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Rock the Cosmos Tour

2008 concert tour by Queen and Paul Rodgers

2008 concert tour by Queen and Paul Rodgers

FieldValue
concert_tour_nameRock the Cosmos Tour
typeWorld
location
albumThe Cosmos Rocks
artistQueen + Paul Rodgers
start_date12 September 2008
end_date29 November 2008
number_of_legs3
number_of_shows
chronologyQueen concert chronology
last_tourQueen + Paul Rodgers Tour
(2005–2006)
this_tourRock the Cosmos Tour
(2008)
next_tourQueen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012
(2012)
image_captionPoster with the tour dates
imageQueen-2008-World.jpg

(2005–2006) (2008) (2012)

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. 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.

Set list

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"
  23. ;Encore
  24. "Cosmos Rockin'"
  25. "All Right Now"
  26. "We Will Rock You"
  27. "We Are the Champions"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
12 September 2008KharkivUkraineFreedom Square
15 September 2008MoscowRussiaOlimpiyskiy
16 September 2008
19 September 2008RigaLatviaArena Riga
21 September 2008BerlinGermanyBerlin Velodrome
23 September 2008AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis
24 September 2008ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
26 September 2008RomeItalyPalalottomatica
28 September 2008MilanDatchforum
29 September 2008ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
1 October 2008MunichGermanyOlympiahalle
2 October 2008MannheimSAP Arena
4 October 2008HanoverTUI Arena
5 October 2008HamburgColor Line Arena
7 October 2008RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy
8 October 2008Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
10 October 2008NottinghamEnglandNottingham Arena
11 October 2008GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
13 October 2008LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena
14 October 2008CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena
16 October 2008BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor Arena
18 October 2008LiverpoolEcho Arena Liverpool
19 October 2008SheffieldSheffield Arena
22 October 2008BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi
24 October 2008MurciaEstadio de La Condomina
25 October 2008MadridPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad
28 October 2008BudapestHungaryPapp László Budapest Sportaréna
29 October 2008BelgradeSerbiaBelgrade Arena
31 October 2008PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena
1 November 2008ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle
4 November 2008NewcastleEnglandMetro Radio Arena
5 November 2008ManchesterManchester Evening News Arena
7 November 2008LondonThe O2 Arena
8 November 2008Wembley Arena
Middle East
14 November 2008DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesDubai Festival City
South America
19 November 2008SantiagoChileEstadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
21 November 2008Buenos AiresArgentinaJosé Amalfitani Stadium
26 November 2008São PauloBrazilVia Funchal
27 November 2008
29 November 2008Rio de JaneiroHSBC Arena

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
SportspaleisAntwerp13,043 / 15,719 (83%)$1,018,028
O2 ArenaLondon18,687 / 18,687 (100%)$1,294,847
Via FunchalSão Paulo8,860 / 10,000 (89%)$1,006,163
HSBC ArenaRio de Janeiro6,472 / 9,100 (71%)$364,528
TOTAL47,062 / 53,506 (88%)$3,683,566

Personnel

  • 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

  • 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"

Guests

  • Al Murray was a guest at the first O2 gig and sang "Cosmos Rockin'" with Rodgers.
  • Former Prime Minister of Latvia Ivars Godmanis was a guest in Riga playing the drums on "All Right Now", with Taylor on tambourine.

References

References

  1. "Blog for queentour2005.wegotit.at".
  2. "Everything about Queen on tour [QueenConcerts]".
  3. (22 September 2008). "Queen + Ivars Godmanis". Queen Productions.
  4. "Queen News September 2008". Brianmay.com.
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