The tour is set to begin October 4 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland and will travel through cities such as New York, Toronto, Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Paul and Atlanta, with the final date scheduled for November 11 in Los Angeles, California. During their last tour, Queen and Adam Lambert were supported on stage by musical director and Keyboardist Spike Edney, Percussionist Tyler Warren and bassist Neil Fairclough – it is reported they will return to support them on the North American tour.

In a recent press release, Adam Lambert discussed the tour saying ”I cant wait to tour North America one more time with the Rhapsody tour alongside two unbelievably talented legends that are Brian May and Roger Taylor.” Brian May also discussed the tour saying, ”our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious. Watch out world.” 

The tour has been an iconic ensemble of Queen’s biggest and most-loved hits from throughout the years, as well as a tribute to the late-frontman Freddie Mercury. Last year, Queen released a never-heard-before song, called ”Face It Alone’, which was recorded during the production of their album The Miracle.

Sir Brian May spoke with Rolling Stone about the upcoming tour, explaining ”This tour has lots of new bells and whistles. We’ve evolved as performers, I think. We’ve stepped up our game.We have better chemistry than ever. We understand each other better than ever, and we feel more free in the way that we interpret stuff. We’re very happy with it. Theres lots of new production and stuff we want to excite you with.”

The band are working with venues and ticketing partners to minimise the chances of resale tickets. The ticketing companies will restrict the ability to resell, as it will only be possible to transfer tickets between fans at the original price. Speaking about the decision to implement the changes to ticket sales, May said ” Its an experiment. We got sick of seeing our fans get ripped off by scalpers. We’re hoping this works out.” 

Rodger Taylor added, ”We want to protect the actual fans. Seeing some of the ticket prices these days, I’m shocked. I dont know how some artists think they can get away with charging that much. We’re just trying to keep it reasonable, a good deal for our fans, the people that want to come see us.”

To access tickets for the North American ‘The Rhapsody Tour’, which go on sale Friday March 31, click here.

Brian May posted a photo to his Instagram of a captured moment during the ceremony where he received his knighthood. The photo shows King Charles lowering his sword on May’s shoulder. Brian wrote a short and sweet caption for the photo, ‘‘No Words ! Bri’’

Aside from gaining worldwide success with Queen throughout the 80’s, The 75-year-old British icon has been responsible for creating some of Queens most well known songs, such as ”Somebody To Love” and ”Don’t Stop Me Now.” The legendary band Queen, consisting of late-front man Freddie Mercury, Bassist John Deacon, Drummer Rodger Taylor and Guitarist Brian May, toured the world together and acquired numerous number ones.

Brian May is no stranger to the royal family or royal residences. In 2002, May performed a guitar solo rendition of ‘’God Save The Queen’’ on the roof top of Buckingham palace. The guitarist also performed at the Platinum jubilee, last June. Brian May appeared in a sketch with Paddington Bear, tapping the beat to ‘’We Will Rock You’’ on a teacup.

Brian May also discussed that the band Queen, which now has 2009 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert as their front man, are considering touring again this year. Fans had the pleasure of attending re-scheduled concerts of their tour last year, as the tour was previously cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions preventing them from performing their shows. May tours with Adam lambert, as well as legendary Queen drummer Rodger Taylor. Original Queen band member and bassist, John Deacon, has no involvement in the tour.

Brian May spoke with a PA news agency, saying ‘’We’re thinking about touring, I can say that. I’m hoping I stay in good health – at the moment I seem to be in pretty good health, which is always great.’’ May suffered a heart attack in May 2020 and underwent surgery where he had three stents fitted. 

The guitarist continued “It’s not been an easy road and there’s been times I thought I would never do it again. But we all seem to be OK so we’re looking at doing some touring, and of course we tour at the top level and it’s very high energy and high demand on your fitness. If we don’t go out until October or whatever I’ll be working on my fitness from now on.”