It was confirmed yesterday Queen would perform its only South Island show in Dunedin on February 10 next year.
The Monday night concert was part of the band's Rhapsody Tour, and would be followed by performances in Wellington and Auckland.
The British rock act behind such hits as Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and We Are The Champions will again have Adam Lambert taking the place of legendary frontman Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991.
Lambert has fronted the band at more than 180 concerts since first performing with them - in front of a crowd of 500,000 in Kiev - in 2012.
Alongside Lambert for the Dunedin concert would be original members guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, as well as long-time collaborators Spike Edney, Neil Fairclough and Tyler Warren.
The Dunedin concert would be staged just six days after Elton John's performance at the stadium, on February 4, as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.
That meant a potential combined crowd of 70,000 fans for the rock double-header.
Dunedin Venues chief executive Terry Davies was excited by the stadium's latest coup, saying it was an "incredible result''.
He expected another sellout crowd, fuelled in part by the success of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, which had exposed a new generation of fans to the band's music.
The concert also promised to be "the biggest production and biggest stage show we've put on'' inside the stadium, he said.
"It will be spectacular ... It's going to be one hell of a show.''
And, coming just days after Sir Elton's Dunedin concert, the results would be a logistical challenge but "great for the region''.
"It's challenging but absolutely do-able.
"The city is going to be pumping with all that will be on offer.''
Tickets for the Queen concert go on sale on April 17, Mr Davies said.
