| January 29th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation Tickets for Rotterdam went on general sale today and the concert is sold out already! Tickets for Prague will go on general sale on February 8th. There are still some tickets left for Basel, Rome, Florence, Pesaro, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich. (source) Brixton lottery update According to Jacky Ticketmaster will be sending out letters (snail mail) to ALL winners over the weekend to arrive early next week which will give you details on how to get your tickets should you wish to accept them. Any UNALLOCATED tickets for Brixton will be offered to the remainder of the entrants who weren't lucky enough to be drawn first time. (source) |
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ebay.co.uk currently offers an auction for a Brian May burns guitar. The guitar was signed by both Roger and Brian backstage at the Dominion Theatre in London this month (see news January 13th). All money raised from this auction will be donated to www.tsunamifundraising.co.uk. |
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Win tickets for WWRY London "This is London" has 10 pairs of tickets to see the show to give-away! To enter the competition click here. (closing date: 12pm, Tuesday 24th January, tickets are valid for Monday – Thursday performances only until 14th February 2005, and are subject to availability. All transportation is the responsibility of the prize-winner.) |
| :::Site updates::: | A new video download is available. Originally captured from Rien's website it's Roger on the Kenny Everett show. Enjoy! |
| January 25th, 2005 | |
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46664 SA ticket information
Tickets for 46664 South Africa are priced from R250-00 (this excludes Computicket’s service charge). To purchase tickets call Computicket on 083 915 8000 or visit their website. 46664 South Africa takes place on at Fancourt on March 19 2005. Acts include Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Katie Melua, India.Arie and a host of top South African talent. (source) |
| January 24th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation Fantastic news for Queen + Paul Rodgers but bad news for those who were unfortunate: Within hours going on sale on Saturday morning all the UK dates were sold out! Brian has indicated a probably US/Canadian tour in the autumn, with shows still owed to Ireland and Scotland, which there wasn't time for on the Spring leg of the tour. Also an indication of a possible large summer gig..... [Hyde Park or similar] (source). |
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Brixton lottery update Brixton 28th March is the subject of a Fan Club/QOL Lottery and not on general sale. QOL are sending out snail mail letters to all those successful in the Lottery (both QFC members and QOL registrants), hopefully starting today. Many of these are in far flung parts of the world... so it may be a few days before these are received and responded to. Patience required. (source) |
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46664 South Africa Press
Release Annie Lennox, Katie Melua, India.Arie together with host of top South African Talent Join Queen for 46664 South Africa concert supporting women in the fight agains Aids. JO’BURG, South Africa – 24 January 2005. One of the world’s greatest female singer/songwriters, Annie Lennox has confirmed that she will join Queen + Paul Rodgers at the forthcoming second 46664 concert now in the planning to take place at Fancourt on March 19 (Read the full press release here!) |
| January 22nd, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation Tickets for the UK concerts are now on general sale. You can purchase your tickets through ticketmaster.co.uk. Tickets for the concert at Rotterdam's Ahoy (26th April) can be bought from January 29th, 10.am, through ticketservice.nl or by phone (xx-0900-3001250 (0,45€/min). |
| :::Site updates::: | A new video
download is now online. Rien recorded the original TV screening
about the upcoming tour from Dutch television. To make it smaller
in size I edited it a bit and now you see only snippets from the electronic
press kit featuring interviews with Roger, Brian, Paul Rodgers and
some clips from their performance at the UK Hall Of Fame (6 MB). Enjoy!
(To see the whole clip with lots of Freddie in it see the original clip (39 MB) on Rien's website. Thank you, Rien!). |
| January 21st, 2005 | |
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Tour news...-
summarisation The official Queen and Paul Rodgers press release and the EKP transcript are both available on Queenonline.com. (source) The following is a post of the administrator from queenonline.com which might be interesting: "From a meeting we had pre-Xmas, Roger will drum alone, no second guitarist - Backing vocalists is an option. When Roger sings a second drummer MAY fill the stool - but only on those songs. Anyway Roger taking a wander down the front will be fun!" |
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lottery update QOL has just been told that all 'winners' for the Brixton Lottery will start to be contacted as of now. So check out your inbox or keep the phone free for your chance to see Queen up close at the smallest venue on the tour! (source) |
| January 19th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation News added to the website's little tour itinerary: A date for Sweden (Stockholm) is now fixed. And there are rumours that on the 10th May there might be an additional date in London. Talking about the UK dates: Tickets will be on general sale from January 22nd. Direct links to purchase the tickets are now online (source). |
| Fans Input With Queen + Paul
Rodgers 2005 Tour Set List! You also have the chance to give your input on the setlist! Go to Paul Rodgers website and fill in the form. According to a post of the administrator from queenonline.com "there will be a few suprises in there and I know that Roger will be singing at least 3 songs..." |
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| January 18th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation Tickets for Antwerp (Belgium) are now on sale. New dates were added into the website's little tour itinerary: Budapest and Rotterdam (source). |
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Tour pre-sale ( *To all QOL
registered users*) Don't forget to check the Queen Online pre-sale for the UK leg of the forthcoming Queen + Paul Rodgers tour (opens at 10am GMT tomorrow!). (source) |
| January 17th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation Tickets for Prague are now on sale. (website's little tour itinerary. (source) |
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Tour pre-sale ( *To all QOL
registered users*) By now you should have received an e-mail from QOL with details of how to order tickets for the Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour. The e-mail contains an individual pass code and a link to a specially created page. The Queen Online pre-sale for the UK leg of the forthcoming Queen + Paul Rodgers tour, opens at 10am GMT on Wednesday 19 January 2005. The full tour announcement will be made later this week. (source) |
| :::Site updates::: | New pictures can be found in the "special event" category. They are also from last week's 1000th performance of WWRY at the Dominion theatre. Enjoy! |
| January 16th, 2005 | |
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Queen say no to Brits British rockers QUEEN are refusing to attend this year's (FEB05) BRIT AWARDS in London - because they find prize-giving ceremonies "boring". Drummer ROGER TAYLOR, 55, considers the band - who are nominated in the Best Song Of The Last 25 Years category for WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - too old to be collecting awards, although he's excited about the financial benefits of winning. Taylor says, "We're too old for it all now. It get's a bit boring. If we win, then great, and if not, then so what? We'll take the award if we win, and we'll make the money but I don't see any reason for us to go and pick it up." The group - who lost their iconic frontman FREDDIE MERCURY to AIDS in 1991 - won the Brit Award for Best Single in 1992 for their song THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES. (source) |
| January 15th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation New dates (UK) were added in the website's little tour itinerary. (source) |
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Priority tickets (QFC) A mail-out about booking priority tickets for the Queen+ Paul Rodgers tour has been sent by the Queen Fan Club to all current members. The full tour dates will be announced Monday, with priority booking for fans starting Tuesday (18th Jan). General public sale commences Saturday (22nd Jan). (source) |
| :::Site updates::: | I added new pictures in the "special event" category. They are from last week's 1000th performance of WWRY at the Dominion theatre. Enjoy! |
| January 14th, 2005 | |
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From the queenonline.com-newsletter: "The opportunity to register for the lottery to purchase tickets for the Queen + Paul Rodgers show at the Brixton Academy on Monday 28th March is now over. Successful applicants will be informed on or before Friday 21st January 2005. Good Luck! Look out for Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour ticket pre-sale on Monday 17th January 2005!" (Ed: Tickets for Paris, Spain, Italiy, Vienna, Germany and the Czech Republik ARE already on sale! See tour itinerary for more infos! (source)) |
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From the Wire Daisies-Newsletter |
| January 13th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation New dates were added in the website's little tour itinerary. (source) |
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WWRY 1000th performance in
London "We Will Rock You – A Benefit for the UNICEF Tsunami Appeal" took place last night and from what I read it must have been a blast! They played "Bohemian Rhapsody ", "Tie Your Mother Down" and "The Show Must Go On" together with the cast. Take a look at Brian's website to read more about this event. Photo's of the event can be viewed at Gettyimages.com. |
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UK Fan Club Convention "Due to the strong possibility of the Queen+Paul Rodgers UK tour dates clashing with our annual Convention, we have taken the decison to RESCHEDULE the event, and it will now take place SEPTEMBER 23rd to 26th." (please read the full article here and also Jacky's side of the story which I can fully understand! |
| :::Site updates::: | There's a new download available from a TV show called "London Tonight" featuring a very lenghty interview with Roger and Brian after yesterday's rehearsals! Enjoy! |
| January 11th, 2005 | |
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| January 9th, 2005 | |
| :::Site updates::: | A new feature was installed today: The Live Chat. You can access the feature via the navigaion bar ("Backstage" -> "Chat Room"). Enjoy! |
| January 8th, 2005 | |
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Tour news... "QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS TO PLAY BRIXTON ACADEMY! - FAN TICKET LOTTERY The first date
of the Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour will be at the Brixton
Academy in London on Monday 28th March 2005. As this is the first
date of the tour it should be a hot ticket! Queen and Paul Rodgers
have decided to limit all tickets to fans only! Due to the size
of the venue and the obvious high demand for tickets, it has been
decided that the fairest way to give all fans a chance of purchasing
tickets for this prestigious show is in the form of a lottery. It
is a deliberate ploy to get tickets straight to loyal fans and not
to greedy ticket touts. Tickets for the Brixton show are NOT going
on GENERAL SALE. There is a maximum ticket limit of two per registered
applicant. Tickets are priced at £55 each and subject to a
£4.50 booking fee, plus £4.95 special delivery per order.
1. If you are a paid up member of the Official International Queen Fan Club - All members of the QFC will be automatically entered into the lottery draw and do not need to register on Queen Online.com. Any duplicate register attempts may mean you will be withdrawn from the lottery list. This opportunity is only open to those members of the Official International Queen Fan Club who were registered prior to Saturday 11th December 2004. This is the date that news of the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour surfaced. 2. If you are
a registered member of Queen Online.com - All registered users of
Queen Online.com will be given the opportunity to apply to purchase
tickets for the Brixton concert via the specially created web page
located at the address below, between Friday 7th January 2005 and
Friday 14th January 2005*. This opportunity is only open to those members of Queen Online.com who were registered prior to Saturday 11th December 2004. This is the date that news of the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour surfaced. Further
Lottery Information |
| January 6th, 2005 | |
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46664-EP "1
Year On" The 46664 ‘1 Year On’ EP offering 4 tracks specially written for Nelson Mandela’s Global 46664 initiative are now available for download throughout the world excluding Spain. The USA will make the tracks available from January 18th. (source and full press release here) |
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Tour news... Wish there was any offical news from queenonline. The gigs that are confirmed because tickets are available can be found on queenzone.com. A new date was added (Vienna, 13th April). Tickets will go on sale on 10th, January. Rumour has it that everything will be confirmed by the 19th for the fans and there will be a press conference on the 24th! |
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WWRY London
- 1000th Performance, 12th January 2004 (from queenonline.com) The evening will now be dedicated to the victims and survivors of the South Asia disaster with all profits form te night to be dontaed to UNICEF in its efforts to support humanitarian aid in these countries. Further benefit performances of WWRY are currently being arranged to take place in Barcelona, Sydney, and in Las Vegas. "We Will Rock You – A
Benefit for the UNICEF Tsunami Appeal" takes place 7:30pm next
Wednesday, January 12th. Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road,
London, W.1. A limited number of tickets are still available at
the usual box office prices of £ 23.50 - £ 41.00. |
| January 4th, 2005 | |
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46664-EP "1
Year On" The EP featuring Roger's "Invincible Hope" is available to download from iTunes. You can buy the whole EP for € 3,96 or just download the song(s) for 0,99 € each. A donation will be made to the Nelson Mandela Foundation in respect of each download sold. |
| :::Site updates::: | I added a new category
called "Special Events"
in the section "The Galleries". It features pictures taken
at concerts, premieres, etc. Three new galleries have been included
(pictures from the WWRY premiere in Cologne and from the SAS charitiy
gig at Clapham Grand). There's also a new video download available from the WWRY press conference in Madrid last year. (Thanks to Ale for sending in the link!) There's is also a new link available: The Official Italian Fanclub asked me to link to their forum. Be sure to visit it. |
| January 3rd, 2005 | |
| :::Various news::: | Magazine interview
Roger did an interview for the German magazine "Sticks" (December 2004, 4 pages). If you cannot wait for the scan (yes, a section "scans" will come soon!) you might like to order the magazine online. Various links you might like 46664: link 1 | link 2 | link 3 | link 4 WWRY Vegas: link 1 | link 2 | link 3 (Ed: All of the above links were sent in by Ale. Thanks, mate!) |
| :::Site updates::: | Still no official news about tour dates and venues though 3 dates/venues (Paris, Madrid, Barcelona) seem to be common by now. There's even a scan of the Paris ticket available. So to kill some time I put up some new screencaps from the BBC-documentary "The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody". Enjoy! |
| January 1st, 2005 | |
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Today
I would like to say "THANK YOU" to you all out there for
visiting this site and for your help, encouragement and support.
I wish you all a HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR! |
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Tour email Please make sure you are registered at queenonline.com for exclusive news on the upcoming tour. Just go to REGISTER (the section with the picture of Freddie and the flag) and fill in the your details to be added to the database for the chance of priority tickets. New competition You can win a copy of "The Works" signed by Roger and Brian here. |
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Tsunami Victims - Germany's Muted New Year's Cheer "Private events organizers are also doing their part. In Cologne, producers of the hit musical about the rock band Queen, "We Will Rock You," said they would donate the box office take from their New Year performance." (source). If you wish to donate please click on the logo on top of this page or follow this link. According to Köln.de the musical is breaking all sales records. Between 8.000 and 10.000 tickets are sold every day Michael Brenner from bb promotions was quoted. At the moment there are 8 shows per week in advance booking. The show is due to bring in the costs until the end of 2005 with a minimum utilization of 70 %. |
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