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Together Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers have recorded their first album's worth of material, jointly written and produced. With the title yet to be disclosed, the album is being readied for release September 1, two weeks ahead of the start of the tour.
The Queen + Paul Rodgers 28-date arena tour will take in 14 countries in just seven weeks, and take the band to Northern Eurasia, Central and Southern Europe, and the UK and is expected to wind up at the end of the year with the band's highly anticipated return to South America, the setting of some of its most historic tours in the early 80's.
Queen's historic Latin America dates set new world records for the numbers of the audiences it attracted. At the 1985 Rock in Rio concert the band played to an unheard of audience of 300,000 and was watched on television by nearly 200 million people throughout the South American continent.
The 2008 tour kicks off mid-September in Russia with two dates at Moscow's SCO Olympic Arena, moves on into Poland for a massive free concert at the historic Gdansk Shipyard, and then follows a path through Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands before arriving in the UK early October for 6 dates including London's 02 Arena on October 13. The UK dates see the band additionally play Nottingham, Glasgow, Cardiff and Birmingham with a final UK date at Liverpool Arena on October 18 before continuing on to Spain, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic and Austria for seven further dates.
EUROPE LEG 1:
Tuesday 16 September Moscow SCO Olympic Arena RUSSIA
Wednesday 17 September Moscow SCO Olympic Arena RUSSIA
Saturday 20 September Gdansk Shipyard POLAND
Sunday 21 September Berlin Velodrom GERMANY
Tuesday 23 September Antwerp Sportspaleis BELGIUM
Wednesday 24 September Paris Bercy FRANCE
Friday 26 September Rome Palalottomatica ITALY
Sunday 28 September Verona Arena ITALY
Monday 29 September Zurich Hallenstadion SWITZERLAND
Wednesday 1 October Munich Olympiahalle GERMANY
Thursday 2 October Mannheim SAP Arena GERMANY
Saturday 4 October Hannover TUI Arena GERMANY
Sunday 5 October Hamburg Color Line Arena GERMANY
Tuesday 7 October Rotterdam Ahoy NETHERLANDS
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