The Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012 was a European

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that was the first touring collaboration between British rock band

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and American singer

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History

Adam Lambert first performed with Queen as a contestant on the eighth season of American Idol. Soon after the performance, Brian May indicated to ''

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'' that he was considering Lambert as a front-man for Queen. In November 2011, Adam Lambert joined Queen for a special performance at the MTV Europe Awards in

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. It was then reported in December 2011 that Taylor and May had begun discussions with Lambert for him to front Queen in concert. The tour began in June 2012 at

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's Independence Square, a joint show with

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in aid of the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Following the Kyiv concert, the group was set to play a number of festival dates. The UK Sonisphere Festival was cancelled and Queen and Lambert instead performed three sold out concerts at London's Hammersmith Apollo to wrap up the tour.

Setlist

Tour dates

Personnel

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– electric and acoustic guitars, vocals * Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals *

– lead vocals *

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– lead vocals (pre-recorded) Additional musicians *

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– keyboards, backing vocals * Neil Fairclough – bass guitar, backing vocals * Rufus Tiger Taylor – percussion, additional drums, backing vocals

Notes

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

References

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