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**Fri 10 Oct 14**
'There Must Be More to Life Than This' featuring Queen + Michael Jackson is to be Radio 2's 'Record Of The Week' next week! Look out for more plays, especially on the Ken Bruce and Alex Lester shows to hear it every day - www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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**Fri 10 Oct 14** In 1984 - Queen played Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana. Queen + Paul Rodgers Nottingham - October 10th 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQJNriIyIZc In 2011 - Brian May's interview with Mark Goodier from the Groucho Club launch of 40 Years of Queen (3 October) broadcast this day. Brian May on Smooth Radio with Mark Goodier broadcast 10 October 2011 - http://youtu.be/UlTHx-8H-sE
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**Thu 09 Oct 14**
Four songs from Queen + Adam Lambert's Summer Sonic 2014 set to be broadcast on WOWOW Live Channel on Oct 22 at 6:30pm The names of the tracks are being purposely withheld so you guys have to watch it! For more information click here http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/ss14/ Tickets for the Queen + Adam Lambert European Tour are on sale now. |
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**Thu 09 Oct 14** May be of interest to see where Freddie Mercury's vocal range lies, compared to other great and popular singers, according to this analysis... GIZMODO
The original title of this graphic is The Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers. If you are confused as to why Axl Rose is on top of the chart over voices like Freddie Mercury or why the hell Lana del Rey and Lady Gaga are in this list, don't worry, it all has an explanation. The explanation is that these are not the greatest singers in the world. Some of them are, of course. But others are not because having a wide vocal range doesn't have a lot of importance when it comes to be a truly amazing singer. The textbook definition of vocal range is "the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate." But wven while you can hit all those notes, there are many more factors that separate the Lana del Reys and Lady Gagas of this world from the actual greatest singers of all time. First is the tessitura, which is "where the voice is most comfortable singing." While Axl Rose can hit more octaves than Freddie Mercury, that doesn't mean that Axl Rose is able to maintain those notes or hit them easily. Mercury, on the other hand, was known for his amazing flexibility. But perhaps the most important thing is the sound of the voice-the timbre-what distinguishes a rich voice full of personality from the run-of-the-mill voice pop voices that populate the charts. That's why most bands and singers today sound more or less the same, especially across each category. Example: Whiny folksy indie singers all sound the same. People like Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye, or Tom Waits - to name a few from the list - have a distinct personality that has little to do with their vocal range, even while their vocal ranges allow to do certain things. Cash may not be able to hit the high notes of Christina Aguilera but that rag(g)ed voice was light years ahead in texture and personality. READ MORE HERE
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**Thu 09 Oct 14** Check out trailer for the new album.... Queen Forever (Trailer)- http://youtu.be/wYNfY9rEAG4 ‘Queen Forever’ Collection Brings New Freddie Mercury Tracks to Light RELEASED NOVEMBER 10TH 2014 |
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**Thu 09 Oct 14** Queen - Live At Montreal Cinematic Trailer - http://youtu.be/caXNRdNaFVk
This iconic Queen concert movie has been re-mastered in Ultra HD with 5.1 surround sound and will be showing in cinemas around the world on 24 November. For more info and to book tickets go to www.queen-rockmontreal.com We will be adding more countries and cinemas over the next few weeks so make sure to check back if your local cinema isn’t listed yet. Recorded live over two nights at Montreal’s Forum in 1981, it was the first time a band had filmed an entire show in full cinema format 35mm. Now the original footage has been re-mastered in Ultra HD with superb surround sound to create the best ever cinema event experience for Queen fans worldwide. Showcasing a theatrical and brilliantly entertaining performance in its full pixel-sharp glory, the concert features many of their favourite hits including We Will Rock You, Killer Queen, Under Pressure, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Are The Champions, Another One Bites The Dust and Bohemian Rhapsody. The follow-up to the award-winning Hungarian Rhapsody concert film, Queen Rock Montreal is the ultimate big screen music event. |
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**Thu 09 Oct 14** In 1973 - Queen released "Keep Yourself Alive" / "Son And Daughter" on Elektra (USA). [246] Scandal UK Singles (1989) - http://youtu.be/6gAogHgQI0w
In 1991 - The Cross played Music Hall, Hannover, Germany. Roger Taylor No More Fun TFI Friday - http://youtube.com/watch?v=X2MbrysSYRg Roger Taylor TFI Interview 1998 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=OpFpYRH5y3w In 2000 - Steve Hackett releases "Feedback 86" album ft Brian May on “Slot Machine” and “Cassandra”. |
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**Thu 09 Oct 14** Fandango Musical GmbH in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainments & Tribeca Theatrical Productions presents
WE WILL ROCK YOU, the original QUEEN musical featuring 21 of the legendary band's greatest hits, will be rocking Hamburg for the first time from 13th March 2015 at the Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt! Thanks to its high variability and state of the art technical standards, the visionary theatre newly built in Hamburg’s old central market is the perfect venue for the bombastic production. WE WILL ROCK YOU will be the first Musical ever to perform in the new Hanseatic Theatre. WE WILL ROCK YOU, produced in conjunction with Brian May and Roger Taylor, is one of the most successful musicals of all time. More than sixteen million fans from around the world have already been rocked by the show, with more than 6.5 million alone at the Dominion Theatre, one of the biggest stages in the West End of London. No wonder We WILL ROCK YOU has won prizes such as the West End’s sought-after Olivier Audience Award, in 2011. Brian May: “Since our first concert in 1974, Queen always had a very enthusiastic and faithful audience in Hamburg. So we are very thrilled to present this latest, technically revised version of WE WILL ROCK YOU in Hamburg. We are very proud of this German production. It is like no other in the world. The ensemble and the group have their very own style. But what matters most... the show is live, dangerous and more than anything else: it rocks!” The Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt will be showing the updated original version of the QUEEN musical, including newly re-mastered video animations created by production designer, the late Mark Fisher in collaboration with the acclaimed lighting designer Willie Williams. Between them Fisher and Williams designed some of the most spectacular rock tours, most prominently their joint work for U2. The cast and band need to have what it takes to reach the high standards of QUEEN’s back catalogue and of this rhapsodic musical production, so they are being selected at international auditions. Then there will be intensive rehearsals before the premiere in Hamburg and the author and director Ben Elton himself will put the finishing touches to the script, giving the rock musical at the Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt its own, fresh feel. In Hamburg the music supervision will again be in the hands of rock icons Brian May and Roger Taylor themselves; after all, the QUEEN songs not only form the backbone to the story but also guarantee that extravagant rock sound. At the end the two legendary QUEEN musicians will decide who meets their high standards and can rock in the WE WILL ROCK YOU band in Hamburg. The original London version of the rock musical was written by the celebrated bestselling author Ben Elton (behind Mr Bean and more) and was produced by Queen Theatrical Productions along with Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Theatrical Productions and Phil McIntyre Entertainment. The music and lyrics to WE WILL ROCK YOU of course come from QUEEN, with Ben Elton again directing. The QUEEN story is one of the most impressive in pop history with more than 170 million albums sold worldwide, 18 number-one albums, numerous number-one singles and DVDs, joining the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, over 700 concerts all over the world, including the historic appearance at Live Aid and a Guinness Book of World Records Award for the most successful UK chart album in history – QUEEN was and is one of the greatest rock groups of all time. 2011 marked the mega-group’s fortieth anniversary. Their own musical WE WILL ROCK YOU crowns the group’s incredible success story in an impressive way. WE WILL ROCK YOU tells the story of a globalized future without musical instruments. A handful of rock rebels, the Bohemians, fight against the all-powerful Globalsoft company and its boss, the Killer Queen; they fight for freedom, individuality and the rebirth of the age of rock. Scaramouche and Galileo, two young outsiders, cannot come to terms with the bleak conformist reality. They join the Bohemians and embark on the search to find the unlimited power of freedom, love and Rock! The very first “Rock Theatrical", as Brian May calls the musical, will be coming to the Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt from 13th March to 19th April 2015, in a lavish German production of the original. With a wink and many ironic sideswipes WE WILL ROCK YOU is more than just a show title, more than a musical and more than a rock concert – it is a promise: WE WILL ROCK YOU! Dates: Mon to Wed at 6.30 pm Previews: Fri 13th to Sun 15th March Premiere: Mon 16th March Tickets: From € 29.00 to € 99.00 (excl. booking fees), available through the local ticket hotlines +49 (0) 1805-2001 and +49 (0) 1806-570 070 as well as online at www.wewillrockyou.de, www.eintrittskarten.de and www.eventim.de Web-Page: www.wewillrockyou.de |
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**Wed 08 Oct 14**
October 23 edition of Rolling Stone lauds "Love Kills" (The Ballad) on their Playlist of favorite songs. "The majestic. full-band rock version of Freddie Mercury's 1984 solo cut is the best surprise from Queen's new greatest hits set. The original was an electro-pop curio; this way with Brian May's guitar in the mix, it's a total lost classic." Plaudits and Keep Rockin for animals Brian ! Thanks to Brien Comerford |
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**Wed 08 Oct 14** In 1966 - The Reaction played The Guildhall, St. Ives, UK. Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona - La Nit Live - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wixz_r7v51E In 1991 - Hollywood Records released the 4th series of remastered CDs with Queen II, Live Killers and The Miracle in the USA. In 2008 - Queen + Paul Rodgers played the Rockhal, Luxembourg. Queen + Paul Rodgers Luxembourg rockhal -http://youtu.be/aVX4K1OdqJg In 2013 - Brian May presented an award to Dan Black at Pride Of Britain Awards London. Show recorded on Oct 7th 2013, broadcast the 8 October on ITV1. |
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**Tue 07 Oct 14**
Please support.... A fund raising campaign has been set up by a group of Queen fans to try and raise money to purchase licensing rights to footage in various Dutch TV stations' archives for use in a new Queen Documentary, hopefully for broadcast there late November. The fund raising is necessary as the committee can't afford everything listed with the available budget they have, even with the external sponsorship help. There is plenty of unseen footage here which many Queen fans would benefit from helping to invest in, to see used in this documentary. We have a little under 30 days left in the campaign as of time of writing. Check out here: Regards |
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In 1977 - Queen released double-A single We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You (UK). In 1979 - Freddie performs with Royal Ballet at charity gala for City Of Westminster Society For Mentally Handicapped Children, Coliseum Theatre, London, UK, singing and dancing on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" arranged for orchestra. Freddie Mercury with The Royal Ballet 1979 (Edit Version) - http://youtu.be/K5-NQdNcRIY In 1984 - Queen played the Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona (2012 Edit) In 1991 - The Cross played Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden. Brian May-Live in Palace Theater, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (07.10.1993) Part 6 - http://youtu.be/oZSWsWk40e4 In 1998 - Brian played Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany. Queen + Paul Rodgers: Cosmos Intro + Tie Your Mother Down - Rotterdam 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2OGMyTsiM
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**Mon 06 Oct 14** In 1971 - Queen played Imperial College, London, UK. The Cross - Cowboys and Indians (Live) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=pbf3Olp7uCc In 1987 - Queen won a music video award at British Video Awards for Live In Budapest.
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**Sun 05 Oct 14** In 1979 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love / We Will Rock You (Live Killers Fast - single Edit) released (UK). [245] Crazy Little Thing Called Love 7" Vinyl Singles (1979) - http://youtu.be/QxOhUBhBOnA
In 1984 - Teachers film released N America. In 2009 - Brian May recorded guitar for Bandaged cover of All You Need Is Love”, The Beatles. |
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**Sat 04 Oct 14** Three weeks after its debut on US Billboard Music Video Sales, "Live At The Rainbow 74" is still .... number 2 (3 weeks in a row). http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/music-video
THANKS TO Lech Janicki |
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**Sat 04 Oct 14** In 1980 - Another One Bites The Dust reached No 1 USA charts.
In 2010 - Brian May interviewed on BBC Radio 4 "You and Your" programme broadcast today, about the Gallery On The Green stereoscopic exhibition, housed in a red phone box in Settle, Yorkshire. Brian May BBC Radio 4 You and Yours - 4 Oct 2010 - http://youtu.be/ttEDRXrGHrw
In 2011 - Queen honoured as songwriting "Icons" by the BMI at awards ceremony, Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London BMI Awards 2011 - http://youtu.be/D4xf8eTTWv0 |
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**Fri 03 Oct 14** CONGRATS TO QUEEN !! FROM GUITARWORLD.COM Voting Closed — We Have a Winner! |
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**Fri 03 Oct 14**
Queen Rock Montreal Look out for this in your local cinemas. SYNOPSIS Queen are one of the biggest selling bands of all time, with 18 number one albums and 18 number one singles to their name. During their peak in the 80s, few bands could fill stadiums like they could, and no other band had a frontman quite like Freddie Mercury. This legendary concert, filmed in Montreal, is regarded as one of their all-time best performances and was the first concert ever to be filmed in full cinema format 35mm. This has made it possible for the footage to be re-mastered in Ultra HD, resulting in a crisp picture that would not have been possible in 1981 when it was shot. As well as being visually stunning, the superb surround sound means that hits such as ‘We Will Rock You’ , ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ have never sounded so good. As well as an enviable set-list which is all killer and zero filler, the show has a strong theatrical vibe which is rarely seen in rock concerts. Queen fans old and new will not want to pass on this essential cinematic event, check out the set list:
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**Fri 03 Oct 2014**
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – UK and EUROPE TOUR DATES 2015 General Ticket Sales for all shows start at 9am (GMT) / 10am (CET) on Friday 3rd October, except all German shows that start a day later on Saturday 4th October at 10am (CET). Tue 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Wed 14 January GLASGOW Hydro - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Sat 17 January LONDON O2 Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages NEW DATE - Sun 18 January LONDON O2 Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Tue 20 January LEEDS Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Wed 21 January MANCHESTER Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Sat 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena - Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages Mon 26 January PARIS Zenith - BUY TICKETS Thu 29 January COLOGNE LanxessArena - BUY TICKETS Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome - BUY TICKETS Sun 1 February VIENNA Stadhalle - BUY TICKETS Mon 2 February MUNICH Olympiahalle - BUY TICKETS Wed 4 February BERLIN O2 - BUY TICKETS Thu 5 February HAMBURG O2 - BUY TICKETS Sat 7 February FRANKFURT Festhalle - BUY TICKETS Sun 8 February BRUSSELS Palais 12 - BUY TICKETS Tue 10 February MILAN Forum - BUY TICKETS Fri 13 February STUTTGART Schleyerhalle - BUY TICKETS Sun 15 February HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen - BUY TICKETS Tue 17 February PRAGUE O2 - BUY TICKETS Thu 19 February ZURICH Hallenstadion - BUY TICKETS Sat 21 February KRAKOW Arena - BUY TICKETS Tue 24 February LONDON Wembley SSE Arena - Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages /Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Thu 26 February LIVERPOOL Liverpool Echo Arena - Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages /Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / Fri 27 February SHEFFIELD Sheffield Motorpoint Arena - Ticketmaster / Ticketmaster VIP Packages /Ticket Zone / Ticket Zone VIP Packages / |
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Queen are proud to announce 'Millionaire Waltz' Malbec, from a family vineyard in Mendoza, Argentina. It is available now at www.queenwines.com |
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**Fri 03 Oct 14** In 1983 - Queen released “Live In Japan” heavily edited VHS of concert Seibu Lions Stadium (03/11/82).
In 1991 - Concert: The Cross played Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland, supporting Magnum.
In 2006 - We Will Rock You, transferred from Cape Town and opened for a limited season at the Durban, Playhouse Company, October 3 – 29. 2006. In 2011 - Queen's "We Are The Champions" declared the catchiest song of all time by a scientific study. |
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**Thu 02 Oct 14**
Another 'battle' taking place on GUITAR WORLD - their first since November 2013. This time just 32 bands in contention for the title of Greatest Live Band. The competition has seen Queen victorious in matchups with Red Hot Chili Peppers, ZZ Top, Van Halen and in the latest matchup - Queen edged out Rush. So Queen have made the final !!!! any day after the Allman Brothers Band squared up with AC/DC and were defeated. AC/DC goes ahead to face Queen. Thanks for voting in competition so far... Keep voting !! |
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In 1980 - Queen returned to UK at end of USA leg of The Game Tour. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (Mannheim 2008) - http://youtu.be/zu1_fgxEMrk
Brian May discusses Badgers on Alan Titchmarsh Show 2 Oct 2012 - http://youtu.be/ypyUZvHLGCg In 2012 - Brian May appeared on the Alan Titchmarsh Show, ITV, UK. |
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**Wed 01 Oct 14** In 1973 - Queen filmed promo videos for Keep Yourself Alive and Liar, St John's Wood Studios, London, UK. In 1977 - Queen received Silver Award for We Are The Champions UK sales. |
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Queen Forever is released on November 10th/11th.
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