Queen and Adam Lambert to play Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on February 29, 2020
Rock n’ roll royalty Queen will play the Gold Coast next year in what is set to be the biggest concert in the city’s history. In a major coup for the city, the band behind Bohemian Rhapsody will finish their Australian tour on the Glitter Strip.
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ROCK royalty Queen will play the Gold Coast next year in what is set to be one of the biggest concerts in the history of the city.
The iconic rock outfit, fronted by Adam Lambert, is set to bring its Bohemian Rhapsody Tour to Carrara’s Metricon Stadium on February 29 – and a sell-out is predicted.
In a major coup for the city, the Gold Coast Bulletin understands the Gold Coast show was selected in lieu of a second Brisbane show.
Negotiations to bring the band to the city began in secret in January and came to fruition late last week when the date was locked in.
Gold Coast Suns chairman Tony Cochrane said he expected a sell-out crowd of 40,000 for the concert.
“ This is a great win for the entire Gold Coast and Northern NSW. To have one of the most iconic and world class bands finish their Australian/NZ tour here at Metricon is fantastic, I’m sure we will have a sold out 40,000,” he said.
“This would not have been possible without the new Stadium deal we secured with the State government and without the enormous assistance from the council working side by side with us to make this happen.
“We are now focused on delivering a great festive atmosphere, with a huge and varied food/beverage offering so people can come early, have a great dinner experience and really enjoy the pre-show atmosphere that we can create at Metricon.”
The tour will begin at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on February 13 and continue at ANZ Stadium Sydney on February 15, AAMI Park Melbourne on February 19, Optus Stadium in Perth on February 23 and Adelaide Oval on February 26.
Tickets go on sale April 15 from Ticketek, with a Telstra presale beginning on April 10.
Queen guitarist Brian May said in a statement: “Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever and got us our best notices ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious! Watch out, Australia!”
The British band was formed in 1970 with the famous line up of Freddie Mercury, May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Queen produced some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and 1980s across a 21-year career including Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, Princes of the Universe, Who Wants to Live Forever and Radio Ga Ga. Mercury died from AIDS-related complications in 1991 while Deacon retired from the music industry in 1997.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate, a self-confessed Queen superfan, said the band would deliver an economic boost to the city.
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“I said to the councillors we would get one of the world’s best acts here and to quote Queen ‘I want it all and I want it now,” he said.
“This will deliver a huge boost for the economy and my prediction is that our stadium will be filled with people singing the songs – it will be phenomenal.
“When the tickets go on sale I predict they will all be gone in 10 minutes.”
It will be the biggest concert ever held on the Coast and the largest since the Foo Fighters in 2012 and KISS in 2001.
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