Queen + Adam Lambert Bring ‘Rhapsody Tour’ Back To North America

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Adam Lambert performs on stage with Brian May of Queen, during the Rhapsody tour, at The O2 Arena on June 05, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

Having first launched their 25-date ‘Rhapsody Tour’ across North America in 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert are returning for another run.

Artist and teams made the most of this four-year long hiatus by expanding and upgrading the production surrounding the 150-minute career-spanning set list celebrating one of the most extraordinary back catalogues on earth.

The lineup still features original Queen members Sir Brian May, and Roger Taylor, and frontman Adam Lambert. As with last year’s UK and European dates, the 2023 North American tour will see Queen + Adam Lambert supported on stage by their regular band members, long-serving Queen keyboard player and musical director Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off Oct. 4 at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena, making stops in Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and more, before concluding at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. See full routing below.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31, at 10 a.m. local.

Queen + Adam Lambert’s last North American run of the “Rhapsody Tour” comprised 25 shows in 23 cities, all sold out according to Pollstar’s Boxoffice. The run place the artists on 30th position on our Year End Top 200 North American Tours chart, having sold 370,431 tickets for a gross of $45.4 million.

Queen + Adam Lamber also sold out most shows on last year’s European and UK run. Highlights include two sold out OVO Hydro concerts in Glasgow, Scotland, June 2-3, selling 26,233 tickets, and grossing $3,706,980; a sold out Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, June 28 (13,500 tickets, $1,988,816 gross); and a sold out Accor Arena in Paris, France, July 13 (12,587 tickets, $1,692,242 gross). They also grossed a whooping $5,031,797 with 27,615 tickets sold for two nights at WiZink Center in Madrid, Spain, July 6-7.

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Queen + Adam Lambert “Rhapsody Tour 2023”:

Oct. 4 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Oct. 8 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena
Oct. 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Oct. 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Oct. 15 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Oct. 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Oct. 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Oct. 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center

Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Nov. 5 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Nov. 8 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Nov. 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium

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