Queen + Adam Lambert Announce September Las Vegas Residency

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Queen + Adam Lambert have announced a September residency at the the Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas.

The limited, 10-date engagement—which the band have titled The Crown Jewels—will feature shows on September 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 19, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster.

"We’re ready to take on the ultimate challenge, to dazzle Vegas,!" guitarist Brian May said in a statement.

Drummer Roger Taylor added that he is “Looking forward to rocking the Strip [with] the audaciously and phenomenally talented Adam Lambert.”

For tickets and more info, head on over to queenonline.com.

Jackson Maxwell
Jackson Maxwell

Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.

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