The pandemic is ov & 5er and the world of music…and touring…is back to normal again.  Queen members Roger Taylor and Sir Brian May; along with Adam Lambert are ready to continue the “Rhapsody” tour they started back in 2017 and had to put on hiatus in 2020 when a little bug named Covid took over the world.

Always looking to keep things interesting, the band says that they have tweaked the show with a few new additions to the set list…and a few surprises for the fans.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor spoke on the upcoming tour dates saying, “we do constantly try and keep ourselves interested because it’s nice to change the show around, even in small ways.  Obviously we do some sort of deep cuts whilst at the same time keeping the big hits that everybody knows. People want to see what they know. But it’s nice to spice it up with a few things they might not expect.”

After being a part for a few years, Sir Brian notes, “for a long time we were sitting there thinking, ‘What the hell do we do?’ But when we came back to it, it was very fresh, which is probably a nice thing.  I think we learned all over again how to interact with each other. So I think we are on a different level.”

In 2018, Rami Malik helped to introduce a who new generation to the music of Queen when he played the role of Freddie Mercury in the biopic film “Bohemian Rhapsody”.  Sir Brian noted, “it brought in a younger audience and younger people are what you feed on, in a sense.  The energy of young people is what we’re about. We’ve always been about that. So it’s been fantastic for us that a whole new generation understand what we’re about and come and want to really rock.”

“American Idol” alum Adam Lambert impressed the judges with his audition of a Queen song back in 2009 and went all the way through to the finals of season eight where he lost to Kris Allen.  The loss was a blessing in disguise for Lambert who joined Roger Taylor and Brian May in 2011 to take over the singing duties for the eclectic rock band from England.  Roger Taylor spoke on Adam Lambert saying, “our material, our songs, are very eclectic and the plain fact is that Adam is a truly great singer, and there are not many singers that could cover that range of material as wonderfully as he does.”

Sir Brian added, “(Lambert) is a kind of a gift from God who combines a powerful voice with a stage presence and emotional interaction with the audience.  He ticks every single box that we could possibly want and he’s quite a nice chap, too.”

Lambert himself spoke on being a part of the band saying, “there’s no replacing Freddie Mercury. That’s impossible. And so I think we’ve made it a real priority to sort of honor him every night, every show we do. It’s a celebration that includes Freddie. And I think the audience feel that.”

Queen and Adam Lambert North American tour dates:
Oct 4 & 5 at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD
Oct 8 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON
Oct 10 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI
Oct 12 & 13 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY
Oct 15& 16 at the TD Garden in Boston, MA
Oct 18 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA
Oct 23 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA
Oct 25 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Oct 27 & 28 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN
Oct 30 & 31 at the United Center in Chicago, IL
Nov 2 & 3 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
Nov 5 at the Ball Arena in Denver, CO
Nov 8 & 9 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA
Nov 11 & 12 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, CA