| May 30th, 2005 | |
| :::Site updates::: | New tour pictures online With thanks to Jen, Trina and Bernd three new photo galleries from Newcastle, Manchester and Hamburg are now online (Thank you all!). Enjoy! |
| May 29th, 2005 | |
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Q + PR to play at the 2005
Aruba Music Festival It is confirmed through QOL that Q + PR will play at the festival taking place on Saturday, October 8th. Tickets for this concert are already on sale. For more information visit the Aruba Music Festival's website. |
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Queen Honored With two Ivor
Novello Awards The band collected two awards at the Ivor Novello Awards held on 26th, May at Grosvenor House in London. The first award was for "Outstanding Song Collection" which they collected from Guy Chambers. The 2nd award was for "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was voted Song of the Decade 1975-1984 by the public through the UK's most listened to radio station, BBC Radio 2. Both Roger and Brian were present and made short speeches. Some pictures from the web can be viewed here. Roger said about The Ivors "This is all about music, it's about songwriting, and it's not a TV show...also, the award is the nicest looking award on the mantelpiece. But it's about music and writing so it means an awful lot to get one." (sources: BBC, QOL) |
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Wire Daisies to play Rock
am Ring Fresh from their recent Scottish tour the Wire Daisies are busy preparing to play at the massive Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park Festivals in Germany next weekend (4th /5th June). For those of you who are out in Germany the band will be playing on the Talent Forum Stage - for times & details go to www.rock-am-ring.com. And if you just can't wait, then the Wire Daisies are doing an early acoustic set at the Hard Rock Cafe in London on the 31st May to warm up Treana's vocal chords before Germany. Doors open at 7.00pm & for directions go to www.hardrockcafe.com (source: The Wire Daisies' newsletter) |
| May 23rd, 2005 | |
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SAS Band and Roger to play
Cyprus? Whereas Brian will play in Tromsø on June 11th at the 46664 Artic concert for Nelson Mandelas worldwide fight against Aids/HIV according to various sources Roger and the SAS Band will play in Cyprus on June 16th at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. The concert will also include performances from stars such as Marillion, Paul Young, Manfred Mann, Midge Ure, the Fabba Girls and more. For further information please contact 22720504, 96333434. (source: visitcyprus.org.cy, Chris Thompson's website) And if after this tour you still have "some" money left you can buy yourself a lead-in package with specialist tour operators Planet Holidays for departures mid-June, that starts at £ 579 per person.  |
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New downloads are available The below-mentioned tracks are the last ones that are available from this tour apart from BoRhap that will be available around the time the open air gigs will take place (see also the news May 17th, 2005). The three news tracks are: Little Bit Of Love (Barcelona 02/04/2005) |
| :::Site updates::: | Unfortunately the original download link to Roger's interview from Hamburg (broadcasted on May 4th on Planet Rock) posted here on May 4th is no longer available. Thanks to Maki the interview is now stored on this website for a while (with thanks to Mr. Mercury who originially recording it). |
| May 17th, 2005 | |
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Official downloads update |
| • Wembley downloads will be made available shortly. | |
| • There will be no downloads taken from the Sheffield show as the audio and footage will be used for a forthcoming CD and DVD package celebrating the Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour. | |
| • There will be no download tracks from the Irish dates as the shows were not recorded. | |
| • The download of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is to be made available free of charge for a limited period around the time of the Hyde Park show on July 8th - more information soon! | |
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WWRY EP out today! The ‘We Will Rock You - Around The World EP’ is available exclusively through iTunes on today, Tuesday 17th May. The tracks are: 1. Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
+ Annie Crummer |
| :::Site updates::: | Somebody threw a blonde wig up on stage at Dublin! Brian picked up the wig and gave it to Roger and he put it on! Here are some pics of this funny incident. |
| May 16th, 2005 | |
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New DVD reported to be released
around September The Sheffield concert was filmed for DVD release (extra: Budapest clips). The director was David Mallet, who's credits include the videos of "Radio Ga Ga" and "I want it all", "I want to break free" video's. New Official Live Downloads "We Are The Champions" and "Wishing Well" have been taken from the Cardiff Arena show (07/05/2005) for download (source). |
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46664 ARTIC - Line up announcement On May 10th the line up was announced by the organisers. Apparently Roger will not take part but Brian will perform with Armenian musician Jivan Gasparyan. To read which artists will perform at this concert visit 46664.com and also have a look at the first pictures of Tromsø. |
| :::Site updates::: | Sorry, no pictures from the
UK shows yet (still waiting for them). I did attend the Wembley gig
but those who read the reviews of the show already know about this
crap "venue" (if not please read Brian's comment
in his soapbox!) and the problems all people had that had seats behind
the mixing desk. Roger's comment during the concert about this tent
was: "I dunno who designed this but it
brings a whole new meaning to the word camping" - which
says it all I guess (oh, another funny comment before he started the
drum solo was definately: "If you're expecting
Ginger Baker you can fucking go home now, cause this is going to be
short and relatively painless."). So instead I uploaded a few images from Antwerp sent in by Fabrice and one more of John and Roger in the category "Close Encounters" (Thank you, guys!). Enjoy! |
| May 9th, 2005 | |
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New Official Live Downloads Radio Ga Ga (Dortmund 25/04/2005) |
| May 8th, 2005 | |
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New Official Live Downloads The first UK tracks are now available for download. The new tracks are: - Let There Be Gene*/ I'm In Love With My Car (Newcastle
03/05/2005) |
| :::Site updates::: | With a big thank you to Alessia Matteoli new pictures from Newcastle have been added to the gallery. Enjoy! |
| May 5th, 2005 | |
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"Under pressure"
played in Manchester Under Pressure was played as the first song in encore (in the place where "The Show Must Go On" is usually played). Vocals were shared between Roger and Brian, with Roger doing most of the singing, whilst playing the drums. Ed: Roger seems to be a real standout performer on this tour with his dual singing and drumming duties! (source) Here's a link to a (4 out of 5 stars) review about the Manchester gig and Peter Kay's surprise guest appearance. |
| May 4th, 2005 | |
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Classic Rock magazine - Greatest
Drummers in Rock No.37 Roger Taylor Band: Queen Defining Moment: Radio Ga Ga "There was a wealth of talent in Queen: And then there's Roger Taylor. Not only A great drummer - he's a man who manages to combine a pop and even funk approach with moments of ferocity (Sevens Seas Of Rhye and Hammer To Fall) - he's a songwriter and singer too: The man who wrote Radio Ga Ga and supplied Queen with many of those fantastic vocal harmonies. And he has celebrity fans...". Matt Sourum (ex - Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver): "Roger Taylor inspired me in so many ways. He was actually the first rock start I saw in real life. I was 15. It was at the Bar and Grill in Hollywood and he pulled up in a Rolls Royce, wearing this great suit, with a girl on each arm. He had such a sense of style, and I have always tried to emulate that. I played with him once at the Freddie Mercury concert at Wembley and he was dressed totally in white denim. I told him, 'You can sing like a motherfucker!'..." There then follows a short interview with Taylor where he talks about playing from the heart, his 'big, fat ambient, monster drum sound', his inspiration from John Bonham, Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell, plus his current favourites in Abe Laboriel Jnr (McCartney) and Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters. (source and more Queen-related snippets from this issue) |
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New Official Live Downloads New songs have been made available for download: These Are The Days
Of Our Lives (Rotterdam 26/04/2005) |
| New interview with Roger
from Planet Rock! Do check out this link that features an interview Roger did before the gig in Hamburg last week with Planet Rock's Nicky Horne (with thanks to queenzone-member Mr Mercury!) Other downloads: And while being on the subject of downloads check out Thomas' (Zeidler) new page with every link that could be found on the internet that offers downloads from the current tour. |
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| May 1st, 2005 | |
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Queen plus Paul Rodgers -
Razorlight press release Queen plus Paul Rodgers bring on Razorlight for their London hyde Park Concert on July 8th. Says Queen’s Roger Taylor, “Some might be surprised by it, but Brian and I definitely listen to the new bands coming through. In addition to Razorlight there are several other bands we would love to have with us in London. It’s great these boys said yes.”(source and full press release) |
| :::Site updates::: | More pictures have been added from the current tour. They are all from the Rotterdam gig which was a blast. Thanks to Gerrie for sending in yours. Enjoy! |
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