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November 27, 2006
	The Official Charity Auction Of Queen Memorabilia - FINAL WEEK! Items for the sixth and final week of the Queen eBay auction for the Mercury Phoenix Trust are now live! This is your last chance to get hold of the current rare items that are up for auction, so don't miss out! (Ed: One of the items is a signed Roger Taylor drum skin!) CLICK HERE for more information and to bid!

	Win a signed "The Game" DVDA Win a Roger Taylor and Brian May signed copy of the DTS 2003 release of 'The Game' DVDA in our new QOL competition in the COMMUNITY section. (source)

November 22, 2006
	Queen/Foo's video clip From QOL: Get your embeddable Queen / Foo Fighters Media Player! The essential for any true Foo fan. To celebrate the release of both the CD album 'Skin and Bones' and the double DVD 'Live in London Hyde Park/ Skin And Bones Live In Hollywood', we have developed a special Foo Fighters Live in London Hyde Park/ Skin And Bones Live In Hollywood Media Player for YOU to own. It contains amazing live clips from the DVD and the album 'Skin And Bones' including their phenomenal collaboration with Queen on 'Tie Your Mother Down!'. To grab your Player Just click on the link below, enter your name and website address and it will generate a special code for you for you to embed on your own website or wherever you wish. CLICK HERE for the Queen / Foo Fighter play and watch 'Tie Your Mother Down!'

	"UK Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" Toplines VH1 Classic VH1 Classic will present the U.S. premiere of the extended version of "The Third Annual UK Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23 at 8:00 PM. Artists honored include Brian Wilson, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Rod Stewart, Dusty Springfield, Bon Jovi and James Brown as well as legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin who is receiving this year's Honorary Membership in recognition of his exceptional contribution to British music. The UK Music Hall of Fame is produced by Initial (part of Endemol) and distributed by Channel 4 International. This year's line up of performances and special tributes include inductee Brian Wilson and his band; British soul sensation Joss Stone and R&B legend Patti LaBelle performing two of Dusty Springfield's greatest hits; a supergroup conducted by Sir George Martin featuring Queen's Roger Taylor, Johnny Borrell of Razorlight, Swedish singer/songwriter Jose Gonzales and Corinne Bailey Rae. Finally, Wolfmother will perform a tribute to Led Zeppelin and James Morrison will perform a tribute to Rod Stewart. (source)

November 20, 2006
Click here to see the full poster Jacky has posted	Felix and Arty World Premiere in Surrey By Jacky, Nov 20, 2006 - Felix and Arty will be giving the world premiere of "Woman You're so Beautiful" on December 8th at Bisley Pavilion (on Arty's doorstep.. almost!) It's going to be a fabulous night... pretty sure Arty wont only be doing the one song...see you there! Also please check out the new teaser page of the SAS Band. The new website of the SAS Band should be ready for launch on Christmas. Spike will do a video diary for the upcoming shows. According to QOL brief interviews with fans in Bisley will be filmed. Prizes will be given by the SAS' roving judges for "The Most Glamourous", "The Best Christmas Hat" and "The Best Santa's Helper" outfit. The prizes will include passes to the aftershow party and 2 tickets for next years show! (source).

:::Site updates:::	More video downloads... This time it's Roger inducting one of his favourite bands, Led Zeppelin, into the Hall Of Fame!

November 18, 2006
	The Official Charity Auction Of Queen Memorabilia - Week 5 Items on Week 5 of the Queen eBay auction for the Mercury Phoenix Trust are now live! Click here for more information and to bid!

	Classic Albums: Queen A Night at the Opera Check out the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most epic and original albums ever made. Featuring interviews with Brian May, Roger Taylor, Ian Hunter, Joe Perry, and the album's producers. Premieres Tuesday, November 21, at 8pm EST (source). The album was also voted as the biggest selling album of all time by The Official UK Charts Company who spent six months trawling records including 1950s handwritten till receipts to compile their top 100.

	Roger Taylor's List of "Music You Should Hear" To mark the band's appearance with Paul Rodgers on 'American Idol' and their spring 2006 tour of North America, drummer and singer Roger Taylor gave us this list of "Music You Should Hear". (This is a bit older but I only recently stumbled over the link (originally posted on QOL)

:::Site updates:::	Video and audio downloads from the George Martin Tribute band at the UK Hall Of Fame are now available. Roger's speech (and transcript are still available from Brian's website). Thanks to Thomas Zeidler who was kind enough to send me the audio file!

November 15, 2006
Click here to enlarge the picture and to see more	Roger at the Hall of Fame Last night Roger Taylor was at the UK Hall Of Fame to both peform and induct. Roger, firstly, introduced and inducted one of his favourite bands, Led Zeppelin, into the Hall Of Fame, before playing with Corinne Bailey Rae, Razorlight's Johnny Borrell and Jose Gonzalez alongside Sir George Martin. All four will performed the classic Beatles tracks "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight" and "The End" with a 31 piece orchestra and the 20 piece London Community Gospel Choir, conducted by Sir George himself. Also inducted into the Hall Of Fame were PRINCE, ROD STEWART, BON JOVI, BRIAN WILSON, JAMES BROWN, and BEATLES producer SIR GEORGE MARTIN. (source) Roger also talked with mark Radcliffe of BBC Radio 2. Please check Brian's website to listen to the interview and read the transcript Jen put online.

	WWRY - ZURICH AND TORONTO By Jacky, Nov 15, 2006, 12:52 - We have been offered a number of tickets for both Zurich (December 3rd) AND Toronto (April 10th) premieres of this fabulous musical. As yet I cannot confirm if the tickes are FREE or if we have to pay for them, once I know for sure I can let you know. If you would like to be considered for a ticket for either premiere, please email me. IF YOU HAVE DONE SO ALREADY DON'T DO IT AGAIN! I will be in touch with everyone who has mailed me very soon with details. If you haven't yet emailed me then please do so using either Zurich OR Toronto as subject lines. The tickets are for fan club members and their guests ONLY and may be limited to two per person depending on how many we can get. Tickets for the premieres are NOT on sale to the general public. ZURICH: The shows producers have ALREADY offered Fan Club members a discount on tickets for the show when it opens. Fan club members will get a 20% reduction on tickets from tuesday-thursday and a 10% redutcion from friday-sunday. The hotline is 00 41 44 265 56 56. You may be asked to quote your fan club membership number so have it with you!

November 12, 2006
	The official charity auction of Queen Memorabilia - week 4 Items on Week 4 of the Queen eBay auction for the Mercury Phoenix Trust are now live! Click here for more information and to bid! (source)

	Roger to perform on Beatles songs at Hall of Fame show New comer Corinne Bailey Rae will be part of an all-star line up who will perform alongside Sir George Martin at the U-K Music Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony on Tuesday. She joins Queen's Roger Taylor and Johnny Borrell, lead vocalist of the band Razorlight, as well Swedish singer-songwriter José González. All four will perform classic Beatles tracks “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End” from the Abbey Road album with a 31 piece orchestra and the 20 piece London Community Gospel Choir, conducted by Sir George himself. A televised version of the Ceremony will air on Vh1 on the 25th at 9 PM Eastern (source). (Ed: It will also air on Channel 4, Thursday November 16, 9:00pm)

November 10, 2006
	Felix and Arty confirmed for SAS Christmas Party! Felix and Arty have been cofirmed to make their live debut, with the fabulous "Woman You're So Beautiful" - at the SAS Christmas Party at Bisley on December 8th! It's at the Bisley Pavillion, National Shooting Centre, Queens Road, Bisley, GU24 0NY (www.bisleypavillion.com). Tickets are £22.50 by cheque or cash, £25 by card. Must be bought in advance, wont be sold on the door. Contact Kyle on 020 7602 7400. (source and Copyright: Jacky, QueenWorld.com)

November 8, 2006
Click here to enlarge the picture	Classic Rock Awards The five-star Langham Hotel on London’s Portland Place was packed to the rafters last night for the second annual Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards. Among the winners were Roger and Brian who collected the award for "Classic Songwriter". The award for "Best Reissue" ("A Night At The Opera") was collected by Queen manager Jim Beach. (source)

November 4, 2006
Click here to enlarge the picture	WWRY Zürich - Press conference As reported earlier the press conference took place in Zürich yesterday. Roger, Brian & Ben Elton were there. The Swiss Television had a video snippet of it. I managed to download and convert it - and you can get the result here. Enjoy! (Ed: Sorry to put a little watermark over the film but I am "kind of tired" to find videos taken from here on youtube, etc. without referring to the original source and even editing out credits and (even more important) copyright notes. I tried to keep the watermark as unobtrusive as possible.)

	Queen / Mercury Phoenix Trust e-Bay Auction - Week 3 The Official Queen e-Bay auction for the Mercury Phoenix Trust is now in it's third week. Among the items are several gold discs and awards! Click here for more information and to make a bid! (source)

November 2, 2006
	We Will Rock You again: Queen back in the studio LONDON (AFP) - Legendary British rock band Queen are back in full studio recording sessions for the first time since their iconic frontman Freddie Mercury died in 1991, the group's guitarist Brian May said. The 59-year-old told AFP that he and Queen drummer Roger Taylor had joined forces with former Free vocalist Paul Rodgers and had already worked up a handful of new tracks.The trio toured Europe and Japan in 2005 and North America earlier this year in what was the first Queen tour since 1986. Former astronomy student May has been busy with his new book about space entitled "Bang! The Complete History of the Universe", but insisted he had not swapped the plectrum for the pen permanently. "The music is not on hold," the guitar legend said. "We have about three weeks booked in the studio at the moment. It was going to be just exploratory to see what happened when Paul and Roger and I were in the same room with a recording machine. But we're already deep into it and we already have some very good material so I'm pretty excited about that: it's very new, very different," he promised. "There may be enough there to create an album, though it's early days yet. At the moment it's just a few tracks but we'll see how it goes. It's pretty exciting." And despite the lack of a new Queen album since "Made in Heaven" in 1995 -- painstakingly created with scraps of vocals left by Mercury -- May insisted the pressure was off and the focus was on fun. "It's great to do it for its own sake, it doesn't have to be an album, it doesn't have to be anything; it doesn't have to make money either. We don't really have anything to prove but we have a lot of passion still in our bodies and it seems to be finding a good place at the moment." May and Taylor have occasionally been in the studio together since Mercury died -- bassist John Deacon retired in the late 1990s -- but this is the first time they have had a lengthy recording session working on new material. And May said the Queen plus Paul Rodgers show could hit the stage again. "It's on the cards: we might do some more touring depending on how we feel," he said. May wrote on his website that the trio were back in the studio Wednesday to work on more new tracks. He said the songs were "epic" and a diversion from anything Queen or Rodgers had done before. (source)

	Official Queen ebay auction for the Mercury Phoenix Trust An on-going e-Bay auction of Queen memorabilia in aid of the Mercury Phoenix Trust now features 10 new additions. Items, this time, include Queen manger Jim Beach's 1981 tour jacket, a Mother's Day present from Freddie to his Mum, Jer Bulsara and a Gold Disc for sales of 'Living On My Own'. Click here for more information and to make a bid! (source)

	PREPARE TO BE ROCKED, TORONTO! David and Ed Mirvish and The Kimsa Group, in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, present the Canadian Premiere of the international hit musical "We will rock you". It begins March 2007 at the Canon Theatre. Tickets on sale from Monday, November 20, 2006. For details on the open casting and competitions visit the Canadian website of WWRY!

	'Roll Over' - New Wire Daisies Music Online! Finally after months of teasing and updates from the band on the recording of their as yet untitled second album, you can now hear a taster of the new material from the Wire Daisies! A new studio version of live favourite 'Roll Over' can now be heard over on Treana's MySpace page (also check out Steve's myspace page, he wants more friends!!). Check it out and let us know what you think on the WD Message Board. Click here to listen to 'Roll Over'! The new album, which is set for a 2007 release, is in the bag!. The band are now in the process of working on all the other issues surrounding the album including, track selection, squencing and artwork. Treana, Ols, Steve, Alden and new bass player Rob are now in rehearsals and are looking forward to testing out some of the new material live.

Click here for the picture to enlarge and detailed information!	"Remember Freddie Mercury" Transylvania Music and Creative Solutions presents "Remember Freddie Mercury" on 18th november 2006 in Mihai Eminescu Youth House in Tg Mures, from 19.00 hour. In this tribute concert, held in the memory of the famous artist who past away 15 years ago, will perform Queen Unplugged Project from Hungary, Spleen and Cover from Tg Mures. Let's spend a beautiful night together on Freddie Mercury and Queen refrens. Ticket price is 10 RON/3 Euros. There will also be an afterparty (based on invitations only) at the QUEEN Pub around 11.00. The show will be recorded on both audio and video, from different camera positions. (Ed: I had a very nice email from Szakacs M. Botond, CEO Creative Solutions, Romania, asking me to put this online which I will gladly do!).

:::Site updates:::	I was a bit behind with updating but I hope everything important is online now... To make up for it I uploaded new mini-pics and Roger's performance from the Cyberbarn gig is now available via the flash-player (with thanks to bredebs!).

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