List of Queen concert tours

Queen live at Tokyo, 24 April 1979

The British rock band Queen was well known for its diverse music style in contemporary rock. Their large sound systems, lighting rigs, innovative pyrotechnics and extravagant costumes often gave shows a theatrical nature. Artists such as Bob Geldof, George Michael, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams have expressed admiration for lead singer Freddie Mercury's stage presence.

Queen wrote certain songs, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", with the goal of audience participation. "Radio Ga Ga" came to inspire synchronized hand-clapping (this routine, originating from the song's video, was the invention of the video's director, David Mallet). This influenced Queen's appearance at Live Aid, where the 72,000-person crowd at Wembley Stadium would sing loudly and clap their hands in unison. Queen's performance at Live Aid was later voted the greatest live show of all time by a group of over 60 musicians, critics, and executives in a poll conducted by Channel 4.

Headlining Tours

Title	Dates	Album	Continents	Shows	Band
Sheer Heart Attack Tour	October 30 1974 - May 1 1975	Sheer Heart Attack	Europe North America Asia	76	Queen
A Night At The Opera Tour	November 14 1975 - April 23 1976	A Night at the Opera	Europe North America Asia Oceania	78
Summer Tour 1976	September 1-18 1976	N/A	Europe	4
A Day at the Races Tour	January 13-June 7 1977	A Day at the Races	North America Europe	59
News of the World Tour	November 11 1977 - May 13 1978	News of the World	North America Europe	46
Jazz Tour	October 28 1978 - May 9 1979	Jazz	North America Europe Asia	78
Crazy Tour	November 22-December 26 1979	N/A	Europe	20
The Game Tour	June 30 1980 - October 18 1981	The Game	North America Europe Asia South America	80
Hot Space Tour	April 9 - November 3 1982	Hot Space	Europe North America Asia	69
The Works Tour	August 24 1984 - May 15 1985	The Works	Europe Africa South America Oceania Asia	48
Magic Tour	June 7 - August 9 1986	A Kind of Magic	Europe	26
Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour	March 28 2005 - April 13 2006	N/A	Europe North America Asia	64	Queen + Paul Rodgers
Rock the Cosmos Tour	September 12 - November 29 2008	The Cosmos Rocks	Europe Middle East South America	40
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012	June 30 - July 14 2012	N/A	Europe	6	Queen + Adam Lambert
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015	June 19 2014 - September 30 2015	N/A	North America Asia Oceania Europe South America	67
Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour	June 19 - September 30 2016	N/A	Europe Asia	24
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018	June 23 2017 - September 22 2018	N/A	North America Europe Oceania	88
The Rhapsody Tour	July 10 2019 - February 14 2024	N/A	North America Asia Oceania Europe	109

Music festivals

Date	Event	City	Country	Performed Songs	Band
August 18 1979	Saarbrücken Open Air	Saarbrücken	Germany	1. We Will Rock You (Fast) 2. Let Me Entertain You 3. If You Can't Beat Them 4. Mustapha 5. Death On Two Legs 6. Killer Queen 7. I'm In Love With My Car 8. Get Down, Make Love 9. You're My Best Friend 10. Now I'm Here 11. Somebody to Love 12. Spread Your Wings 13. Love of My Life 14. Keep Yourself Alive 15. Bohemian Rhapsody 16. Tie Your Mother Down 17. Sheer Heart Attack 18. Jailhouse Rock 19. We Will Rock You 20. We Are the Champions	Queen
May 12 1984	Golden Rose Festival	Montreux	Switzerland	1. Radio Ga Ga 2. Tear It Up 3. It's a Hard Life 4. Hammer to Fall
May 11 1986				1. One Vision 2. A Kind of Magic 3. Friends Will Be Friends 4. Hammer To Fall
March 19 2005	46664	Cape Town	South Africa	1. Tie Your Mother Down 2. Can't Get Enough 3. I Want to Break Free 4. Fat Bottomed Girls 5. Say It's Not True 6. Too Much Love Will Kill You 7. Hammer To Fall 8. A Kind Of Magic 9. Feel Like Makin' Love 10. Radio Ga Ga 11. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 12. The Show Must Go On 13. All Right Now 14. We Will Rock You 15. We Are The Champions	Queen + Paul Rodgers
June 27 2008		London	United Kingdom	1. One Vision 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. The Show Must Go On 4. We Will Rock You 5. We Are The Champions 6. All Right Now
September 20 2013	IHeartRadio Music Festival	Las Vegas	United States	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Another One Bites The Dust 3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4. Who Wants To Live Forever 5. Somebody To Love (With Fun) 6. Fat Bottomed Girls (With Fun) 7. Dragon Attack 8. Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise) 9. We Will Rock You 10. We Are The Champions	Queen + Adam Lambert
September 28 2019	Global Citizen Festival	New York City		1. Now I'm Here 2. Don't Stop Me Now 3. Somebody To Love 4. Another One Bites The Dust 5. I Want It All 6. Love Of My Life 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 8. Under Pressure 9. Who Wants To Live Forever 10. Radio Ga Ga 11. Bohemian Rhapsody 12. We Will Rock You 13. We Are The Champions

Award Shows

Date	Event	City	Country	Songs performed	Band
March 19 2001	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	New York City	United States	1. We Will Rock You (With Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins) 2. Tie Your Mother Down (With Dave Grohl & Taylor Hawkins)	Brian & Roger
June 12 2003	Songwriters Hall of Fame			1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (With Wynonna Judd) 2. We Will Rock You
October 16 2004	MTV Russia Music Awards	Moscow	Russia	1. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast) 2. We Are The Champions (With We Will Rock You Cast)
November 11 2004	UK Hall Of Fame Induction	London	United Kingdom	1. We Will Rock You 2. We Are The Champions 3. All Right Now	Queen + Paul Rodgers
November 6 2011	2011 MTV Europe Music Awards	Belfast		1. The Show Must Go On 2. Under Pressure (Intro) 3. We Will Rock You 4. We Are The Champions)	Queen + Adam Lambert
February 24 2019	91st Academy Awards	Los Angeles	United States	1. We Will Rock You 2. We Are The Champions

Television shows and specials

Date	Show	City	Country	Songs Performed	Band
September 25 1982	Saturday Night Live	New York City	United States	1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2. Under Pressure	Queen
February 3 1984	Sanremo Music Festival	Sanremo	Italy	1. Radio Ga Ga
February 4 1984
May 18 2002	Parkinson	London	United Kingdom	1. Somebody To Love (With Hannah Jane Fox) 2. Hammer To Fall 3. We Will Rock You (With Tony Vincent) 4. We Are The Champions (With Tony Vincent)	Brian & Roger
June 3 2002	Party at the Palace			1. God Save The Queen	Brian May
				1. Radio Ga Ga 2. We Will Rock You 3. We Are The Champions (With Will Young) 4. Bohemian Rhapsody (With We Will Rock You Cast) 5. All You Need Is Love (All Star Finale) 6. Hey Jude (All Star Finale) 7. I Saw Her Standing There (All Star Finale)	Brian & Roger
November 16 2002	Children in Need			1. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast) 2. We Are The Champions (With We Will Rock You Cast) 3. We Are The Champions (With We Will Rock You Cast)
August 8 2004	TV Special	Sydney	Australia	1. Bohemian Rhapsody (With We Will Rock You Cast)
November 12 2004	Wetten, dass..?	Nuremberg	Germany	1. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast) 2. We Are The Champions (With We Will Rock You Cast)
May 25 2006	VH1 Rock Honors	Las Vegas	United States	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Foo Fighters) 2. Under Pressure 3. The Show Must Go On 4. We Will Rock You (With Dave Grohl & Taylor Hawkins) 5. We Are The Champions (With Foo Fighters)	Queen + Paul Rodgers
March 10 2007	Al Murray's Happy Hour	London	United Kingdom	1. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast)	Brian & Roger
April 4 2008				1. C-lebrity 2. Bohemian Rhapsody (Final chords only) 3. All Right Now 4. We Will Rock You	Queen + Paul Rodgers
May 20 2009	American Idol	Los Angeles	United States	1. We Are The Champions (With Kris Allen & Adam Lambert)	Brian & Roger
November 15 2009	The X Factor	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody (With finalists)
January 10 2010	The Late Late Show	Dublin	Ireland	1. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast) 2. We Are The Champions (With We Will Rock You Cast)
April 25 2012	American Idol	Los Angeles	United States	1. Fat Bottomed Girls (With Finalists) 2. Another One Bites The Dust (With Finalists) 3. We Will Rock You (With Finalists) 4. We Are The Champions (With Finalists)
April 26 2012				1. Somebody To Love (With Queen Extravaganza)
November 30 2014	The X Factor	London	United Kingdom	1. Somebody To Love (With Finalists)	Queen + Adam Lambert
December 31 2014	New Years Eve Special			1. Don't Stop Me Now 2. I Want To Break Free 3. Somebody To Love 4. Another One Bites The Dust 5. Under Pressure 6. Fat Bottomed Girls 7. Radio Ga Ga 8. I Want It All 9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 10. The Show Must Go On 11. Bohemian Rhapsody 12. Killer Queen 13. Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise) 14. We Will Rock You 15. We Are The Champions
February 1 2017	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Los Angeles	United States	1. We Will Rock You 2. Don't Stop Me Now (With James Corden) 3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (With James Corden) 4. Another One Bites The Dust 5. Somebody To Love (With James Corden)
June 22 2017	Jimmy Kimmel Live!			1. I Want It All 2. Don't Stop Me Now 3. Two Fux 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
June 4 2022	Platinum Party at the Palace	London	United Kingdom	1. We Will Rock You 2. Don't Stop Me Now 3. We Are The Champions

Benefit Concerts

Date	Event	City	Country	Songs Performed	Band
December 26 1979	Concerts for the People of Kampuchea	London	United Kingdom	1. Jailhouse Rock 2. We Will Rock You (Fast) 3. Let Me Entertain You 4. Somebody To Love 5. It You Can't Beat Them 6. Mustapha 7. Death On Two Legs 8. Killer Queen 9. I'm In Love With My Car 10. Get Down, Make Love 11. You're My Best Friend 12. Save Me 13. Now I'm Here 14. Don't Stop Me Now 15. Spread Your Wings 16. Love Of My Life 17. '39 18. Keep Yourself Alive 19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 20. Bohemian Rhapsody 21. Tie Your Mother Down 22. Sheer Heart Attack 23. We Will Rock You 24. We Are The Champions	Queen
July 13 1985	Live Aid			1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Radio Ga Ga 3. Hammer To Fall 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are The Champions
				1. Is This the World We Created...?	Brian & Freddie
April 20 1992	The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert			1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Joe Elliot & Slash) 2. I Want It All (With Roger Daltrey & Tony Iommi) 3. Las Palabras de Amor (With Zucchero) 4. Hammer To Fall (With Gary Cherone) 5. Stone Cold Crazy (With James Hetfield) 6. Innuendo (With Robert Plant) 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (With Robert Plant) 8. Radio Ga Ga (With Paul Young) 9. Who Wants To Love Forever (With Seal) 10. I Want To Break Free (With Lisa Stansfield) 11. Under Pressure (With David Bowie & Annie Lennox) 12. All The Young Dudes (With David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Joe Elliot & Phil Collen) 13. Heroes (With David Bowie & Mick Ronson) 14. '39 (With George Michael) 15. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (With George Michael & Lisa Stansfield) 16. Somebody To Love (With George Michael) 17. Bohemian Rhapsody (With Elton John & Axl Rose) 18. The Show Must Go On (With Elton John & Tony Iommi) 19. We Will Rock You (With Axl Rose) 20. We Are The Champions (With Liza Minnelli)	Queen
May 14 2003	ARK Charity			1. I Want To Break Free 2. A Kind Of Magic 3. Radio Ga Ga 4. The Kids Are Alright (With Bob Geldof) 5. We Will Rock You 6. Tie Your Mother Down 7. Rock And Roll	Brian & Roger
November 29 2003	46664	Cape Town	South Africa	1. Say It's Not True 2. Invincible Hope 3. 46664 4. The Show Must Go On (With Chris Thompson) 5. Toss The Feathers (With The Corrs) 6. Is This The World We Created? (With Andrea Corr) 7. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (With Zucchero) 8. Amandla (With Anastacia, Beyoncé, Dave Stewart etc.) 9. Bohemian Rhapsody 10. I Want It All (With Zucchero) 11. I Want To Break Free (With Tandy) 12. Radio Ga Ga 13. We Will Rock You (With Anastacia) 14. We Are The Champions (With Anastacia)
November 17 2010	Princes Trust Rock Gala	London	United Kingdom	1. These Are The Days Of Our Lives 2. Last Horizon 3. It's A Hard Life (With Tom Chaplin) 4. Seven Seas Of Rhye (With Midge Ure) 5. We Will Rock You
February 16 2020	Fire Fight Australia	Sydney	Australia	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Radio Ga Ga 3. Hammer To Fall 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are The Champions	Queen + Adam Lambert

Other performances

Date	Event	City	Country	Songs Performed	Band
October 6 1977	We Are The Champions Music Video Shoot	London	United Kingdom	1. We Are The Champions 2. We Are The Champions 3. We Are The Champions 4. We Are The Champions 5. Tie Your Mother Down 6. Keep Yourself Alive 7. Somebody To Love 8. White Man 9. The Prophet's Song 10. Liar 11. Bohemian Rhapsody (Intro) 12. Now I'm Here 13. Jailhouse Rock 14. See What A Fool I've Been	Queen
November 24 1981	One-off Concerts	Montreal	Canada	N/A
November 25 1981
January 17 1997	Béjart Ballet	Paris	France	1. The Show Must Go On (With Elton John
April 30 2002	Koningsdag	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1. Radio Ga Ga 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. Another One Bites The Dust (With Patti Russo) 4. Under Pressure (With Patti Russo) 5. Hammer To Fall 6. The Show Must Go On (With Patti Russo) 7. No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young) 8. We Will Rock You 9. We Are The Champions (With Trijntje Oosterhuis)	Brian & Roger
May 14 2002	We Will Rock You Afterparty	London	United Kingdom	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Kerry Ellis) 2. Guitar Men (With Ben Elton) 3. Hammer To Fall 4. Tutti Frutti (With Gary Brooker) 5. A Whiter Shade of Pale (With Gary Booker) 6. Rock and Roll 7. With A Little Help From My Friends 8. All The Way
October 18 2002	Hollywood Walk of Fame Afterparty	Los Angeles	United States	1. Tie Your Mother Down 2. Under Pressure (With Patti Russo) 3. Another One Bites The Dust (With Patti Russo) 4. Sleeping On The Sidewalk 5. I'm In Love With My Car 6. Stone Cold Crazy (With Jeff Scott Soto) 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 8. Hammer To Fall 9. We Will Rock You 10. We Are The Champions 11. Rock and Roll (With Steve Vai and Carmine Appice)
August 7 2003	We Will Rock You Afterparty	Melbourne	Australia	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Amanda Harrison) 2. Whole Lotta Love 3. Rock and Roll
September 8 2004		Las Vegas	United States	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Jason Wooten and Kacie Sheik) 2. The Show Must Go On (With Kacie Sheik) 3. Don't Stop Me Now (With Jason Wooten) 4. Stone Cold Crazy (With Glenn Hughes) 5. Rock and Roll 6. Johnny B. Goode (With Meat Loaf) 7. With a Little Help from My Friends (With Jason Wooten)
October 9 2004		Sydney	Australia	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Amanda Harrison) 2. I'm In Love With My Car 3. Rock and Roll 4. Little Wing 5. Johnny B. Goode (With Andrew Swann) 6. With A Little Help From My Friends (With Kate Hoolihan)
October 17 2004		Moscow	Russia	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Olga Belaya) 2. I'm In Love With My Car 3. The Show Must Go On (With Zemfira) 4. Sleeping On The Sidewalk 5. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast) 6. Rock And Roll 7. Johnny B. Goode (With Evgeiny Drier and Anthon Bizeev 8. With A Little Help From My Friends (With We Will Rock You Cast)
December 12 2004		Cologne	Germany	1. Tie Your Mother Down (With Brigitte Oelke) 2. I'm In Love With My Car 3. The Show Must Go On (With Alex Melcher) 4. Little Wing 5. Don't Stop Me Now (With Michaela Kovarikova) 6. Sleeping On The Sidewalk 7. Rock and Roll 8. With A Little Help From My Friends (With We Will Rock You Cast)
September 5 2011	Freddie Mercury 65th Birthday Party	London	United Kingdom	1. Love Of My Life (With Kerry Ellis) 2. These Are The Days Of Our Lives 3. Under Pressure (With Patti Russo) 4. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (With Matt Lucas) 5. Don't Stop Me Now (With David Armand) 6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (With Ty Taylor and Mike Rutherford) 7. Say It's Not True (With Jeff Beck) 8. Little Wing (With Jeff Beck) 9. It's A Hard Life (With Tom Chaplin) 10. Tie Your Mother Down (With Jeff Beck and Kerry Ellis) 11. The Show Must Go On (With Tom Chaplin) 12. We Will Rock You (With We Will Rock You Cast)
August 12 2012	2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony			1. Brighton Rock (Only Brian) 2. We Will Rock You (With Jessie J)
June 16 2014	iHeart Radio Music Theatre (Promo Gig)	Los Angeles	United States	1. We Will Rock You 2. Another One Bites The Dust 3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4. Love Kills 5. Fat Bottomed Girls 6. Under Pressure 7. We Are The Champions 8. Don't Stop Me Now	Queen + Adam Lambert
September 21 2019	Kym Rapier's Birthday Party	Florence	Italy	1. Now I'm Here 2. Somebody To Love 3. Don't Stop Me Now 4. Another One Bites The Dust 5. I Want It All 6. Love Of My Life 7. Happy Birthday To You 8. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 9. Under Pressure 10. Who Wants To Live Forever 11. Fat Bottomed Girls 12. Radio Ga Ga 13. Bohemian Rhapsody 14. We Will Rock You 15. We Are The Champions
May 23 2022	Warm-Up Show	Bristol	United Kingdom	1. Tie Your Mother Down 2. The Show Must Go On 3. Radio Ga Ga 4. Bohemian Rhapsody 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are The Champions
September 3 2022	Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert	London		1. We Will Rock You (With Luke Spiller & Foo Fighters) 2. I'm In Love With My Car (With Foo Fighters) 3. Under Pressure (With Justin Hawkins & Foo Fighters) 4. Somebody To Love (With Sam Ryder & Foo Fighters) 5. Love Of My Life	Brian & Roger
September 29 2022		Los Angeles	United States	1. We Will Rock You (With Justin Hawkins & Foo Fighters) 2. I'm In Love With My Car (With Foo Fighters) 3. Under Pressure (With Justin Hawkins & Foo Fighters) 4. Somebody To Love (With Pink and Foo Fighters) 5. Love Of My Life

Guest Appearances

Date	Event	City	Country	Songs Performed	Band
October 17 1979	The Royal Ballet	London	United Kingdom	1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2. Bohemian Rhapsody	Freddie Mercury
September 9 1987	Def Leppard			1. Now I'm Here	Brian May
October 22 1991	Extreme			1. Tie Your Mother Down 2. Song For Love
April 20 1992	Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert			1. Now I'm Here (With Def Leppard)
June 13 1992	Guns N' Roses			1. Tie Your Mother Down 2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
November 19 1992	DoRo Party	Vienna	Austria	1. Money 2. Twist and Shout (With Campino and Nina Hagen) 3. Lucille (With Nina Hagen) 4. Long Tall Sally (With Klaus Meine)	Brian & Roger
December 23 1992	Extreme	London	United Kingdom	1. I Want To Break Free 2. Tie Your Mother Down	Brian May
September 18 1993	Midhurst Festival	Midhurst		1. A Kind Of Magic 2. I Want To Break Free 3. We Will Rock You 4. Another One Bites The Dust (With Paul Young) 5. These Are The Days Of Our Lives 6. Radio Ga Ga	Roger & John
December 5 1994	Meat Loaf	London		1. We Will Rock You 2. Roll Over Beethoven	Brian May
December 17 1994	SAS Band			1. Only Make Believe 2. Tie Your Mother Down (Country Version)
February 7 1998	DoRo Party	Purkersdorf	Austria	N/A	Brian & Roger
November 25 1999	Foo Fighters	London	United Kingdom	1. We Will Rock You (Only Brian) 2. Now I'm Here
July 9 2000	Party in the Park			1. We Will Rock You (With Five) 2. Tie Your Mother Down (With Five)
September 27 2000	Five			1. We Will Rock You
November 24 2001	SAS Band			1. Radio Ga Ga 2. Since You've Been Gone 3. Under Pressure (With Treana Morris) 4. Strange Frontier 5. Tie Your Mother Down 6. No-One But You
March 16 2002	Liza Minnelli's Wedding	New York City	United States	1. We Are The Champions 2. Tie Your Mother Down	Brian May
June 3 2002	Party at the Palace	London	United Kingdom	1. You Can't Hurry Love (With Phil Collins)	Roger Taylor
				1. Move It (With Cliff Richard and S Club 7) 2. With A Little Help From My Friends (With Joe Cocker)	Brian May
May 27 2003	Pavarotti & Friends	Modena	Italy	1. We Will Rock You 2. Radio Ga Ga 3. Too Much Love Will Kill You (With Luciano Pavarotti) 4. We Are The Champions (With Zucchero)	Brian & Roger
September 20 2003	We Will Rock You (Martinee performance)	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
September 27 2003	We Will Rock You Musical
October 20 2003
October 27 2003
October 29 2003
October 30 2003
October 31 2003	Def Leppard			1. Tie Your Mother Down
January 2 2004	We Will Rock You Musical	Madrid	Spain	1. Bohemian Rhapsody
January 27 2004				1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Tie Your Mother Down
January 31 2004	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)			1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. We Are The Champions
April 17 2004	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
May 3 2004	We Will Rock You Musical	Madrid	Spain	1. Bohemian Rhapsody
May 11 2004		London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. We Are The Champions
May 30 2004		Madrid	Spain	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On
November 18 2004	SAS Band	Copenhagen	Denmark	1. Radio Ga Ga 2. Under Pressure (With Chris Thompson) 3. Rock and Roll 4. Boys Are Back In Town (With Midge Ure) 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are The Champions	Roger Taylor
December 6 2004		London	United Kingdom	1. Radio Ga Ga 2. Under Pressure (With Chris Thompson) 3. Rock and Roll 4. We Will Rock You 5. We Are The Champions
December 18 2004	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	Las Vegas	United States	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian May
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
January 12 2005	We Will Rock You Musical	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. The Show Must Go On	Brian & Roger
October 14 2005	Foo Fighters	East Rutherford	United States	1. Tie Your Mother Down	Roger Taylor
May 11 2006	We Will Rock You Musical	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian May
June 17 2006	Foo Fighters			1. We Will Rock You 2. Tie Your Mother Down	Brian & Roger
September 5 2006	We Will Rock You Musical			1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Love Of My Life 3. Say It's Not True 4. The Show Must Go On
September 22 2006	McFly			1. Don't Stop Me Now 2. 5 Colours in Her Hair	Brian May
October 7 2006	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)			1. Bohemian Rhapsody
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
May 14 2007	We Will Rock You Musical			1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian & Roger
August 1 2007		Toronto	Canada	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On (With Canadian Idol Finalists)
September 29 2007	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
November 17 2007	Foo Fighters			1. '39	Brian & Roger
December 29 2007	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)			1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
January 24 2008	We Will Rock You Musical	Vienna	Austria
May 21 2008		London	United Kingdom	1. Don't Stop Me Now 2. Bohemian Rhapsody 3. The Show Must Go On
June 27 2008	46664			1. Is This The World We Created? (With Andrea Corr)
January 10 2009	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)			1. Bohemian Rhapsody
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
March 25 2009	We Will Rock You Musical	Manchester			Brian & Roger
May 18 2009		London		1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian May
June 11 2009		Sunderland		1. Bohemian Rhapsody
July 2 2009		Birmingham			Brian & Roger
September 12 2009	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	London			Brian May
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)			1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On
September 17 2009	We Will Rock You Musical	Bristol		1. Bohemian Rhapsody
November 9 2009		Edinburgh			Brian & Roger
November 12 2009		Stuttgart	Germany	1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian May
December 4 2009		Milan	Italy	1. Bohemian Rhapsody
January 31 2010	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	Dublin	Ireland
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
May 10 2010	We Will Rock You Musical	London	United Kingdom		Brian & Roger
May 11 2010	Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders			1. In Your Shoes 2. I'm In Love With Your Car 3. Sleeping On The Sidewalk 4. Long Away 5. Tenement Funster 6. Way Down
September 3 2010	We Will Rock You Musical	Utrecht	Netherlands	1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
September 4 2010	We Will Rock You (Matinee Performance)	London	United Kingdom
	We Will Rock You (Evening Performance)
October 21 2010	We Will Rock You Musical	Berlin	Germany
January 20 2011		Glasgow	United Kingdom
January 27 2011		Oslo	Norway
February 23 2011		Copenhagen	Denmark		Roger Taylor
March 22 2011		Cardiff	United Kingdom		Brian May
May 31 2011		London		1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. The Show Must Go On
June 8 2011		Aberdeen		1. Bohemian Rhapsody
July 7 2011		Birmingham
July 11 2011	Foo Fighters	London		1. Tie Your Mother Down	Brian & Roger
August 20 2011	We Will Rock You Musical			1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
August 26 2011	Reading Festival	Reading		1. We Will Rock You (With My Chemical Romance) 2. Welcome to the Black Parade (With My Chemical Romance)
September 13 2011	We Will Rock You Musical	London		1. We Will Rock You (With Melanie C) 2. We Are The Champions (With Melanie C)
October 13 2011		Bristol		1. Bohemian Rhapsody
December 1 2011		Edinburgh		1. Bohemian Rhapsody
December 9 2011	Melanie C	London		1. One Vision
April 15 2012	Laurence Olivier Awards			1. Bohemian Rhapsody (With We Will Rock You Cast)
May 14 2012	We Will Rock You Musical			1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Only Brian) 2. The Show Must Go On	Brian & Roger
March 27 2013		Nottingham		1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
October 5 2013		London
October 15 2013		Baltimore	United States
December 12 2014	Helene Fischer Show	Berlin	Germany	1. Who Wants To Live Forever (With Helene Fischer) 2. I Want It All	Queen + Adam Lambert
March 16 2015	We Will Rock You Musical	Hamburg		1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
September 5 2015	Foo Fighters	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	1. Under Pressure (With Foo Fighters and John Paul Jones)	Roger Taylor
August 26 2018	Cal Jam Festival	Los Angeles	United States	1. Under Pressure (With Chevy Metal & Foo Fighters)
February 2 2019	Super Saturday Night	Atlanta		1. Under Pressure (With Foo Fighters)
June 5 2023	We Will Rock You Musical	London	United Kingdom	1. Bohemian Rhapsody	Brian May
June 7 2023
August 27 2023
April 11 2025	Coachella 2025	Indio	United States	1. Bohemian Rhapsody (With Benson Boone) 2. Beautiful Things (With Benson Boone)
May 22 2025	amfAR Gala	Cannes	France	1. Another One Bites The Dust (With Adam Lambert) 2. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (With Adam Lambert) 3. Under Pressure (With Adam Lambert)	Roger Taylor

1970s

Queen played approximately 700 live performances during their career with roughly two-thirds during the 1970s. Their early performances were generally hard rock, but the band developed a noticeably more pop-oriented sound in later years. Many of their future trademarks first appeared in these early shows, although some could be traced back to the members' previous bands and artistic outlets (e.g., Smile, Ibex later renamed as Wreckage, and Sour Milk Sea).

Freddie Mercury often dressed in a flamboyant manner and acted with camp, while dry ice and multi-coloured lights were used. During the concerts, it was typical for both Brian May and Roger Taylor to have impromptu, instrumental interludes and for Mercury to engage in a crowd 'shout-along' whereas it was traditional for Taylor to sing one song. Brian May and John Deacon sang backup vocals. Other distinguishable trademarks were Mercury's microphone, which featured only the upper part of the stand with no base (which allegedly came about while Mercury was with "Wreckage" during which the bottom of his stand accidentally broke off), a grand piano, and May's hand-built electric guitar, the Red Special. The lengthy guitar solo by May showcased his use of a multiple-delay effect, helping create a layered atmosphere. Rarely, Queen would host a non-member on stage with them, the most notable being keyboardist Spike Edney who performed with the band during the 1980s. A semi-informal medley of 1950s rock 'n' roll songs (especially "Big Spender" and "Jailhouse Rock") was also a staple and usually formed the backbone of an encore. The band's logo, designed by Mercury shortly before the release of the first album, is made up of the band's star signs and was usually displayed on the front of Taylor's bass drum during their early tours. Some stage costumes worn by Mercury and May on their earliest tours and a few subsequent tours were created by fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

The concert duration and set-list for each Queen show progressed significantly during its career, eventually leading to shows exceeding two hours. Queen performed most of the songs released on their studio albums during concerts. So far, two shows have been officially released as concert videos from this era, which are the November 1974 show at the Rainbow and the Christmas Eve 1975 show at the Hammersmith Odeon.

Lisa Marie Presley stated that the first rock concert she attended was by Queen in Los Angeles in the late 70s. After the show, she gave Mercury a scarf that belonged to her late father.

Queen – Queen II Tours

With the release of their first two albums Queen & Queen II, the band began live performing in earnest, essentially following the traditional 'album-tour' cycle throughout the 70s. The embryonic Queen played numerous gigs in and around London in the early seventies, but evidence suggests that its first performance was on 27 June 1970 at Truro in England. The band's first major step toward becoming a recognized live act came when Queen was a support act to Mott the Hoople on its UK tour. Queen's performances consistently received an enthusiastic reception from audiences. This led to Mott the Hoople inviting Queen to be its support act for Hoople's US tour. Here, the band was able to hone its on-stage presentations in front of large crowds, try out different songs and arrangements, and gain experience with state-of-the-art light and sound systems. The Queen song "Now I'm Here" was written by Brian May as a tribute to Mott The Hoople.

The year 1974 had started with their first trip outside of Europe and an appearance at the Sunbury Music Festival in Australia. Although the band headlined the event on 2 February, their appearance the next day was canceled. In March, the band commenced on their first headlining tour of the United Kingdom to promote their new album Queen II, and then embark on their first trip to the USA. Once again, they supported Mott The Hoople on a four-week tour beginning in April. The band paid more attention to their look on stage and employed the services of Zandra Rhodes to design some of their costumes, such as Freddie Mercury and Brian May's white and black wingsuits. Queen's supporting stint came to an abrupt halt, however, when May collapsed from hepatitis after the New York show on 11 May, and they all had to fly home so that he could recover.

Sheer Heart Attack Tour

The Sheer Heart Attack Tour was the second headlining concert tour, and first world tour by the band in support of their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.

Background

The band were soon back on the road and commenced their second tour as the headlining act, with nineteen concerts at eighteen different venues around the UK. The band rotated supporting acts, and the setlist contained much of the material from the new album Sheer Heart Attack. With more money to invest in a new stage show, the band wore new costumes for this tour and added an additional lighting rig, complete with state of the art stage effects. To conclude Queen's touring for the year, they extended the leg with mainland European shows, consisting of ten shows in six countries, performing over a two-and-a-half-week period. The year 1975 started with the American leg of the tour, before transferring to Japan. The tour would have been longer, but an accident involving the truck that transported their equipment meant it was not able to reach the remaining scheduled venues, which would have been a second American leg for the tour. In late February, on the North American tour, a handful of shows were cancelled due to Freddie Mercury's voice failing on him. After several doctor's visits, he was diagnosed with vocal fold nodules, which would impact him for the rest of his life. With this, several more shows were cancelled to allow for a more lenient touring schedule for his voice.

There were slight differences between the European, North American and Japanese sets. The Japanese shows were a bit longer; the band added Doing All Right to the set, extended Killer Queen to include the second verse, and added See What A Fool I've Been to the end of some shows as well as reviving Hangman on the final night of the tour, almost certainly due to the warm welcome they received from the Japanese fans. Additionally, for the North American leg, Seven Seas of Rhye was dropped from the setlist due to it picking up little attention from listeners.

The band planned to return to the United States in late 1975 to play arena shows, however these were all cancelled, most likely due to Queen wanting to distance themselves from Trident and switching managers to John Reid. The shows most likely wouldn't have been profitable, seeing as Queen didn't tour arenas in the United States until 1977.

A Night at the Opera Tour

The A Night at the Opera Tour was the third headlining concert tour by Queen to promote A Night at the Opera. It spanned 1975 and 1976, and covered the UK, the US, Japan, and Australia. It marked the debut of "Bohemian Rhapsody", which would be played at virtually every Queen gig thereafter.

The DVD A Night at the Odeon is taken from the Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. "It's quite something to watch", said Brian May. "We were just a four-piece, but we made a lot of noise. I'm quite shocked at how good it was. We were incredibly tight and, at the same time – because we knew each other so well – very loose in terms of improvisation."

Summer Gigs 1976

Queen played four shows during a short UK tour in September 1976. They began with two nights at Edinburgh Playhouse on 1st and 2nd September. On 10th September, they played in Cardiff, which was their second and final show in the city, having played there on their previous tour in 1975.

The final Queen show of the year was in Hyde Park, London, on 18th September, after the hot summer of 1976. The Hyde Park gig was in fact a free concert which drew in a crowd of about 180,000. The free concert was organised by entrepreneur Richard Branson.

Several audio recordings exist of the Hyde Park concert, including a soundboard source. The only other concert on the tour with available audio is the second Edinburgh gig, which has an audience recording in circulation.

This tour featured the debut performances of "You Take My Breath Away", "'39" and "Tie Your Mother Down" (Tie Your Mother Down was not played at Hyde Park due to limited time), about 3 months before A Day At The Races was released.

A Day at the Races Tour

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News of the World

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Jazz

Main article: Jazz Tour

Saarbrücken Open Air Festival 1979

After the Jazz tour had ended, Queen played a show at the Saarbrücken Open Air festival in West Germany, at Ludwigsparkstadion on 18 August 1979.

Crazy Tour

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1980s

The Game Tour

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Montreal 1981

See also: We Will Rock You (video) and Queen Rock Montreal

In 1980, director Saul Swimmer approached Queen with the idea of producing a concert film. Initially proposed to be shot at the Madison Square Garden, the band moved shooting to the Montreal Forum in Canada due to the audience being louder than the monitors there. Two one-off gigs were played on 24 and 25 November 1981. When filming was occurring, Saul Swimmer wanted the band to choreograph their act and wear the same outfits on both nights, so he could switch between the footage at will. Out of spite, Jailhouse Rock was performed on the first night, with Mercury still in his trousers, which he wore during the encores. During the second night, not only was the Elvis cover not performed, but Freddie had also switched to shorts for the encores, to deliberately mess with the continuity of the footage.

Later on, Swimmer acquired the rights to the footage. The footage was given a dry mix and released in 1982 as "We Will Rock You" by Mobilevision. Despite being performed during the second encore of the first night, "Jailhouse Rock" was placed after "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on official releases.

The film was released many times, including in 1984, 1997 and 2001, before the rights to the film were bought back by Queen Productions in early 2007. As all the footage that had not been included in the final cut had been discarded, the band could not re-edit the film, and could only remaster the video and remix the audio. Nonetheless, the footage was re-released properly in 2007 as "Queen Rock Montreal", and has received much critical acclaim since.

These two gigs marked the last time Queen played live without a fifth player, as all tours and live performances from 1982 onwards would feature an extra man playing on keyboard.

Hot Space Tour

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The Works Tour

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Live Aid

Main article: Live Aid

The performance at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985 is often regarded as Queen's greatest single live performance. Their set lasted 21 minutes and consisted of a version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (ballad section and guitar solo) slightly sped up in lyrics, "Radio Ga Ga", a crowd singalong, "Hammer to Fall", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Will Rock You" (1st verse), and "We Are the Champions". Mercury and May returned later on to perform a version of "Is This the World We Created?" The band were unenthusiastic about performing when they were first approached by Bob Geldof, but the acclaim they received after their performance led to them writing, collectively, the song "One Vision" which was then released as a single.

The Magic Tour

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1990s

Queen did not perform any concerts in their original line-up in the 1990s. After Freddie Mercury's death in November 1991, Queen organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and took place in April 1992 at Wembley Stadium. The three remaining members (in one of the few concerts they played together after Mercury's death) and a host of special guests staged a lengthy and emotional show billed as the Concert For AIDS Awareness (as well as Concert for Life) that was televised worldwide. Queen appeared only sporadically following the concert. Not all appearances featured all three surviving members. The final occasion where all remaining members of Queen performed on stage was in January 1997 at Paris in France for the world premiere of Bejart Ballet For Life. Joining the surviving trio were Spike Edney on keyboards/backing-vocals and Elton John who sang lead vocals. They only performed one song, namely "The Show Must Go On" which was one of the two songs they had performed together at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and this was the last reported appearance of John Deacon on stage.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
20 April 1992	London	England	Wembley Stadium	The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
18 September 1993	Midhurst		Cowdray Park	Festival appearance, featured only Taylor and Deacon
17 January 1997	Paris	France	Theatre National de Chaillot	Queen + Elton John, last appearance of John Deacon
25 November 1999	London	England	Brixton Academy	May and Taylor appearance at a Foo Fighters concert

2000s

Following Freddie Mercury's death and John Deacon's retirement, May and Taylor continued to make sporadic live appearances in addition to their long-term collaboration with Paul Rodgers.

One-off performances

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
9 July 2000	London	England	Hyde Park	Queen + Five
27 September 2000			Millennium Dome	Queen + Five
19 March 2001	New York	United States	Waldorf Astoria Hotel	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
24 November 2001	London	England	Ocean Club	Fan Club concert for 10th anniversary of Mercury's death
30 April 2002	Amsterdam	The Netherlands	Museum Square	Birthday party for Dutch Queen
14 May 2002	London	England	Astoria Theater	With the cast of We Will Rock You
3 June 2002			Buckingham Palace	Queen's Jubilee
18 October 2002	Los Angeles	United States	Club 1650
16 November 2002	London	England	Children in Need	With the cast of We Will Rock You
14 May 2003			Billingsgate Market
27 May 2003	Modena	Italy	Parco Novi Sad	With Luciano Pavarotti and Zucchero Fornaciari
12 June 2003	New York	United States	Marriott Marquis Hotel	Songwriter's Hall of Fame Induction
7 August 2003	Melbourne	Australia	Regent Theatre	With the cast of We Will Rock You
29 November 2003	Cape Town	South Africa	Green Point Stadium	46664 charity concert
8 September 2004	Las Vegas	United States	Paris Hotel	With the cast of We Will Rock You
9 October 2004	Sydney	Australia	Lyric Theatre	With the cast of We Will Rock You
16 October 2004	Moscow	Russia	State Kremlin Palace	Russian Music Awards, with the cast of We Will Rock You
11 November 2004	London	England	Hackney Empire	Hall of Fame Induction
12 December 2004	Cologne	Germany	Flora	With the cast of We Will Rock You
12 January 2005	London	England	Dominion Theatre	With the cast of We Will Rock You
17 June 2006			Hyde Park	Appearance at a Foo Fighters concert
3 September 2006			Dominion Theatre	Freddie Mercury 60th birthday celebration, with the cast of We Will Rock You

Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour

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Rock the Cosmos Tour

Main article: Rock the Cosmos Tour

2010s

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012

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Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015

Main article: Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015

Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour

Main article: Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018

Main article: Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018

The Rhapsody Tour

Main article: The Rhapsody Tour

Queen's line-up (live)

Queen (1970–1971)	Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano Brian May – guitar, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals Mike Grose – bass guitar (April–July 1970) Barry Mitchell – bass guitar (August 1970 – January 1971) Doug Bogie – bass guitar (February 1971)
Queen (1971–1981)	Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar Brian May – guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals, Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals John Deacon – bass guitar, backing vocals
Queen (1982–1986)	Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar Brian May – guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals John Deacon – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals With Morgan Fisher – keyboards, piano (April–June 1982) Fred Mandel – keyboards, piano (July–November 1982) Spike Edney – keyboards, piano, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1984–1986)
Queen + (1992–1997)	Brian May – guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals John Deacon – bass guitar, backing vocals With Spike Edney – keyboards, piano, guitar, backing vocals and various other guests
Queen + (1997–present)	Brian May – guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals With Spike Edney – keyboards, piano, guitar, backing vocals David Grosman – bass guitar, backing vocals (1998–2004) Danny Miranda – bass guitar, backing vocals (2005–2009) Neil Fairclough – bass guitar, backing vocals (2009–present) and various other guests
Queen + Paul Rodgers (2005–2009)	Brian May – guitar, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica With Spike Edney – keyboards, accordion, backing vocals Jamie Moses – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Danny Miranda – bass guitar, backing vocals Neil Murray – bass guitar (14 & 16 October 2008 only)
Queen + Adam Lambert (2011–2017)	Brian May – guitar, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals Adam Lambert – lead vocals With Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals Rufus Tiger Taylor – percussion, drums, backing vocals Neil Fairclough – bass guitar, backing vocals
Queen + Adam Lambert (2017–present)	Brian May – guitar, vocals Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals Adam Lambert – lead vocals With Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals Neil Fairclough – bass guitar, backing vocals Tyler Warren – percussion, drums, backing vocals

See also

• Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
• Rock in Rio
• Live Aid
• The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
• Party at the Palace
• 46664 Concerts

Further reading

• Greg Brooks, Chris Charlesworth. Queen Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7119-4814-3