June, 18 2006 Foo Fighters joined by Queen legends Brian May and Roger Taylor rock Hyde Park Queen legends Brian May and Roger Taylor joined the Foo Fighters onstage tonight (June 17) for the band's biggest ever UK show at Hyde Park. Dave Grohl's group teamed up with the pair for a special version of 'Tie Your Mother Down' during the encore, with Taylor Hawkins taking up the vocal duties. The drummer surprised the crowd when he came onstage and chanted the late Queen singer's famous 'A-ho' intro before he announced: "I'm gonna dedicate this song to Freddie Mercury. This one is for you my friend. I know you're up there. Unfortunately I gotta sing it." Roger Taylor then performed the intro to 'We Will Rock You' until May and the remaining members of the Foo Fighters joined in for 'Tie Your Mother Down'. (source and full article here)   June, 16 2006 Roger and Brian to join the Foo Fighters at their Hyde Park gig! Queen's pals, The Foo Fighters started their UK tour this week. This Saturday sees their huge concert in Hyde Park with Motorhead, Queens Of The Stone Age, Angels And Airwaves, Juliette & The Licks PLUS as support. General admission tickets still available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk (source). Brian confirmed on his soapbox that he and Roger will join them onstage! Queen Autographed Customized Gibson Rock Honors Guitar The auction of the Queen Autographed Customized Gibson Rock Honors Guitar in aid of Save The Music has now closed and achieved $3,300.00 for the charity. The guitar was signed by Brian May, Roger Taylor, Paul Rodgers, Spike Edney, Jamie Moses and Danny Miranda.   Just a bit of gossip.... Roger was spotted visiting the Guns 'n Roses gig at Hammersmith Odeon last Wednesday with Brian. Chronicle & Echo reported that he also attended a a Grand Prix charity ball, hosted by former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The Althorp ball raised money for the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, a charity set up in memory of the former Soviet president's wife, who died of leukaemia in 1999. A spokesman for the Grand Prix ball's organisers said: "There'll be wonderful entertainment, fantastic food and loads of celebrities. It will be a really stunning event." Music at Althorp was provided by hip-hop stars the Black Eyed Peas, while 1970s' soul band Earth Wind & Fire. The event was held the day before the F1 British Grand Prix, which attracted fans from all over the world.   :::Site updates::: New video download and a new gallery online Online now are screencaps from the VH1 Rock honors performance and interviews. Matching the FIFA World Cup theme I uploaded a small video snippet from some news program where Roger talks about "Manchester United". And to make up for the long gap between today and the last update there's also a new scanned interview online. Enjoy!   To read past news please visit the website's archives.