Queen returned to Philadelphia with The Rhapsody Tour this week, and it was a rock show fit for royalty. The brilliant tag-team of guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor honored the past, present and future with a multi-dimensional experience inside of the Wells Fargo Center. Adam Lambert, who rose to fame on American Idol and has been singing with the band since 2011, channeled the energy of Freddie Mercury with flair and finesse. Lambert is a vocal powerhouse, and he delivered the band’s believed hits with an attitude that honored Mercury’s legend rather than overtaking it.
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The two-hour set was split into six acts total. The entire setlist is below, along with concert shots thanks to Bill Raymond at Digital Noise Mag.
SETLIST: Queen + Adam Lambert at the Wells Fargo Center, October 18th, 2023
Act I
1. Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’) / Radio Ga Ga
2. Hammer to Fall
3. Stone Cold Crazy
4. Another One Bites the Dust
Act II
5. I’m In Love With My Car
6. Bicycle Race
7. Fat Bottomed Girls
8. I Want It All
Act III
9. A Kind of Magic
10. Killer Queen
11. Don’t Stop Me Now
12. Somebody to Love
Act IV
13. Love of My Life
14. ’39
15. Drum Solo
16. Under Pressure
17. Tie Your Mother Down
18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Act V
19. I Want to Break Free
20. Who Wants to Live Forever
21. Guitar Solo
22. Is This the World We Created
23. The Show Must Go On
24. Bohemian Rhapsody
Encore:
25. We Will Rock You
26. Radio Ga Ga (Reprise)
27. We Are the Champions
