Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour

The Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour was a summer stadium/festival tour by British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert. The tour began on 20 May 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal at the Bela Vista Park and continued throughout Europe before concluding on 25 June 2016, in Padua, Italy at the Villa Contarini. Afterwards, the band toured throughout Asia, starting in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Yarkon Park on 12 September 2016, and visited the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix on 17 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit and concluded on 30 September 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand at the Impact Arena.

Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour
Festival tour by Queen + Adam Lambert
Queen + Adam Lambert with touring musicians
Location
  • Europe
  • Asia
Start date20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)
End date30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 15 in Europe
  • 9 in Asia
  • 24 in total
Queen + Adam Lambert concert chronology

Background and development

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Following the success of their last world tour, the group announced summer festival shows at Rock in Rio Lisboa, Sweden Rock Festival and Isle of Wight Festival. as well as announcing Asian shows afterwards, including a headline slot at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, where they will perform at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, along with other headline acts like Halsey, Imagine Dragons and Kylie Minogue.[1][2]

Set lists

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Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Box office
Leg 1 – Europe
20 May 2016 Lisbon Portugal Bela Vista Park [a]
22 May 2016 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
25 May 2016 Linz Austria Linzer Stadion [b]
27 May 2016 Cologne Germany RheinEnergieStadion
29 May 2016 Jelling Denmark Jelling Festival Grounds [c]
3 June 2016 Helsinki Finland Kaisaniemi Park
5 June 2016 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
9 June 2016 Sölvesborg Sweden Sölvesborg Norje [d]
12 June 2016 Newport England Seaclose Park [e]
15 June 2016 Brussels Belgium Palais 12
17 June 2016 Zürich Switzerland Autobahnkreisel [f]
19 June 2016 Oświęcim Poland Stadion Sportowy MOSIR [g]
21 June 2016 Bucharest Romania Piața Constituției 25,000[4]
23 June 2016 Sofia Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 35,000
25 June 2016 Padua Italy Villa Contarini
Leg 2 – Asia
12 September 2016 Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park 50,000[5]
17 September 2016 Singapore F1 Marina Bay Street Circuit [h]
19 September 2016 Taipei Taiwan Nangang Exhibition Hall
21 September 2016 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
22 September 2016
23 September 2016
26 September 2016 Shanghai China Mercedes-Benz Arena
28 September 2016 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
30 September 2016 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena
TOTAL

Tour band

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 20 May 2016 concert at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon, Portugal was part of Rock in Rio Lisboa VII.
  2. ^ The 25 May 2016 concert at the Linzer Stadion in Linz, Austria was part of the Linz Steel City Festival.
  3. ^ The 29 May 2016 concert at the Festival Grounds in Jelling, Denmark was part of Jelling Musikfestival.
  4. ^ The 9 June 2016 concert at Sölvesborg Norje in Sölvesborg, Sweden was part of the Sweden Rock Festival.
  5. ^ The 12 June 2016 concert at Seaclose Park in Newport, England was part of the Isle of Wight Festival.
  6. ^ The 17 June 2016 concert at Autobahnkreisel in Zürich, Switzerland was part of Rock the Ring Festival.
  7. ^ The 19 June 2016 concert at Stadion Sportowy MOSIR in Oświęcim, Poland was part of Life Festival Oświęcim.
  8. ^ The 17 September 2016 concert at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore was part of the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.

References

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  1. ^ "Queen and Adam Lambert promise 'big' Isle of Wight show". pressparty.com. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  2. ^ "Queen + Adam Lambert – Summer Festival Tour". QueenOnline.com. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  3. ^ "Rock in Rio Lisboa, Portugal – Set List". QueenOnline.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. ^ Letiția Provian (June 22, 2016). "Concertul Queen și Adam Lambert de la București: Rock-ul care unește. Freddie Mercury, dincolo de stele – GALERIE FOTO & VIDEO". Mediafax (in Romanian).
  5. ^ Sue Surkes (September 13, 2016). "Spirit of Freddie Mercury hovers as Queen plays Tel Aviv". The Times of Israel.
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