11.11.14 New Q+AL UK Dates Added
Nov 11, 2014 1:32:42 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Nov 11, 2014 1:32:42 GMT -5
UPDATE: New QAL UK Dates Added
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Queen + Adam Lambert Announce Three Further UK shows Due to Overwhelming Public Demand for Tickets
Tuesday 24 February 2015 - Wembley SSE Arena
Thursday 26 February 2015 - Liverpool Echo Arena
Friday 27 February 2015 - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Fan Club presale begins NOW at Ticketmaster, Ticketzone and Ticketzone VIP Packs.
Tickets on-sale to the general public Wednesday 12 November at 9am (local venue time) at Ticketmaster & Ticketzone
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – UK TOUR DATES 2015
Tuesday 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena
Wednesday 14 January GLASGOW Hydro
Saturday 17 January LONDON O2 Arena
Sunday 18 January LONDON O2 Arena
Tuesday 20 January LEEDS Arena
Wednesday 21 January MANCHESTER Arena
Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA
Saturday 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena
Tuesday 24 February LONDON Wembley SSE Arena
Thursday 26 February LIVERPOOL Echo Arena
Friday 27 February 2015 SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena
Ticket prices: £59 - £69
All tickets are subject to a booking fee
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT today announced they have added three further UK arena shows, as part of their 2015 European tour.
Since the UK and European tour went on sale last month, demand for tickets has been phenomenal. Fans can now book tickets for next year’s new shows, which include dates in Liverpool and Sheffield, where Queen + Adam Lambert have not performed together before. The new dates are: Wembley SSE Arena on 24 February, Liverpool Echo Arena on 26 February and Sheffield Motorpoint Arena on 27 February. Tickets go on-sale at 9am tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November.
Brian May says of the extra shows: "Just to show we actually DO listen!!! There was a lot of demand for these extra dates, and this will make a great climax to the tour."
This news comes as Queen + Adam Lambert are confirmed to perform live on ITV’s The X Factor on 30 November. Last week they were awarded Band of the Year at the 10th annual Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in Los Angeles.
In addition, ITV will broadcast The Nation’s Favourite Queen Song, tonight at 9pm. The show uncovers the origins of Queen’s best-loved tunes and tells the stories behind the band’s bold and inventive music videos. Queen Forever, a new compilation album including previously unreleased material recorded with Freddie Mercury, was released yesterday, 10th November. Meanwhile, Adam Lambert is currently in the final stages of writing and recording his third album, ready for release next year.
The 2015 tour comes two years after May, Taylor and Lambert last performed a short tour together of the UK and Europe, this lengthier outing will see Queen + Adam Lambert perform 25 shows in 10 countries. The tour opens in the UK at Newcastle Arena on 13 January and will see the band play a total of 11 shows across the UK. The tour then takes in France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
Earlier this year, Queen + Adam Lambert’s World tour played to sold-out audiences across North America, Australia, New Zealand, with outdoor festival stops in Korea and Japan. The shows received glowing reviews from fans and critics alike:
"Guaranteed to blow your mind, indeed." (Entertainment Weekly)
"We were rocked, Queen is still the champion, and Lambert is a skilled voice to ensure that their music will remain live for a generation of fans." (VH1)
“Rejuvenated Queen reigns supreme. Bow down fans, your new Queen is worthy of your love and devotion.” (Edmonton Journal, Canada)
“Queen guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and newcomer Adam Lambert blew the roof off in an energetic rock extravaganza which pulled no punches. Their extraordinary musical talent showed no signs of waning.” (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney)
“Queen and Adam Lambert delivered just over two hours of pure sensation straight into the nerves and bones of anyone fortunate enough to witness it. Freddie may be gone, but he would surely approve.” (Brisbane Times)
“Did they rock us? Oh YES!” (New York Daily News)
Queen first teamed up with Adam Lambert in 2009 to perform the band's rock anthem "We Are the Champions" on "American Idol's" season's eight finale. Lambert and Queen partnered again in 2011 at the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast. In the summer of 2012 they performed their first live concerts together with three sold-out shows in the UK at London's Hammersmith Apollo as well as concert appearances in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.
A further one-off performance together at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September at which they effectively stole the show triggered a conversation between Adam, Roger and Brian to take the show on the road. Hollywood Reporter exclaimed, “Adam Lambert, Queen bring down the iHeart house. With the perfect mix of rock attitude mixed with style, theatricality, sex appeal and impressive vocal gymnastics, [Lambert] took the band’s music to new heights.”
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Queen and Adam Lambert add three dates to UK tour
Queen and Adam Lambert have added three dates to their forthcoming UK tour.
They will now play shows in Wembley, Liverpool and Sheffield on February 24, February 26 and February 27 respectively.
Tickets for the three new dates go on sale on November 12 at 9am.
The collaborative tour will come over to Europe after a successful run across North America earlier this year.
The new shows will start at Newcastle Arena on January 13 and finish at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on February 27.
The tour includes a headline set at London's O2 arena on January 17.
"On the technical side, it's definitely more of a production than two years ago," Lambert said of the changes to the show.
"We've had a lot more cities to visit and so I think we all decided to build up the visuals and the stage accordingly, and of course we do all the hits."
More...
www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a609235/queen-and-adam-lambert-add-three-dates-to-uk-tour.html#~oViSYzbfiLXJOn
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My Fan-tasy -- Part 2!!
11.11.14 by Q3
At the end of October, I post the beginning of my personal fantasy setlist for Q+AL.
Here is the opening of the post I wrote on October 25, 2014.
Just imaging if…….if I won the Powerball lottery and had a spare $300 million or so. Ummmmm makes you think. Well, OK, it makes me think....
Opened on March 29, 1871 by Queen Victoria, the Royal Albert Hall seats up to 5,272 people. It was named after her husband, Bobby Hall. But seriously, if his name had been Fred, what then? The Royal Fred Hall? The Kensington Gardens venue is perhaps best known for the Proms, the world’s biggest classical music concerts featuring the best artists in the world performing some of the most amazing music in the world for some of the most reasonable, some might even say cheapest, prices in the world. The Proms were founded in 1895 but have been held here since 1941. Henry Wood conducted them for more than 50 years, and after his death they became the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, which is a mouthful so we still refer to them as the Proms. Over the last 150 years or so the Royal Albert Hall has featured some of the greatest names in musical, science, and political history, a list of names too numerous and diverse to mention here. Still, we’ll give it a shot: Einstein, Elton John, The Dalai Lama, Stephen Hawking, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, a Harry Potter book launch. Really, we could go on forever. On the 24th of May 1912 the Titanic Band Memorial Concert was performed to honor the musicians who died on the Titanic. The performance featured musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra, Queens Hall Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Opera Orchestra. In May of 1877 Wagner conducted excerpts from his own operas and marches. Then there was Yehudi Menuhin in 1929 aged 10. Alfred Hitchcock and The Beatles. Bill Clinton.
Source: hiconsumption.com/2014/08/the-14-best-concert-halls-in-the-world/
Opened on March 29, 1871 by Queen Victoria, the Royal Albert Hall seats up to 5,272 people. It was named after her husband, Bobby Hall. But seriously, if his name had been Fred, what then? The Royal Fred Hall? The Kensington Gardens venue is perhaps best known for the Proms, the world’s biggest classical music concerts featuring the best artists in the world performing some of the most amazing music in the world for some of the most reasonable, some might even say cheapest, prices in the world. The Proms were founded in 1895 but have been held here since 1941. Henry Wood conducted them for more than 50 years, and after his death they became the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, which is a mouthful so we still refer to them as the Proms. Over the last 150 years or so the Royal Albert Hall has featured some of the greatest names in musical, science, and political history, a list of names too numerous and diverse to mention here. Still, we’ll give it a shot: Einstein, Elton John, The Dalai Lama, Stephen Hawking, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, a Harry Potter book launch. Really, we could go on forever. On the 24th of May 1912 the Titanic Band Memorial Concert was performed to honor the musicians who died on the Titanic. The performance featured musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra, Queens Hall Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Opera Orchestra. In May of 1877 Wagner conducted excerpts from his own operas and marches. Then there was Yehudi Menuhin in 1929 aged 10. Alfred Hitchcock and The Beatles. Bill Clinton.
Source: hiconsumption.com/2014/08/the-14-best-concert-halls-in-the-world/
For starters I have added a song that most people have never heard – “I Go Crazy”. Written by Brian May during The Works (1984) recording session, this track did not make the album but was released in 1984 as the B-Side of “Radio Ga Ga” 7” single release. It was also a bonus track on the 1991 reissue of The Works.
Recorded introduction with smoke and fire: to be revealed
Act 1: Unleashed
1. “Now I’m Here” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
2. “Stone Cold Crazy” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
3. “I Go Crazy” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
4. “Headlong” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
[Adam leave the stage for a costume change]
5.
6.
7.
Intermezzo
8. “Bijou” – intro sung by an unseen but heard Adam Lambert, guitar solo by Brian May
9. Guitar solo of “Brighton Rock”, “Last Horizon” and other improvisations by Brian May
Act 2: Life is a Stage!
10. “In the Lap of the Gods” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
11. “Killer Queen” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
[Adam talks]
12. “Somebody to Love” lead vocals by Adam Lambert, backup vocals by a massive gospel choir
13. “I’m Going Slightly Mad” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
14. “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
15. “Who Wants to Live Forever” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
[Adam leave the stage,takes a break and changes costumes]
Act 3: Introspection
16. “White Queen” lead vocals by Brian May
“White Queen” Live at the Hammersmith Odeon - 1975
youtu.be/tW7mk79_4_o
17. “Love of My Life” sung by Brian May and the audience.
[Adam returns]
18. “You Take My Breath Away” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
19. “Lily of the Valley” “Seven Seas of Rhye” medley, lead vocals sung by Adam Lambert
20. “Innuendo” Brian May featured on guitar solo, lead vocals by Adam Lambert
Act 4: Let’s get funky!
21. Bass introduction by Neil, percussion section by Roger and Tiger.
22. “Dragon Attack” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
23. “Another One Bites the Dust”/”Trespassing" medley, lead vocals by Adam Lambert
24. TBD the new single from A3 lead vocals by Adam Lambert
25. Vocal Improvisation lead vocals by Adam Lambert
26. “Under Pressure” lead vocals by Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert
[Instrumental break – 15 minutes]
Act 5: Crescendo
27. “Crazy Little Thing Call Love” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
28.
29. “The Show Must Go On” lead vocals by Adam Lambert
30. Bohemian Rhapsody lead vocals by Adam Lambert, video of choruses, additional vocals by the London Gay Men’s Chorus
Encore: We Will Rock You (but WWRY will not be played at this concert)!
32. “Jailhouse Rock”, “Shake Rattle and Roll” and “Modern Times Rock and Roll” medley, lead vocals by Adam Lambert
33.
34.
35. God Save the Queen (recorded)
Tune in Wednesday for the final installment of my fantasy Q+AL setlist song picks!
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Adamtopia Calendar
November 11, 2014 (US/Canada) Queen Forever released.
November 13, 2014: Possible Adam appearance
Source: MaximoTV @maximotv
Covering Thursday Nov 13 "The Instagram Art of Mathu Andersen" with Adam Lambert, Dita Von Teese, Pamela Anderson, Siva Kaneswaran + more
November 24, 2014: TV, Japan Summer Sonic 2014 Queen + Adam Lambert Day Two (Tokyo) airs on WOWOW Live Channel 192 at 12:00. Japan Time (GMT+9)
November 30, 2014:: Q+AL on XFactor UK
Worldclock: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Queen+on+XFactor+UK&iso=20141130T20&p1=136
December 28, 2014 (US) The Classic Rock Awards ceremony will be televised on AXS TV. Info on where AXS is available here: www.axs.tv/subscribe/
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 2015 UK and EUROPE TOUR
Tue 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena
Wed 14 January GLASGOW Hydro
Sat 17 January LONDON O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Sun 18 January LONDON O2 Arena
Tue 20 January LEEDS Arena
Wed 21 January MANCHESTER Arena
Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA
Sat 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena
Mon 26 January PARIS Zenith
Thu 29 January COLOGNE Lanxess Arena
Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome SOLD OUT
Sun 1 February VIENNA Stadhalle
Mon 2 February MUNICH Olympiahalle
Wed 4 February BERLIN O2
Thu 5 February HAMBURG O2
Sat 7 February FRANKFURT Festhalle
Sun 8 February BRUSSELS Palais 12
Tue 10 February MILAN Forum SOLD OUT
Fri 13 February STUTTGART Schleyerhalle
Sun 15 February HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen
Tue 17 February PRAGUE O2
Thu 19 February ZURICH Hallenstadion
Early 2015: Adam's Third Studio Album will be released.
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