Twenty-one years on the road, and Queen Forever still treat every show like the first one — which is exactly the problem, because nobody in this band can be trusted to behave.

On Saturday 13 March 2027, the Greatest Hits Tour: Don’t Stop Us Now rolls back into Anita’s Theatre in Thirroul — the grand old picture palace in Wollongong’s northern suburbs, tucked between the escarpment and the sea, and one of the most atmospheric rooms the band gets to play. Fronted by Gareth Hill’s uncanny turn as Freddie Mercury, alongside Scott Bastian on guitar as Brian May, Darryn McLaughlin on bass as John Deacon, Brad Hodge on drums as Roger Taylor, and Danny Oakhill on keys and backing vocals, the band recreates Queen’s biggest anthems — Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Somebody to Love, Radio Ga Ga, Don’t Stop Me Now, Killer Queen — with a level of obsessive accuracy most tribute shows don’t bother chasing. Every harmony, every guitar tone, every note is matched to the original recordings.

But accuracy is where the seriousness ends. Once the lights come up at Anita’s, all bets are off. Dancing is compulsory — there’s no sitting this one out. Audience members get pulled up on stage at various points through the night. And because nobody’s following a script that tight, the truth is nobody — band included — quite knows what’s going to happen next. That unpredictability, paired with a show that treats its audience as genuine participants rather than spectators, is what fans consistently say sets a Queen Forever night apart from every other tribute out there.

For 2027, that chaos hits Thirroul — same pinpoint musicianship, same refusal to take any of it too seriously, same instruction running through the whole night: Don’t Stop Us Now.

Queen Forever – The Australian Tribute. Get your tickets before the room fills up.