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."
Also covered "Movin' On," "Deal with the Preacher," "Burnin' Sky," "Simple Man," "Live for the Music," ......a few others. Fun times, for sure.
Just spoke with my old drummer yesterday, in fact. Says he hasn't picked up the sticks in a few years. Pity....the guy could play.
Axl Rose has that kind of range too. Too bad he's gone off his chair.
Roland Orzabal's (Tears for Fears) would be totally wrong, but he has the range.
Yay! I thought I was the only one who thought that, LOL.
Queensryche is outside my repertoire.
Scaramouche,Scaramouche will you do the fandango?
Paul Rodgers hook up with Jimmy Paige in a group called "The Firm" and putout 2 albums, I believe. Liked a couple of the singles.
Thunderbolts and lighting, very very frightening, ME!
I had no input in song selection... Those were fun times. I'd love to hook up again.
I loved "Shooting Star."
Surprised to disagree. He had a voice like David Cassidy, without the rich vibrato.
NOT good.
Dan
Wasn't "All the King's Horses" one? I liked that one.
"Seven Seas of Rhye" is one of my all time favorites.
Galileo!
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-oh-oh-oh....
Mercury died of AIDS, eh? Hmmm... why d'ya spoze they didn't claim he died of Mercury poisoning ??? ;-))
Mothers of Invention without Frank Zappa
lol.
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me...
Or maybe that's not the best example...
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