Rhapsody Tour: Your right Royal guide to Queen concert at Adelaide Oval
Ready for Queen and Adam Lambert to rock you at the Adelaide Oval tonight? You will be after checking our guide to all things Queen, with some handy transport and ticket tips.
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On their third tour of Australia and second visit to Adelaide together, Queen + Adam Lambert are headed our way.
The Rhapsody tour plays Adelaide Oval tonight, and here’s everything you need to know if you are already, or thinking about, going:
Gates open at 6.30pm and fans are strongly advised to arrive early as security measures will affect the time taken to admit patrons to the stadium.
Tickets
Tickets are still available from Ticketek.
There will be Ticketek box office sales at Adelaide Oval, but purchases can only be made by credit and debit cards.
Getting there
Traffic restrictions will be in place around the venue. Free public transport will be available for concert ticketholders from 4pm. Visit Adelaide Metro for more details.
Floor seating (oval): Ticket holders should enter via the Floor Seating line at the South Gate, the West Gate or at the East 2 Gate (located to the north of the East Gate).
Floor Seating ticket holders will be issued with a wristband on entry to facilitate easy access to and from the Floor. The floor consists of reserved seating only (no General Admission)
If you have a mobile ticket, make sure you have it open before you approach the gate and ensure that the brightness on your phone is turned up. If you are attending in a group, please ensure that each person has their own ticket on their own phone where possible.
You will need to show your ticket again when you arrive at your reserved seating location so please keep your ticket open ready to present to staff.
Arrive early: Security measures will have an impact on the time taken to admit patrons to the stadium. Allow an extra 20 minutes and don’t leave your arrival until the last minute.
Be patient: Security inspections take time, so please understand it will likely take a little longer to move people into the stadium.
Can I bring a bag? Leave bags at home: We strongly recommend that only small bags are brought to this event.
Each bag, regardless of size, will need to be inspected, so to speed up the entry process, please leave bags at home. If you do bring a small bag, please prepare it for inspection by our staff on entry.
Co-operate with staff at all times: Security and event staff are doing an important job, so please help them by co-operating at all times.
Be the eyes and ears: If you see something you think is suspicious, immediately inform oval staff or police.
Food and drinks
Adelaide Oval food and beverage outlets accept payment by card only. All credit, EFTPOS and debit cards are accepted and all are exempt of surcharges. Patrons attending Adelaide Oval with cash only will be able to exchange it for a complimentary Cash Card via Card Exchange booths located around the stadium.
Any unused Cash Card credit can be used at future events or redeemed in full at any time.
Cans and glass bottles cannot be brought into the Oval.
Free filtered water outlets are available around the stadium to fill your bottle.
Source: Adelaide Oval
Queen through the years
1970: With Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, Queen forms in London
1973: Queen releases its eponymous album
1975: The band achieves international success with the album A Night at the Opera featuring Bohemian Rhapsody, which is regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time
1977: We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions feature on the News of the World album
1980: Another One Bites the Dust becomes Queen’s biggest-selling single selling more than 7 million copies
1985: Queen performs at Live Aid
1986: The band gives its last performance with Mercury as its frontman at Knebworth, England
1991: Mercury dies of bronchopneumonia – a complication of AIDS
1997: Deacon retires
2001: Queen inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2003: All four members inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
2004: The band reunites and tours with Paul Rodgers, the former lead singer of Free and Bad Company, as Queen + Paul Rodgers
2012: Queen + Adam Lambert play shows at Hammersmith Apollo, London
2018: Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek as Mercury, is released and becomes the highest-grossing music biopic of all time, making over $1.2 billion worldwide and $55 million in Australia
2018: Queen presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
