Former Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate brought his extensive European spring tour to Budapest, Hungary, on April 15, 2026. Fans packed the A38 Hajó venue to watch the legendary vocalist deliver a massive setlist almost entirely dedicated to his former band’s classic catalog. For those who missed the concert, complete fan-filmed video of the performance has already surfaced online and you can watch it down below.
The evening leaned heavily into the band’s most iconic era, featuring an almost complete run-through of the legendary Operation: Mindcrime record, followed by a selection of their biggest hits.
According to Setlist.fm, the performance featured the following tracks:
- “Anarchy-X“
- “Revolution Calling“
- “Operation: Mindcrime“
- “Speak“
- “Spreading The Disease“
- “The Mission“
- “Suite Sister Mary“
- “The Needle Lies“
- “Electric Requiem“
- “Breaking The Silence“
- “I Don’t Believe In Love“
- “Waiting For 22“
- “My Empty Room“
- “Eyes Of A Stranger“
- “Empire“
- “Walk In The Shadows“
- “Jet City Woman“
- “Take Hold Of The Flame“
Encore:
- “Silent Lucidity“
- “Queen Of The Reich“
The live dates arrive just as Geoff Tate prepares to drop the highly anticipated third installment in his most famous conceptual saga. Slated for release on May 3, Operation: Mindcrime III is being issued under his own name rather than the Queensrÿche banner. Fans already received a preview of the new material in March with the release of the lead single, “Power“.
The new track was co-written by the singer and his guitarist and producer, Kieran Robertson. The studio lineup for the single features drummer Rich Baur, guitarists Dario Parente and Amaury Altmayer, and Disturbed bassist John Moyer, who also serves as the album’s co-producer. Synthesizers and string arrangements were handled by Geoff Tate and Kieran, while veteran engineer Juan Urteaga mixed and mastered the song at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California.
The upcoming record continues the dark narrative of Nikki, the recovering addict manipulated into carrying out political assassinations. However, this third chapter flips the script entirely, exploring the lore strictly through the eyes of the sinister antagonist, Dr. X.
Earlier in January, while speaking to “Meltdown” of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Tate explained that this shift will result in a much darker, more assertive record.
“And Dr. X‘s perspective is completely different, ’cause he’s not the victim at all. So it’s very aggressive, and, yeah, I’m looking forward for people to hear it,” Tate told at the time.
“[It will tell the tale from] the perspective of Dr. X, how the story happened from his point of view. Which is kind of interesting, I think, because we’ve only heard it from Nikki‘s point of view, and he’s been sort of this victim throughout the whole story.”
When asked if the new material serves as a throwback to the complex, heavy style of early Queensrÿche, Tate agreed, promising a sound that diehard fans will recognize.
“Yeah, I guess so. It’s got some complex arrangements, which Queensrÿche was pretty into during our writing. It’s just very aggressive sound-wise. And stylistically, I would say, it’s very Queensrÿche.”
He clarified that the expansion into a trilogy wasn’t always the master plan, but rather a natural evolution of his curiosity about human behavior.
“No, it’s kind of an ongoing story. I am fascinated by social science — why human beings do what we do, and groups of people that seem to have patterns over time, following in the footsteps of their generation. That kind of stuff just is fascinating to me. And so that was the basis for the story of Operation: Mindcrime. And so I just kind of explored that — human nature and what happens to a guy who gets convicted of m*rder and sent to an insane asylum and then graduates to a prison and then finally gets out after 20 years in prison. Does he still have the motivation for revenge against the people that put him there? That’s kind of the focus of Mindcrime II, the revenge aspect of it.”
