| February 26th, 2005 | |
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Brixton Lottery update According to QOL more tickets have been released and the final lottery will be drawn very soon. If you are a fan club member phone, fax or email Jacky with your email address to be included in the lottery. I hope that everybody who wants to go there will get their ticket! |
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Ultimate Pop Star Queen were named the seventh biggest selling singles act the UK in the Channel 4 show "The UK's Official 50 Best Selling Artists" with over 10.3 million sales. In the short feature both Roger and Brian were interviewed - see today's "Site Updates"! (source) |
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Pictures from the Sydney
premiere A link to a photobucket account appeared on Brian's website with lots of great photos that "Bushfireblonde" did on the premiere of WWRY in Sydney. Pictures of the aftershow party include Roger and Brian performing. |
| :::Site updates::: | With lots of thanks to Sarah new video clips are available. You can watch both clips of Roger from Channel 4's "Ultimate Pop Star" programme. AND she also sent me the clip of him from the "Brits 25". Enjoy! |
| February 22nd, 2005 | |
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46664 South Africa Mr Mandela said he was delighted to announce that Will Smith – a recently appointed 46664 Ambassador – had agreed to be Master of Ceremonies at the concert taking place at Fancourt on March 19th. Organisers are in discussion with domestic airlines to schedule extra services to and from George from major cities to accommodate the demand for flights. Tour operators also plan to put together packages which will include transport. (please click here to read the full press release). According to Paul Rodger's website the concert will be recorded for DVD release. |
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46664 Arctic Please also have a look at this website which has all the information on the upcoming 46664 Artic concert that will take place in Tromsø on June 12th to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and funds for the Nelson Mandela Foundation to fight the pandemic in Southern Africa. The Nelson Mandela Foundation announced that Mr Mandela plans to attend 46664 Arctic. |
| :::Site updates::: | New screencaps are online
taken from a clip that shows Roger speaking very briefly about Sir
Bob Geldof, who received an award for "Outstanding Contribution
to music" at the Brits earlier this month (Thanks to Eileen for
the DVD). Due to a request I also uploaded the banned version of "Nazis 1994" again. Enjoy! P.S. Because of a very persistant cold I did not manage to do the update yesterday as it was planned. That was the day that this website celebrated it's 1st anniversary. Back then I never thought that Roger would be so busy again. So thanks to him for all the news recently and to you all over the world for visiting! |
| February 16th, 2005 | |
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Rehearsals for the tour started yesterday. According to Paul Rodger's website the rehearsals were "held at the 243 year old country estate home and studio of drummer Rodger Taylor" (please note the spelling mistake). |
| :::Site Updates::: | With a big "Thank you!" to Queenie (again) a new video clip from the Cologne premiere is online. Enjoy! |
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| February 13th, 2005 | |
| :::Site Updates::: | A new gallery is online
from the TV show "Wetten, dass" (December 2004) - with thanks
to Queenie
who did the screencaps! I re-scanned the article from the Mojo Magazine. Also thanks to Queenie for a the hint and help to have the scanned pages transformed into text files. The scans will now only feature the plain text. Sorry if you miss the photos but this way the article loads much faster and is so much easier to read. The photos will follow later. As alwys: Enjoy the update! |
| February 10th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation QOL was present at the rehearsal 'load in' for the upcoming tour yesterday. They promise to offer some exclusive footage with quotes from some of the crew very soon. Band rehearsals start on Monday. (source) |
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Brit Awards 2005 Robbie Williams song "Angels" won over Queen's "We are the Champions" in the BRITs25 category for "The Best Song Award". Brian presented the award to winner Franz Ferdinand (category "British Rock Act"). (source) |
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46664 SA ticket information
(updated) 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 at www.computicket.com. Tickets are also on sale at George Tourism offices. Tel : (044) 801 9103. INTERNATIONAL CREDIT CARDS: All international credit card holders, not residing in South Africa, should email outletsupport-ctk@computicket.com and the necessary order form will be forwarded with 24 hours to obtain credit card authorisation. (source) |
| February 8th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation It has now been confirmed that Jamie Moses will be joining the Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour as a 2nd guitarist. Danny Miranda (WWRY Vegas band) will be performing bass duties. Keyboards will be handled by long-time Queen associate Spike Edney. (source) On Brian's website there's an interview with Paul Rodgers about the upcoming tour you might find interesting. |
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Uncut Magazine - Cover Feature "Of all the comebacks Uncut is celebrating this month, none will make a bigger impact on the national consciousness than the return of Queen. Here, we consider the rise and rise of the band behind ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and that Live Aid performance as they prepare to tour with a new singer. We remember Freddie Mercury, and we speak to Brian May and Freddie’s replacement Paul Rodgers about Queen in 2005." (source) |
| :::Site Updates::: | Talking about magazines... I finally uploaded the first scanned article to the website. It's from last year's Mojo magazine. Enjoy! |
| February 5th, 2005 | |
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Tour news...- summarisation According to the website of Jamie Moses Queen and Paul Rodgers are planning two concerts in London's Hyde Park. The dates were announced on this site but are now cleared. There is only a note now "Stay tuned". Strange... |
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BRIT AWARDS 2005 Contrary to the news posted on January 16th it looks like Roger and Brian are attending the BRITS Awards in London on February 9th. Brian will also be presenting an award - The British Rock Award. Queen's 'We Are The Champions' is also nominated for the BRITs25 - THE BEST SONG AWARD. The show airs on ITV1 at 8pm the following night, February 10th. (source) |
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The Wire Daisies Two chances to see the Wire Daisies live this month. As well as the show at Bush Hall in London on Friday 18th February the band have just announced their return to Cox's Yard in Stratford upon Avon on Tuesday 22nd. Don't forget that tickets for Bush Hall are on sale right now by clicking www.bushhallmusic.co.uk. If you've been wondering what the Daisies have been up to in the new year you can read their latest journal entry by checking out the 'Straight From The Band' section of the message board. (source: The Wire Daisies' newsletter) |
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