Editing Brian May (section)

====Queen + Adam Lambert====
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Not long after performing with ''American Idol'' finalists Kris Allen and Adam Lambert during the programme's season finale in 2009, May and Taylor began contemplating the future of Queen after the group's amicable split with frontman Paul Rodgers. At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, Queen was presented with that year's Global Icon Award, accepted by May. As part of the broadcast, Queen performed a short set with Lambert, receiving an overwhelmingly welcoming response.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Speculation regarding collaboration with Lambert soon arose, with the three formally announcing a short summer tour of Europe in 2012, including three dates at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, as well as shows in Ukraine, Russia and Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/497064/queen-adam-lambert-playing-four-shows-this-summer |title=Queen + Adam Lambert Playing Four Shows This Summer |magazine=Billboard |date=9 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/02/adam-lambert-has-second-show-with-queen/1 |title=Adam Lambert has second show with Queen |work=USA Today |date=28 February 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Queen And Adam Lambert - The O2 - Tuesday 12th December 2017 QueenO2121217-45 (39066611155).jpg|thumb|left|[[Queen + Adam Lambert]] performing at [[The O2 Arena|the O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in December 2017]]

The collaboration was revived in 2013, when the three performed together at the [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]] at the [[MGM Grand Hotel & Casino]] in Las Vegas on 20&nbsp;September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lineup-announced-for-the-2013-iheartradio-festival/|title=Lineup announced for the 2013 iHeartRadio festival|date=15 July 2013|publisher=CBS News|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220758/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lineup-announced-for-the-2013-iheartradio-festival/|archive-date=16 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Five months later, May, Taylor and Lambert announced a 19-date summer tour of North America on ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/adam-lambert-to-join-queen-for-north-american-tour|title=Adam Lambert to join Queen for North American Tour|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620211905/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/adam-lambert-to-join-queen-for-north-american-tour/|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of ticket demand, five dates were soon added.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-and-adam-lamberts-tour-opener-5-things-we-learned-20140620|title=Queen and Adam Lambert's Tour Opener: 5 Things We Learned|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=16 June 2015|date=20 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200359/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-and-adam-lamberts-tour-opener-5-things-we-learned-20140620|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2014, shows in Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/46350/queen-and-adam-lambert-announce-2014-australian-tour|title=Queen and Adam Lambert Announce 2014 Australian Tour|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200023/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/46350/queen-and-adam-lambert-announce-2014-australian-tour|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10274094/Queen-with-Lambert-announce-NZ-show|title=Queen with Lambert announce NZ show|work=Stuff|date=16 July 2014 |access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904041346/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10274094/Queen-with-Lambert-announce-NZ-show|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> were announced, along with festival performances in South Korea<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-to-play-korea-at-super-sonic-2014/|title=Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert To Play Korea at Super Sonic 2014|work=QueenOnline|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609030051/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-to-play-korea-at-super-sonic-2014|archive-date=9 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-confirm-japanese-shows-at-summer-sonic-2014/|title=Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Confirm Summer Sonic 2014 in Japan|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083756/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-confirm-japanese-shows-at-summer-sonic-2014/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour was extended to the UK and greater Europe in early 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/queen-adam-lambert-european-tour-tickets-on-general-sale|title=Queen + Adam Lambert European Tour: Now On General Sale / New London Date Added!|work=QueenOnline|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207160449/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/queen-adam-lambert-european-tour-tickets-on-general-sale/|archive-date=7 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The group performed together in South America in September 2015, including Queen's first performance at the [[Rock in Rio]] Festival since 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-to-rock-in-rio|title=Queen + Adam Lambert to Rock in Rio – Tickets Now On General Sale|work=QueenOnline|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024441/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-to-rock-in-rio|archive-date=17 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Brian May Queen Adam Lambert 6 June 2022.jpg|thumb|May performing a solo of [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|New World Symphony]]'' in a planet themed segment during a June 2022 Queen + Adam Lambert concert]]
In 2016, the group embarked across Europe and Asia on the Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour. This included closing the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2016|Isle of Wight Festival]] in England on 12&nbsp;June where they performed "Who Wants to Live Forever" as a tribute to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting|mass shooting at a gay nightclub]] in Orlando, Florida earlier that day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Isle of Wight Festival: Queen pay tribute to Orlando shooting victims|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36506969|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=14 June 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827040251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36506969|archive-date=27 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12&nbsp;September they performed at the [[Yarkon Park]] in Tel Aviv, Israel for the first time in front of 58,000 people.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=After Four Decades, Queen Rock Israel with Help From Adam Lambert|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/7504883/queen-rock-israel-tel-aviv-adam-lambert|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=16 September 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003000312/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/7504883/queen-rock-israel-tel-aviv-adam-lambert|archive-date=3 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2018 the group had a residency in the MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Queen + Adam Lambert announces Las Vegas residency|url=https://www.ktnv.com/positivelylv/dining-and-entertainment/queen-adam-lambert-announces-las-vegas-residency|publisher=[[KTNV-TV]]|date=7 May 2018|access-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154754/https://www.ktnv.com/positivelylv/dining-and-entertainment/queen-adam-lambert-announces-las-vegas-residency|archive-date=6 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Though the collaboration remains active, there are currently no plans to record a studio album, though the three are willing to do so in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/brian-may-queen-is-not-working-on-new-music-with-singer-adam-lambert|title=Brian May: Queen Is Not Working On New Music With Singer Adam Lambert|work=BlabberMouth.net|access-date=16 June 2015|date=22 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525235416/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/brian-may-queen-is-not-working-on-new-music-with-singer-adam-lambert/|archive-date=25 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 31 March 2020, Queen + Adam Lambert confirmed that their touring dates were postponed until 2021 because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1262713/Queen-and-Adam-Lambert-UK-tour-cancelled-tickets-2021-Brian-May-Roger-Taylor |title=Queen and Adam Lambert UK tour Postponed to 2021: Brian May and Roger Taylor 'Devastated' |last=Simpson |first=George |date=31 March 2020 |website=Daily Express |url-status=live |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402003726/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1262713/Queen-and-Adam-Lambert-UK-tour-cancelled-tickets-2021-Brian-May-Roger-Taylor |archive-date=2 April 2020 }}</ref>

On 4 June 2022, Queen + Adam Lambert opened the [[Platinum Party at the Palace]] outside Buckingham Palace to mark the [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://platinumjubilee.gov.uk/event/platinum-party-at-the-palace/|title=The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022: BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace|website=UK Government|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> Performing a three-song set, May appeared in front of the [[Victoria Memorial, London|Victoria Memorial monument]] as they opened with "We Will Rock You" which had been introduced in a comedy segment where the Queen and [[Paddington Bear]] tapped their tea cups to the beat of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61690149|title=Pop royalty and Paddington star at Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert|publisher=BBC|date=4 June 2022|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Paddington Bear joins the Queen for afternoon tea at Buckingham Palace – video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/jun/04/paddington-bear-joins-the-queen-for-afternoon-tea-at-buckingham-palace-video |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>