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Queen + Adam Lambert Announce 2023 North American ‘Rhapsody’ Tour Dates

The band says they're not even thinking about a farewell tour, and a sequel to Bohemian Rhapsody remains a possibility if they find the right script




Queen + Adam Lambert are bringing their Rhapsody Tour back to North America for their first shows on this side of the Atlantic since 2019. The tour kicks off Oct. 4 in Baltimore, Maryland, and wraps up Nov. 11 in Los Angeles, California.

“This tour has lots of new bells and lots of new whistles,” Queen guitarist Brian May tells Rolling Stone. “We’ve evolved as performers, I think. We’ve stepped up our game. We have better chemistry than ever. We understand each other better than ever, and we feel more free in the way that we interpret stuff. We’re very happy with it. There’s lots of new production and stuff we want to excite you with.”


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The set will focus on Queen classics like “Another One Bites The Dust,” “Somebody to Love,” and “Radio Ga Ga.” But they sprinkled in deep cuts like “Tear It Up” and “A King of Magic” in Europe last year, and hope to keep doing that.

“I always like doing ‘Dragon Attack’ as a deep cut,” Lambert tells Rolling Stone. “That’s one of my favorites… There’s a lot of time between now and when the tour starts in October to come up with new ideas. I think we’ll have many.”


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“This show has evolved since its been in America since we’ve taken it around the world,” adds drummer Roger Taylor. “It’s quite a different show in a way, while retaining all the big hits, which so many people want to hear.”

Ticket sales begin Friday, March 31. In an effort to keep prices low and reduce scalping, the band is going to utilize the Ticketmaster Face Value Exchange, which makes it impossible to sell tickets for more than face value. “It’s an experiment,” says May. “We got sick of seeing our fans get ripped off by scalpers. We’re hoping this works out.”

“We want to protect the actual fans,” adds Taylor. “Seeing some of the ticket prices these days, I’m shocked. I don’t know how some artists think they can get away with charging that much. We’re just trying to keep it reasonable, a good deal for our fans, the people that want to come see us.”


More + videos:   www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/queen-adam-lambert-2023-north-american-rhapsody-tour-dates-1234702899/