# Rock the Cosmos Tour

The Rock the Cosmos Tour was the second and final concert tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers, promoting their only studio album The Cosmos Rocks. The opening date was recorded for a DVD release. which was released on 15 June 2009. The tour included one of the largest open-air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine which garnered 350,000 people. Over the course of the tour, they played to just short of one million viewers.

## Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 13 October 2008 in London. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
* "Hammer to Fall"
* "Tie Your Mother Down"
* "Fat Bottomed Girls"
* "Another One Bites the Dust"
* "I Want It All"
* "I Want to Break Free"
* "C-lebrity"
* "Surfs Up... School's Out"
* "Seagull"
* "Love of My Life"
* "'39"
* "Bass solo" / "Drum solo"
* "I'm in Love with My Car"
* "A Kind of Magic"
* "Say It's Not True"
* "Bad Company"
* "We Believe"
* "Guitar Solo" / "Bijou" / "Last Horizon"
* "Radio Ga Ga"
* "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
* "The Show Must Go On"
* "Bohemian Rhapsody"

### Encore

* "Cosmos Rockin'"
* "All Right Now"
* "We Will Rock You"
* "We Are the Champions"

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| Europe ||||
| 12 September 2008 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | Freedom Square |
| 15 September 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Olimpiyskiy |
| 16 September 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Olimpiyskiy |
| 19 September 2008 | Riga | Latvia | Arena Riga |
| 21 September 2008 | Berlin | Germany | Berlin Velodrome |
| 23 September 2008 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis |
| 24 September 2008 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
| 26 September 2008 | Rome | Italy | Palalottomatica |
| 28 September 2008 | Milan | Italy | Datchforum |
| 29 September 2008 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
| 1 October 2008 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle |
| 2 October 2008 | Mannheim | Germany | SAP Arena |
| 4 October 2008 | Hanover | Germany | TUI Arena |
| 5 October 2008 | Hamburg | Germany | Color Line Arena |
| 7 October 2008 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
| 8 October 2008 | Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg | Rockhal |
| 10 October 2008 | Nottingham | England | Nottingham Arena |
| 11 October 2008 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
| 13 October 2008 | London | England | The O$_2$ Arena |
| 14 October 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena |
| 16 October 2008 | Birmingham | England | National Indoor Arena |
| 18 October 2008 | Liverpool | England | Echo Arena Liverpool |
| 19 October 2008 | Sheffield | England | Sheffield Arena |
| 22 October 2008 | Barcelona | Spain | Palau Sant Jordi |
| 24 October 2008 | Murcia | Spain | Estadio de La Condomina |
| 25 October 2008 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad |
| 28 October 2008 | Budapest | Hungary | Papp László Budapest Sportaréna |
| 29 October 2008 | Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Arena |
| 31 October 2008 | Prague | Czech Republic | O$_2$ Arena |
| 1 November 2008 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
| 4 November 2008 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena |
| 5 November 2008 | Manchester | England | Manchester Evening News Arena |
| 7 November 2008 | London | England | The O2 Arena |
| 8 November 2008 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| Middle East ||||
| 14 November 2008 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai Festival City |
| South America ||||
| 19 November 2008 | Santiago | Chile | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo |
| 21 November 2008 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | José Amalfitani Stadium |
| 26 November 2008 | São Paulo | Brazil | Via Funchal |
| 27 November 2008 | São Paulo | Brazil | Via Funchal |
| 29 November 2008 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | HSBC Arena |

### Box office score data

| Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
| Sportspaleis | Antwerp | 13,043 / 15,719 (83%) | $1,018,028 |
| O2 Arena | London | 18,687 / 18,687 (100%) | $1,294,847 |
| Via Funchal | São Paulo | 8,860 / 10,000 (89%) | $1,006,163 |
| HSBC Arena | Rio de Janeiro | 6,472 / 9,100 (71%) | $364,528 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 47,062 / 53,506 (88%) | $3,683,566 |

## Personnel

* Brian May – lead guitar, vocals
* Roger Taylor – drums, tambourine, vocals
* Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
* Freddie Mercury – pre-recorded lead vocals

### Additional musicians

* Spike Edney – synthesizer, piano, keytar, accordion, backing vocals
* Danny Miranda – bass guitar, electric upright bass, backing vocals
* Jamie Moses – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, electric upright bass on "Bass Solo" (Cardiff & Birmingham gigs only)
* Neil Murray (replacing Danny Miranda in Cardiff & Birmingham) – bass guitar, electric upright bass on "'39"

### Guests

* Al Murray was a guest at the first O2 gig and sang "Cosmos Rockin'" with Rodgers.
* Former Prime Minister of Latvia Ivars Godmanis was a guest in Riga playing the drums on "All Right Now", with Taylor on tambourine.