Queen to tour again...

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From The Age...

Back on the road
December 16, 2004 - 10:20AM

Surviving members of Queen have decided to get together to go on the road next year, in the legendary British rock band's first tour since the death of frontman Freddie Mercury.

After a series of successful joint performances earlier this year, vocalist Paul Rodgers of 1970's blues band Free has accepted the offer to take the place of Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991.

The official Queen fan website - www.queenworld.com - says the dates will be in the UK and across Europe initially, with the start possibly in March.

Queen guitarist Brian May says there's been amazing chemistry when he played alongside Rodgers in concert at London's Albert Hall and on British television.

May has spent the last few weeks organising the tour.

Drummer Roger Taylor will take part in the revival tour, but it's not yet clear if the other member of the band, bassist John Deacon, will join him.

Queen, famous for rock anthems such as We Are the Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody and Radio Gaga, stopped playing in the late 1980s due to Mercury's deteriorating health.

- AAP

Hmmm... very interesting!

Never heard of this guy to be honest. But if he's a blues singer, does that mean that it'll sound different? And also, if John Deacon decides not to join, well, how could they be called Queen?

I'm some what excited, and if they were to extend the tour to Australia, I may even consider going.

I would love to see Justin Hawkins from The Darkness give it a bash. He would be an absolute natural.

 

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wouldn't be the same without Freddie

 

[Nuke]

If they came to Australia, I would fair dinkum be at every gig Australia-wide. Financially, it wouldn't be good for me, but you only live once eh! I was only 10yrs old when Freddie Mercury died, and only became a Queen fan in 1994. I have never had the opportunity to see Queen live. It won't be the same without Freddie, but there's nothing I can do about that. When Brian May came to Perth in 1998, I was 6 months too young to be allowed into the venue he played here. I am still to this day filthy about it - at no-one in particular, but still filthy none-the-less.

Brian May and Paul Rodgers played together at some Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary concert a month or two ago, and discovered a positive energy that came from the pairing. I can't see the reclusive John Deacon coming out of retirement. With the exception of 1992's Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, 1995's 'Made In Heaven' Queen album (using the vocals Freddie left Brian, John, and Roger Taylor to use), and 1997's 'No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)' Queen song, John has been well and truely out of the public eye since Freddie died in November 1991.
He had nothing to do with the musical 'We Will Rock You' apart from giving Brian, Roger, and Ben Elton his blessing ... although he has seen it and written a letter of support to Brian.
Personally, I would have loved to see a Queen + John Farnham tour. I've said so for years - much before I heard the Queen + John Farnham version of 'We Will Rock You'. Since hearing that version, I have had no doubt.

QUEEN ROCK!!!