Queen + AL Dates Rescheduled

Yeah, just got my update too. No surprise!

I would not be surprise if the tour would not happen at all. BM and RT are getting old and the tour mus be very exhausting. Sadly, I wish they wil have at least one last farewell gig...

They're old, but somewhat healthy. Brian seems to have endured his health scares pretty well. We definitely shouldn't take them for granted, but seeing Macca (who's a few years older than Brian) constantly touring the world playing concerts between 2.5 and 3 hours gives me some hope that we'll still have at least a few more years of Queen. 

Yes, I think this is going to be an issue a lot of 'older' bands will be facing.

Was planning to catch them in Paris just before lockdown. Hopefully by this time we'll all be back to normal.

I strongly suspect that would have been the case. You don't recover from a heart attack that quickly, and to have been fit to tour would have been probably too big an ask, even for someone not in their early 70s.

I have not purchased tickets for any of the tour, due to my failing health issue's.I used to love going to concerts,but being a wheelchair user and relying on my Carer to take me plus living in the Peterborough area the nearest big concert venue is Birmingham.The N.E.C is easy to get to but the Birmingham Arena in the City Centre is a nightmare to get to.Last time when we went to see Queen & AL at the Arena it was a Saturday night and the traffic was horrendous, it took us an hour to complete the last 1 mile to the Arena. I much prefer to go to Leeds to the First Direct Arena which has fantastic views of the stage for wheel chair users . Have seen Bryan Adams & The Chemical Brothers their.Queen's 10 night residency at the 02 seems a little bit unfair on the other parts of the country.Have never been to the 02 what Is the sound like ?

I've seen Rush there, and Iron Maiden twice.  When I saw Rush, we were about two thirds of the way back from the stage (so, about half a mile!), and the sound was very boomy, but then I think Rush have always been quite bassy.  The first time I saw Maiden, we were literally up in the Gods, in Level 4.  I actually got vertigo making my way to my seat!  We were also at the side, so the sound wasn't great but we had a fantastic view of the stage right video screen.  The second time, we were on Level 1, almost stage centre.  Really good view as the ramping is quite steep, so you can see over people's heads.  Sound was really good.  Really can't say what it would be like for wheelchair users, as they seemed to be parked near the front, but at the side, so you would get the full onslaught from the side speakers.

You’re right Queen have never performed in the round, though Q+-PR and Q+AL gave both used a thrust and B stage effectively.

Two possible reasons for this maybe the fact that playing in the centre of an arena means you have to play to all four sides of the stage, at his age maybe Brian would find it hard to cover that much area. Second, and down to Brian May again, his guitar sound relies on huge volume, he plays without in ear monitors. It would be difficult to spread the sound he needs to hear around a flat open stage, possibly.

You mentioned Muse and Metallica, both have brilliant productions. But many others, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Take That, Lady Gaga, Def Leppard, Journey to name a few, have played in the round. In fact Metallica during the Load tour played on two stages in the centre of the arena.