11 Ways Queen Has Changed Since They Last Played Madison Square Garden

The tour will be the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers' first stop at New York City's Madison Square Garden since 1982, and BuzzFeed was there to get a first look at how the band has changed in the intervening 32 years.

The legendary frontman passed away in 1991, while the bassist retired in 1997.

The runner-up on Season 8 of American Idol is a star in his own right, as his solo album, Tresspassing, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Brian May and Roger Taylor first performed with Lambert on the American Idol finale, backing him on the Queen classic "We Are the Champions."

“We didn't look for Adam, we just found him," May said in a Q&A before their performance on Monday night. "Saw him on the Idol finale and it was a natural thing from there. His voice is so incredible.”

This is a lot different from the sea of ligthers that greeted the band back in '82. Overall, the crowd was an even mix of young fans and fans from back in the day.

The cult favorite was never performed live during Freddie Mercury's lifetime, but May and Rogers (who played on the original track), made a new arrangement of it for this tour. "We're going to do it our way," May said. "Without the disco."

This is another classic track the band never performed with Freddie Mercury.

The minor change was at the suggestion of Lambert, who explained that he woke up from a dream and was like, “I think it needs more gold. What if instead of the industrial iron and steel look, we went with more gold!”

This was an update of Mercury's famous direction in the original song to "Get on your bikes and ride!"

The drums on We Will Rock You had a slightly different groove, and May was fearless in adding small but ingenious embellishments to his classic riffs. This adventurous spirit was especially on display when they stretched songs like "Don't Stop Me Now" into extended jams.

May said their upcoming tour will feature quite a few songs from the band's early days when they were a heavy rock band. This emphasis on rock was no more evident than on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," when May crossed the stage to urge the keyboardist on in pounding out the chords as he solo'd like a madman.