Following the closure of all UK theatres during the coronavirus crisis, the 2020 UK tour of Queen & Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You has been rescheduled for early 2021, playing many of the original 2020 dates and several additional venues too.
The tour was originally due to open at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre this September. It will now kicking off in Cardiff on 18 January 2021 and will then play in Milton Keynes, Southend, Stoke, Bristol, Wimbledon, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Bromley, York, Newcastle, Northampton, Peterborough, Norwich, Reading, Liverpool, Birmingham and Southsea – with more dates to follow.
The producers of We Will Rock You did not want to disappoint fans who had bought tickets, so they have been working hard to reschedule as many of the shows as possible giving people something to look forward to in these unsettling times. Details of how to exchange tickets will follow in the coming weeks.
Queen’s Roger Taylor said: “This is great news, I’m so pleased to see the show on the road again.”
Ben Elton agreed: “I was so pleased to get the great news that ‘We Will Rock You’ is to be remounted next year after being forced to close mid-tour and I hope Queen’s incredible music can help to make us feel like Champions again.”
.@QueenWillRock‘s @DrBrianMay & #RogerTaylor + #WeWillRockYou‘s writer-director #BenElton say they’re delighted to be able to remount the @wwryglobal tour so quickly & hope to ‘make us feel like Champions again’.
‘Live theatre will win in the end!’ #coronavirus #quote #ST #SF pic.twitter.com/K4luTaQ6yL
— Terri Paddock (@TerriPaddock) April 7, 2020
New tour dates
- 18/01/2021 – 23/01/2021 Cardiff: Wales Millennium Centre
- 25/01/2021 – 30/01/2021 Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Theatre
- 01/02/2021 – 06/01/2021 Southend: Cliffs Pavilion
- 08/02/2021 – 13/02/2021 Stoke: Regent Theatre
- 15/02/2021 – 20/02/2021 Bristol: Hippodrome
- 22/02/2021 – 27/02/2021 Wimbledon: New Wimbledon Theatre
- 01/03/2021 – 06/03/2021 Bournemouth: Pavilion
- 08/03/2021 – 13/03/2021 Ipswich: Regent Theatre
- 15/03/2021 – 20/03/2021 Bromley: Churchill Theatre
- 22/03/2021 – 27/03/2021 York: Grand Opera House
- 29/03/2021 – 03/04/2021 Newcastle: Theatre Royal
- 05/04/2021 – 10/04/2021 Cardiff: Wales Millennium Centre
- 12/04/2021 – 17/03/2021 Northampton: Royal & Derngate
- 19/04/2021 – 24/04/2021 Peterborough: New Theatre
- 26/04/2021 – 01/05/2021 Norwich: Theatre Royal
- 03/05/2021 – 08/05/2021 Reading: Hexagon
- 10/05/2021 – 15/05/2021 Liverpool: Empire
- 17/05/2021 – 29/05/2021 Birmingham: Hippodrome
- 31/05/2021 – 05/06/2021 Southsea: Kings Theatre
