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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)
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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!) |
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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).
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| :::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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