Rock the Cosmos Tour
2008 concert tour by Queen and Paul Rodgers
- Europe
- Middle East
- South America
- 34 in Europe
- 1 in the Middle East
- 5 in South America
- 40 in total
- Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour
(2005–2006) - Rock the Cosmos Tour
(2008) - Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012
(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.[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]
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.
- "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
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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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 | Rotterdam Ahoy |
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
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
- 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.[3][4]
References
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- Brian May
- Paul Rodgers
- Roger Taylor
- Live backing musicians
- Spike Edney
- Jamie Moses
- Danny Miranda
- "Reaching Out / Tie Your Mother Down"
- "Say It's Not True"
- "C-lebrity"
- Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour
- Rock the Cosmos Tour
- Queen