Rock the Cosmos Tour
Rock the Cosmos Tour
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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 |
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.
- "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 |
---|---|---|---|
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]
^ 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 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}
^ "Queen News September 2008". Brianmay.com. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
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