Manchester Evening News

THEY WILL ROCK YOU...

- By LUCY LOVELL lucy.lovell@trinitymir­ror.com @luclovell

OFFICIAL tribute show Queen Extravagan­za will return to Manchester as part of a UK tour later this year. Returning to the city to play the O2 Apollo Manchester, the concert has already played more than 160 dates across the world and made appearance­s on TV shows such as American Idol.

In the show - which is curated and produced by Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May - fans get the chance to hear all their favourite Queen tracks performed live, from We Will Rock You to Another One Bites The Dust.

The 17-date tour kicks off in Edinburgh on Tuesday October 30, and heads down south for a string of dates across the UK before it concludes at London’s Eventim Apollo on Thursday November 22.

These new 2018 dates follow the band’s 2015 and 2016 sold out UK tours which celebrated the 40th anniversar­y of Queen’s iconic album, A Night At The Opera. The tour culminated with a headlining show at the legendary Hammersmit­h Apollo in London, a venue played many times by Queen themselves in the 1970s.

The band are formed of a regular, rolling line up of musicians.

The show is produced by Roger Taylor and designed by long-time Queen creative team, Ric Lipson from Stufish and lighting designer Rob Sinclair.

Queen Extravagan­za will rock up to Manchester on Tuesday November 6, tickets are available now at seetickets.com priced from £32.60 including booking fee.

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