Posted on 12/16/2004 11:47:19 AM PST by Rebelbase
AP- London) Queen is planning a tour next year with guitarist-vocalist Paul Rodgers replacing frontman Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991.
Details about what would be the first Queen tour since Mercury's death were being worked out, but it could include shows across Europe beginning this spring, the band's spokesman said December 15.
Rodgers, from the bands Free and Bad Company, impressed the remaining members of Queen when he joined them for several performances this year.
Rodgers and Queen guitarist Brian May performed Free's hit "All Right Now" at a concert in London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar earlier this year.
May and Queen drummer Roger Taylor then asked Rodgers to stand in for Mercury when the band was featured on a British TV channel's music hall of fame program.
In a note on his Web site, May said there had been "amazing chemistry" when he played alongside Rodgers, adding: "It seems blindingly obvious that there was something happening here."
The official Queen Fan Club welcomed the promised tour, even though it wasn't known whether bass player John Deacon, the other member of the band, will join it.
Queen's stadium anthems "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were played to packed audiences worldwide. During the late 1980s, when the band had to give up touring because of Mercury's illness, Queen reached new fans with recordings such as "The Miracle" and "Innuendo."
Without Freddie Mercury it ain't Queen!
Queen will tour without their queen?
Actually, I like them, but I wonder if anyone can sing like Mercury did. He had a tremendous voice.
Will they be playing any classic Bad Company songs?
Anything from "10 from 6" will do.
Second that. Freddie may have been a poofter, but that boy could sing.
Ya, he had a voice like Jeff Tate's (Queensryche).
And of course, No one played synthesizer...........
Nor the necesssary .......flamboyance.
His voice was perfect for Bad Co., however. .....and a great voice it was.
Awright! Time to crank up the "Bohemian Rhapsody"!
It's like Zeppelin without Plant. .....a ridiculous idea.
I've often felt that Freddie Mercury had one of the best voices in all of Rock. I can't imagine this new guy making the songs sound the same.
I always have to laugh at the Queen song "I Want to Break Free." Break free from what, Freddie? You think you were keeping some kind of secret?
It's only fitting. I understand they are the champions, my friend.
One thing is certain: they will rock you.
They actually released some decent stuff in the early-mid 70s up through the News of the World album ('77), an album featuring the overplayed and overrated "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" (the former played every two seconds in nearly every sports stadium in the country. ......painful listening).
They'll be just as successful as the Doors sans Morrison.
Filling Freddy Mercury's high-heels won't be easy.
gee, I thought Rodgers liked girls...
I like the songs they did for the Highlander movies.
Poofter nothing! The man was a flaming queen! And yes, he did rock! Quite!
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