Queen comes to Amalie Arena in Tampa in August. Nosebleed tickets are selling for hundreds. Freddie Mercury’s presence will forever be missed, but Adam Lambert will surely bring the vocals and flamboyancy! For Throwback Thursday, we dug into the Q105 archives and found these shots from a concert in Leeds, England back in the early 80s and a few bonus pics from other 80s performances.

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  29th May 1982: Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991), lead singer of 70s hard rock quartet Queen, in concert at Leeds Football Club. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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  British stadium rock group Queen on stage, with lead singer Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991) in the foreground. Original Publication: People Disc - HU0462

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  British rock band Queen in concert at Leeds Football Club, UK, 29th May 1982. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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  British rock group Queen in concert, from left to right; Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991), John Deacon, and Brian May. Original Publication: People Disc - HU0463

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  5th June 1982: Lead singer of 70s hard rock quartet Queen Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991) in concert at Milton Keynes. He revealed in November of 1991 that he was suffering from AIDS and died with 48 hours of announcing that he was ill.
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  3rd September 1984: British rock group Queen in concert with singer Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991) and guitarist Brian May. (Photo by Rogers/Express/Getty Images)

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  5th June 1982: Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991), lead singer of 70s hard rock quartet Queen, in concert in Milton Keynes.
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  1984: Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991), lead singer of 70s hard rock quartet Queen, in concert. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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