The Queen Extravaganza Tour was a concert tour by official

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the Queen Extravaganza.

Background

The Queen Extravaganza was Queen's official tribute band, developed by the band's original drummer, Roger Taylor. The original band members were selected from an online audition process. It was announced on March 28, 2012, that Queen Extravaganza would tour North America visiting twenty-six cities in the United States and Canada. On October 26, 2012, a second tour of North America was announced via Queenonline.com.

Setlist

Tour dates

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :Two performances

Box office score data

Tour band

;Current members * Alirio Netto — lead vocalshttp://www.queenonline.com/quex/news/queen-extravaganza-reveal-the-band-line-up-for-2018-tour * Nick Radcliffe —

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the feature ...

, backing vocals * Brian Gresh — lead guitar, backing vocals (2012-2013 & 2018 North American Tour) http://www.queenonline.com/quex/news/north-american-tour-on-sale-now * Tyler Warren —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

percussions A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exclu ...

, backing vocals * François-Olivier Doyon —

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, backing vocals * Darren Reeves — keyboards, backing vocals * Alex Maynard — keyboards, backing vocals ;Former members * Tristan Avakian — lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2012 tour only) *Yvan Pedneault — vocals, backing vocals (2012 tour only) *

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— vocals, backing vocals (2012 tour only) * Jennifer Espinoza — vocals * Brandon Ethridge — keyboards, piano, backing vocals *

Marc Martel Marc Martel is a Canadian Christian rock musician born in Montreal, Canada. In 1999, he formed the band Downhere before going solo in 2013. Aside from his own work, Martel is known for his Queen covers and his vocal likeness to frontman Freddie ...

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of th ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guita ...

(not touring during 2018)

References

External links

QueenOnline
nbsp;– Official Queen Website
QueenExtravaganza
nbsp;– Official Queen Extravaganza Website {{Queen 2012 concert tours Queen (band)