Queen Extravaganza Tour

The Queen Extravaganza Tour was a concert tour by official Queen tribute band the Queen Extravaganza.^[1]

Queen Extravaganza Tour

Tour by Queen Extravaganza
Queen Extravaganza in 2013
Start date	May 26, 2012
End date	November 20, 2016
Legs	6
No. of shows	76 in North America 80 in Europe 4 in Australia 160 in Total

Background

The Queen Extravaganza was Queen's official tribute band, developed by the band's original drummer, Roger Taylor. The original band members were selected from an online audition process.

It was announced on March 28, 2012, that Queen Extravaganza would tour North America visiting twenty-six cities in the United States and Canada.^[2]

On October 26, 2012, a second tour of North America was announced via Queenonline.com.^[3]

Setlist

2012 Setlist^[4]

1. "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
2. "Tie Your Mother Down"
3. "Now I'm Here"
4. "Killer Queen"
5. "Love of My Life"
6. "I Want It All"
7. "Bicycle Race"
8. "I Want to Break Free"
9. "The March Of the Black Queen"
10. "Dragon Attack"
11. "You Take My Breath Away"
12. "Save Me"
13. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
14. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"
15. "I'm in Love with My Car"
16. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Intermission

17. "One Vision"
18. "A Kind of Magic"
19. "Don't Stop Me Now"
20. "Under Pressure"
21. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
22. "Another One Bites the Dust"
23. "You're My Best Friend"
24. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
25. "Drum solo"
26. "Stone Cold Crazy"
27. "In the Lap of the Gods"
28. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
29. "Radio Ga Ga"
30. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
31. "Somebody to Love"

Encore

32. "We Will Rock You"
33. "We Are the Champions"

2013 Setlist^[5]

1. "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
2. "Killer Queen"
3. "I Want to Break Free"
4. "Dragon Attack"
5. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
6. "Love of My Life"
7. "Don't Stop Me Now"
8. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"
9. "I'm in Love with My Car"
10. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
11. "Under Pressure"
12. "A Kind of Magic"
13. "You're My Best Friend"
14. "Drum solo"
15. "Stone Cold Crazy"
16. "Another One Bites the Dust"
17. "The Show Must Go On
18. "Radio Ga Ga"
19. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
20. "Somebody to Love"

Encore

21. ""Tie Your Mother Down""
22. "We Will Rock You"
23. "We Are the Champions"

2014 Setlist

1. "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
2. "Killer Queen"
3. "I Want to Break Free"
4. "Don't Stop Me Now"
5. "Love of My Life"
6. "Dragon Attack"
7. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
8. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"
9. "I'm in Love with My Car"
10. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
11. "Under Pressure"
12. "A Kind of Magic"
13. "I Want It All"
14. "You're My Best Friend"
15. "Stone Cold Crazy"
16. "Another One Bites the Dust"
17. "The Show Must Go On"
18. "Radio Ga Ga"
19. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
20. "Somebody to Love"

Encore

21. ""Tie Your Mother Down""
22. "We Will Rock You"
23. "We Are the Champions"

A Night at the Opera 40th Anniversary Tour 2015

pre-A Night at the Opera:

1. "Now I'm Here"
2. "Keep Yourself Alive"
3. "The March of the Black Queen"
4. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
5. "In the Lap of the Gods"
6. "Killer Queen"
7. "Tenement Funster"
8. "Flick of the Wrist"
9. "Lily of the Valley"
10. "Stone Cold Crazy"
11. "Liar"
12. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"

A Night at the Opera:

13. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"
14. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"
15. "I'm in Love with My Car"
16. "You're My Best Friend"
17. "'39"
18. "Sweet Lady" (feat. "drum solo")
19. "Seaside Rendezvous"
20. "The Prophet's Song"
21. "Love of My Life"
22. "Good Company"
23. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
24. "God Save the Queen"

Encore:

25. "Somebody to Love"

A Night at the Opera 2016

A Night at the Opera:

1. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"
2. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"
3. "I'm in Love with My Car"
4. "You're My Best Friend"
5. "'39"
6. "Sweet Lady"
7. "Seaside Rendezvous"
8. "The Prophet's Song"
9. "Love of My Life"
10. "Good Company"
11. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
12. "God Save the Queen"

post-A Night at the Opera:

13. "Tie Your Mother Down"
14. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
15. "Don't Stop Me Now"
16. "Stone Cold Crazy"
17. "Another One Bites The Dust"
18. "Save me"
19. "I Was Born To Love You"
20. "Under Pressure "
21. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
22. "The Show Must Go On"
23. "Radio Ga Ga"
24. Somebody to Love"

Encore:

25. "We Will Rock You"
26. "We Are The Champions"

Tour dates

The Queen Extravaganza performing "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the Fox Theatre in 2012

Marc Martel performing in the Queen Extravaganza Tour at the O2 Academy Oxford in 2013

Jennifer Espinoza performing in the Queen Extravaganza Tour at the O2 Academy Oxford in 2013

Brian Gresh performing in the Queen Extravaganza Tour at the O2 Academy Oxford in 2013

François-Olivier Doyon performing in the Queen Extravaganza Tour at the O2 Academy Oxford in 2013

List of 2012 North American concerts^[3][6]

Date	City	Country	Venue
26 May 2012	Quebec City	Canada	Grand Théâtre de Québec
27 May 2012	Montreal		Théâtre Saint-Denis
29 May 2012	Toronto		Queen Elizabeth Theatre
31 May 2012	Detroit	United States	Fox Theatre
1 June 2012	Chicago		House of Blues
2 June 2012	Minneapolis		The Brick
4 June 2012	Cleveland		House of Blues
5 June 2012	St. Louis		The Pageant
7 June 2012	Philadelphia		The Pageant
8 June 2012	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
9 June 2012	Wallingford		Toyota Oakdale Theatre
10 June 2012	Bethlehem		Sands Bethlehem Event Center
11 June 2012	Boston		House of Blues
12 June 2012	Huntington		The Paramount
15 June 2012	Tampa		Ferguson Hall
16 June 2012	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live
17 June 2012	Orlando		Universal Music Plaza Stage
19 June 2012	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
20 June 2012	Houston		House of Blues
23 June 2012	Las Vegas		House of Blues
24 June 2012	San Diego		Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
25 June 2012	Los Angeles		Club Nokia
26 June 2012	San Francisco		Regency Ballroom
28 June 2012	Seattle		Showbox SoDo
30 June 2012	Vancouver	Canada	The Orpheum
2 July 2012	Calgary		Jack Singer Concert Hall
3 July 2012	Edmonton		Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

List of 2013 North American concerts^[3][7]

Date	City	Country	Venue
11 January 2013	Tarrytown	United States	Tarrytown Music Hall
12 January 2013	Wallingford		Toyota Oakdale Theatre
13 January 2013	Huntington		The Paramount
15 January 2013	Englewood		Bergen Performing Arts Center
16 January 2013	Hershey		Hershey Theatre
17 January 2013	Verona		Turning Stone Resort Casino
18 January 2013	Hamilton	Canada	Hamilton Place Theatre
20 January 2013	Ottawa		National Arts Centre
21 January 2013	Toronto		Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
22 January 2013	Quebec City		Capitole de Québec
23 January 2013
25 January 2013
26 January 2013
27 January 2013
29 January 2013	Sherbrooke		Granada Theatre
30 January 2013	Montreal		Bell Centre
1 February 2013	Saint John		Imperial Theatre
2 February 2013	Moncton		Casino New Brunswick
3 February 2013	Halifax		Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
6 August 2013	Quebec City		Capitole de Québec
7 August 2013
9 August 2013
10 August 2013
11 August 2013
13 August 2013
14 August 2013
16 August 2013
17 August 2013
18 August 2013
20 August 2013
21 August 2013
23 August 2013
24 August 2013
25 August 2013
27 August 2013
28 August 2013
30 August 2013
31 August 2013
1 September 2013
3 September 2013	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
5 September 2013	Halifax		Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
6 September 2013	Moncton		Casino New Brunswick
8 September 2013	Lebanon	United States	Lebanon Opera House
9 September 2013	Red Bank		Count Basie Theatre
10 September 2013	Niagara Falls		The Rapids Theatre
11 September 2013	Morristown		Mayo Performing Arts Center
13 September 2013	Bethlehem		Sands Bethlehem Event Center
14 September 2013	Westbury		NYCB Theatre at Westbury
15 September 2013	New Bedford		Zeiterion Performing Arts Center

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe[8]
October 25, 2013	Southampton	England	The Brook
October 27, 2013	Birmingham		O2 Academy Birmingham2
October 28, 2013	Oxford		O2 Academy Oxford2
October 29, 2013	Bournemouth		O2 Academy Bournemouth2
October 30, 2013	Liverpool		O2 Academy Liverpool2
November 1, 2013	Sheffield		O2 Academy Sheffield2
November 2, 2013	Leicester		O2 Academy Leicester2
November 3, 2013	Newcastle		O2 Academy Newcastle2
November 4, 2013	Glasgow	Scotland	O2 ABC Glasgow2
November 6, 2013	London	England	O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
November 7, 2013	Reading		Sub 89
November 8, 2013	Worthing		Assembly Hall
November 10, 2013	Bath		Komedia
November 11, 2013	Manchester		Gorilla
November 12, 2013	Bristol		Fleece & Firkin
May 10, 2014	Bournemouth		O2 Academy Bournemouth
May 12, 2014	Antwerp	Belgium	Stadsschouwburg
May 13, 2014	Tilburg	Netherlands	013
May 15, 2014	Cologne	Germany	Live Music Hall
May 16, 2014	Hamburg		Gruenspan
May 18, 2014	Munich		Alte Kongresshalle
May 19, 2014	Frankfurt		Batschkapp
May 20, 2014	Berlin		Fritzclub
May 21, 2014	Vienna	Austria	Wien Arena
May 22, 2014	Padua	Italy	Gran Teatro Geox
May 24, 2014	Paris	France	L'Olympia
May 26, 2014	Copenhagen	Denmark	Koncerthuset
May 28, 2014	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum
May 29, 2014	Stockholm	Sweden	Tyrol
May 31, 2014	Helsinki	Finland	Circus Helsinki
September 5, 2014	Reading	England	The Hexagon
September 6, 2014	Leamington Spa		The Assembly
September 8, 2014	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall
September 9, 2014	Tunbridge Wells	England	Assembly Hall Theatre
September 11, 2014	Bristol		O2 Academy Bristol
September 12, 2014	Nottingham		Rock City
September 13, 2014	London		O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
September 15, 2014	Cambridge		Cambridge Corn Exchange
September 16, 2014	Leeds		O2 Academy Leeds
September 18, 2014	Glasgow	Scotland	O2 ABC Glasgow
September 19, 2014	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
September 20, 2014	Salisbury		Salisbury City Hall
September 22, 2014	Cheltenham		Cheltenham Town Hall
September 23, 2014	Worthing		Pavilion Theatre
Australia
October 3, 2015	Gold Coast	Australia	Jupiters Theatre
October 6, 2015	Sydney		The Star Event Centre
October 10, 2015	Melbourne		Palais Theatre
October 13, 2015	Perth		Crown Theatre
Europe
October 30, 2015	Leamington Spa	England	Assembly
October 31, 2015	Bath		The Forum
November 1, 2015	Portsmouth		Guildhall
November 20, 2015	Worthing		Assembly Hall
November 5, 2015	Watford		Colosseum
November 6, 2015	Newcastle		City Hall
November 8, 2015	Croydon		Fairfield Halls
November 9, 2015	Guildford		GLive
November 10, 2015	Edinburgh	Scotland	Usher Hall
November 12, 2015	Cambridge	England	Corn Exchange
November 13, 2015	Lincoln		The Engine Shed
November 14, 2015	Norwich		Open
November 16, 2015	Birmingham		Town Hall
November 18, 2015	Reading		The Hexagon
November 19, 2015	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall
November 20, 2015	Salisbury	England	City Hall
November 21, 2015	Gloucester		GL1
September 4, 2016	Montreux	Switzerland	Casino Barriere Montreux
October 28, 2016	Plymouth	England	Pavilions
October 29, 2016	Salisbury		City Hall
October 31, 2016	Reading		The Hexagon
November 1, 2016	Cambridge		Corn Exchange
November 2, 2016	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
November 4, 2016	Newcastle		City Hall
November 5, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	Clyde Auditorium
November 6, 2016	Liverpool	England	Liverpool Empire Theatre
November 8, 2016	Manchester		O2 Apollo
November 9, 2016	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
November 10, 2016	York		York Barbican
November 12, 2016	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall
November 13, 2016	Aylesbury	England	Waterside Theatre
November 14, 2016	Portsmouth		Guildhall
November 16, 2016	Stoke-on-Trent		Victoria Hall
November 18, 2016	Llandudno	Wales	Venue Cymru
November 19, 2016	Birmingham	England	Symphony Hall
November 20, 2016	London		Hammersmith Apollo

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A Two performances

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Grand Théâtre de Québec	Québec City	1,671 / 1,671 (100%)	$84,163[9]
Théâtre Saint-Denis	Montreal	2,077 / 2,077 (100%)	$89,692[9]
The Brick	Minneapolis	441 / 1,077 (41%)	$13,440[10]
9:30 Club	Washington, D.C.	907 / 1,200 (76%)	$31,745[10]
Ferguson Hall	Tampa	810 / 1,042 (78%)	$34,051[10]
Plaza Live	Orlando	787 / 837 (94%)	$26,907[11]
Club NOKIA	Los Angeles	1,010 / 2,400 (42%)	$32,448[12]
Regency Center Grand Ballroom	San Francisco	481 / 1,424 (34%)	$16,256[13]
Orpheum Theatre	Vancouver	2,005 / 2,600 (77%)	$54,650[14]
Jack Singer Theatre	Calgary	1,493 / 1,710 (87%)	$46,714[14]
Northern Jubilee Auditorium	Edmonton	1,860 / 2,605 (71%)	$53,303[14]
Theatre Granada	Sherbrooke	776 / 776 (100%)	$30,402[14]
Bell Centre	Montreal	3,337 / 3,550 (94%)	$190,664[14]
Imperial Theatre	St. John's	667 / 700 (95%)	$26,310[14]
Casino New Brunswick	Moncton	1,705 / 1,790 (95%)	$72,590[14]
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium	Halifax	922 / 1,035 (89%)	$37,923[14]
TOTAL		20,949 / 26,494 (79%)	$841,258

Tour band

Current members

• Alirio Netto — lead vocals^[15]
• Nick Radcliffe — lead guitar, backing vocals^[16]
• Brian Gresh — lead guitar, backing vocals^[16] (2012-2013 & 2018 North American Tour) ^[17]
• Tyler Warren — drums, percussions, backing vocals^[16]
• François-Olivier Doyon — bass guitar, backing vocals^[16]
• Darren Reeves — keyboards, backing vocals
• Alex Maynard — keyboards, backing vocals ^[17]

Former members

• Tristan Avakian — lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals^[16] (2012 tour only)^[18]
• Yvan Pedneault — vocals, backing vocals^[16] (2012 tour only)^[18]
• Jeff Scott Soto — vocals, backing vocals^[16] (2012 tour only)^[18]
• Jennifer Espinoza — vocals^[16]
• Brandon Ethridge — keyboards, piano, backing vocals^[16]
• Marc Martel — lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar^[16] (not touring during 2018)

References

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External links

• QueenOnline – Official Queen Website
• QueenExtravaganza – Official Queen Extravaganza Website