Queen + Adam Lambert start a 24-date North America tour — including their first stop at MSG since 1982 — Thursday in Chicago.
Queen + Adam Lambert performed for just 400 people at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, Calif., on Monday night to kick off their new tour.
The tour will be the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers' first stop at New York City's Madison Square Garden since 1982, and BuzzFeed was there to get a first look at how the band has changed in the intervening 32 years.
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Freddie Mercury and John Deacon are no longer in the band.
The legendary frontman passed away in 1991, while the bassist retired in 1997.
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Adam Lambert now handles vocals for the band.
The runner-up on Season 8 of American Idol is a star in his own right, as his solo album, Tresspassing, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Brian May and Roger Taylor first performed with Lambert on the American Idol finale, backing him on the Queen classic "We Are the Champions."
“We didn't look for Adam, we just found him," May said in a Q&A before their performance on Monday night. "Saw him on the Idol finale and it was a natural thing from there. His voice is so incredible.”
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