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Tokyo Q+PR show
to be televised According to brianmay.com the second show from the Saitama Arena in Tokyo was filmed for TV and will be broadcasted at 23:00 on December 31st 2005 on a Japanese TV channel, called Sky PerfecTV (brianmay.com was told that flyers were given out.). I guess we should all have a look at ebay on January 1st! ;-) |
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| 26th October, 2005 | ||
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Q + PR - First
show in Japan There are confirmed reports of Roger singing "I Was Born To Love You" at the Tokyo show tonight. Reportedly, he was quite charming. Also confirmed, "Teo Torriate" WAS definitely included in the set. Those songe were very moving, as was Brian’s guitar playing of "Sakura" (Thank you, Sarah!). Some pictures from this first show in Japan at the Saitama Arena are here. |
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In addition to
yesterday here's a nice picture of Roger arriving at the Tokyo Airport.
Thanks a lot to jazzy from Japan for donating it. (Click picture to enlarge) |
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| 25th October, 2005 | ||
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Q + PR arrive
in Japan Q + PR arrived at New Tokyo International Airport on October 24, 2005 in Narita, Japan. I heard a rumour today that the Japanese fans are not allowed to take any cameras to the shows. Anyway, here are some pics from Q + PR's arrival at the airport. |
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Q + PR on Entertainment
Tonight ET was on the scene, as stadium supergroup QUEEN ruled Hollywood this weekend with a powerful performance at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring new front man Paul Rodgers. ET was at the Hollywood Bowl concert, and had a chance to sit down with the band! Watch the interview here. (source) (Ed: Should you have problems seeing the video try the torrent file on queenzone.com) |
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Q + PR on VH1
Classic First aired 23 October 2005 on VH1 Classic in America. Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers stopped by the studios to talk about the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour, CD, and DVD. You can download the torrent file provided by Jeffrey from queenzone.com. |
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| 22nd October, 2005 | ||
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Roger and Paul
Rodgers Speak Out on VH1 Classic NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ - Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers of Queen stop by VH1 Classic on Sunday, October 23 (10 am and 10 pm ET) and chat with Amy Scott about Freddie Mercury, why they are now performing together and their new CD and DVD "Return of the Champions." Roger Taylor says Paul Rodgers enhances what Queen is now and isn't replacing Freddie Mercury: "I think Paul's vocals have added to our sound. In a way, they've given us more. We did actually come from the blues, although [we] might not sound like that all the time ... He's added that blues edge to this big world of sound that Brian and I kick up with our other guys. It's given a different sort of slant to a lot of our material. And he does have the range to cover a lot of Freddie's notes because Freddie had a tremendous range. And he's Paul Rodgers, he's not trying to be Freddie Mercury, and I wish people would just understand that we're not doing this to cash in on anything. We're not going out there with somebody pretending to be Freddie Mercury. You know what's the point of that? We're going out there, playing our songs, and Paul's songs as well - he's got some great songs. We are what we are now, you know, we're not what we were then. Although we do a lot of our old material, obviously, 'cause really it's ours ... We're just going up, playing our songs, and it's a great show. And it rocks like hell. And we're very proud of it ... Paul is great to come back with. He's one of our all-time favorites. Certainly one of Freddie's favorite singers ever. And we used to listen to him before we ever made a record." (click here to read the full story) More TV... E.T. (Entertainment Tonight) will be doing a story about the return of Queen + Paul Rodgers to the U.S (airs next Monday, 24th October 2005, 7:30 pm EDT on CBS). (source) |
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pictures from Roger's guest appearance with Foo's This time sneaked from the Foo Fighter's official website here are some more pics from the show at the Continental Airline Arena featuring Roger on drums. You can read the full report of the show here. |
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| :::Site updates::: | And even more
pictures from Aruba!!! With a big thank you to Milene Durão, who's in a team from Brazil that organises the Queen convention in Brazil, QUEEN'S DAY (November 15th!) you can access a heap of new concert pictures! PLUS they were also lucky enough to bump into Roger in a meet and greet in Aruba! Enjoy! |
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| 18th October, 2005 | ||
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VH1
classics photoshooting Roger and Paul took part at a promotional photoshooting at VH1 Classic Studio in New York City. Click the thumbnail on the left for some pictures. Also have a look at Sarah's website for some pics of the Sunday gig at the Continental Airline Arena! |
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pictures from Roger's guest appearance wth Foo's Again sneaked from the Foo Fighter's message board some more pics are online. Unfortunately they are all a bit blurred as well. Anyway... Just a little correction: Obviously Taylor Hawkins took over the vocals on "Tie your mother down" - not Dave Grohl. |
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pictures from Aruba With thanks to Ingo Bernard aka Buck here are some more pictures from the Aruba Music Festival Queen plus Paul Rodgers performed at. Enjoy! |
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| 15th October, 2005 | ||
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Rockline
interview for download On Brianmay.com you can download Wednesday's interview (4 parts). It appears that they did not broadcast the first 10-15 minutes of the interview with Roger, Brian and Paul on that night. The on-line affiliates people appeared to be listening to didn't get their live feed going until a few questions had been asked by listeners. If you have the complete interview or are able to record the first 15 minutes (10 pm Pacific tonight) please get in touch with Brian's webmistress Jen at brianmay.com@clara.co.uk. |
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Roger at Foo
Fighters gig at Continental Airlines Arena Roger accepted an invitation from the Foo Fighters to join them on stage in the encore to their show last night at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ. Roger took up position at the drum kit for a roasting version of 'Tie Your Mother Down' for which Dave Grohl did the vocals. Grohl finished the encore with 'Monkey Wrench'. Foo Fighters are on tour with Weezer, who opened the show and included hits such as 'Beverly Hills', inspired by 'We Will Rock You'. Roger returns to the same stadium on Sunday with fellow Queen member, Brian May, and Paul Rodgers. (source) |
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| :::Site updates::: | With a big thank you to Kev here are some very nice pictures from the Aruba gig last week! | |
| October 12th, 2005 | ||
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New DVD release
dates The Queen + Paul Rodgers 'Return Of The Champions' DVD will now be released on Monday October 31st. The 30th Anniversary 'A Night At The Opera' CD/DVD will be released on Monday November 21st. (source) |
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Queen Live
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| October 6th, 2005 | ||
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Queen US promo
part I Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers will be live (interviewed together) on Rockline, broadcast from Nashville 10:30pm -12:00 midnight CT Wednesday 12 October (8:30 - 10:30 pm Pacific) - the show is 90 minutes and wil be hosted by Bob Coburn. Calls will be taken from fans, though no audience of fans in the studio. Interview and questions only - no performance. You can listen live on www.1077thebone.com, www.kgon.com/ and www.965theplanet.com (source) |
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Queen US promo
part II VH1 Classics TV October 14 (transmission tba): Brian, Roger and Paul will be filmed in New York for VH1 Classics (interview only, no performance) - transmission date yet to be confirmed, though expected to debut on a Saturday and play many times in its first week. All three will co-host The Eddie Trunk Classic Rock Hour on VH1, along with Eddie Trunk - chatting about/introducing classic rock videos - mostly their own, but some from other artists, also talking about the tour and the Champions video, which will also be played. Expected to be a fun show. Other interview footage filmed this day will air in short bites throughout the coming months. (source) |
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WWRY Cologne It's now for sure that WWRY Cologne will be extended! Due to the overwhelming demand of tickets the producing team around Phil McInyre, Robert de Niro and Michael Brenner decided that the musical will rock Cologne until the 31st March 2007! (source). |
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Queen Room at
Exhibition in Manchester I had an email from Mr. Andrew Glester, Strategic Marketing Co-ordinator of Urbis, who wrote that if you happen to be close to Manchester this might be something you would be interested in: The Mick Rock exhibition at Urbis, complete with its own room dedicated to Queen. Attached find the press releases for the events surrounding the exhibition and the exhibition itself. (Doc. I / Doc. II) (Thank you!) |
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| October 2nd, 2005 | ||
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New Album? Well, here’s Queen drummer, Roger Taylor... "I think really that’s what we’re trying to decide at the moment. I think Brian and I just starting to write again and it’d be nice, I think what we have to do is to make a record that stands or falls, well, that stands despite who makes that record. You know, it’s, so I think we just got to write the right stuff and come up with something really extraordinary. And I think if we had that spark, we’d then have the impetus to finish an album, yeah. I think it would be a very nice thing to do.” (source) |
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Brian and Roger
for VH1 Brian and Roger recently completed some pre-recorded interviews for VH1 Radio. They will air the weekend of October 22nd, plugging the October 25th U.S. release of the ROTC DVD. (source) |
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| :::Site updates::: | New screencaps To while away the time until the next gigs in Aruba, USA and Japan here are some new screencaps. This time there are from the videos "Breakthru" and "Hammer to fall". Enjoy! |
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