Queen, Adam Lambert The Show Must Go On Documentary Set to Air in April

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ABC will air the documentary The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story Monday, April 29.

Adam Lambert, who got his start on American Idol, played with Queen to open the Academy Awards Feb. 24. Queen + Adam Lambert began in 2012 and will tour this summer.

The Show Must Go On chronicles Queen and Lambert first sharing the stage on American Idol in 2009, when Lambert finished as runner-up to Kris Allen.

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The film follows their “incredible journey,” said ABC, thereafter. It has interviews with Lambert, his parents, and Queen founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

American Idol judge Simon Cowell, Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters also appear in the film.

Queen’s original singer, Freddie Mercury, died of AIDS in 1991.

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Queen + Adam Lambert has performed nearly 200 sold-out shows around the world.

“So excited about our documentary,” Lambert tweeted Monday.

Queen and Lambert, who opened the 2019 Oscars with “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions,” recently announced a summer North American tour.

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The 23-date trek Rhapody tour—a reference to Bohemian Rhapsody, one of the highest-grossing music biopics of all-time—launches July 10th in Vancouver, British Columbia and wraps August 23rd in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Adam dropped his latest single, “Feel Something” this past week and revealed that he is working on a new album.

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story premiers April 29 on ABC.

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