Sep 15, 2008 Released in September 2008, “The Cosmos Rocks” is the only studio album by Queen + Paul Rodgers, and the only studio album by “Queen” since the posthumous 1995 Queen release.
World tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers | |
Associated album | The Cosmos Rocks |
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Start date | 12 September 2008 |
End date | 29 November 2008 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 34 in Europe 1 in the Middle East 5 in South America 40 in Total |
Queen + Paul Rodgers concert chronology | |
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The Rock The Cosmos Tour was the second and final concert tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers, promoting their only studio album The Cosmos Rocks. The opening date was recorded for a DVD release.[1] which was released on 15 June 2009. The tour included one of the largest open-air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine which garnered 350,000 people. Over the course of the tour, they played to just short of one million viewers.[2]
- 2Tour dates
- 3Tour band
Set list[edit]
This set list is representative of the performance on 13 October 2008 in London. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
- 'Hammer to Fall'
- 'Tie Your Mother Down'
- 'Fat Bottomed Girls'
- 'Another One Bites the Dust'
- 'I Want It All'
- 'I Want to Break Free'
- 'C-lebrity'
- 'Surfs Up... School's Out'
- 'Seagull'
- 'Love of My Life'
- '39'
- 'Bass solo' / 'Drum solo'
- 'I'm in Love with My Car'
- 'A Kind of Magic'
- 'Say It's Not True'
- 'Bad Company'
- 'We Believe'
- 'Guitar Solo' / 'Bijou' / 'Last Horizon'
- 'Radio Ga Ga'
- 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
- 'The Show Must Go On'
- 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
- Encore
- 'Cosmos Rockin'
- 'All Right Now'
- 'We Will Rock You'
- 'We Are the Champions'
Tour dates[edit]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe | |||
12 September 2008 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | Freedom Square |
15 September 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Olimpiyskiy |
16 September 2008 | |||
19 September 2008 | Riga | Latvia | Arena Riga |
21 September 2008 | Berlin | Germany | Berlin Velodrome |
23 September 2008 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis |
24 September 2008 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
26 September 2008 | Rome | Italy | Palalottomatica |
28 September 2008 | Milan | Datchforum | |
29 September 2008 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
1 October 2008 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle |
2 October 2008 | Mannheim | SAP Arena | |
4 October 2008 | Hanover | TUI Arena | |
5 October 2008 | Hamburg | Color Line Arena | |
7 October 2008 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
8 October 2008 | Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg | Rockhal |
10 October 2008 | Nottingham | England | Nottingham Arena |
11 October 2008 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
13 October 2008 | London | England | The O2 Arena |
14 October 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena |
16 October 2008 | Birmingham | England | National Indoor Arena |
18 October 2008 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool | |
19 October 2008 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | |
22 October 2008 | Barcelona | Spain | Palau Sant Jordi |
24 October 2008 | Murcia | Estadio de La Condomina | |
25 October 2008 | Madrid | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad | |
28 October 2008 | Budapest | Hungary | Papp László Budapest Sportaréna |
29 October 2008 | Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Arena |
31 October 2008 | Prague | Czech Republic | O2 Arena |
1 November 2008 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
4 November 2008 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena |
5 November 2008 | Manchester | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
7 November 2008 | London | The O2 Arena | |
8 November 2008 | Wembley Arena | ||
Middle East | |||
14 November 2008 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai Festival City |
South America | |||
19 November 2008 | Santiago | Chile | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo |
21 November 2008 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | José Amalfitani Stadium |
26 November 2008 | São Paulo | Brazil | Via Funchal |
27 November 2008 | |||
29 November 2008 | Rio de Janeiro | HSBC Arena |
Box office score data[edit]
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
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Sportspaleis | Antwerp | 13,043 / 15,719 (83%) | $1,018,028 |
O2 Arena | London | 18,687 / 18,687 (100%) | $1,294,847 |
Via Funchal | São Paulo | 8,860 / 10,000 (89%) | $1,006,163 |
HSBC Arena | Rio de Janeiro | 6,472 / 9,100 (71%) | $364,528 |
TOTAL | 47,062 / 53,506 (88%) | $3,683,566 |
Tour band[edit]
- Brian May – Lead guitar, Vocals
- Roger Taylor – Drums, Tambourine, Vocals
- Paul Rodgers – Lead vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica
- Freddie Mercury – Pre-recorded lead vocals
Additional musicians[edit]
- Spike Edney – Synthesizer, Piano, Keytar, Accordion, Backing vocals
- Danny Miranda – Bass guitar, Electric upright bass, Backing vocals
- Jamie Moses – Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals, Electric upright bass on 'Bass Solo' (Cardiff & Birmingham gigs only)
- Neil Murray (replacing Danny Miranda in Cardiff & Birmingham) – Bass guitar, Electric upright bass on '39'
- Al Murray was a guest at the first O2 gig and sang 'Cosmos Rockin' with Paul.
- Former Prime Minister of LatviaIvars Godmanis was a guest in Riga playing the drums on 'All Right Now', with Taylor on tambourine.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^http://queentour2005wegotitat.blogspot.com/2008/08/12-sep-08-kharkov-concert-will-be.html
- ^http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/current-tour.html
- ^'Queen + Ivars Godmanis'. Queen Productions. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^'Queen News September 2008'. Brianmay.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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