9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1

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Queen + Adam Lambert
Auckland, New Zealand #1

Date: September 3, 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 Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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Venue: Vector Arena
Capacity is around 11,500.

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
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 Queen's first concert in New Zealand since 1985.
- This is the first of two concerts in this venue.

Videos

jadelle11's video playlist link

Now I'm Here

youtu.be/GKe_7H86OhU

Stone Cold Crazy

youtu.be/TmX4BrTwo_g

Another One Bites The Dust

youtu.be/W23JyG17sbg

Fat Bottomed Girls

youtu.be/_83IEs2t-fk

In The Lap Of The Gods

youtu.be/YXV78ibzE7A

Seven Seas Of Rhye

Killer Queen

youtu.be/c-AI2v65p_U

Killer Queen+Somebody To Love

youtu.be/HCcdKZVJjZw

I Want It All

youtu.be/2EaaLwB7g3o

Love Of My Life

youtu.be/9a4KG7Az6sI

'39

youtu.be/FwfZhqztTlQ

A Kind Of Magic

youtu.be/asFfD3SdcaY

Bass Solo+Drum Battle+Under Pressure

youtu.be/j_3NC2nk5Vg

Under Pressure

youtu.be/yzGRbHEOkMo

Dragon Attack

youtu.be/E_ZxpuLBkpc

Who Wants To Live Forever

youtu.be/18JB2v0tJqg

Guitar Solo

youtu.be/3HOzbdGWC2o

Tie Your Mother Down

youtu.be/IXZRhosZ81Q

Gimme That Love+I Want To Break Free

youtu.be/rdab5iV1t8g

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

youtu.be/xV6weGF1q48

Radio Ga Ga

youtu.be/dqK1Ya1acZU

Bohemian Rhapsody

youtu.be/bASmCIx88-I

We Will Rock You+We Are The Champions

youtu.be/6-e08cGkahY

God Save The Queen

youtu.be/z9Gl5Anlr-o

Photos

I Heart AdamLambert ‏@modestychild 15m
My heart is full, so happy for Adam. We all know he deserves world recognition.

Danielle Bolton www.facebook.com/TalentedArtistsoftheGlamily/photos/

KMH Photography www.facebook.com/TalentedArtistsoftheGlamily/photos/

eri9

KMH Photography www.facebook.com/TalentedArtistsoftheGlamily/photos/

@mrwaynenz: @queenwillrock @adamlambert @matt101glee #auckland's rockin!!

James Barber @brizzyguitar

Sarah Hume ‏@musicislove1995 7m

Selected Tweets/IG Posts

Steve Scott
Lots of incredible (INCREDIBLE) noises coming from Queen tonight in Auckland. Just incredible noise from just 6 guys. I think tonight I have seen probably (technically) the best vocalist I've ever seen Adam Lambert - and I have seen James Brown, Robert Plant and Mr Mercury himself! If you can make it to their tour finale tomorrow, do it! Enjoyed it immensely with Gracie Scott Eadi Scott and Rosie Ryan. — at Vector Arena.

the jason stone ‏@jasonstone1313 2h
@brianmaycom @queenwillrock @adamlambert it was epic my mind was literally blown #amazingPerformance

Emjay Bee ‏@emjaybeeeeee 1h
When Mr 11 screamed & raised his fists in the air when Queen + Adam Lambert kicked off their show last night, I knew I'd raised him right.

Makayla ‏@xiihy4lyfx now
I LITERALLY DON'T THINK I'VE EVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE. I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS HAPPY IN MY LIFE

Teesh Szabo ‏@szabogarbo 20m
@adamlambert Sublime! True to Freddie, true to the band, and true to your craft. Thanks for an awesome concert here in Auckland

@fionaclyde1: One of the most amazing concerts I have ever had the privilege to go to!

Jason Woolston ‏@woolstonnz 1h
One of my biggest regrets was not having been to a #QUEEN concert....Until tonight! #FreddieWasThereInSpirit #OverwhelminglyAwesome

Todd Harrison ‏@todd__harrison 1h
@adamlambert awesome concert tonight. You are such a great artist. Best concert I've seen!

Sam ‏@misscongenie 1h
What an incredible concert Queen, thank you so much for making the trip to NZ. @adamlambert your voice is divine and you're a god!

danijustis WWRY SHOWING THE CROWD instagram.com/p/se2qBTxT2C/

samjcam
31 minutes ago
Dreams, legends, music and memories. #Queen + @adamlambert totally rocked @vectorarena tonight! Thank you. @dainty_group #dreams #legends #music #memories #love #rock #concert #brianmay #rogertaylor #freddiemercury #adamlambert #mindblown #ForeverIsOurToday

Queen Fan Club ‏@oiqfc
A Legendary concert from 1974 is being shown in London while a 2014 show in Auckland is just finishing. Just think about that for a moment

Sam ‏@misscongenie 1h
Will never forget the sight of a walking stick waving above a sea of heads as an elder audience member rocked out to Queen & @adamlambert.

Lennon Cameron ‏@lennoncameron 8m
I still cannot fathom what I witnessed tonight from @adamlambert and @queenwillrock holy shitballs #ReadyForRoundTwo

Luke Easton ‏3ku1 1m
I was also struck at the range of demographics. So Young 15-30. So many teenagers, they were all raving. Everyone walked out Dead wl me lol

the jason stone ‏@jasonstone1313
@adamlambert no!! Thank you #nailedit bro, #mindblown #amazing

FINNCEPTION ‏@finnmoseley
The best thing I ever did see. Best show ever. Queen. +Adam lambert . Thanks @adamlambert @drbrianmay @officialrmt # pic.twitter.com/hZCFoYqOKx

Lisa Whyte ‏@lisamwhyte
@adamlambert You are truly a star!! I could watch you forever. The concert tonight in Auckland was amazing with @queenwillrock.

Aidan McEwan ‏@aidanmcewan 7m
One word: AMAZING! Such a killer show, absolutely blown away! @adamlambert & @queenwillrock ❤️

Simone Grace Rodney ‏@simone_Hearts 50s
Queen concert featuring the insanely talented Adam Lambert. I was surprised at how much I loved this… instagram.com/p/se1TRdJ_Ge/

Rurd2di ‏@rurd2di 1m
Welll @adamlambert killed it tonight with Queen tonight. I was a skeptical , but was fully wrong... #QUEEN #QUEENLIVE

Dr. Brian May ‏@drbrianmay
Thanks Auckland folks !!! Great vibe tonight in the Vector Centre. The selfie moment worked best yet tonight ! Bri x

ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 
Thank you Auckland!

Reviews

Concert review: Queen + Adam Lambert, Vector Arena
By Russell Baillie
1:00 AM Thursday Sep 4, 2014

Even in their heyday, Queen was a band with a grand sense of the ridiculous.

No gesture was too extravagant, no genre was left unmolested.

They might have started out as an early 70s hard rock band. But they somehow became a pop perennial, like Abba or the BeeGees, with hits just as enduring too.

And when frontman Freddie Mercury passed away, Queen endured.

Sure, affection for those hits kept them there, as did the likes of stage musical We Will Rock You and a thousand Idol show covers of Somebody to Love.

So seeing what's left of Queen - original members guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor but not long-retired bass player John Deacon - bringing in American Idol's biggest breakout talent Adam Lambert as frontman was always going to take some getting used to.

Lambert proved he had plenty stage presence along with a winning personality and very busy costume department.

But vocally, it sounded as if his strengths are up top.

Still, his takes on many of the songs did - as they say in Idol land - make them his own. That's whether it was his Michael Jackson-like tilt at Another One Bites the Dust or his Elvis lip-curl on the rockabilly of Crazy Little Thing Called Love near the end.

And the more theatrical numbers and challenging melodies like Killer Queen, which had him propped upon a purple chaise longue at the end of the stage runway, proved his forte more than the straight rockers.

Yes, there were inevitable moments when Mercury held sway over proceedings with posthumous duets delivered via video screen footage.

But the show largely kept the belated eulogies in check.

Another question with a Queen live show was how do they pull off those old grand studio concoctions live?

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Queen with Adam Lambert at Vector Arena. Photo / Dean Purcell

In the case of Bohemian Rhapsody they kind of cheated, surrendering the song's operatic middle section to the recorded version (and video), but then bursting back into life in what a generation or now two know as "the Wayne's World bit".

It was head-bangingly terrific.

Elsewhere, the once-epic Sevens Seas of Rhye became part of a medley and there were a few songs - like I Want to Break Free, among others - that felt merely ticked off the list.

But there were still plenty of other Big Queen Anthems that were just madly thrilling.

Among the great big loud ones, were those feminist anthems Fat Bottomed Girls and Tie Your Mother Down.

Among the quiet ones, was Brian May's sweet affecting singalong solo take on Love of My Life.

Though a few of the Queen old boys' other microphone excursions - especially Taylor's A Kind of Magic - took the show close to karaoke.

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Queen with Adam Lambert at Vector Arena. Photo / Dean Purcell

And then there was May and his electric guitar. With his hair still looking like it last saw a barber in the Stuart Period, he delivered the guitar heroics which were once Queen's second great distinctive voice.

While witnessing Queen live show without Mercury might never quite feel like the genuine article, seeing May fire off another raygun solo over the heads of a very happy Vector crowd made this feel anything but a group becoming a cover band of itself.

More a reminder of who invented this stadium rock stuff in the first place.

Yes, Queen + Adam Lambert = the sum of their very good parts.

* Queen perform at Vector Arena again tonight.

Queen
Where: Vector Arena, Auckland
When: Wednesday, September 3
- nzherald.co.nz

Link: www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11318692

Review: Queen + Adam Lambert
By Taylor SincockOnline Reporter
Thursday 4 Sep 2014 6:25 a.m.

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When most people think of Queen, they think of Freddie Mercury. But now that Freddie's not around and the band are touring with Adam Lambert, are they still worth a ticket? You bet they are.

Last night, Queen – plus Lambert – played the first of their two New Zealand shows to a packed Vector Arena in Auckland.

Lambert was no Freddie, and he didn't try to be. He sang the band's songs in his own style, whilst staying true to the original melodies.

His fierce and theatrical attitude, impressive vocal range and superb glam rock voice proved he was an appropriate artist for the band to work with – it amazes me how someone who had their career take-off after American Idol can end up fronting Queen.

But the concert wasn't just about Lambert. Original Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor were there too, and still as talented as ever.

May got his chance to shine with a lengthy guitar solo, as well as performing 'Love of My Life' accompanied by video footage of Freddie. It was a chilling moment.

Taylor showed the crowd his drumming skills are still intact. He even gave his vocal chords a solo workout with 'A Kind of Magic', and then 'Under Pressure' with Lambert.

My favourite moment of the concert – and I am sure it was for most people – was the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' performance. I was reminded why it is one of the greatest songs of all time. I even had to pinch myself to let me know it was real.

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The show was truly the work of some of the music industry's best. It was just as much about the instruments as it was about singing, which is something I don't think we see enough of at concerts today.

A woman who sat beside me said she had waited 39 years for the show – let's just hope she enjoyed it as much as I did.

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Read more: www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/review-queen--adam-lambert-2014090406#ixzz3CJjOKkri

Last Edit: Sept 17, 2014 9:46:30 GMT -5 by tinafea

"Now there’s an audience for me being exactly who I am. There’s permission given.” Adam Lambert

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Post by vecadam on Sept 2, 2014 18:06:14 GMT -5

*the only fan in the world* (or nz ninja fail)

(disclaimer: nothing happens at the end of this story)

so yesterday i went to ak airport to pick up my friend Jillian who was flying form Brisbane to to AK.
after they landed, Jill texts me and says "queen is on the plain!!!".
i look around me. there's NO ONE here but me. not a single glamed up, leopard print wearing person, no signs, nothing.
going straight from work (and on short notice; it was not supposed to be me picking here up)i look like shit. and im about to loose my shit too.
word spread among us and another friend showed up (trudy just landed from Brisbane and was on her way to birthday party; but she turned around and came back).
so now there were two.
trudy looks gorgeous, she is all in right colours and attire and she's got things to sign and pens and all. she is one organised bert.
few minutes later, two young lasses join us. they are queen fans and have been there since 3pm it was 6pm now).
so 4 people aint that bad, after all.
so we wait and im loosing my shit and i say to trudy "i will just take photos from afar, im not talking to anyone".
well, excruciating i-dont-know-how-long wait later, Jill emerges and says that when they landed, pilot announcement "we want to welcome band queen to nz". she reckons they boarded last and embarked first and sneaked out thru some other exit.
so there you are.
this is Jill's second time being on the same plane with AFL.

tonite is the night!!!!! YAYA!!!

...ovo malo duse...

vecadam Member Adam is my happy place!! Posts: 149 Location:	9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1 Sept 2, 2014 18:07:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vecadam on Sept 2, 2014 18:07:59 GMT -5 most of people are going to both shows, so this twitter list is good till we have something else twitter.com/NZGlitterTribe/lists/qal-in-new-zealand-4-9-14
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tlcmom Member Posts: 49 Location:	9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1 Sept 2, 2014 18:53:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tlcmom on Sept 2, 2014 18:53:38 GMT -5 The concert starts at 4AM EDT!!

adamrocks Info Mogul Lets celebrate our differences!! Posts: 83,849 Location:	9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1 Sept 2, 2014 19:11:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adamrocks on Sept 2, 2014 19:11:05 GMT -5 mmadamimadamm ‏@mmadamimadamm 6m RT scorpiobert: RT @thevectorarena: NEW QUEEN TICKETS RELEASED! For both nights! go to Ticketmaster.co.nz
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adamrocks Info Mogul Lets celebrate our differences!! Posts: 83,849 Location:	9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1 Sept 2, 2014 19:13:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adamrocks on Sept 2, 2014 19:13:15 GMT -5 Sept 2, 2014 18:53:38 GMT -5 tlcmom said: The concert starts at 4AM EDT!! 3:00am here!
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eri9 Member Posts: 729 Location:	9.03.14 Q+AL Auckland New Zealand Concert #1 Sept 2, 2014 19:53:49 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eri9 on Sept 2, 2014 19:53:49 GMT -5 Today couldn't go any slower if it tried!!! Tis only lunchtime and feels like it should be home time! Lol. Just over 7 hours to go!!!