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Queen, Adam Lambert to launch North America tour

Adam Lambert, left, and Queen guitarist Brian May perform on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Adam Lambert and Queen guitarist Brian May perform at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Queen guitarist Brian May performs at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Adam Lambert performs with Queen at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Adam Lambert performs with Queen at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Adam Lambert performs with Queen at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Queen guitarist Brian May performs at Park MGM theater in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Queen + Adam Lambert will perform 10 shows at Park Theater through September 22. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran
Adam Lambert, left, and Queen guitarist Brian May perform on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Adam Lambert, left, and Queen guitarist Brian May perform on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Adam Lambert, left, and Queen guitarist Brian May perform on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Adam Lambert, left, and Queen guitarist Brian May perform on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May of Queen + Adam Lambert perform at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 5, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Brian May, from left, Adam Lambert, and Roger Taylor of Queen + Adam Lambert pose for a photo at the "The Crown Jewels" residency press conference at the MGM Resorts aviation hanger in Las Vegas. Queen and Adam Lambert are launching a six-week North America tour following the release of the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Live Nation announced Monday, Dec. 3, the 23-date tour, featuring original band members May and Taylor, will kick off in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 10. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP, File)
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The Associated Press
December 3, 2018 - 7:43 am
 

LOS ANGELES — Queen and Adam Lambert are launching a six-week North American tour following the release of the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Live Nation announced the 23-date tour Monday. It will feature original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor with Adam Lambert singing lead. It will kick off in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 10. It will end in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 23. Other venues include Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta.

Tickets for the “Rhapsody” tour will go on sale on Dec. 7.

Lambert says they have been “designing a brand new visual spectacle that will reframe these iconic songs and we are excited to unveil it!” He first shared the stage with Queen during the 2009 “American Idol” final.

The tour follows the group’s September run in Las Vegas.

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