Queen and Adam Lambert Announce Live Album 'Queen + Adam Live Around the World'
Friday, 21 August 2020
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Brojan Hohnjec
Queen and Adam Lambert have announced a live album.
'Queen + Adam Live Around the World' will arrive on CD, CD and DVD, CD and Blu-ray and vinyl on October 2 through EMI Records. The release will serve as a great consolation for those who were due to see the band and vocalist live this summer. Queen and Lambert were forced to reschedule the UK and European leg of The Rhapsody Tour to 2021 due to COVID-19. Guitarist Brian May said:
“As we all grapple with the challenge of creating live shows in a world dominated by a formidable viral enemy, it seemed the perfect time for us to create a collection of hand-picked live highlights from our Queen shows over the last 7 years with our brother Adam Lambert.
“It’s a first! As you watch and listen to these tracks you’ll be journeying all around the world with us, and experiencing a complete virtual live set. The collection climaxes in Sydney earlier this year when, in support Fire Fight Australia, we recreated the complete Queen Live Aid set. It was a historic event for a great cause - with perhaps the highest adrenaline level since the original Live Aid in 1985. It makes me particularly happy that we can now share this unique moment with the whole world.”
“We hadn’t really watched those clips before, we were always too busy touring” added drummer Roger Taylor. “We weren’t aware of how good the band sounded. So we thought, well, maybe there’s a live album of highlights of concerts that we’ve done over the last eight years with Adam Lambert to be made.”
The release features footage of the band performing at Lisbon's Rock in Rio, Isle of Wight Festival, Japan's Summer Sonic, UK and North American tour dates, and their full 22-minute set from the Fire Fight Australia benefit show, where they performed Queen’s 1985 Live Aid set in full.
“When we couldn’t tour this year we wanted to give the fans something in place of that, and a Live album just felt right," said Lambert. "It’s the first time we have released an album together and we have had a lot of fun putting it together, picking out favourite performances over the past seven years."
Head below to check out the trailer, artwork and tracklist.
'Queen + Adam Lambert Live Around the World' CD and vinyl tracklist:
Tear It Up (May) The O2, London, UK, 02/07/2018
Now I'm Here (May) Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon) Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Fat Bottomed Girls ft. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (May) American Airlines Center, Dallas, USA, 2019
Don't Stop Me Now (Mercury) Rock In Rio, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
I Want To Break Free (Deacon) Rock In Rio, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
Somebody To Love (Mercury) Isle of Wight Festival, UK, 2016
Love Kills - The Ballad (Mercury/Moroder) iHeart Radio Theater, Los Angeles, USA, 2014
I Was Born To Love You (Mercury) Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) Global Citizen Festival, New York, USA, 2019
Who Wants To Live Forever (May) Isle of Wight Festival, UK, 2016
The Show Must Go On (Queen) The O2, London, UK, 04/07/2018
Love Of My Life (Mercury) The O2, London, UK, 02/07/2018
Radio Ga Ga (Taylor) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
Ay-Ohs (Mercury) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
Hammer To Fall (May) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
We Will Rock You (May) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
We Are The Champions (Mercury) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
Queen and Adam Lambert Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun May 23 2021 - BOLOGNA Unipol Arena (Italy)
Wed May 26 2021 - PARIS AccorHotels Arena (France)
Thu May 27 2021 - ANTWERP Sportspalais (Belgium)
Sat May 29 2021 - AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome (Netherlands)
Sun May 30 2021 - AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome (Netherlands)
Tue June 01 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Wed June 02 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Fri June 04 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sat June 05 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Mon June 07 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Tue June 08 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Thu June 10 2021 - MANCHESTER Arena
Fri June 11 2021 - MANCHESTER Arena
Sun June 13 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena Birmingham
Mon June 14 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena Birmingham
Tue June 15 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena
Wed June 16 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Thu June 17 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sat June 19 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sun June 20 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Thu June 24 2021 - BERLIN Mercedes Benz Arena (Germany)
Sat June 26 2021 - COLOGNE Lanxess Arena (Germany)
Mon June 28 2021 - ZURICH Hallenstadion (Switzerland)
Tue June 29 2021 - MUNICH Olympiahalle (Germany)
Thu July 01 2021 - COPENHAGEN Royal Arena (Denmark)
Fri July 02 2021 - COPENHAGEN Royal Arena (Denmark)
Tue July 06 2021 - MADRID Wizink Centre (Spain)
Wed July 07 2021 - MADRID Wizink Centre (Spain)
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