| April 27, 2004 | |
And another Moscow
picture
from Brian's soapbox... (sunglasses are back on, stubble is still
there 
- source) |
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| April 25, 2004 | |
| To while away the time until the next news/pictures from Moscow are online I uploaded some more screencaps. Click here to have a look at some from the video "I want to break free". | |
| April 24, 2004 | |
| Roger and Brian were off to Moscow on Tuesday for the final auditions of the WWRY cast. According to Brian's soapbox they seemed to be successful in doing so. Brian promised more details and more pictures soon. As for a start I sneaked this one from his website (source). | |
| April 20, 2004 | |
| As vaguely promised
yesterday the first pictures of Roger from his Saturday night's job
as a "delivery boy" are online.
Thank you very much for donating them, Nick! (to visit Nick's website
click here.) And even more pictures: This time from Pam (Thank you!). They are from the Happiness tour 1994 in Liverpool. She thought they needed a revival and indeed they do! Click here to go to "Close Encounters" (to visit Pam's website click here.). And another feature for the website has been installed: If you move your mouse over "Mixed fruitcake" you see a menu "Search this site!" which will let you do exactly that! |
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| April 19, 2004 | |
| Back from a fantastic
weekend in London where a friend and me saw the last performance of
the London WWRY cast members Kerry, Sharon, Nigel and Cameron. During
Bohemian Rhapsody Brian came on stage and played the solo and after
that re-joined the cast for an encore of We Are The Champions. He
made a short speech saying that Ben Elton was unfortunately in Australia
BUT had the other musical director there which was of course Roger.
His part that evening was to present the leaving cast members with
gifts (which he did in a killingly funny way). Pictures of Roger from
that day will hopefully follow soon... |
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Same time in Germany Thomas
Gottschalk's live show "50 Jahre Rock" took place in Hanover.
Roger and Brian sent pre-recorded video messages. Thanks to Allesandro
who sent me the link here is Roger's message (to view Roger's message
only click on the picture, for the full video - including Brian's
message - please click here).
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| In this show it
was also announced that the musical premiere in Cologne will take
place on December 12, 2004. You can buy tickets via the new German
website
of the Musical. The first date for which you can book tickets is December
14, 2004 (Unfortunately there is no possibility to book premiere tickets!).
If you are a member of the Official International Queen Fan Club you have the chance to pester Chris "Crystal" Taylor while attending the forthcoming convention. He looked after Roger for 13 years and according to Jacky "His stories of touring with the band have to be heard to be believed." The wonderful Treana Morris, singer with the band The Wire Daisies, will be touring the UK. Treana was famously discovered by Roger singing locally in Cornwall and subsequently toured with him in the UK. She was also joining Roger and Brian on stage during the 46664-concert. Visit their site for the tour dates. |
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| April 12, 2004 | |
| Hope you all enjoyed a Happy Easter weekend. Still no news but working on new screencaps.... In the meantime I installed a nice little script that allows you to comment on this very page after each news entry. ;-) | |
| April 10, 2004 | |
| Click here
to check out the latest 46664 Viral Clip. It features Anastacia ripping
through 'Amandla' with Queen, Bono and Beyonce and also Ms Dynamite
performing solo. The DVD and CDS are out now. Please send on to a
friend and Give One Minute Of Your Life To AIDS. As promised I added the first DVD screencaps to the website. They are taken from the Cyberbarn video. For those who wonder about the order of the caps: It's a typical DoRo-production which means that no scene is longer than 30 seconds, no song is played in full, etc. In short: It's all a bit annoying (and this is a pretty polite expression). I wished it would be released properly one day. Enough rambling, click here to see the pics. There is also a new interview online. More are coming as I find the time to type them in... AND last but not least a new audio download is avalaible. It's the song "One-night stand" that was availabe during the Cyberbarn release. This one is in very good quality! Hope you enjoy this update! |
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| April 7, 2004 | |
| 46664-news: Please
visit the 46664-website
to read the speech by Mr Mandela and the speech by John M Samuel,
Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, at the launch of
the 46664 concert CD's and DVD. The the full transcript of the webchat
with Dave Stewart that took place on April 5 is also online. |
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Monday, 5 April, also saw the
release of the SAS Band DVD "The Concert". Roger is on that
(as far as I know performing "Radio GaGa"). I haven't seen
it yet. It's said to have also extensive backstage material as well.
To read Spike's message and have a look at the cover as well click
here (source)
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Some website news: I have added new www-pictures in the following galleries: 70's (16 pics), 80's (76 pics!), 90's (25 pics) and 2000+ (21 pics). I also added buttons on the index pages to make it easier to navigate. Enjoy! |
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| April 5, 2004 | |
Roger and Brian
are still in Las Vegas and have now finally agreed on the band.
They are Keith Thompson - MD/Keys 1, Phillip Fortenberry - Asst
MD/Keys 2, D. Gause-Snelson - Keys 3, Paul Crook - Guitar 1, David
Hornbeck - Guitar 2, Oliver Hover - Bass, Percussion - Jim Belk
and on Drums - John Micelli. According to Brian Roger was impressed
by the tightness of his playing (source). Today saw the release of 46664:The
Concert DVD and CD's in Europe (April 13 in the USA). During the
special launch event on April 1 in Johannesburg Mr Mandela appointed
all of the artists that performed at the 46664 concert in Cape Town
last year and the visual artists involved in the campaign as 46664-ambassadors.
They will help him in his fight to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS
in Africa and to help those infected and affected by the pandemic
in South Africa. During this launch were many of the South African
artists that performed at this special event. Together they presented
Mr Mandela with a gold disc to celebrate the fact that the live
recordings of the 46664 concert have already shipped gold in South
Africa. (source) |
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