete

ADAM LAMBERT ✔ @adamlambert
Thank you Melbourne !

@drbrianmay
Gotta say - we've had amazing shows on this tour, but last night in Melbourne was my favourite so far. Incredible inspiring audience. Bri



Reviews

Critics silenced as Queen rocks Rod Laver in sold-out show


Queen’s Adam Lambert in concert at Rod Laver Arena. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: News Corp Australia

THANKS to social media, we have seen a lot of people really bothered by Queen continuing to exist, now with guest singer Adam Lambert.

None of those people were in the sold out Rod Laver Arena last night.

These ticket holders weren’t debating how this technically wasn’t Queen (Mercury died in 1991, bassist John Deacon retired in 1997), or whether founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor should still be trading as Queen.

WATCH: Laga Gaga joins Queen on stage

Instead the fans were exactly doing what May and Taylor were doing — wildly enjoying themselves.


Queen's Brian May and Adam Lambert in concert at Rod Laver Arena. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: News Corp Australia

Within minutes you focus less on who isn’t there rather who is — May is one of the all time rock guitar heroes whose work is instantly identifiable and nothing has changed.

And Lambert plugs into Queen perfectly, if anything dialling down his theatricality...slightly.

He may be having the most fun of all; reviving Queen’s catalogue in a huge arena with decadent production is an incredible and challenging gift for any singer.


Adam Lambert in concert with Queen at Rod Laver Arena. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: News Corp Australia

While he’s got unmistakable Mercury in his performer DNA, Lambert puts just enough of himself in these songs to stop it being the world’s most musically accurate Queen tribute act.

“Thank you for suspending your disbelief and letting me sing these amazing songs,” Lambert tells the crowd, which include plenty of his own fans. “I’m just up here trying to make Freddie proud.”


Queen's Brian May and Adam Lambert in concert at Rod Laver Arena. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: News Corp Australia

Lambert’s even got his favourite Queen song Dragon Attack (from 1980s The Game) into the set list.

Elsewhere it’s wall to wall hits because, well, Somebody To Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Radio Gaga, I Want to Break Free, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Killer Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, Another One Bites The Dust...need we go on?

It’s double substitution when Roger Taylor steps in for David Bowie on the duet Under Pressure.

And nothing reminds you Queen started in the early `70s than the near extinct extended bass and drum solos they bring back.

Watching Queen songs move the masses in 2014 (with plenty of the audience in their 20s or younger) reinforces just how timeless their biggest hits remain. And for the haters vintage Queen is just a Google away.
www.news.com.au/entertainment/critics-silenced-as-queen-rocks-rod-laver-in-soldout-show/story-e6frfmq9-1227041902890


REVIEW: Queen + Adam Lambert, Melbourne, August 30 2014

by Paul Cashmere on August 30, 2014

Adam Lambert is the perfect fill-in for Freddie Mercury. Like Freddie, he is flamboyant pop to Queen’s aggressive rock.

The popstar frontman softens Queen’s venom. They are essentially a hard rock band lead by axeman Dr Brian May and driven by drummer Roger Taylor.

Following the death of Freddie Mercury, May and Taylor have done an incredible job of keeping the brand alive, firstly with + George Michael, an album with + Paul Rodgers, I think for a moment or two there may have been a + Robbie Williams and now they are doing it + Adam Lambert.

Taylor and May kept Queen’s legacy up front with the musical ‘We Will Rock You’. It put the music of Queen live on stage every night for more than 10 years. That show brought Queen a new audience and was the stopgap that has kept the band relevant to this day.

The one disappointment was the – John Deacon, Queen’s original bass player who retired in 1997. While Freddie Mercury is showcased on two occasions (Love Of My Life and Bohemian Rhapsody), Deacon is not acknowledged at all, despite writing some of the band’s biggest hits including ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, ‘You’re My Best Friend’ and ‘I Want To Break Free’.

What we are served in the Queen + Adam Lambert performance is an incredible rock show with Brian May truly the centre of attention. May’s guitar created the Queen sound. His signature playing is an identifiable as Freddie’s singing.

Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Likewise Roger Taylor wrote two of Queen’s greatest hits, ‘A Kind Of Magic’ and ‘Radio Ga Ga’. In its day, Queen was very much the same of four parts and Taylor contributed his share that was highlighted tonight.

Adam Lambert does not try to replace Freddie, or invent the songs. He plays a humble alternative delivering these classics as they were originally intended. We don’t want Queen to sound different. They tried (and failed) with Paul Rodgers. Now they are back to giving the fans what they want, playing with relevance.

The band set up at the front of the catwalk for ‘39’ and ‘Love Of My Life’ with Freddie Mercury making a small video cameo in the latter. It was a ‘Wow’ moment.

The most important thing about Queen are the songs. When you line-up ‘We Are The Champions’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘Killer Queen’, ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Somebody To Love’, you are hearing some of the most important moments in pop and rock music of the past 40 years.

Thanks to Brian May and Roger Taylor we are hearing these songs live again. Thanks to Adam Lambert they are carrying it off with credibility and dignity.

If the question is ‘I am a Queen fan but concerned it’s not Freddie, should I go to this show?’ then the answer is ‘Absolutely, 100% yes’.

Queen + Adam Lambert setlist Melbourne August 29, 2014

Main Set
Now I’m Here (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Stone Cold Crazy (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Another One Bites the Dust (from The Game, 1980)
Fat Bottomed Girls (from Jazz, 1978)
In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Seven Seas of Rhye (from Queen II, 1974)
Killer Queen (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Somebody to Love (from A Day at the Races, 1976)
I Want It All (from The Miracle, 1989)
Love of My Life (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)
’39 (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)
A Kind Of Magic (from A Kind of Magic, 1986)
Bass solo
Drum Battle
Under Pressure (from Hot Space, 1982)
Dragon Attack (from The Game, 1980)
Who Wants to Live Forever (from A Kind of Magic, 1986)
Guitar solo
Tie Your Mother Down (from A Day at the Races, 1976)
Vocal solo
I Want To Break Free (from The Works, 1984)
Radio Ga Ga (from The Works, 1984)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (from The Game, 1980)
Bohemian Rhapsody (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)

Encore
We Will Rock You (from News of the World, 1977)
We Are the Champions (from News of the World, 1977)
God Save the Queen (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)


Queen + Adam Lambert remaining dates
August 30, Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
September 1, Brisbane, Entertainment Centre
September 3 and 4, Auckland, Vector Arena

www.noise11.com/news/review-queen-adam-lambert-melbourne-august-30-2014-20140830