08. I’m In Love With My Car Attention Gold Coast Groms: The BL Blast Off is Back On! We Are The Champions. In a recent interview with Yahoo! The tour extended across Europe and the UK through to the end of 2017, followed by Australia and New Zealand in early 2018. Favourites were trotted out in quick succession. 03. Tie Your Mother Down The Show Must Go On The eight years that the current core trio of Lambert, legendary guitar virtuoso Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have been performing together (original bass player John Deacon was never a fan of the limelight and has remained virtually retired from all public appearances since the passing of Freddie Mercury) were in evidence at every turn, the group a well-oiled machine, churning out a two and a half hour set that left out little to complain about and even included a couple of pleasant surprises. QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT kicked off their "The Crown Jewels" residency last night (Saturday, September 1) at Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. Queen + Adam Lambert perform as the group kicks off its 10-date limited engagement, "The Crown Jewels," at Park Theater at Park MGM on Sept. 1, 2018 in … In the summer of 2017, they toured North America with a brand new state-of-the-art production specifically tailored to celebrate the 40th anniversary of News Of The World, which was originally released in October 1977 and remains Queen’s biggest-selling studio album to date. He talked a little about the tour, about how he felt lucky to have played with one of our greatest artists – kicking off a brief crowd singalong to ‘You’re The Voice’ by Johnny Farnham – before launching into a touching, solo rendition of a “lovely song written by my dear friend Freddie”, which was ‘Love Of My Life.’ He adored the phone lights that illuminated the stadium, asking everyone to pull them out. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of “The stage production, theatrics, band performance and audience reaction is probably the best that I have ever had the pleasure to witness. Enrobed in purple satin and glittering platforms, Adam Lambert was every inch a member of the royal household as he strutted onto the stage to front Queen, a band that have been instrumental in shaping the landscape of popular music for decades. reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). Now, announcing this specially crafted The Crown Jewels show, Queen’s Brian May said: “We’re ready to take on the ultimate challenge … to dazzle Vegas! Images: (C) Simone Gorman-Clark, Locally based arts hub and initiative, Art Lovers Australia, and a Gold Coast contemporary art space, Left Bank Gallery, are bringing a series of…. 01. The production’s genuinely eye-popping laser elements are the work of ER Productions, behind both the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and seen by over 900 million people worldwide. One of their performance dates, Saturday, 8 September, lands on Queen Day in Las Vegas, which former Mayor Oscar Goodman declared in 2004. His voice may have been getting a little rough around the edges after the months of heavy touring, but no one could have delivered the number with such feeling, such poignancy – we thought – until the final moments of the song when Freddie himself appeared onto the back screen, singing along to May’s playing. Your email address will not be published. Women in research who are changing the world – Part 4, The Hive art gallery buzzes into Burleigh, New Music premiere: Thee End Less | Back to the Canyon, New Music: Tesla Cøils return with ‘The Party’. 18. Since then, the critically acclaimed creative partnership has proved to be a global phenomenon, having played over 150 shows in all corners of the world. Rather than the band rushing out to kick off the encore, Freddie appeared on the screen for the final time, doing his ‘Ay-Oh’ crowd gee-up, which had the crowd singing and laughing, but if they were anything like me, with that bittersweet ache in the chest at the same time.