Queen have already played 218 concerts in front of a total of 3.7 million visitors with Adam Lambert’s “neo” voice. But no live album has been released yet …
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Since their first joint appearance in 2009, when Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared as guests at the finale of the eighth season of “American Idol”, in which Adam Lambert took part, the combination Queen + Adam Lambert has become one of the Developed the world’s largest touring band, to date they have played in front of a total of almost 4 million visitors.
Speaking of live concerts: If times had been different, Brian, Roger and Adam would have just finished another tour with a colossal series of 27 concerts in 9 European countries. However, the arrival of COVID-19 forced them to postpone their upcoming UK and European summer tour until next year. With this in mind, Queen + Adam Lambert looked for other ways to comfort the nearly half a million disappointed fans who were already in possession of tickets.
The first way, like so many other bands, was on YouTube: The band presented a special “Tour Watch Party”, a one-hour show with live highlights from previous tours around the world. The positive reactions from fans worldwide showed: the show must go on! But not only the over 500,000 spectators were impressed, but also the band itself: “We hadn’t really watched these clips before, we were always too busy touring”, said Roger Taylor. “We didn’t know how good the band sounded. So we thought, well, maybe there is the possibility of recording a live album with highlights from concerts that we have done with Adam Lambert in the last eight years …? “
And indeed! Now, under the title “Live Around the World”, their first joint live album will actually hit record stores on October 2nd and will be released on CD, CD / DVD, CD / Blu-ray and vinyl.
The set contains a compilation of concert highlights from around the world, personally selected by Taylor, May and Lambert from over 200 concerts, some of which are available here for the very first time: We hear classics from Rock in Rio across the Isle of Wight Festival and Summer Sonic to the charity show Fire Fight Australia, one of their last concerts before COVID-19. The last show in particular is special and can therefore be heard in full length: At Fire Fight Australia, Queen played their historic Live Aid set from 1985 in full, including “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “Hammer To Fall” “,” Crazy Little Thing Called Love “,” We Will Rock You “and” We are The Champions “. You can even hear Freddie Mercury’s iconic Ay-Ohs on the tape!
The twenty titles in total include firm fan favorites such as “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “I Want To Break Free” as well as rarities such as their versions of the “Love Kills” and “I Was Born” penned by Freddie Mercury To Love You ”. The DVD and Blu-ray contain additional performance recordings, including a “Drum Battle” by Roger Taylor with his son Rufus and a guitar solo by Brian May (“Last Horizon”).
Brian May says of the historic live album: “As we all face the challenge of creating live shows in a world ruled by a formidable viral enemy, it seemed like the perfect time to have a collection of handpicked live highlights from our Queen shows on the last 7 years with our brother Adam Lambert.„
Adam Lambert adds: “When we couldn’t go on tour this year, we wanted to give the fans something instead, and a live album just felt right. It’s the first time we’re putting out an album together, and we had a lot of fun putting it together and picking out our favorite gigs from the past seven years. “
Queen + Adam Lambert
„Live Around the World“
CD / VINYL TRACK LIST
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
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
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
DVD / BLU-RAY TRACK LIST
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
Drum Battle (Taylor) Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia, 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 Guitar Solo (Last Horizon) (May) The O2, London, UK, 2018
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
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) Fire Fight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
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
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