Junior's Reading And Viewing List: February 10 - 11, 2010

Last Update - February 12, 2010 at 4:36 AM EST

Midweek is gone now. Here is the February 10 through February 11, 2010 'Reading And Viewing List'.


February 11, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Senators 6, Capitals 5
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

No Point – On Thursday night in Ottawa, the Capitals continued their habit of giving up the game’s first goal and coming back from a multiple-goal deficit. But in the end, they also lost their second game in as many nights by the same score. A night after dropping a 6-5 overtime decision to the Canadiens in Montreal, the Capitals absorbed a regulation setback by the same score at the hands of the Senators in Ottawa...

Defensive Breakdowns
By Joe Beninati - Capitals Play-By-Play at CSN - Washington, DC

Don't stand too close to Bruce Boudreau right now. He's not thrilled at all with the way his team has abandoned it's defensive structure. The Capitals lost another wide open, full-tilt, free-for-all in Ottawa tonight...

Washington Capitals At Ottawa Senators Game Highlights
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

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Bruce Boudreau Spoke To Media After Loss To Ottawa Senators
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals Players Talk To Media After Loss
To Ottawa Senators
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Paul Rodgers Reveals Jamming With Fleetwood Mac's
Fleetwood & McVie
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Rock Radio UK is reporting that legendary vocalist Paul Rogers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm) has revealed he recently jammed with Fleetwood Mac veterans Mick Fleetwood and John McVie...

EXCLUSIVE: Edgar Wright Explains His 'Ant-Man' Priorities
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Earlier this week, fans of Marvel's insect-wrangling superhero Ant-Man received word that plans for a movie based on the character were indeed moving along, with Stan Lee announcing the project was a go and that he'd met with director Edgar Wright...

Ray Davies On Tour
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

Ray Davies of Kinks fame is heading out on a solo tour...

Exclusive: Slash Talks About His New Solo Album
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Come inside to watch a brand new video interview with the guitarist.

Slash’s debut solo album Slash is out in the UK in May, but Classic Rock is selling a very special Slash fanpack – containing the album, a special Slash trubite magagzine and a whole lot more – on the newsstands from April 7.

The album that comes with the Classic Rock Slashpack will also be the only version to include two extra bonus tracks: Baby Can’t Drive (with guests Alice Cooper/Nicole Scherzinger) and a wicked cover of the classic Guns N’ Roses track Paradise City (with guests Fergie/Cypress Hill)...

Bradley Bandwagon Or Laing Love Train?
By DC Sports Chick at On Frozen Blog

On Tuesday, the Caps’ PR man Nate Ewell posted the following on Twitter:

Who’s a bigger cult hero: Laing or Bradley? @dcsportsbog may lure some back to Lainger’s camp http://bit.ly/aWvr0I...

An Ending and a Beginning
By pucksandbooks at On Frozen Blog

The big picture: Hockey in the National League has been contested since 1917, and in all that time only two clubs have achieved winning streaks longer than the Washington Capitals’ run of 14 — the Islanders’ 15 consecutive wins of 1981-82 and the Penguins’ 17 in a row during the ‘92-’93 season. There’s a strong correlation between such winning and winning Stanley Cups — the Penguins were defending Cup champs in ‘92-’93, and the Islanders won another in ‘81-’82...

Caps Seek New Streak vs. Sens
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

The Eastern Conference’s two hottest teams go head-to-head in Ottawa on Thursday when the Washington Capitals make their second and final visit to Canada’s capital region.

Washington had its 14-game winning streak snapped in Montreal on Wednesday night, dropping a 6-5 overtime decision to the Habs. But the Caps went down swinging, roaring back from a 5-2 third-period deficit...

February 10, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Canadiens 6, Capitals 5, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Fifteen Blue – It says a lot about these 2009-10 Washington Capitals that on the night their franchise-record winning streak came to a halt at 14 games, they still managed to come away from the game with a point. Not only that, they came back three separate times to knot the score...

Can't Win 'Em All
By Joe Beninati - Capitals Play-By-Play at CSN - Washington, DC

You can't win 'em all, but boy they sure did try. The Caps haven't been anywhere near their best in the last four games, but they've managed to win consistently and they almost pulled victory from the jaws of defeat again this evening...

Bruce Boudreau Spoke To Media After Loss To Montreal Canadiens
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals Players Talk To Media After Loss
To Montreal Canadiens
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals At Montreal Canadiens Game Highlights
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

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Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, ZZ Top, Allman Brothers Among Guitar Stars Joining Clapton For Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, ZZ Top, Allman Brothers Among Guitar Stars Joining Clapton For Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

More than 20 of the world’s best axemen will descend upon Chicago this summer for Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival...

Eliminating the "Fight After a Clean Hit" Epidemic: Easier Said Than Done
By David M. Getz at Japers' Rink

As the Capitals kept on rolling last weekend, extending their win streak to fourteen games with wins of the Thrashers and the Penguins, fans were treated not only to victories but to some entertaining hockey - and not just from the home town team. Atlanta, in it's first game of the post-Kovalchuk era, put forth a solid team effort and, as unappealing as it may be the admit, both of...

Blogstronauts!
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...You can almost see that sort of “generational” effect growing up around the Capitals blogging community. We started our own scribbles back in July 2005, and (he said with all humility) you might think of that “era” of Caps blogging as the Mercury program era. There were a few blogs out there – the pioneers like...

Edgar Wright And Stan Lee Meet To Discuss 'Ant-Man' Movie?
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Thankfully, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" hasn't seemed to deter director Edgar Wright from his long discussed plans for an "Ant-Man" movie — in fact, the filmmaker recently met with a Marvel Comics icon to talk about the project...

Iggy And The Stooges Box Up Raw Power
By mdome at Classic Rock

Iggy And The Stooges are to release a three-CD box set version of their classic 1973 album Raw Power.

This will be out at the end of April. The first disc will have a remastered version of the David Bowie mix for the original album. The second disc is being titled the Georgia Peaches bootleg. This is a live recording straight off the sound desk of a show in...

Caps Take Streak on the Road
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

A trio of significant streaks will be on the line Wednesday night when the Washington Capitals open a three-game road trip against the Canadiens in Montreal. The Caps have won 14 straight games, the longest in the NHL since the Pittsburgh Penguins set the league mark with 17 consecutive victories in 1992-93...

Today's Tune: "Fire And Water" By Free

Free's 'Fire And Water' album was originally released in June of 1970.

On October 8, 1871, four major fires broke out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire, which left almost 100,000 people homeless, is the most famous of the four. However, the Peshtigo Fire may have killed as many as 2,500 people, making it the deadliest fire in United States history.

Thinking about all this fire and water existing at the same time and within the same general area, brings to mind one of the most well known songs by the great English band Free. "Fire And Water" is the 'Today's Tune' this time.

Free - "Fire And Water" (1970)

Today's Tune: "Cosmos Rockin" By Queen + Paul Rodgers

Mars viewed from the Hubble Space Telescope on June 26, 2001.

The distance between planets varies due to their inexact orbits around the Sun, which also moves. On August 27, 2003, the planet Mars came as close to Earth as it had done in almost 60,000 years. The two planets are believed to have gotten as close as 55,758,005 kilometres apart. Scientists expect the distance between Earth and Mars to decrease slightly during these close passes throughout the passing years. In order to relate to this bit of history, 'Today's Tune' is "Cosmos Rockin" by the short lived supergroup Queen + Paul Rodgers.

Queen + Paul Rodgers - "Cosmos Rockin" from 'Live in Ukraine'

Belated Birthday Wishes For Geezer Butler And Brian May

Over this past weekend a couple of the musicians I admire the most officially got another year older. On Friday the 17th of July, bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell) turned 60 years old. Guitarist Brian Harold May (Queen) hit 62 on Sunday the 19th.

Butler is currently on the road, touring with Heaven & Hell. They seem to be doing very well together these days. Geezer has kept very busy throughout his long career, with solo work, playing with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and Heaven & Hell.

May always has something going on as well. Of course he also spent many years with a very high profile band named Queen. Queen hooked up with singer Paul Rodgers for the last few years, but the Queen + Paul Rodgers venture seems to be over. Brian, who has appeared on many other artist's recordings (including many Black Sabbath members) and some fine solo work himself, always has many irons in the fire. He could show up for more "We Will Rock You" (the musical) special appearance performances. Maybe he will get back to some more solo work. If these things don't amuse him, he could just spend his time watching his actress wife Anita Dobson (EastEnders, Split Ends, Hamlet)get naked on stage with her lady friends at performances of "Calendar Girls". Mercy, so many things to choose from.

Anyway, I hope the lads both had a fine weekend and birthday celebration. Here's to many more, guys!

Queen + Paul Rodgers 'Live In Ukraine' Widget

Queen + Somebody Other Than Paul Rodgers

First live concert as Queen + Paul Rodgers.
Brixton Academy in London, England March 28, 2005.

By now, anybody that's a real music fan has heard the sad news. Queen + Paul Rodgers have split up. Apparently there's no hard feelings between singer Rodgers and Queen. The door has been left open to do special appearances together, but nothing more.

Their lone studio album, 'The Cosmos Rocks' did well in the charts when it first came out in 2008, but sales fizzled quickly outside of Europe and Japan. Perhaps that is one of the main reasons for the breakup. Quite honestly, I don't think Queen has had a very good marketing team working on the United States since the early 1980s. Their old tunes have been in a boat load of commercials, but does that get you new fans? You gotta let people know who's music they are hearing. The biggest attention getting activity in the US over the past couple years has been two TV appearances on American Idol.

Adam Lambert and Brian May on American Idol May 20, 2009.
Photo by Ray Mickshaw / Fox Broadcasting Co.

Speaking of American Idol, this season's finale marked the second episode to feature Queen, well guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor anyway. They came on during a duet with Season 8 winner Kris Allen and runner up Adam Lambert singing "We Are The Champions". Since this happened shortly after Paul Rodgers turned the plus sign in Queen + Paul Rodgers into a minus sign, the rumors started flying that Adam Lambert would be Queen's new lead singer. Brian May didn't waste much time before trying to tame that that ridiculous notion. “Amongst all that furor, there wasn’t really a quiet moment to talk,” May told Rolling Stone in an E-mail interview. “But [drummer Roger Taylor] and I are definitely hoping to have a meaningful conversation with him at some point. It’s not like we, as Queen, would rush into coalescing with another singer just like that. It isn’t that easy. But I’d certainly like to work with Adam. That is one amazing instrument he has there.”

So, if not Adam, then who would be a good choice to front one of Rock 'n Roll's best ever bands? Forget about the American Idol talent pool. No, not even Season 5 cutie Kellie Pickler. Though, I wouldn't mind seeing a short stint by another female singer who spent her early days becoming noticed in 'Idol' fashion. You know the old saying, "Good things come in little Italian packages". As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind seeing Giorgia Todrani ..... Sorry, drifted off into a steamy fantasy world there for a while. Giorgia is known for doing Queen songs during concerts all the time. The whole world became aware of her after she sang "Who Wants To Live Forever?" for Luciano Pavarotti at one of his "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concerts. Yes, I know everybody sings Queen songs, especially that one.

Kellie Pickler practices with Queen in April 2006.
Photo by Ray Mickshaw / Fox Broadcasting Co.

Who will Queen choose for the job? Jeff Scott Soto? George Michael? Graham Bonnet? Ozzy Osbourne? ... Ozzy?! ... What?!! ... What?!!! Will they pick anyone? Are they interested in a long term collaboration at all? If it happens, it probably won't be anytime soon. Dammit!

Giorgia - "Who Wants To Live Forever?" (Queen song)



Giorgia - "Love Of My Life" (Queen song)

Queen + Paul Rodgers 'Live In Ukraine' 2CD + DVD Package Sets Available In June

The Queen + Paul Rodgers new 'Live In Ukraine' 2CD Album / DVD package sets are scheduled to be released on June 15, 2009. For those of us who could not attend the actual "Life Must Go On" benefit concert or any of the tour dates for 'The Cosmos Rocks' album that followed, this is an important release. The closest we've been to experiencing the newer music live in the USA was the 'Let The Cosmos Rock' one night only movie theatre version of this concert.The following Press Release was issued on April 13th.


Queen + Paul Rodgers Live in Ukraine
Release date: June 15th

Formats / Package Choices:
DVD Amaray Box
2CD Album + DVD Limited Edition
Tin Box 2CD Album + DVD + T-Shirt
Digital Download (Audio only)

When it comes to taking on logic-defying challenges, Queen have never fought shy: think Hyde Park, Latin America, Live Aid. All these years later, Queen are still living adventurously. Here’s the case in point: just weeks ahead of the start of the band’s 2008 Queen + Paul Rodgers’ The Cosmos Rocks tour the band were approached to help Ukraine’s AntiAids Foundation reach out to the youth of the country with the message "Don’t Let Aids Ruin Your Life”.

In a country facing the highest rising rate of infection throughout Europe, it is a message which cannot wait. For Queen + Paul Rodgers - already well prepared for a tour opening with two nights at Moscow’s SCO arena, it would mean some drastic rethinking. The venue on offer was Kharkov, Ukraine’s, historic Freedom Square, a place so big that during World War II it was used to land planes. For the band and crew it meant “Everyone had to run very fast, very suddenly, but then most of the great and worthwhile things in your life are a little dangerous.” Despite the seeming impossibility of it, Queen + Paul Rodgers made it to Freedom Square for the night of September 12, 2008.

Over 350,000 Ukrainians came to see them play and more than 10million homes watched the show live on television. In all, more than 20 million took part in what the band recall as “an unforgettable experience…one of those rare things in life you know you will never forget. A meeting in Music, but also a coming together to fight a common enemy…”

Learn more at:
http://www.antiaids.org/ / http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com/

Tracklisting:
One Vision
Tie Your Mother Down
Show Must Go On
Fat Bottomed Girls
Another One Bites The Dust
Hammer To Fall
I Want It All
I Want To Break Free
Seagull
Love Of My Life
‘39
Drum Solo
I’m In Love With My Car
Say It's Not True

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Shooting Star
Bad Company
Guitar Solo
Bijou
Last Horizon
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
C-lebrity
Feel Like Making Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Cosmos Rockin'
All Right Now
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
God Save The Queen

'Let The Cosmos Rock' In USA Theatres Nov. 6th

The European Tour ends November 8th for Queen + Paul Rodgers, after which they'll head to South America for a few concerts. While no dates have been set for the United States yet, you can still see them performing live in America on November 6, 2008. Well, sort of.

On the 6th, Fathom Events is presenting for one night only, 'Let The Cosmos Rock'. This is a movie of the "Life Must Go On" AIDS benefit concert performed at Freedom Square in Kharkov (a.k.a. Kharkiv), Ukraine on September 12, 2008. The movie will be shown in theatres all over the USA at 7:30 PM local time. The set list includes many of the classic hits by Queen and a couple from the new album, 'The Cosmos Rocks'. Also included are some of the best songs by Paul Rodgers and his band Bad Company. This concert took place just before the guys began their concert tour of Europe.

To see a list of the Theatres showing the concert movie, click here.


"Life Must Go On" Ukraine TV Advertisement


'The Cosmos Rocks' USA TV Advertisement

'The Cosmos Rocks' Released In USA And CA 10/28/2008

The first Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album was finally released in the USA and Canada Tuesday, October 28, 2008. 'The Cosmos Rocks' was released in the UK and the rest of the world on September 15, 2008.

Now we North Americans can get our very own copy and listen to the whole eclectic assortment of music that is included in this much anticipated creation. Until now, we've only rarely even gotten to hear the album's first two singles "Say It's Not True" and "C-lebrity", on US radio stations anyway. Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers wrote all the songs and played all the instruments recorded on this album. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins added background vocals to "C-lebrity".

Not only did Europe get to buy the new album a month and a half before us, but they've already experienced the new music live in concert. The European Tour officially started September 16, 2008, the day after the UK / Rest Of The World album release. The guys also did an AIDS benefit concert in Kharkov (a.k.a. known as Kharkiv), Ukraine on September 12th, after doing a short rehearsal show near London, England for various media on September 3rd. Queen + Paul Rodgers will probably tour the US and Canada at some point, but when and how many shows? I'm guessing the answer will depend on the amount of interest shown here via sales of the new CD, sales of the previous live CD's and DVD's, and the amont of radio airplay that the band gets here. Venue availability will also play a part in where and when.

'The Cosmos Rocks' Interview - Summer 2008


'The Cosmos Rocks' YouTube Sampler - All Tracks

August 19th Birthdays

It's amazing how so many famous people were born on the date of August 19th. The following are a few that have helped entertain me, develope my taste in music and affect who I am.

Ginger Baker turns 69 today. Baker is the legendary drummer that is best known for playing in the bands Cream and the short lived Blind Faith. Happy birthday to you, yah big kook.

Ian Gillan is now 63 years old. He sang on one album (Born Again) and part of a tour with Black Sabbath, and has done various other projects, including some solo work. Most of his career has been spent with Deep Purple. Gillan is currently touring Europe with Deep Purple. Hope you have a good one, Ian.

Happy 57th birthday to John Deacon. Deacon was the bass player for Queen. He also played some guitar and wrote some of their biggest hits. John is a very rich, but definitely retired musician.

Ginger Baker Drum Solo with Cream in 2005

Deep Purple, Tony Iommi, Brian May, Paul Rodgers, Bruce Dickinson, etc., etc., etc.
"Smoke On The Water"

1986 John Deacon Interview on Dutch TV

One Night With Bad Company

The surviving original members of the band Bad Company are getting back on stage to perform together, but just for one night. The main reason for this one off show is to retain the legal rights to the name "Bad Company". Following this concert, anyone else trying to use the name will find themselves heading to court.

Can you blame them? You see advertisements all the time which promote a concert of a famous band, featuring one of the temporary replacement members that played with them for a little while. You might think to yourself - Great! So and so has rejoined the group. Then you check the fine print, or go to the concert only to find out the featured member is the only one whom you've ever heard of. There are a few great old bands that went through several breakups and lineup changes over the period of several years. Some of these guys don't mind misleading you into thinking the whole original gang will be playing, if they think it'll get you to buy a ticket. Sometimes new pathetic little upstarts will just take on the cool sounding name of a formerly successful band if they think they can start doing shows before the originals find out.

The following is the press release for the August 8th Hollywood, Florida show.


BAD COMPANY TO REUNITE - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

ORIGINAL MEMBERS PAUL RODGERS, SIMON KIRKE AND MICK RALPHS TO PERFORM FIRST SHOW TOGETHER IN A DECADE AT THE HARD ROCK LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD, FL AUGUST 8th!

Los Angeles, CA – July 2, 2008 – Bad Company original members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke will reunite for the first time in nearly a decade. Following a huge demand from fans, Bad Company will perform one show only at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, August 8th. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, July 5th.

Bad Company’s hits such as “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin' Love,” “Rock Steady,” “Movin’ On,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock & Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company” (the first to self title their band name in a song and album) propelled them to the forefront of the '70s arena rock movement. Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke will reunite to perform together for the first time since 1999 (founding member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006). Rodgers, celebrating his 40th year as a recording artist, recently performed at London’s Hyde Park with Queen as part of the “The 46664 Concert – Honoring Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday” and will be embarking on a world concert tour in support of their new studio album September. His most recent solo CD/DVD release, Live in Glasgow, charted internationally at #1 and #3 and is certified Gold.

After the break up of FREE (best known internationally for their smash hit “All Right Now” co-written by Rodgers) vocalist and multi-instrumentalist vocalist Paul Rodgers connected with ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, FREE drummer Simon Kirke would later join that year and the trio began rehearsing. Ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell came aboard a few months later and the supergroup Bad Company was solidified. Before releasing their first album, the band had toured for months and in 1974 signed to Swan Song Records (owned by Led Zeppelin and distributed via Atlantic Records) to release their highly anticipated debut album, titled Bad Co. Propelled by the hit single “Can’t Get Enough,” the album would quickly hit #1 on the charts and remain in the Top 40 for four straight months. To this day, the multi-platinum Bad Co. album arguably remains one of the most accomplished debuts in rock history, reading as a virtual greatest hits set in itself.

Straight Shooter, Run with the Pack, Burnin’ Sky and Desolation Angels would all follow within a five year run throughout the 70s yielding more multi-platinum awards with hit after hit, “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Seagull,” “Run with the Pack,” “Burnin’ Sky,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy,” making Bad Company one of the biggest concert attractions of the decade. In 1982, the band released their final recording Rough Diamonds and the single “Electricland” would be their last before disbanding. The group’s multi-platinum award-winning greatest hits set 10 from 6 has become a record collection staple.

For more info visit http://www.hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com/

Bad Company (with Rodgers, Kirke in 2002) - "Bad Company"

Queen + Paul Rodgers 2008 European Tour Press Release

In case you haven't heard yet, Queen + Paul Rodgers are to release their first studio album together. According to today's BBC News article, they plan to call it The Cosmos Rocks, and release the album on September 1, 2008. Here's the official Tour Press Release posted yesterday, March 19, 2008. It includes the currently scheduled European Tour dates. It also has some historical information for people who might be a little behind the rest of us serious fans. With the tour being announced before the album is even out yet, you can tell these guys are anxious to hit the boards again.


Queen + Paul Rodgers Rock The Cosmos 2008 Concert Tour

Well, at least UK, Northern Eurasia, Central, Southern and Eastern Europe

With highly anticipated return to Latin America expected to follow


Tour heralds in first new Queen studio album in 13 Years

With a new album in the pipeline - the first new studio album to carry the Queen name since the Freddie Mercury sessions – Queen is heading back on the road for a four-month tour, once again in the company of musician/singer/songwriter Paul Rodgers who joined the band for the highly successful 2005/2006 world tour, the European leg of which ended with the band’s spectacular London Hyde Park open air concert before going on to play the US and Japan. In all, the band’s tour was attended by more than a million people.

Together Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers have recorded their first album’s worth of material, jointly written and produced. With the title yet to be disclosed, the album is being readied for release September 1, two weeks ahead of the start of the tour.

The Queen + Paul Rodgers 28-date arena tour will take in 14 countries in just seven weeks, and take the band to Northern Eurasia, Central and Southern Europe, and the UK, and is expected to wind up at the end of the year with the band’s highly anticipated return to South America, the setting of some of its most historic tours in the early 80’s.

Queen’s historic Latin America dates set new world records for the numbers of the audiences it attracted. At the 1985 Rock in Rio concert the band played to an unheard of audience of 300,000 and was watched on television by nearly 200 million people throughout the South American continent.

The 2008 tour kicks off mid-September in Russia with two dates at Moscow’s SCO Olympic Arena, moves on into Poland for a massive free concert at the historic Gdansk Shipyard, and then follows a path through Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands before arriving in the UK early October for 6 dates including London’s 02 Arena on October 13.

The UK dates see the band additionally play Nottingham, Glasgow, Cardiff and Birmingham with a final UK date at Liverpool Arena on October 18 before continuing on to Spain, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic and Austria for seven further dates.

Tracks on the new Queen + Paul Rodgers album are all newly written by May, Taylor and Rodgers during the late 2007/ early 2008 recording sessions. ‘Say It’s Not True’, previously released at the end of last year by Queen + Paul Rodgers as a special World Aids Day download for Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV AIDS charity will be included, plus a ‘first’ for a Queen album – a cover version.

One of these tracks, C-lebrity, will receive a sneak preview when the band make a by-demand return to the UK’s ITV Al Murray’s Happy Hour for the final show on April 4.

Queen’s last studio album release was “Made In Heaven” released in November 1995 containing the last recordings with Freddie. The album became the band’s biggest selling studio album, with world sales in excess of 20 million.

Queen’s “Greatest Hits 1” album has achieved the distinction of being the UK’s biggest selling album of all time, having sold a staggering 5,407,587 copies in Britain alone (source: VH1/The Official UK Charts Company. November 2006).

Paul Rodgers is and has been one of the most sought after and recognizable vocalists in rock music. Celebrating his 40th anniversary as a recording artist, Rodgers is known for his work as a founding member of bands Free, Bad Company, The Firm and as a Grammy nominated solo artist. He has written, produced and recorded some of radios biggest hits including “All Right Now,” “Feel Like Making Love,” and “Radioactive.” Rodgers’ latest CD/DVD release, “Live in Glasgow,” charted internationally and was recently certified Gold.

Between them, Queen and Paul Rodgers have released more than 50 albums during their long careers and sold in excess of a staggering 300 million records.

Tickets for all UK dates will go on sale at venue box offices and usual ticket agents from Saturday April 5.

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Official UK tour hotline: 08700 11 26 26

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http://www.ticketzone.co.uk/

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Pre-registration is available from Wednesday April 2 at:

http://www.queenonline.com/

http://www.queenpluspaulrodgers.com/

http://www.paulrodgers.com/

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UK ticket prices: £49.40, £39.50 (check venues).

A Phil McIntyre Entertainment Tour.

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The Cosmos Rocks over Europe at:

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EUROPE LEG 1:

Tuesday 16 September Moscow SCO Olympic Arena RUSSIA

Wednesday 17 September Moscow SCO Olympic Arena RUSSIA

Saturday 20 September Gdansk Shipyard POLAND

Sunday 21 September Berlin Velodrom GERMANY

Tuesday 23 September Antwerp Sportspaleis BELGIUM

Wednesday 24 September Paris Bercy FRANCE

Friday 26 September Rome Palalottomatica ITALY

Sunday 28 September Verona Arena ITALY

Monday 29 September Zurich Hallenstadion SWITZERLAND

Wednesday 1 October Munich Olympiahalle GERMANY

Thursday 2 October Mannheim SAP Arena GERMANY

Saturday 4 October Hannover TUI Arena GERMANY

Sunday 5 October Hamburg Color Line Arena GERMANY

Tuesday 7 October Rotterdam Ahoy NETHERLANDS

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UK:

Friday 10 October Nottingham Arena

Saturday 11 October Glasgow SE&CC

Monday 13 October London 02

Tuesday 14 October Cardiff Arena

Thursday 16 October Birmingham NIA

Saturday 18 October Liverpool Arena

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EUROPE LEG 2:

Wednesday 22 October Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi SPAIN

Friday 24 October Murcia Estadio Municipal SPAIN

Saturday 25 October Madrid Palacio de Deportes SPAIN

Tuesday 28 October Budapest Sportarena, HUNGARY

Wednesday 29 October Belgrade Arena SERBIA

Friday 31 October Prague 02 Arena CZECH REPUBLIC

Saturday 1 November Vienna Stadthalle AUSTRIA

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2005-2006 World Tour Photos, Album Graphic - Queen + Paul Rodgers

Queen + Paul Rodgers' "Say It's Not True" (46664) Video

Well, here's the 46664 version of Queen + Paul Rodger's"Say It's Not True" video via You Tube.

A higher quality version can be viewed for free from the 46664 web site directly. That is, if you want to have a higher quality cry. Alternatively, you could just download the mp3 audio. Or, you can check out the tearless(?) version offered up by Raffles306 below.

"Say It's Not True"

Per QueenOnline.com ...

"Say It's Not True" - FREE

Queen and Paul Rodgers Announce Newly Recorded Free Download For Nelson Mandela’s 46664 On World Aids Day. Click HERE to download "Say It’s Not True".

It has not been that closely a guarded secret that rock legends Queen and Paul Rodgers have been in the recording studio for their first sessions together following their successful world tour of 2005/2006. Indeed, both singer/songwriter and founding member of Free/Bad Company Paul Rodgers and Brian May have been quoted on their websites as being “quietly excited” about the music that has been produced from this creative union.

Spurred on by their commitments as Ambassadors to Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV AIDS global campaign, on which the spotlight will fall December 1 with a World Aids Day awareness and fundraising concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers are rushing to finish a track specially written for 46664 by Roger Taylor and have it available as a free download in time for this coming Saturday’s AIDS HIV benefit concert.

The track, Taylor’s “Say It’s Not True” (see lyrics below), originally came to light for the launch of the 46664 campaign back in November 2003. Taylor wrote the song as a gift to Mandela and performed it live for him for the first time with Brian May and Dave Stewart at the inaugural 46664 concert in Cape Town that month. The song carries the message that HIV AIDS is something that can affect any one of us no matter our sexual or racial status. ...


... “By making the song available for free”, says Taylor, “we hope to help Nelson Mandela with his campaign to get across the message that no-one is safe from infection. We have to be aware, we have to protect ourselves and those we love. The song follows the line of Mr. Mandela’s personal message: it’s in our own hands to bring a stop to this.”


The rest of the anouncement includes song lyrics. “Say It’s Not True”, performed by Queen + Paul Rodgers, written by Roger Taylor, is available to download exclusively on:

http://www.queenonline.com/,
http://www.46664.com/,
http://www.46664global.com/,
http://www.paulrodgers.com/,

and

http://www.queenpluspaulrodgers.com/

as of Friday November 30th.