Queen started their first UK tour for nineteen years with a performance at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle last night.
The band, who have already played to sell out audiences across
Europe, will also take in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and
Sheffield before a final gig in London on 11 May.
As previously reported, Queen have been joined by former Free singer,
Paul Rodgers, who first stepped up to fill Freddy Mercury's shoes at that 2004 concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster, and made a second outing to mark
Queen's induction into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Rodgers said
"Powerful and real, explosive and dynamic. That's how it felt when Queen and I played our three tracks at the UK Music
Hall Of Fame Awards ceremony in London. Lets do more was the unanimous feeling. Which is why we are joining forces for this tour."