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The official Queen +Paul
Rodgers has been launched This site will be following the shows and growing with the tour progresses and rocks it way across Europe. It will include tour news, set lists, information on tickets, images from each show, plus tour promotional video footage and audio from the Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour. For additional information you can always check out www.queenonline.com and www.paulrodgers.com (source). |
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Brixton gig Please note that that the doors will open at 7.00 pm and not 6.00pm, which may be printed on your tickets. According to Jacky "no professional cameras" will be allowed at any of the QPR shows across Europe. Also Jacky organised a meeting for fan club members before the show. Click here to read everything about it! |
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46664 SA Honestly, the webcast last night was a mess because only 4 of the tracks that were played were made available on the internet. Full setlist was Tie Your Mother Down, Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, I Want To Break Free, Fat Bottomed Girls, Say It's Not True (B-Stage, Roger Taylor on lead vocal), Too Much Love Will Kill You (feat. Katie Melua), Hammer To Fall (Slow Version, Brian May on lead vocal intro), A Kind Of Magic, Feel Like Making Love, Radio Ga Ga (Roger Taylor on lead vocal), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, The Show Must Go On, All Right Now, We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions (feat.African Childrens Choir). Songs written in bold were those that were broadcasted via internet. You can read a full review of the concert on Thomas' weblog. And thanks to Rien you can download the video here (190 MB). I also stumbled over a few new pics from Friday's photocall and the concert itself. Click to see them. More pictures can be seen on the 46664-minisite (gallery). |
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| ::::Site updates::: | The 46664-website features some videos on their minisite. One is with Roger rehearsing "Say it's not true". You can download it here. The whole clip (with Brian and Katie Melua) is available on Rien's website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gates expected to open shortly
for 46664 concert "The gates for the 46664 concert at Fancourt at George in the Southern Cape are expected to open in just over an hour. People are already queuing. Nelson Mandela, the former president, and international and local performers will arrive at the venue in a police-led convoy. The line-up includes, Will Smith, India Arie, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Mafikizolo and many more. The concert is expected to raise R10 million for the fight against Aids. The show will kick-off with local unknown performers. Mandela is expected to address the crowd of 20 000 people. Big business and VIPS's, who have bought tents in the open air arena, are already streaming in to take their seats. Local media have dubbed the spectacular as the event of the year." (source) To watch the concert on the internet launch the 46664 minisite for the webcast that starts from 6 pm. To hear all the news from the rehearsals, the photocall with Nelson Mandela, Roger and Brian's visit to Sabine Plattner's Children and Family Care Centre in George and to see some great pictures of all this mentioned above click on Leventes report. (courtesy of Thomas Zeidler who set up a great Tour-Blog to get all the latest infos from the road!) |
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| :::Site Updates::: | Roger's interview from the "Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition" is now online (with thanks to Sarah for sending me the scans!) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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46664 - Update: "Roger and Brian attended a photo session with Nelson Mandela and his wife this afternoon at the Fancourt Hotel. They were joined by many of the other artists including Annie Lennox, Will Smith, Paul Rodgers, India.Arie and Katie Melua. Check the 46664 minisite for all updates, images and footage from 46664 South Africa. Queen + Paul Rodgers run through there whole set tonight as part of the full dress rehearsal." (source) Click here for some images that were available on the internet (Please check the 46664 for all updates, images and footage from 46664 South Africa and Queenonline for exclusive images from the rehearsals.) |
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Queen + Paul Rodgers live
tour downloads After each show on the forthcoming tour the band will be making live tracks available for download exclusively on QOL. You can burn these tracks onto a special packaged blank Q+PR CD that is available to buy in the site online store. The idea is that once you have purchased the disc you can then burn the live tracks to it and create your own Queen + Paul Rodgers live album! All profits after production go to The Mercury Phoenix Trust –‘Fighting Aids Worldwide’. (source) |
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Roger on Rock Radio On Sunday, March 20th, during Queen Hour The Rock Radio will feature Roger's solo work. (Times: New York 08:00 - 09:00, Rio de Janeiro 11:00 - 12:00, London 13:00 - 14:00, Munich 14:00 - 15:00, Rome 14:00 - 15:00, Athens 15:00 - 16:00, Tokyo 22:00 - 23:00). (source) |
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46664 SA - Webstream and
other times Stage takes shape and Annie Lennox rehearses It has been 33 °C here in George today and the stage is now taking shape. The side of stage scrims have now been added revealing the smiling image of Mandela on the left and a diagonal 46664 logo on the other. The artists have now arrived and are preparing for their final warm ups. It is 7pm here in South Africa and Annie Lennox has just finished her final practise. She and her ever so tight band ripped through handful of Annie's solo hits with superb results...a highlight of Saturday night surely. Tomorrow morning sees Queen + Paul Rodgers step up to the stage for their final rehearsal. India.Arie, Katie Melua and Will Smith run through later in the day. Look out for images and footage right here. (source)
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| :::Site updates::: | The newest radio interviews
are now online. They are from this
week's BBC radio programms (16th March 2005). The BBC-clip from the rehearsals that was broadcasted yesterday is also now online (with thanks to Queenie!). Enjoy! |
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46664 SA - Live webcast Tiscali UK has renewed its commitment to supporting Nelson Mandela's 46664 Aids charity with the live webcast of its second concert '46664 SOUTH AFRICA' on 19 March from 7pm GMT at Tiscali UK. (Read the full text here). To launch the mini site that will feature the live concert next Saturday as well as news and more info click here. (source). |
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Kerry Ellis – No One
But You Download Fans of QUEEN and We Will Rock You celebrate with an exclusive NEW TRACK produced by Brian May as We Will Rock You prepares to enter its 4th TRIUMPHANT YEAR in the West End. The track features Roger on drums and will be available to download from 19th March on QOL. (source) |
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Queen Day on Capital Gold In case you missed the interviews that were aired later that night with Roger and Brian you can download them in the music download section here on the site. They were recorded and donated by Sarah. (Thank you!) |
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Red Nose Day - "(IS
THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO" Screencaps of the video that was aired on Red Nose Day can be seen here. The single including the video will be available in shops tomorrow or can be ordered via amazon.co.uk. |
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Queen + Paul Rodgers in rehearsals The following is from Jacky who was lucky to see Queen + Paul Rodgers in rehearsals on Thursday at Bray Studios. This is what she said: "I can't give anything away, I don't want to spoil the excitement and anticipation you must all be feeling, but I have to say... wow Paul Rodgers can sing! He's also a really lovely chap! Spike and Jamie fit in seamlessly, as would be expected, and Danny is an excellent bass player and a nice chap. Brian and Roger are both looking good (Roger wasn't feeling too good with a cold) and are very much looking forward to getting back on the road! The band are sounding wonderful (and with Trip Khalaf back in the sound hotseat we would expect no less!) and the show is going to LOOK wonderful - in true Queen style!" (source) |
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Queen Day on Capital Gold If you missed the interviews from yesterday at Capital Gold you can listen to them on hangman's site. Some of the information given during the interviews was that some of Paul Rodgers' Songs to be played are "All Right Now", "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" and "Feel Like Makin' Love". David Jensen (Capital Gold) said that on this tour you can hear some new Queen songs! (source) |
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Red Nose Day - "(IS
THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO" A huge array of famous faces have joined top comedian Peter Kay to create a music video for the Tony Christie smash hit single “(Is This The Way To) Amarillo”. The video premiered last night on BBC One. The extra special video features a host of famous faces including the singer himself, Tony Christie, as well as Roger and Brian. The single (including the video) is on sale from January 14. You can pre-order it via amazon.co.uk (source). |
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46664 SA - Fancourt prepares The 46664 SA stage on Fairway No.1 is now taking shape and the South African sun is shining down as Fancourt prepares for Saturday's concert. Check back for more images soon as 46664.com will be making it's way down to Fancourt next week to report back from backstage. Video footage will also be available on a specially built 46664 mini site. (source) |
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Queen Day on Friday, 11th
March David Jensen's interview with Brian, Roger and Paul will air at approx 12:15 through to 12:45. Also on the Capital Gold Rockshow on Friday (10pm - 1am), the whole show will be turned over to Queen in interview and 'In Concert' using all the various concert recording available. More info: see news March 6th, 2005 and Brian's website. |
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46664 Arctic At last, our prayers have been answered – easy listening warbler Katie Melua and Queen will perform together. We always said she looked like a Brian May tribute act. According to the Star, the 20-year-old will play at Nelson Mandela’s Aids benefit concert in South Africa next Saturday, as will Annie Lennox. "I grew up in Georgia listening to Queen because my uncles always played their records,” blabbed Katie, making the boys feel 100. Brian May, Roger Taylor and Free frontman Paul Rogers will attempt not to play too loud so the little songbird can be heard. (source) |
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46664 South Africa
I emailed the TV station ZDF that broadcasted the 46664-concert in Cape Town in November 2003 and asked if they intended to broadcast the upcoming concert in Fancourt as well. Their answer was that at the moment there are no plans to broadcast the concert live or at a later date. |
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Two new outdoor gigs announced! Queen and Paul Rodgers will play two additional dates: One in Portugal (Lisbon) on July 2nd and the second one is the long awaited concert in Hyde Park on July 8th. For further infos please click the website's tour info which now also includes the pre-sale dates via QOL (top corner). |
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Radio sessions this month This week catch The Wire Daisies on BBC Wales' Saturday Social show which goes out at 7.30pm, and for those of you in London the band will be on LBC's Paul Ross show on the 26th March. (source: The Wire Daisies' newsletter) |
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New tour date in Germany! A new tour date was announced in Germany today: Queen and Paul Rodgers will play Cologne's Rhein-Energie Stadion on July 6th! Infos on the gig can be found here (in German). Tickets will go on sale on March 10th, 2005. For further infos please click the website's tour info (top corner). On Brian's site the date of the 46664-Artic concert was included into the tour dates so it's most likely Queen and Paul Rodgers will play there as well. (source) |
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New tour date in the Netherlands! This message from Hannie (Dutch Fan Club) was posted by Jacky: "There is going to be an extra concert in Holland in the Goffertpark in Nijmegen, open air, on the 10th of July! Tickets will go on sale this saturday but can be ordered through the fanclub until friday March 11th, 10 a.m. The extra concert is planned because the Rotterdam concert in April sold out in less then 10 minutes! Fab news, isn't it?! All fanclubmembers in Holland will receive an e-mail or letter from me announcing this extra date." Be sure to contact Hannie if you haven't heard from her... Additional UK Open-Air-Show(s) are supposed to be annouced on March 11th, 2005 from 10.00 UK Time on Capital Radio, see news March 6th, 2005 (source) |
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Music Day at the Palace I stumbled over another picture from this event. Click here to see it. |
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Evening Standard Article I am sure that by now everybody read the annoying article from the Evening Standard that was published on Brian's website and Brian's answer to this. If not you can read it here. Roger did comment on this as well - a lot shorter but very spot on: Click here and have a chuckle yourself! |
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New tour dates in Ireland! The following is from Paul Rodgers website: "Do to the overwhelming fan response to the "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour, Paul will not perform with his solo band in 2005. We sincerely thank all of Paul's loyal fans." Two new dates for May have been added to the upcoming Queen and Paul Rodgers tour! |
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Special Announcement from
the Fan Club! The Fan Club will do a special mail out next week about Queen + Paul Rodgers. Jacky asked all fan club members to send in a 1st class stamped, self addressed envelope. Print "Tour Info" and your membership number in the top left hand corner of your envelope. She will get them back to you with that latest exciting news NEXT WEEK! She is also trying to email as many of you as possible but she can't garantuee that you will hear from her via email. (source) |
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Queen
Day on Friday, 11th March The following text is from Capital Gold's website. So make sure you are tuning in! "Capital gold will be holding a Queen Day ahead of some very exciting Queen news. We can't give you any more details right now, but tune in on Friday for more! We're so excitied ahead of Friday's Queen Day, but we're not allowed to tell you what it is! All we can tell you is that it's brilliant news and we'll be giving away loads of amazing Queen prizes throughout the day." (source). QOL published that "this feature which includes new interviews with Brian, Roger and Paul will run on David Jensen's lunchtime show (10am - 1pm) and will be backed up with a 3-hour Queen Rock Special that evening, including a live concert special compiled from the band's live recordings." (source) |
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| :::Site Updates::: | Another audio interview is now online to download. It's a phone interview Roger did on the 26th January 2005 with David Jensen talking about the upcoming tour. Enjoy! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music Day at the Palace Both Roger and Brian attended the "Music Day At The Palace" event at Buckingham Palace on March 1, 2005 in London, England. The Royal reception was held to recognise the excellence of British music and the contribution it makes to the culture and economy of the UK. Click here to see two pics from this event. |
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Q & Mojo Classic Special
Edition The Queen Q & MOJO Classic Special Edition will be on sale from Tuesday March 15th. It includes new interviews, unseen pictures, buyer's guide and the Top 30 Queen tracks as voted for by QOL users and fans! Go to QOL to look at the details of this Special Edition" P.S. Talking about magazines: Brian wrote in this soapbox that "Roger has been telling me how utterly crap and wantonly inaccurate the "Uncut" article is." |
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