Queen + Adam Lambert has just announced their first ever live album and concert film since Lambert had taken over vocal duties for the band.
The band had to call off their upcoming tours plans due to the pandemic and decided to release a live album to make it up to fans.
Taped at concerts throughout their various tours of the past six years, the collection is due to be released this 2nd October.
"We hadn't really watched those clips before; we were always too busy touring" drummer Roger Taylor said. "We weren't aware of how good the band sounded. So we thought, well, maybe there's a live album of highlights of concerts that we've done over the last eight years with Adam Lambert to be made."
"As we all grapple with the challenge of creating live shows in a world dominated by a formidable viral enemy," guitarist Brian May adds, "it seemed the perfect time for us to create a collection of hand-picked live highlights from our Queen shows over the last seven years with our brother Adam Lambert."
Unfortunately, the new live album doesn't include a New Zealand show, but that's okay, you can watch them perform 'I Want to Break Free' live in Auckland earlier this year below (and maybe silently feel upset that Aussies seven inclusions).
Queen + Adam Lambert are planning to resume their Rhapsody tour next year in May with a long series of European gigs, but the band has yet to confirm if mass gatherings will be feasible at that point.
Queen + Adam Live Around the World Tracklist
- "Tear It Up" (May) The O2, London, UK, 02/07/2018
- "Now I'm Here" Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014|
- "Another One Bites The Dust" Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" ft. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders American Airlines Center, Dallas, USA, 2019
- "Don't Stop Me Now" Rock In Rio, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
- "I Want to Break Free" Rock In Rio, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
- "Somebody to Love" Isle of Wight Festival, UK, 2016
- "Love Kills" (the Ballad) iHeart Radio Theater, Los Angeles, USA, 2014
- "I Was Born to Love You" Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
- "Under Pressure" Global Citizen Festival, New York, USA, 2019
- "Who Wants to Live Forever" Isle of Wight Festival, UK, 2016
- "The Show Must Go On" The O2, London, UK, 04/07/2018
- "Love Of My Life" The O2, London, UK, 02/07/2018
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "Radio Ga Ga" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "Ay-Ohs" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "Hammer to Fall" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "We Will Rock You" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- "We Are the Champions" Firefight Australia, ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 2020