The Rhapsody tour kicks off in River City

Queen and Adam Lambert will kick off their The Rhapsody Tour in Brisbane tomorrow night – here’s what fans can expect.

FOLLOWING a bitter welcome to the country, Queen are gearing up to open their Australian tour in Brisbane on Thursday.

The band arrived in the city on Tuesday, when guitarist Brian May lashed out at a local Channel 7 cameraman after he continued to film once asked to stop.

The 72-year-old is preparing for a massive six show stint in the country with drummer Roger Taylor and lead singer Adam Lambert for their Queen + Adam Lambert The Rhapsody Tour which kicks off at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.

After the success of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, the highest grossing music biopic of all time, Lambert’s vocals and Queens’ musical genius are a proven mixture for success, with over 180 gigs under their belt.

Adam Lambert and Brian May of Queen perform onstage during the 2019 Global Citizen Festival: Power The Movement in Central Park on September 28, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

Thursday’s Suncorp Stadium event will see hits We Will Rock You and Don’t Stop Me Now come to life in an all-new concert experience, with Freddie Mercury’s famous “Ay Oh” blaring from the big screen in the encore.

Fans can count on the British Rockers to open with Now I’m Here and close with We Are The Champions, before a taped David Bowie’s Heroes outro.

The performers will be joined by long-term collaborators Spike Edney on keyboards, Neil Fairclough on bass, and Tyler Warren on percussion.

The show must go on in the event of rain, but dangerous conditions like lightning or severe winds may cause changes to the concert.

Ticket holders are advised to refer to Suncorp Stadium’s Facebook and Instagram pages for weather updates in the lead-up to the event.

Suncorp Stadium allows umbrellas to be taken into the venue though cannot be raised once inside, bags over A3 size and all backpacks are not permitted.

Gates open at 6pm with Queen and Lambert set to begin at 8pm.

Adam Lambert and Queen will perform at Fire Fight Australia in Sydney on February 16

Queen and Adam Lambert will take to the stage in Sydney’s Fire Fight Australia concert this Sunday for national bushfire relief.

The ANZ Stadium concert, hosted by comedian Celeste Barber, will see performances from Michael Buble, Alice Cooper and k.d lang among several other big names.

All ticket profits and contributions through Ticketek will go to the Rural and regional fire services in affected states, the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery and the RSPCA Bushfire appeal.

The tour has taken to the shores of North America and Asia before reaching New Zealand and Australia this February.

The Rhapsody Tour will close in Europe, with their final show on the eighth of July in Spain, marking one year since the worldwide concert tour began.

SET LIST (Dunedin, New Zealand, Feb. 10):

Note: set lists are subject to change

1. Now I’m Here

2. Seven Seas of Rhye

3. Keep Yourself Alive

4. Hammer to Fall

5. Killer Queen

6. Don’t Stop Me Now

7. In the Lap of the Gods … Revisited

8. I’m in Love With My Car

9. Bicycle Race

10. Fat Bottomed Girls

11. Another One Bites the Dust

12. I Want It All

13. Love of My Life

14. ‘39

15. Doing All Right

16. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

17. Under Pressure

18. Dragon Attack

19. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover)

20. Somebody to Love

21. I Want to Break Free

22. You Take My Breath Away

23. Who Wants to Live Forever

24. Guitar Solo

25. Tie Your Mother Down

26. The Show Must Go On

27. Radio Ga Ga

28. Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore:

29. Ay‐Oh (Freddie on screen)

30. We Will Rock You

31. We Are the Champions

32. God Save the Queen

33. “Heroes” (David Bowie song)