Adam Lambert first performed with Queen as a contestant on the eighth season of American Idol.
[2] In November 2011, Adam Lambert joined Queen for a special performance at the MTV Europe Awards in Belfast.
[3] It was then reported in December 2011 that Taylor and May had begun discussions with Lambert for him to front Queen in concert.
[4] The tour began in June 2012 at Kyiv's Independence Square, a joint show with Elton John in aid of the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation.
The UK Sonisphere Festival was cancelled and Queen and Lambert instead performed three sold out concerts at London's Hammersmith Apollo to wrap up the tour.