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Post by Q3 on Jan 21, 2020 1:52:00 GMT -5
1.21.20 by Adamtopia, on Flickr QAL Tour Calendar
Korea 2020
18-Jan Seoul Gocheok Skydome 19-Jan Seoul Gocheok Skydome
Japan 2020 25-Jan Tokyo Saitama Super Arena 26-Jan Tokyo Saitama Super Arena 28-Jan Osaka Kyosera Dome 30-Jan Nagoya Nagoya Dome
New Zealand 2020 5-Feb Wellington Westpac Stadium 7-Feb Auckland Mt Smart Stadium 10-Feb Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium Australia 2020 13-Feb Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 15-Feb Sydney ANZ Stadium BENEFIT CONCERT 16-Feb FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA Sydney ANZ Stadium 19-Feb Melbourne AAMI Park 20-Feb Melbourne AAMI Park 23-Feb Perth Optus Stadium 26-Feb Adelaide Adelaide Oval 29-Feb Gold Coast Metricon Stadium QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT “Rhapsody Tour” UK; EUROPE 2020 24-May Bologna, Italy Unipol Arena 26-May Paris, France AccorHotels Arena 27-May Antwerp Belgium Sportspalais 29-May Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome 30-May Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome 2-Jun London, UK O2 3-Jun London, UK O2 5-Jun London, UK O2 6-Jun London, UK O2 8-Jun London, UK O2 9-Jun London, UK O2 17-Jun London, UK O2 18-Jun London, UK O2 20-Jun London, UK O2 21-Jun London, UK O2 11-Jun Manchester, UK Manchester Arena 12-Jun Manchester, UK Manchester Arena 24-Jun Berlin, Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 26-Jun Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena 28-Jun Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion 29-Jun Munich, Germany Olympiahalle 1-Jul Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Arena 2-Jul Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Arena 7-Jul Madrid, Spain Wiznik Centre 8-Jul Madrid, Spain Wiznik Centre
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Post by pi on Jan 21, 2020 3:35:20 GMT -5
KOREA JOONGDANG DAILY[REVIEW] Don’t stop Queen now!: Band kept promise to ‘rock you’ and turned Seoul audience ‘ga ga’When Freddie Mercury tells Mary Austin that he is gay against the bittersweet notes of “Love Of My Life,” when all members of Queen spent their summer completing their outrageously spectacular “Bohemian Rhapsody” and when the audience truly became one with the band stomping their feet along to “We Will Rock You,” it all resonated with the hearts of audience members of the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” last year.
And before the eyes and ears of 23,000 audience members on Saturday and Sunday at the Gocheok Sky Dome stadium, western Seoul, those songs once again resonated and came alive at the “Super Concert 25 QUEEN.”
Because I was born in a generation where the beats of first-generation K-pop dance tracks were the thing, Queen’s music had only been played on long-distance car rides via my parent’s playlists on their CDs, during most of which I had failed to stay awake. Having only scarce - if any - knowledge of the band or just how popular Queen’s hits actually were, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a chance to truly get to know the band and its music, not only for me, but for anyone born after its heyday. To think that those very people depicted in the movie were playing live on stage, it almost felt surreal.
Most of the 23,000 people at the stadium seemed quite young and in the same boat as me in the sense that we were newfound fans of Queen. In fact, 73 percent of the tickets were sold to those in their 20s and 30s, more female than male according to Hyundai Card, the official sponsor of the concert. Queen’s Seoul concert, the first solo Korean concert since Queen came together 50 years ago, was the 25th edition of Hyundai Card’s renowned “Super Concert” series, as well as “The Rhapsody Tour” that Queen began after the humongous success of the 2018 film based on its career. Some of the biggest names in the music scene have visited Korea as a part of “Super Concert,” including Beyonce, Billy Joel, Green Day, Usher, Eminem, Coldplay, Sam Smith and Kendrick Lamar.
Two of the original members of the band, Brian May and Roger Taylor, along with new frontman Adam Lambert opened Sunday’s concert with “Now I’m Here,” 10 minutes late than its scheduled time of 6 p.m., due to heavy traffic caused by concertgoers. Lambert has been filling in for Freddie Mercury, who passed away in 1991, for the last 8 years, while bassist John Deacon quit the band in 1994.
The delay to the start of the concert had no effect on the mood as the energy from the stage and the audience was electric with everyone clapping along and stamping their feet to the pounding rhythm of “Keep Yourself Alive,” “Hammer to Fall” and “Killer Queen.”
“Are you having fun?” shouted Lambert. “Thank you for welcoming us with so much love in Korea. Seoul has soul!”
More... koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3072841&cloc=joongangdaily|home|online
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Post by pi on Jan 21, 2020 3:40:07 GMT -5
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Post by ladyM :) on Jan 21, 2020 3:54:23 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jan 21, 2020 4:06:11 GMT -5
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Post by ladyM :) on Jan 21, 2020 4:18:01 GMT -5
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Post by ladyM :) on Jan 21, 2020 4:27:58 GMT -5
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Post by ladyM :) on Jan 21, 2020 4:43:09 GMT -5
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Post by scotia2 on Jan 21, 2020 5:38:53 GMT -5
Since I'm always behind...I'm sure this has probably been already posted about and discussed long ago, but thought I would post just in case. Sorry if it is a repeat subject. The article is new...but fans may have known way ahead. Nice little video of Brian showing the coin.
Reuters Verified account @reuters 9h9 hours ago Britain’s Royal Mint issued its first commemorative coin featuring a British rock group - Queen, in a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury and the three other band members Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon reut.rs/2TG3lYH
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Post by pi on Jan 21, 2020 6:32:23 GMT -5
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