May 11, 2008

New UK Dates Pre-Sale Information
The pre-sale dates for the 4 additional UK shows (New Additional UK Shows: Sheffield Arena – 19th October, Newcastle Arena – 4th November, Manchester M.E.N. Arena – 5th November and London O2 – 7th November) have changed! The new dates are:

Thursday 15th May 2008:
Pre-Sale for Queen Online.com and Paul Rodgers.com registered users and International Queen Fan Club members. Start: 9am (BST)
Friday 16th May 2008:
Pre-Sale for Queen Online.com and Paul Rodgers.com registered users and International Queen Fan Club members.

Saturday 17th May 2008: General Sale

To register with Queen Online.com click here. (source)

 
Rolling Stone & Classic Rock Magazine
Both magazines contain articles on the upcoming album. To read the short Rolling Stone article click here. And if you have not been able to get your hands on the Classic Rock Magazine please click here and read the lenghty interview that Christian from the Austrian Fan Club uploaded. (Thanks very much!)
 
46664 concert line-up announcement
Leading names from business, sport, film and entertainment from around the world – will be present to witness some of the most successful musicians of the past twenty years – during a three-hour evening concert in London’s Hyde Park on Friday June 27.

Artists specially invited to perform for Mr. Mandela on the night will include: Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Jerry Dammers, Sugababes, Dame Shirley Bassey, Razorlight, Leona Lewis, Andrea and Sharon Corr, Eddy Grant, and Jamelia, along with international 46664 ambassadors Italy’s Zucchero and Spain’s Amaral. Joining them to celebrate the life of the world’s most respected statesman will be South African and African artists Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mabuse, multi-South African Music Awards winner Loyiso, Kurt Darren, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Aids orphan choir The Children of Agape - the subject of the award winning film feature ‘We Are Together’, the legendary Papa Wemba and Sudanese ‘war child’ rapper Emmanuel Jal amongst others. The concert will feature numerous unexpected appearances, with several major artists keeping silent about their involvement in order to take both Mr Mandela and the audience by surprise. Tickets are on sale at http://www.46664tickets.com (£65.00 plus booking fee).

 
:::Site updates::: BBC news showed a video on the date of the line-up announcement (May 6, see also the press release from that day). The video also contained a short interview of Roger commenting on that big event. You can download the snippet here. The full length streaming version is available on the BBC news website (Thanks to Dodo for finding the link!). Enjoy!
 
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