| May 28, 2007 | |
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"Freddie
would have loved Queen musical": Roger Taylor Tickets for the show in Aukland, New Zealand, go on sale today. So Scott Kara of the New Zealand Herals interviewed Brian May, Roger Taylor and Ben Elton on the occasion of WWRY's 5th birthday. You can read the interview here and also listen to the audio on this website. Scott Kara also did another interview with Ben Elton. Click here to read it. |
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Toronto: WWRY
Ticket Sales Extend This new block of tickets for the open-ended run goes on sale May 28. The Canon Theatre is hosting the futuristic musical that draws on the songs of the rock group Queen. For tickets, call TicketKing at (416) 872-1212 or (800) 461-3333, online through www.mirvish.com. |
| May 20, 2007 | |
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Guaranteed to
blow your mind We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton that has blown more than six million minds worldwide in five years, opens at the The Civic, The Edge, Auckland, on Friday, 26 October. Bookings open May 28 @ Ticketek. WE WILL ROCK YOU stars our own princess of pop Annie Crummer as the KILLER QUEEN and Rock Star INXS finalist Miguel Ayesa, who is reprising his West End triumph as GALILEO. Annie is no stranger to this role, having played it in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Japan. (source and full story here) |
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New album
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Weblinks Captures
from the "Queen + Paul Rodgers Live in Japan" DVD |
| :::Site updates::: | Promised for upload
earlier this week here are the pictures of Andy
from May 12 when he met Roger in Portsmouth.
Also please check out the "Close Encounters" gallery to
have a look at the picture of Andy
with Roger (Thanks a lot, Andy!) Enjoy! Also available for download is a small video clip of WWRY's 5th anniversary that the BBC had online as a streaming video. |
| May 15, 2007 | |
| WWRY 5th birthday
review Last night Queen, Ben Elton and Al Murray were on hand to help celebrate 5 years of We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre. It was business as usual throughout out the show until our heroes were halted in there tracks by Al Murray - The Pub Landlord (UK Comedian) who popped up with the Harley Davidson and following a bit of great ad libbing and wonderfully missed lines he packed them on their way! The show continued as normal until 'Bohemian Rhapsody' when Brian and Roger appeared to hammer the song home to huge cheers. Ben Elton and Brian then addressed the crowd, before being the whole team being presented a plaque by the Dominion manger to celebrate 5 fantastic years. Queen + WWRY Cast then provided another treat by slamming through a superb version of 'The Show Must Go On'. Here's to another great 5 years! (source). (Ed: Have a look at the site updates a bit further down the page for the pictures...) |
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The Alps Premiere
- seconds Looked for something totally else and managed to find the picture on the left and some details from last week's premiere for those who want to know more...: Host: Holcim, Schweiz Tourismus. Where: Schweizer Verkehrshaus, Luzern. Food: Frühlingssalat, Bergblütensuppe, Rindsfilet mit Terrine, Stanserfladen mit Birnenbrot, Tobleronemousse. (source) |
| :::Site updates::: | Gettyimages had
quite some pictures of last night's event online. Click here
to see them. Enjoy! Please stay tuned for more pictures over the next couple of days from Andy who met Roger last Saturday in Portsmouth... |
| May 13, 2007 | |
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Freddie Mercury
Rock Iconz™ Ltd Ed Sculpture Slated for Holiday ‘07 release, the Freddie Mercury Limited Edition Sculpture is currently in production. The Brian May figure is still on track for a Summer 2007 ship date. Both are officially licensed figures and approved by Brian May himself! If you want Roger to be your next Rock Iconz figure you can email them with your vote. |
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WWRY Cologne
celebrating it's 1000th show! The 1000th show will take place on 3rd June. If you buy tickets for this show including the aftershow party you can celebrate this event with the new cast with free drinks and live music! Cologne bandnight! The date for the next bandnight will be 30 May at the Musical Dome. The theatre will be open to all visitors from 9.30 pm onwards. There is no entry charged for this event - all band nights are free! |
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Knox-Johnston
sails into record books again Tired but triumphant, British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome, after entering the record books as the oldest man to circumnavigate the world solo. More than 40 years after becoming the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world, the 68-year-old grandfather of five entered Portsmouth harbour aboard his yacht, named Saga Insurance, flanked by a Royal Navy escort and a flotilla of 100 craft. His daughter, Sara Hales, and five grandchildren were aboard one of the many boats of well-wishers as he entered the harbour. Roger Taylor of the rock group Queen, who christened the boat just prior to the race (Ed: see website's earlier picture gallery), was also on hand to greet Sir Robin. He had departed to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now", taking it as his theme tune (source and full story here). |
| :::Site updates::: | Sir Knox-Johnston and Roger did an interview with the BBC. and Should you have troubles to view the streaming video you can download Roger's interview snippet here. Enjoy! |
| May 9, 2007 | |
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Sacha Baron
Cohen to play Freddie? Nah... On May 4 contactmusic.com reported that Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen emerged as the frontrunner to portray tragic QUEEN frontman FREDDIE MERCURY in a biopic produced by Robert De Niro. But these "news" were later denied by the actor's publicist as "Pure hokum" (source). |
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Transistor Project Most of you know the connection between Roger Taylor,Queen, Jim Beach and the Wire Daisies. According to QOL a new site has been launched: http://www.transistorproject.com. It was set up by Jim Beach, Dave Rowntree (Blur) and the digital marketing agency Outside Line. One of the bands that signed to Transisiter Project are the Wire Daisies... |
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Wire Daisies
- pre-order the new album! The new self-titled album 'Wire Daisies' is available to buy from itunes. Get your copy now and help the Daisies fly up the chart! (They have been as high as No.14 in the iTunes Alternative chart and cracked the Top 80 in the main chart - source). The release date of the album is May 14th. More dates have now been confirmed with the band performing a mixture of tracks from both the old and new albums. To keep up to date with everything that's happening be sure to check the website regularly – www.wiredaisies.com. |
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Roger at "ALPS"
premiere On Wednesday night Roger attended the European Premiere of 'The Alps' in Lucerne where the screening was held in the Transport Museum. (source) |
| :::Site updates::: | Unfortunately I haven't found any pics of Roger attending the movie premiere but stumbled over a new set of pictures from WWRY's Zurich Press Conference back in November last year. I haven't seen them online anywhere else - so enjoy! |
| May 1, 2007 | |
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Q+PR recording
sessions The next studio session is set for June I heard. QOL put up a quote from the Classic Rock June 2007 edition. Paul was asked how the album is going. His answer was: "It remains to be seen whether we can come up with wild and wonderful stuff in the studio. We're trying to achieve something that shows who we are now. And it's going very well... " |
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Queen Stars
Hope For WWRY Birthday Bonanza QUEEN stars BRIAN MAY and ROGER TAYLOR are planning to turn the fifth anniversary of musical We Will Rock You into a star-studded affair in London next month (May07). The duo will attend the show's birthday party at the DominionTheatre on 14 May (07) and they hope to persuade some famous friends to join them. They promise some unannounced "special guests" on the night. The production has been visited by the likes of Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears in the past. (source) |
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Weblinks I have been sent some wonderful download links by Madi you might be interested in. Thanks so much for uploading these great videos!!! (Madi is also running an excellent blog on Vincent D'Onofrio along with two friends. So if you like this actor you should have a look!). Roger Taylor - Australian TV Interview 1984 (mpg file, 58 Mb) Roger Taylor - No More Fun (TFI Friday) - (mpg file, 34Mb) Roger Taylor & Yoshiki - Foreign Sand (TV) (mpg file, 45 Mb) |
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Rich List 2007 The threshold for entry this year's Rich List is 70 million pounds, 10 million pounds more than last time around. Last year Roger wasn't on it. But I was *relieved* to find him back in this year's edition as a new entry. 
Roger's at No. 949 with £70m GBP. Just for the record: Brian's at No. 896 (last year 767) with £75m GBP. Chelsea v Liverpool Champions League Roger also watched the Chelsea v Liverpool Champions League semi-final first leg at Stamford Bridge on April 25. Follow this link to read the article and see the picture. And Yahoo had another picture online. |
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