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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 8:07:21 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 8:20:07 GMT -5
twitter.com/billboard/status/1639267264162672640
No, the Rhapsody Tour Is Not Queen + Adam Lambert’s Last: ‘You Can Always Do One More Time’
Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert dish about their favorite Queen songs, knighthood, and the "thrill-seeking" aspects of their forthcoming North American tour. Since joining forces in 2011, Queen + Adam Lambert have quickly become one of the most successful touring acts in the world — and now, they’re ready to prove why.
On Friday (March 24), the internationally beloved rock group announced the latest North American expansion of the Rhapsody Tour, set to take place this fall. Kicking off at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena in October, the tour will make 14 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada, including shows in New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville and Dallas, before closing out at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium in November.
For fans who saw the first North American leg of The Rhapsody Tour in 2019, fear not; the new set of dates promises an “expanded and updated” show, with guitarist Sir Brian May adding in a statement, “Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious.”
Billboard caught up with May, Lambert and Roger Taylor ahead of their official announcement, where the trio talked about what fans can expect from the new show, their favorite songs to perform live, and why “this is not a farewell tour,” according to May.
This is the first time in four years that the three of you will be touring the U.S. together, following your European tour last year — how are you feeling ahead of hitting the road this fall?
Brian May: It’s incredible, yeah. I think we all learned in COVID how much we really missed this. It was really tough for everybody. We already did our big outing in Europe, but with a lot of restrictions on that; we had a very strict protocol just to get through, because people were going down like flies. But we managed to get through that whole tour without losing a date, and it was all sold-out, packed, fantastic and better than ever, I think. So we thought, “Well, we just have to get back to the states.”
Outside of those restrictions, were there any significant learning curves you had to navigate in a post-COVID touring environment last year?
Roger Taylor: Not really, no, I think it was a huge relief to just get back to something approaching normality. That made up for the fact that we did have to have a lot of mask-wearing, and we temporarily lost a few people along the way. And it was a long tour wasn’t it?
May: Oh, yeah.
Taylor: We were changing it and improving it as we went, and we are now going through all of those improvements again when it comes to this American leg.
I’ve noticed that the phrase “one more time” has been thrown around quite a bit when it comes to this tour — are you planning on this being Queen + Adam Lambert’s final outing?
May: Let me be clear, this is not a farewell tour. You can always do one more time … and then one more time … and then another time after that!
Adam Lambert: [laughs] Yeah, why limit yourself, guys?
Taylor: It’s just a simple, five year farewell tour, right?
More.. www.billboard.com/music/rock/queen-adam-lambert-rhapsody-tour-not-farewell-interview-1235291852/
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Post by quackn on Mar 24, 2023 8:22:36 GMT -5
They are sprinkling the interview throughout the show. On the last segment, Brian made a comment “one more time, pause, then one more time then one more time hopefully”. So no “final”. I listened for about 15 minutes after the initial and couldn't stay on. Hoping, maybe, someone can bring over all the pieces. I didn't think there would be a "final", Brian always says "One more time". I am thinking they may just do one more time until they decide not to, never a "final tour". They need to work around Adam, but it seems to be pretty much when they want. Excited for this tour!! Can't wait!!  |
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 8:24:57 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 8:30:11 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 9:00:24 GMT -5
He interviewed them for the Billboard article..  |
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 9:04:05 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 9:06:11 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 9:06:34 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 24, 2023 9:07:09 GMT -5
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