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Rock The Cosmos Tour

World tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers
Associated album The Cosmos Rocks
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





  • Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour
    (2005-06)




  • Rock the Cosmos Tour
    (2008)







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]




Contents






  • 1 Set list


  • 2 Tour dates


    • 2.1 Box office score data




  • 3 Tour band


    • 3.1 Additional musicians




  • 4 References





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.




  1. "Hammer to Fall"

  2. "Tie Your Mother Down"

  3. "Fat Bottomed Girls"

  4. "Another One Bites the Dust"

  5. "I Want It All"

  6. "I Want to Break Free"

  7. "C-lebrity"

  8. "Surfs Up... School's Out"

  9. "Seagull"

  10. "Love of My Life"

  11. "'39"

  12. "Bass solo" / "Drum solo"

  13. "I'm in Love with My Car"

  14. "A Kind of Magic"

  15. "Say It's Not True"

  16. "Bad Company"

  17. "We Believe"

  18. "Guitar Solo" / "Bijou" / "Last Horizon"

  19. "Radio Ga Ga"

  20. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

  21. "The Show Must Go On"

  22. "Bohemian Rhapsody"


Encore




  1. "Cosmos Rockin'"

  2. "All Right Now"

  3. "We Will Rock You"

  4. "We Are the Champions"




Tour dates[edit]





































































































































































































































Date
City
Country
Venue

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

Ahoy Rotterdam
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
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 Latvia Ivars Godmanis was a guest in Riga playing the drums on "All Right Now", with Taylor on tambourine.[3][4]



References[edit]





  1. ^ http://queentour2005wegotitat.blogspot.com/2008/08/12-sep-08-kharkov-concert-will-be.html


  2. ^ http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/current-tour.html


  3. ^ "Queen + Ivars Godmanis". Queen Productions. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-04..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "Queen News September 2008". Brianmay.com. Retrieved 2009-11-04.












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