Facts About Freddie Mercury And His Impact On More Than Just Queen

The Return Of Queen

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Adam Lambert and two-thirds of Queen first performed together in 2008. Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared as guests on American Idol season eight, where Lambert was a contestant. May later revealed he was considering Lambert as a frontman for Queen.

Two years later, Lambert joined Queen for a performance at the MTV Europe Awards. One year later, Queen + Adam Lambert played their first full concert with Elton John. Since then, they had a 26-date concert tour through North America in 2017 that followed with a European leg of the tour.