Queen and Adam Lambert have announced their North American ‘The Rhapsody Tour.’ They are returning to North America to perform their highly anticipated shows, with reports that the production has been expanded and updated. Original Queen band members and music legends, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, will return to the stage for 14 scheduled dates, with American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert returning as the frontman.

The tour is set to begin October 4 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland and will travel through cities such as New York, Toronto, Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Paul and Atlanta, with the final date scheduled for November 11 in Los Angeles, California. During their last tour, Queen and Adam Lambert were supported on stage by musical director and Keyboardist Spike Edney, Percussionist Tyler Warren and bassist Neil Fairclough – it is reported they will return to support them on the North American tour.

In a recent press release, Adam Lambert discussed the tour saying ”I cant wait to tour North America one more time with the Rhapsody tour alongside two unbelievably talented legends that are Brian May and Roger Taylor.” Brian May also discussed the tour saying, ”our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious. Watch out world.” 

The tour has been an iconic ensemble of Queen’s biggest and most-loved hits from throughout the years, as well as a tribute to the late-frontman Freddie Mercury. Last year, Queen released a never-heard-before song, called ”Face It Alone’, which was recorded during the production of their album The Miracle.

Sir Brian May spoke with Rolling Stone about the upcoming tour, explaining ”This tour has lots of new bells and whistles. We’ve evolved as performers, I think. We’ve stepped up our game.We have better chemistry than ever. We understand each other better than ever, and we feel more free in the way that we interpret stuff. We’re very happy with it. Theres lots of new production and stuff we want to excite you with.”

The band are working with venues and ticketing partners to minimise the chances of resale tickets. The ticketing companies will restrict the ability to resell, as it will only be possible to transfer tickets between fans at the original price. Speaking about the decision to implement the changes to ticket sales, May said ” Its an experiment. We got sick of seeing our fans get ripped off by scalpers. We’re hoping this works out.” 

Rodger Taylor added, ”We want to protect the actual fans. Seeing some of the ticket prices these days, I’m shocked. I dont know how some artists think they can get away with charging that much. We’re just trying to keep it reasonable, a good deal for our fans, the people that want to come see us.”

To access tickets for the North American ‘The Rhapsody Tour’, which go on sale Friday March 31, click here.