Adam Lambert & Queen announce release of concert album “Live Around the World”
The global pandemic may have forced Queen & Adam Lambert to cancel their summer tour but they have decided to not back down!
The legendary band announced the release of their live album together with Adam Lambert, with whom they have collaborated for over a decade now.
Titled “Queen + Adam Lambert Live Around The World”, the record will be released worldwide on October 2nd on CD, CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray and Vinyl via Miracle Recordings / Universal International Music.
The album will consist of the following 20 tracks, recorded through different concerts in the last six years:
- “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
In a statement regarding the album’s release, original band members Roger Taylor and Brian May, said:
“We hadn’t really watched those clips before; we were always too busy touring. 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.”
Lambert himself stated:
“When we couldn’t tour this year we wanted to give the fans something in place of that, and a Live album just felt right. It’s the first time we have released an album together and we have had a lot of fun putting it together, picking out favourite performances over the past seven years.”
First single off of the live album is the classic hit “The Show Must Go On” performed live and recorded at The O2, London, UK, on 4/7/2018.
The same day the performance video from the DVD was also released by the band, so make sure to check it out and turn the volume up!
