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'

Queen + Paul Rodgers 'Live In Ukraine' Widget

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

05/05/2008 Brian May Interview On 95.5 KLOS FM

The following audio is Brian May being interviewed on 95.5 KLOS FM Radio by Cynthia Fox and Jim Ladd on May 5, 2008. He was in Los Angeles, CA promoting his book - "Bang! The Complete History Of The Universe". The six part audio (mp3 downloads) can be found in the archives of May's web site, along with the complete transcript.

Part 1: Astrophysics PHD, Sir Patrick Moore, Book, Chancellorship

Part 2: Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday, AIDS, Freddie Mercury

Part 3: Astronomy, "Bang! The Complete History Of The Universe"

Part 4: Al Murray, Queen + Paul Rodgers, "The Cosmos Rocks" (new album)

Part 5: Takes calls from listeners, Talks about book signing

Part 6: "We Will Rock You" musical still playing worldwide, etc.

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