Speaking of QAL, I really hope it's not the exact same setlist. After all the Q3 and Talon lessons what if it's the same as Kiev?! Lol
Well I think they mentioned changing it up.
On the other hand, I wouldn't expect it to be VERY different. Maybe just shuffled around. I'd expect a few different tracks but similar...
It will not be the same as Kiev. Similar, yes; the same, no.
>> The have always changed things up a bit -- even the 2005
The setlist will contain a lot of the same songs as 2012 because they will include the big Queen hits and they will do the "Adam" songs -- WWTLF and DA.
But I expect that they will do some new additions -- because they always have done that for Queen tours, and Brian and Roger said so. In addition, I bet money that there are new medleys/arrangements of the hits, and I predict that BoRhap will be presented in some different way than 2012.
And even if it is the same setlist (which it will not be), the transitions and arrangements will be different. And Brian's solos and guitar breaks will be different for some of the songs.
There are 20 songs (including 2 tapes) that I think are close to certain. But they will do 26 to 32 songs based on past concerts. Here are 18 that I expect that were preformed in 2012:
The 2 additions that I expect are:
1. Killer Queen and (I think they will push Adam to do this.)
2. There will be a new taped into. They used "Flash" for the 2012 concerts.
There are some things that people expect to hear at a Queen concert. Here is my list of song will probably be on the setlist. All were performed in the 2012 concerts:
Big hits
1 Another One Bites The Dust
2 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
3 Fat Bottomed Girls
4 Radio Ga Ga
5 Somebody To Love
Not big hits in the US but well known to Queen fans
6 Love Of My Life
(not a hit in the US or Canada, but I hope this is back on the setlist with a Freddie tape -- if not this there will be another Freddie-Brian ballad)
7? Tie Your Mother Down
(this was not a hit in the US or Canada but I think it will be there cause Bri likes it, I would strike it off)8 Under Pressure
- This might be considered a hit, I put the "hit line" at Top 20 on the US Charts. This is right below that at #22.
"Adam" songs
- there could be a Glambert riot if WWTLF is not on the setlist!9 Who Wants To Live Forever
10 Dragon Attack
Section without Adam
11 Drum solo
12 Guitar solo
13 39 (Brian on vocals)
Roger song
To close the show….this is a pretty standard great finish.
14 The Show Must Go On
15 Bohemian Rhapsody
(part on tape)
Queen Rock song
- a "Brian song" -- could be two songs here.16 We Will Rock You
17 We Are The Champions
18 God Save The Queen (tape)
Assuming they do 30 songs -- including 2 full taped performances, and two partial tapes #6 and #15
-- and they add in Killer Queen, there still is room for a few surprises. (And that is assuming that some songs not listed above like "A Kind Of Magic" or "Don't Stop Me Now" make the setlist again).
I would not be surprised to see them put in a song like "Bijou" which they did on the Q+PR 2008 tour.
And I would not be surprised to see them add in a funky track since Adam likes these best and funk-rock is so popular in the US and Canada.
Based on past tours, I bet one song performed in Chicago gets replaced. And I bet they throw in something special for the two concerts that are in the same venue -- Toronto and Mohegan Sun.
I would not be completely surprised to hear an Elvis cover somewhere in the US. I have been waiting for 5-1/2 years for Adam to cover Elvis, so might as well be Jailhouse Rock with Queen.
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They will also do some one concert or local market only performances -- in the 2012 concerts there were 2 songs performed only once:
Life Is Real (Moscow)
You're My Best Friend (last London gig)
They will certainly change something for Japan -- and I expect that will be the addition of Teo Torriatte.
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Finally, I was at the London shows and I was at the Vegas concert -- and all the Vegas songs were performed in London. It did not matter -- they were different in Vegas -- including the video/recorded part used for BoRhap.
PS I probably forgot a "def will play" song -- forgive me. I dashed this note off from memory and I a probably forgetting a huge US hit.
