Queen_(band)

qas: question: What was the name of Brian May and Roger Taylor's band before Queen?
answers: text: Smile

question: What was the stage name adopted by Farrokh Bulsara?
answers: text: Freddie Mercury

question: What was the name of the album Queen released in 2014?
answers: text: Queen Forever

question: What was the name of Queen's 1977 album?
answers: text: News of the World

question: In what year did Freddie Mercury die?
answers: text: 1991
context: Before forming Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had played together in a band named Smile. Freddie Mercury (then known by his birth name of Farrokh "Freddie" Bulsara) was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques. Mercury joined the band in 1970, suggested "Queen" as a new band name, and adopted his familiar stage name. John Deacon was recruited prior to recording their eponymous debut album in 1973. Queen first charted in the UK with their second album, Queen II, in 1974, but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack later that year and A Night at the Opera in 1975 which brought them international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks and popularised the music video. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become anthems at sporting events. By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. Their performance at 1985's Live Aid is ranked among the greatest in rock history by various music publications, with a 2005 industry poll ranking it the best. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then, May and Taylor have occasionally performed together, including with Paul Rodgers (2004–09) and with Adam Lambert (since 2011). In November 2014, Queen released a new album, Queen Forever, featuring vocals from the late Mercury.

qas: question: Tim Staffell left the band Smile in what year?
answers: text: 1970

question: What band did Tim Staffell join after leaving Smile?
answers: text: Humpy Bong

question: What was the name of the college Tim Staffell attended when he met Farrokh Bulsara?
answers: text: Ealing Art College

question: In what year did Smile change their name to Queen?
answers: text: 1970

question: What was the English first name Farrokh Bulsara adopted?
answers: text: Freddie
context: While attending Ealing Art College, Tim Staffell became friends with Farrokh Bulsara, a fellow student who had assumed the English name of Freddie. Bulsara felt that he and the band had the same tastes and soon became a keen fan of Smile. In late 1970, after Staffell left to join the band Humpy Bong, the remaining Smile members, encouraged by Bulsara, changed their name to "Queen" and continued working together. When asked about the name, Bulsara explained, "I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid. It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it."

qas: question: John Deacon played what instrument?
answers: text: bass

question: In what year did John Deacon join Queen?
answers: text: 1971

question: What did Freddie from Queen change his last name to?
answers: text: Mercury

question: What song inspired Freddie from Queen's surname?
answers: text: My Fairy King

question: On what date did Queen play their first show?
answers: text: 2 July 1971
context: The band had a number of bass players during this period who did not fit with the band's chemistry. It was not until February 1971 that they settled on John Deacon and began to rehearse for their first album. They recorded four of their own songs, "Liar", "Keep Yourself Alive", "The Night Comes Down" and "Jesus", for a demo tape; no record companies were interested. It was also around this time Freddie changed his surname to "Mercury", inspired by the line "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me" in the song "My Fairy King". On 2 July 1971, Queen played their first show in the classic line-up of Mercury, May, Taylor and Deacon at a Surrey college outside London.

qas: question: Who designed Queen's logo?
answers: text: Mercury

question: What was Freddie Mercury's zodiac sign?
answers: text: Virgo

question: Which zodiac sign did Deacon and Taylor share?
answers: text: Leo

question: What was Brian May's zodiac sign?
answers: text: Cancer

question: The early Queen logo resembled the coat of arms of what country?
answers: text: United Kingdom
context: Having attended art college, Mercury also designed Queen's logo, called the Queen crest, shortly before the release of the band's first album. The logo combines the zodiac signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury). The lions embrace a stylised letter Q, the crab rests atop the letter with flames rising directly above it, and the fairies are each sheltering below a lion. There is also a crown inside the Q and the whole logo is over-shadowed by an enormous phoenix. The whole symbol bears a passing resemblance to the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, particularly with the lion supporters. The original logo, as found on the reverse-side of the first album cover, was a simple line drawing but more intricate colour versions were used on later sleeves.

qas: question: Who offered Queen a management deal in 1972?
answers: text: Norman Sheffield

question: Which singer used Trident studios in addition to Queen and the Beatles?
answers: text: Elton John

question: What was the name of Trident's subsidiary?
answers: text: Neptune Productions

question: Where was Queen spotted before entering discussions with Trident?
answers: text: De La Lane Studios

question: In what year did Queen enter discussions with Trident studios?
answers: text: 1972
context: In 1972, Queen entered discussions with Trident Studios after being spotted at De La Lane Studios by John Anthony and after discussions were offered a management deal by Norman Sheffield under Neptune Productions, a subsidiary of Trident to manage the band and enable them to use the facilities at Trident to record new material whilst the management search for a record label to sign Queen. This suited both parties at the time as Trident were expanding into management and Queen under the deal were able to make use of the hi-tech recording facilities shared by bands at the time such as the Beatles and Elton John to produce new material. However, Trident found it difficult to find a label for a band bearing a name with such connotation during the early 1970s.

qas: question: In what year was Queen's first album released?
answers: text: 1973

question: What was the name of Queen's first album?
answers: text: Queen

question: What was the lead single from Queen's first album?
answers: text: Keep Yourself Alive

question: Which Queen song ranked as the 31st greatest guitar song in a 1998 Rolling Stone article?
answers: text: Keep Yourself Alive

question: Which critic called Queen's debut superb?
answers: text: Gordon Fletcher
context: In July 1973, Queen finally under a Trident/EMI deal released their eponymous debut album, an effort influenced by the heavy metal and progressive rock of the day. The album was received well by critics; Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone said "their debut album is superb", and Chicago's Daily Herald called it an "above average debut". It drew little mainstream attention, and the lead single "Keep Yourself Alive", a Brian May composition, sold poorly. Retrospectively, "Keep Yourself Alive" is cited as the highlight of the album, and in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time", describing it as "an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song". The album was certified gold in the UK and the US.

qas: question: What was the name of Queen's second LP?
answers: text: Queen II

question: What year was Queen's second album released?
answers: text: 1974

question: Who designed the cover of Queen's second album?
answers: text: Mick Rock

question: Who wrote the song Seven Seas of Rhye?
answers: text: Freddie Mercury

question: How long is the song The March of the Black Queen?
answers: text: six-minute
context: The group's second LP, Queen II, was released in 1974, and features rock photographer Mick Rock's iconic image of the band on the cover. This image would be used as the basis for the 1975 "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video production. The album reached number five on the British album chart and became the first Queen album to chart in the UK. The Freddie Mercury-written lead single "Seven Seas of Rhye" reached number ten in the UK, giving the band their first hit. The album is the first real testament to the band's distinctive layered sound, and features long complex instrumental passages, fantasy-themed lyrics, and musical virtuosity. Aside from its only single, the album also included the song "The March of the Black Queen", a six-minute epic which lacks a chorus. The Daily Vault described the number as "menacing". Critical reaction was mixed; the Winnipeg Free Press, while praising the band's debut album, described Queen II as a "over-produced monstrosity". Allmusic has described the album as a favourite among the band's hardcore fans, and it is the first of three Queen albums to feature in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

qas: question: What was Brian May diagnosed with after collapsing in 1974?
answers: text: hepatitis

question: What was the name of Queen's third album?
answers: text: Sheer Heart Attack

question: What Queen album was released after Sheer Heart Attack?
answers: text: A Night at the Opera

question: Queen's Sheer Heart Attack reached what number on the United Kingdom charts?
answers: text: two

question: What was the name of the venue where Brian May collapsed?
answers: text: New York's Uris Theatre
context: After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis. While recuperating, May was initially absent when the band started work on their third album, but he returned midway through the recording process. Released in 1974, Sheer Heart Attack reached number two in the United Kingdom, sold well throughout Europe, and went gold in the United States. It gave the band their first real experience of international success, and was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The album experimented with a variety of musical genres, including British music hall, heavy metal, ballads, ragtime, and Caribbean. At this point, Queen started to move away from the progressive tendencies of their first two releases into a more radio-friendly, song-orientated style. Sheer Heart Attack introduced new sound and melody patterns that would be refined on their next album, A Night at the Opera.

qas: question: Which song was Queen's first US hit?
answers: text: Killer Queen

question: Queen's song Now I'm Here reached what number on the British charts?
answers: text: eleven

question: What Queen song is known as an early speed metal song?
answers: text: Stone Cold Crazy

question: What music style was found along with camp and vaudeville on the song Killer Queen?
answers: text: British music hall

question: Killer Queen reached what number on the Billboard Hot 100?
answers: text: 12
context: The single "Killer Queen" from Sheer Heart Attack reached number two on the British charts, and became their first US hit, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It combines camp, vaudeville, and British music hall with May's guitar virtuosity. The album's second single, "Now I'm Here", a more traditional hard rock composition, was a number eleven hit in Britain, while the high speed rocker "Stone Cold Crazy" featuring May's uptempo riffs is a precursor to speed metal. In recent years, the album has received acclaim from music publications: In 2006, Classic Rock ranked it number 28 in "The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever", and in 2007, Mojo ranked it No.88 in "The 100 Records That Changed the World". It is also the second of three Queen albums to feature in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

qas: question: Who created the costumes for Queen's 1975 tour?
answers: text: Zandra Rhodes

question: What country did Queen play in for the first time in 1975?
answers: text: Canada

question: Queen had a bitter split with what management company in 1975?
answers: text: Trident Studios

question: What manager of Led Zeppelin tried to sign Queen?
answers: text: Peter Grant

question: Whom did Queen eventually sign with after rejecting the Swan Song records contract?
answers: text: John Reid
context: In 1975, the band left for a world tour with each member in Zandra Rhodes-created costumes and accompanied with banks of lights and effects. They toured the US as headliners, and played in Canada for the first time. In September, after an acromonious split with Trident, the band negotiated themselves out of their Trident Studios contract and searched for new management. One of the options they considered was an offer from Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant. Grant wanted them to sign with Led Zeppelin's own production company, Swan Song Records. The band found the contract unacceptable and instead contacted Elton John's manager, John Reid, who accepted the position.

qas: question: Which Queen album was released in 1975?
answers: text: A Night at the Opera

question: Queen's 1975 album took it's name from a movie from which comedy act?
answers: text: Marx Brothers

question: How long was Queen's The Prophet's Song?
answers: text: eight-minute

question: Which Queen ballad featured a harp and overdubbed harmonies?
answers: text: Love of My Life
context: In late 1975, Queen recorded and released A Night at the Opera, taking its name from the popular Marx Brothers movie. At the time, it was the most expensive album ever produced. Like its predecessor, the album features diverse musical styles and experimentation with stereo sound. In "The Prophet's Song", an eight-minute epic, the middle section is a canon, with simple phrases layered to create a full-choral sound. The Mercury penned ballad, "Love of My Life", featured a harp and overdubbed vocal harmonies. The album was very successful in Britain, and went triple platinum in the United States. The British public voted it the 13th greatest album of all time in a 2004 Channel 4 poll. It has also ranked highly in international polls; in a worldwide Guinness poll, it was voted the 19th greatest of all time, while an ABC poll saw the Australian public vote it the 28th greatest of all time. A Night at the Opera has frequently appeared in "greatest albums" lists reflecting the opinions of critics. Among other accolades, it was ranked number 16 in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best British Albums Ever" in 2004, and number 11 in Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time" as featured in their Mexican edition in 2004. It was also placed at No. 230 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003. A Night at the Opera is the third and final Queen album to be featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

qas: question: Which Queen song was number one on the UK charts for nine weeks?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: What is the third best selling single of all time in the UK?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: What Queen single sold a million copies on two separate occasions?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: In what year did Queen's A Night at the Opera Tour begin?
answers: text: 1975

question: Queen's 1975 tour included Europe and what three countries?
answers: text: United States, Japan, and Australia
context: The album also featured the hit single "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was number one in the UK for nine weeks. Mercury's close friend and advisor, Capital London radio DJ Kenny Everett, played a pivotal role in giving the single exposure. It is the third-best-selling single of all time in the UK, surpassed only by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997", and is the best-selling commercial single in the UK. It also reached number nine in the United States (a 1992 re-release reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks). It is the only single ever to sell a million copies on two separate occasions, and became the Christmas number one twice in the UK, the only single ever to do so. "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been voted numerous times the greatest song of all time. The band decided to make a video to help go with the single and hired Trilion, a subsidiary of the former management company Trident Studios, using new technology to create the video; the result is generally considered to have been the first "true" music video ever produced, and popularised the medium. The album's first track "Death on Two Legs" is said to be written by Mercury about Norman Sheffield and the former management at Trident who helped make the video so popular. Although other bands, including the Beatles, had made short promotional films or videos of songs prior to this, generally, those were specifically made to be aired on specific television shows. On the impact of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Rolling Stone states: "Its influence cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air." The second single from the album, "You're My Best Friend", the second song composed by John Deacon, and his first single, peaked at number sixteen in the United States and went on to become a worldwide Top Ten hit. The band's A Night at the Opera Tour began in November 1975, and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia.

qas: question: What Queen album was released in 1976?
answers: text: A Day at the Races

question: What was the major hit from Queen's 1976 album?
answers: text: Somebody to Love

question: Which heavy Queen song is a favorite at live shows?
answers: text: Tie Your Mother Down

question: Which comedian invited Queen to visit him in 1977? 
answers: text: Groucho Marx

question: Which Queen members layered their voices on Somebody to Love?
answers: text: Mercury, May, and Taylor
context: By 1976, Queen were back in the studio recording A Day at the Races, which is often regarded as a sequel album to A Night at the Opera. It again borrowed the name of a Marx Brothers movie, and its cover was similar to that of A Night at the Opera, a variation on the same Queen Crest. The most recognisable of the Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home in March 1977; there the band thanked him in person, and performed "'39" a cappella. Musically, A Day at the Races was by both fans' and critics' standards a strong effort, reaching number one in the UK and Japan, and number five in the US. The major hit on the album was "Somebody to Love", a gospel-inspired song in which Mercury, May, and Taylor multi-tracked their voices to create a 100-voice gospel choir. The song went to number two in the UK, and number thirteen in the US. The album also featured one of the band's heaviest songs, May's "Tie Your Mother Down", which became a staple of their live shows.

qas: question: Where did Queen host a free concert in 1976? 
answers: text: Hyde Park, London

question: Who organized a free concert by Queen in 1976?
answers: text: Richard Branson

question: How many people helped Queen set a 1976 attendance record?
answers: text: 150,000

question: Which US venue did Queen sell out in 1977? 
answers: text: Madison Square Garden

question: Which British venue did Queen sell out in 1977?
answers: text: Earls Court
context: During 1976, Queen played one of their most famous gigs, a free concert in Hyde Park, London. A concert organised by the entrepreneur Richard Branson, it set an attendance record with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience. On 1 December 1976, Queen were the intended guests on London's early evening Today programme, but they pulled out at the last-minute, which saw their late replacement on the show, EMI labelmate the Sex Pistols, give their seminal interview. During the A Day at the Races Tour in 1977, Queen performed sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, New York, in February, and Earls Court, London, in June.

qas: question: Queen's sixth album was released in what year?
answers: text: 1977

question: How many times platinum did Queen's News of the World go?
answers: text: four

question: Queen's News of the World contained which two rock anthems?
answers: text: "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champions"

question: Queen's News of the World Tour took place in what year?
answers: text: 1977
context: The band's sixth studio album News of the World was released in 1977, which has gone four times platinum in the United States, and twice in the UK. The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champions", both of which became enduring international sports anthems, and the latter reached number four in the US. Queen commenced the News of the World Tour in October 1977, and Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show".

qas: question: In what year did Queen release the album Jazz?
answers: text: 1978

question: What number did Queen's Jazz reach on UK charts?
answers: text: two

question: What number did Queen's Jazz reach on the Billboard 200?
answers: text: six

question: What were the two hit singles off of Queen's album Jazz?
answers: text: "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race"

question: Queen rented what venue for a music video in 1978?
answers: text: Wimbledon Stadium
context: In 1978, the band released Jazz, which reached number two in the UK and number six on the Billboard 200 in the US. The album included the hit singles "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race" on a double-sided record. Queen rented Wimbledon Stadium for a day to shoot the video, with 65 naked female models hired to stage a nude bicycle race. Reviews of the album in recent years have been more favourable. Another notable track from Jazz, "Don't Stop Me Now", provides another example of the band's exuberant vocal harmonies.

qas: question: Who organized the Concert for the People of Kampuchea?
answers: text: Paul McCartney

question: In what year was Queen's Live Killers released?
answers: text: 1979

question: How many times platinum did Queen's Live Killers go in the US?
answers: text: twice

question: Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love was an ode to which singer?
answers: text: Elvis Presley

question: In what year did Queen play the Concert for the People of Kampuchea?
answers: text: 1979
context: In 1978, Queen toured the US and Canada, and spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan. They released their first live album, Live Killers, in 1979; it went platinum twice in the US. Queen also released the very successful single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", a rockabilly inspired song done in the style of Elvis Presley. The song made the top 10 in many countries, topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven consecutive weeks, and was the band's first number one single in the United States where it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. Having written the song on guitar and played rhythm on the record, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he ever played guitar in concert. In December 1979, Queen played the opening night at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in London, having accepted a request by the event's organiser Paul McCartney.

qas: question: Queen performed several sold out shows at what US venue?
answers: text: Madison Square Garden

question: Queen recorded the soundtrack to what show?
answers: text: Flash Gordon

question: What Queen song won the award for best Pop/Rock single?
answers: text: Another One Bites the Dust

question: Which musical artist suggested Queen release Another One Bites the Dust as a single?
answers: text: Michael Jackson

question: Which Queen album kicked off the 1980s?
answers: text: The Game
context: Queen began their 1980s career with The Game. It featured the singles "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust", both of which reached number one in the US. After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Mercury backstage that "Another One Bites the Dust" be released as a single, and in October 1980 it spent three weeks at number one. The album topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks, and sold over four million copies in the US. It was also the first appearance of a synthesiser on a Queen album. Heretofore, their albums featured a distinctive "No Synthesisers!" sleeve note. The note is widely assumed to reflect an anti-synth, pro-"hard"-rock stance by the band, but was later revealed by producer Roy Thomas Baker to be an attempt to clarify that those albums' multi-layered solos were created with guitars, not synths, as record company executives kept assuming at the time. In September 1980, Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. In 1980, Queen also released the soundtrack they had recorded for Flash Gordon. At the 1981 American Music Awards in January, "Another One Bites the Dust" won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single, and Queen were nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group.

qas: question: What band was the first major band to play in Latin American stadiums?
answers: text: Queen

question: The Game Tour of the band Queen included how many shows in Argentina?
answers: text: five

question: How large was Queen's record audience in Argentina?
answers: text: 300,000

question: What was the final track on Queen's The Game?
answers: text: Save Me

question: What sold out venue did Queen play in Canada?
answers: text: Montreal Forum
context: In February 1981, Queen travelled to South America as part of The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums. The tour included five shows in Argentina, one of which drew the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history with an audience of 300,000 in Buenos Aires and two concerts at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, where they played to an audience of more than 131,000 people in the first night (then the largest paying audience for a single band anywhere in the world) and more than 120,000 people the following night. In October of the same year, Queen performed for more than 150,000 fans on 9 October at Monterrey (Estadio Universitario) and 17 and 18 at Puebla (Estadio Zaragoza), Mexico. On 24 and 25 November, Queen played two sell out nights at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada. One of Mercury's most notable performances of The Game's final track, "Save Me", took place in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.

qas: question: What album did Queen release in 1982? 
answers: text: Hot Space

question: Where did Queen record their 1982 album? 
answers: text: Munich

question: What was the name of Freddie Mercury's personal manager?
answers: text: Paul Prenter

question: Queen left what label before signing with EMI?
answers: text: Elektra Records

question: On which season of Saturday Night Live did Queen perform?
answers: text: the eighth season
context: In 1982, the band released the album Hot Space, a departure from their trademark seventies sound, this time being a mixture of rock, pop rock, dance, funk, and R&B. Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Mercury's personal manager Paul Prenter had on the singer. May was also scathing of Prenter, who was Mercury's manager from the early 1980s to 1984, for being dismissive of the importance of radio stations, such as the US networks, and their vital connection between the artist and the community, and for denying them access to Mercury. The band stopped touring North America after their Hot Space Tour, as their success there had waned, although they would perform on American television for the only time during the eighth season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Queen left Elektra Records, their label in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and signed onto EMI/Capitol Records.

qas: question: Which Queen tour was the first to feature Spike Edney?
answers: text: Spike Edney

question: Queen's Spike Edney plays what instrument?
answers: text: keyboardist

question: Who fined Queen for donating to a school for the deaf and blind?
answers: text: British Musicians' Union

question: Where did Queen play during the height of Apartheid?
answers: text: South Africa
context: That year, Queen began The Works Tour, the first tour to feature keyboardist Spike Edney as an extra live musician. The tour featured nine sold-out dates in October in Bophuthatswana, South Africa, at the arena in Sun City. Upon returning to England, they were the subject of outrage, having played in South Africa during the height of apartheid and in violation of worldwide divestment efforts and a United Nations cultural boycott. The band responded to the critics by stating that they were playing music for fans in South Africa, and they also stressed that the concerts were played before integrated audiences. Queen donated to a school for the deaf and blind as a philanthropic gesture but were fined by the British Musicians' Union and placed on the United Nations' blacklisted artists.

qas: question: What date was Live Aid?
answers: text: 13 July 1985

question: Where was Live Aid held?
answers: text: Wembley

question: How big was Live Aid's TV audience?
answers: text: 1.9 billion

question: How long was Live Aid's stadium audience?
answers: text: 72,000

question: Who organized Live Aid?
answers: text: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
context: At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1.9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison. The show's organisers, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, other musicians such as Elton John, Cliff Richard and Dave Grohl, and music journalists writing for the BBC, CNN, Rolling Stone, MTV, The Telegraph among others, stated that Queen stole the show. An industry poll in 2005 ranked it the greatest rock performance of all time. Mercury's powerful, sustained note during the a cappella section came to be known as "The Note Heard Round the World".

qas: question: The audience at Live Aid clapped to what Queen Song?
answers: text: Radio Ga Ga

question: Which magazine interviewed Brian May about Live Aid?
answers: text: Brian May

question: What medium helped Queen fans get used to their songs before Live Aid?
answers: text: (music) video
context: When interviewed for Mojo magazine the band said the most amazing sight at Live Aid was to see the audience clapping to "Radio Ga Ga". Brian May stated: "I'd never seen anything like that in my life and it wasn't calculated either. We understood our audience and played to them but that was one of those weird accidents because of the (music) video. I remember thinking 'oh great, they've picked it up' and then I thought 'this is not a Queen audience'. This is a general audience who've bought tickets before they even knew we were on the bill. And they all did it. How did they know? Nobody told them to do it."

qas: question: What year was Queen's One Vision released?
answers: text: 1985

question: How many band members wrote Queen's One Vision?
answers: text: four

question: What was the mid 1980s Queen boxed set called?
answers: text: The Complete Works

question: What was Queen's 1984 Christmas song called?
answers: text: Thank God It's Christmas
context: The band, now revitalised by the response to Live Aid – a "shot in the arm" Roger Taylor called it, — and the ensuing increase in record sales, ended 1985 by releasing the single "One Vision", which was the third time after "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Under Pressure (with David Bowie)" that all four bandmembers received a writing credit for the one song. Also, a limited-edition boxed set containing all Queen albums to date was released under the title of The Complete Works. The package included previously unreleased material, most notably Queen's non-album single of Christmas 1984, titled "Thank God It's Christmas".

qas: question: Queen's final tour with Freddie Mercury was in what year?
answers: text: 1986

question: What was the name of Queen's final tour with Freddie Mercury?
answers: text: A Kind of Magic

question: How many fans saw Queen in Knebworth park?
answers: text: 120,000

question: How many fans saw Queen at the Nepstadion in Budapest?
answers: text: 80,000

question: How many fans saw Queen at Slane castle?
answers: text: 95,000
context: In summer of 1986, Queen went on their final tour with Freddie Mercury. A sold-out tour in support of A Kind of Magic, once again they hired Spike Edney, leading to him being dubbed the unofficial fifth member. The Magic Tour's highlight was at Wembley Stadium in London and resulted in the live double album, Queen at Wembley, released on CD and as a live concert DVD, which has gone five times platinum in the US and four times platinum in the UK. Queen could not book Wembley for a third night, but they did play at Knebworth Park. The show sold out within two hours and over 120,000 fans packed the park for what was Queen's final live performance with Mercury. Queen began the tour at the Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, and during the tour the band performed a concert at Slane Castle, Ireland, in front of an audience of 95,000, which broke the venue's attendance record. The band also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 at the Népstadion in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe. More than one million people saw Queen on the tour—400,000 in the United Kingdom alone, a record at the time.

qas: question: Who did Freddie Mercury collaborate with in 1988?
answers: text: Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona

question: When did Queen release The Miracle?
answers: text: 1989

question: Which Queen album had more shared writing credits?
answers: text: The Miracle
context: After working on various solo projects during 1988 (including Mercury's collaboration with Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona), the band released The Miracle in 1989. The album continued the direction of A Kind of Magic, using a pop-rock sound mixed with a few heavy numbers. It spawned the European hits "I Want It All", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", "Scandal", and "The Miracle". The Miracle also began a change in direction of Queen's songwriting philosophy. Since the band's beginning, nearly all songs had been written by and credited to a single member, with other members adding minimally. With The Miracle, the band's songwriting became more collaborative, and they vowed to credit the final product only to Queen as a group.

qas: question: When did Queen end their contract with Capitol?
answers: text: 1990

question: After leaving Capitol, who did Queen sign with?
answers: text: Disney's Hollywood Records

question: What year was Freddie Mercury's final public appearance with Queen?
answers: text: 1990

question: Which Queen album was released in 1991?
answers: text: Innuendo
context: After fans noticed Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance in 1988, rumours began to spread that Mercury was suffering from AIDS. Mercury flatly denied this, insisting he was merely "exhausted" and too busy to provide interviews. The band decided to continue making albums, starting with The Miracle in 1989 and continuing with Innuendo in 1991. Despite his deteriorating health, the lead singer continued to contribute. For the last two albums made while Mercury was still alive, the band credited all songs to Queen, rather than specific members of the group, freeing them of internal conflict and differences. In 1990, Queen ended their contract with Capitol and signed with Disney's Hollywood Records, which has since remained the group's music catalogue owner in the United States and Canada. That same year, Mercury made his final public appearance when he joined the rest of Queen to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

qas: question: What was one single from Queen's Innuendo that charted in the UK?
answers: text: The Show Must Go On

question: What was the name of Queen's second greatest hits compilation?
answers: text: Greatest Hits II

question: Which Queen album is the eighth best-selling album in the UK of all time?
answers: text: Greatest Hits II

question: Which band member of Queen was seriously ill in 1991?
answers: text: Mercury

question: Queen's Greatest Hits II has sold how many copies worldwide?
answers: text: 16 million
context: Innuendo was released in early 1991 with an eponymous number 1 UK hit and other charting singles including, "The Show Must Go On". Mercury was increasingly ill and could barely walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990. Because of this, May had concerns about whether he was physically capable of singing it. Recalling Mercury's successful performance May states; "he went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal". The rest of the band were ready to record when Mercury felt able to come in to the studio, for an hour or two at a time. May says of Mercury: “He just kept saying. 'Write me more. Write me stuff. I want to just sing this and do it and when I am gone you can finish it off.’ He had no fear, really.” The band's second greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II, followed in October 1991, which is the eighth best-selling album of all time in the UK and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.

qas: question: When was Freddie Mercury's deathbed confession made?
answers: text: 23 November 1991

question: What disease did Freddie Mercury disclose he had?
answers: text: AIDS

question: What did Freddie Mercury die of?
answers: text: bronchial pneumonia, which was brought on as a complication of AIDS

question: Where was Freddie Mercury's funeral service held?
answers: text: Kensal Green, West London

question: Which music video contains the last footage of Freddie Mercury?
answers: text: These Are the Days of Our Lives
context: On 23 November 1991, in a prepared statement made on his deathbed, Mercury confirmed that he had AIDS. Within 24 hours of the statement, he died of bronchial pneumonia, which was brought on as a complication of AIDS. His funeral service on 27 November in Kensal Green, West London was private, and held in accordance with the Zoroastrian religious faith of his family. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single shortly after Mercury's death, with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" as the double A-side. The music video for "These Are the Days of Our Lives" contains Mercury's final scenes in front of the camera. The single went to number one in the UK, remaining there for five weeks – the only recording to top the Christmas chart twice and the only one to be number one in four different years (1975, 1976, 1991, and 1992). Initial proceeds from the single – approximately £1,000,000 – were donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust.

qas: question: Which movie featured Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody?
answers: text: Wayne's World

question: What year did Queen get a boost in North American sales due to being featured in a movie?
answers: text: 1992

question: In what year did Queen win an MTV award?
answers: text: 1992

question: How high did the album Classic Queen chart on the Billboard 200?
answers: text: four

question: How many times platinum did Classic Queen go in the US?
answers: text: three times
context: Queen's popularity was stimulated in North America when "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World. Its inclusion helped the song reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 (it remained in the Hot 100 for over 40 weeks), and won the band an MTV Award at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. The compilation album Classic Queen also reached number four on the Billboard 200, and is certified three times platinum in the US. Wayne's World footage was used to make a new music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody", with which the band and management were delighted.

qas: question: When was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held?
answers: text: 20 April 1992

question: Where was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held?
answers: text: London's Wembley Stadium

question: How many people attended the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert?
answers: text: 72,000

question: Which band was he largest benefit concert in history about?
answers: text: Queen

question: How many viewers did the largest rock star benefit concert attract?
answers: text: 1.2 billion viewers worldwide
context: On 20 April 1992, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was held at London's Wembley Stadium to a 72,000-strong crowd. Performers, including Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, Elton John, David Bowie, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Seal, Extreme, and Metallica performed various Queen songs along with the three remaining Queen members (and Spike Edney.) The concert is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as "The largest rock star benefit concert", as it was televised to over 1.2 billion viewers worldwide, and raised over £20,000,000 for AIDS charities.

qas: question: What was Queen's final album featuring Mercury vocals compiled from earlier recordings called?
answers: text: Made in Heaven

question: How many copies worldwide has Queen's 1995 album sold?
answers: text: 20 million

question: In what year was a statue dedicated to Freddie Mercury unveiled in Montreux?
answers: text: 1996

question: Where was Queen's studio located in Switzerland?
answers: text: Montreux
context: Queen's last album featuring Mercury, titled Made in Heaven, was finally released in 1995, four years after his death. Featuring tracks such as "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Heaven for Everyone", it was constructed from Mercury's final recordings in 1991, material left over from their previous studio albums and re-worked material from May, Taylor, and Mercury's solo albums. The album also featured the song "Mother Love", the last vocal recording Mercury made prior to his death, which he completed using a drum machine, over which May, Taylor and Deacon later added the instrumental track. After completing the penultimate verse, Mercury had told the band he "wasn't feeling that great" and stated, "I will finish it when I come back, next time"; however, he never made it back into the studio, so May later recorded the final verse of the song. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland. The album reached No. 1 on the UK charts immediately following its release, and has sold 20 million copies worldwide. On 25 November 1996, a statue of Mercury was unveiled in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, almost five years to the day since his death.

qas: question: In what year did Queen release No-One but You
answers: text: 1997

question: Who was No-One but You dedicated to?
answers: text: Mercury

question: Which compilation did Queen release in 1997?
answers: text: Queen Rocks

question: Who performed live with Queen on The Show Must Go On in 1997?
answers: text: Elton John and the Béjart Ballet

question: Which Queen member retired in 1997?
answers: text: John Deacon
context: In 1997, Queen returned to the studio to record "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", a song dedicated to Mercury and all those that die too soon. It was released as a bonus track on the Queen Rocks compilation album later that year. In January 1997, Queen performed "The Show Must Go On" live with Elton John and the Béjart Ballet in Paris on a night Mercury was remembered, and it marked the last performance and public appearance of John Deacon, who chose to retire. The Paris concert was only the second time Queen had played live since Mercury's death, prompting Elton John to urge them to perform again.

qas: question: Which two members of Queen performed together at several charity concerts?
answers: text: Brian May and Roger Taylor

question: Who performed with Brian May in 1998 at a benefit concert?
answers: text: Pavarotti

question: Where did Queen play in 2003 with a famous opera singer?
answers: text: Modena, Italy

question: Which artist provided vocals for the Queen song found on the soundtrack to A Knight's Tale?
answers: text: Robbie Williams
context: Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers. During this time, they were billed as Queen + followed by the guest singer's name. In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti's benefit concert with May performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" with Pavarotti, later playing "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" with Zucchero. They again attended and performed at Pavarotti's benefit concert in Modena, Italy in May 2003. Several of the guest singers recorded new versions of Queen's hits under the Queen + name, such as Robbie Williams providing vocals for "We Are the Champions" for the soundtrack of A Knight's Tale (2001).

qas: question: What year was Queen's third greatest hits album released?
answers: text: 1999

question: Who performed a rap version of Another One Bites The Dust?
answers: text: Wyclef Jean

question: Alive version of Somebody to Love featured what artist?
answers: text: George Michael

question: Which artist guested on a live version of Queen's The Show Must Go On?
answers: text: Elton John

question: In 2003 Queen performed for what Nelson Mandela hosted benefit?
answers: text: the 46664 Concert
context: In 1999, a Greatest Hits III album was released. This featured, among others, "Queen + Wyclef Jean" on a rap version of "Another One Bites the Dust". A live version of "Somebody to Love" by George Michael and a live version of "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John were also featured in the album. By this point, Queen's vast amount of record sales made them the second best selling artist in the UK of all time, behind the Beatles. In 2002, Queen were awarded the 2,207th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is located at 6358 Hollywood Blvd. On 29 November 2003, May and Taylor performed at the 46664 Concert hosted by Nelson Mandela at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. May and Taylor spent time at Mandela's home, discussing how Africa's problems might be approached, and two years later the band was made ambassadors for the 46664 cause.

qas: question: Paul Rodgers joined Queen in what year?
answers: text: 2005

question: Paul Rodgers used to be the lead singer of what two bands?
answers: text: Free and Bad Company

question: Which retired Queen member did not join the reunion?
answers: text: John Deacon

question: In what year was Queen inducted in the UK Hall of Fame?
answers: text: 2004
context: At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005 with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company). Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be "featured with" Queen as "Queen + Paul Rodgers", not replacing Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating. In November 2004, Queen were among the inaugural inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame, and the award ceremony was the first event at which Rodgers joined May and Taylor as vocalist.

qas: question: Between what years did Queen and Paul Rodgers first embark on a world tour?
answers: text: Between 2005 and 2006

question: Where was the first leg of Queen's mid 2000s tour with Paul Rodgers?
answers: text: Europe

question: What is the name of Queen's drummer?
answers: text: Roger Taylor

question: Where did Queen receive the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors?
answers: text: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas
context: Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with Freddie Mercury in 1986. The band's drummer Roger Taylor commented; "We never thought we would tour again, Paul [Rodgers] came along by chance and we seemed to have a chemistry. Paul is just such a great singer. He's not trying to be Freddie." The first leg was in Europe, the second in Japan, and the third in the US in 2006. Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006. The Foo Fighters paid homage to the band in performing "Tie Your Mother Down" to open the ceremony before being joined on stage by May, Taylor, and Paul Rodgers, who played a selection of Queen hits.

qas: question: Which band performed at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday?
answers: text: Queen + Paul Rodgers

question: When did Queen + Paul Rodgers release their debut album?
answers: text: 2008

question: What was the name of Queen + Paul Rodgers debut album?
answers: text: The Cosmos Rocks

question: How many people were at the Queen + Paul Rodgers concert in 2008 in Kharkiv?
answers: text: 350,000

question: In 2008 what disease did Queen perform benefit concerts for?
answers: text: HIV/AIDS
context: On 15 August 2006, Brian May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location". Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute held in Hyde Park, London on 27 June 2008, to commemorate Mandela's ninetieth birthday, and again promote awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The first Queen + Paul Rodgers album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008. Following the release of the album, the band again went on a tour through Europe, opening on Kharkiv's Freedom Square in front of 350,000 Ukrainian fans. The Kharkiv concert was later released on DVD. The tour then moved to Russia, and the band performed two sold-out shows at the Moscow Arena. Having completed the first leg of its extensive European tour, which saw the band play 15 sold-out dates across nine countries, the UK leg of the tour sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale and included three London dates, the first of which was The O2 on 13 October. The last leg of the tour took place in South America, and included a sold-out concert at the Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires.

qas: question: On 20 May 2009 which Queen members performed We are the Champions on American Idol?
answers: text: May and Taylor

question: What was the name of the Greatest Hits compilation Queen released after the split from Paul Rodgers?
answers: text: Absolute Greatest

question: Which two American idol contestants performed a duet with Queen on American Idol?
answers: text: winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert

question: What day in 2009 was Queen's Absolute Greatest released?
answers: text: 16 November
context: On 20 May 2009, May and Taylor performed "We Are the Champions" live on the season finale of American Idol with winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet. In mid-2009, after the split of Queen + Paul Rodgers, the Queen online website announced a new greatest hits compilation named Absolute Greatest. The album was released on 16 November and peaked at number 3 in the official UK Chart. The album contains 20 of Queen's biggest hits spanning their entire career and was released in four different formats: single disc, double disc (with commentary), double disc with feature book, and a vinyl record. Prior to its release, a competition was run by Queen online to guess the track listing as a promotion for the album.

qas: question: Which member of Queen wrote a letter to fans in 2009 regarding touring for 2010?
answers: text: May

question: What date did May and Taylor of Queen perform Bohemian Rhapsody on X-Factor?
answers: text: 15 November 2009

question: In 2009, what was the first name of the former Queen member Brian May told fans he had a better understanding with?
answers: text: Roger

question: Which country had made an offer to Queen for a one off performance in 2010?
answers: text: USA
context: On 30 October 2009, May wrote a fanclub letter on his website stating that Queen had no intentions to tour in 2010 but that there was a possibility of a performance. He was quoted as saying, "The greatest debate, though, is always about when we will next play together as Queen. At the moment, in spite of the many rumours that are out there, we do not have plans to tour in 2010. The good news, though, is that Roger and I have a much closer mutual understanding these days—privately and professionally ... and all ideas are carefully considered. Music is never far away from us. As I write, there is an important one-off performance on offer, in the USA, and it remains to be decided whether we will take up this particular challenge. Every day, doors seem to open, and every day, we interact, perhaps more than ever before, with the world outside. It is a time of exciting transition in Rock music and in 'The Business'. It's good that the pulse still beats". On 15 November 2009, May and Taylor performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" live on the British TV show The X Factor alongside the finalists.

qas: question: What record label did May and Taylor leave in 2010?
answers: text: EMI

question: What label did Queen join in August 2010?
answers: text: Universal Music

question: What program interviewed Queen on 22 September 2010?
answers: text: Hardtalk

question: Island records is a subsidiary of what group?
answers: text: Universal Music Group
context: On 7 May 2010, May and Taylor announced that they were quitting their record label, EMI, after almost 40 years. On 20 August 2010, Queen's manager Jim Beach put out a Newsletter stating that the band had signed a new contract with Universal Music. During an interview for Hardtalk on the BBC on 22 September, May confirmed that the band's new deal was with Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. For the first time since the late 1980s, Queen's catalogue will have the same distributor worldwide, as their current North American label—Hollywood Records—is currently distributed by Universal (for a time in the late 1980s, Queen was on EMI-owned Capitol Records in the US).

qas: question: Which artist presented the Global Icon Award to Queen in 2011?
answers: text: Katy Perry

question: Which artist performed with Queen at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards?
answers: text: Adam Lambert

question: Where were the BMI awards held in 2011?
answers: text: London

question: What band was worried Queen would steal their live performance bassist?
answers: text: Jane's Addiction
context: In May 2011, Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell noted that Queen are currently scouting their once former and current live bassist Chris Chaney to join the band. Farrell stated: "I have to keep Chris away from Queen, who want him and they're not gonna get him unless we're not doing anything. Then they can have him." In the same month, Paul Rodgers stated he may tour with Queen again in the near future. At the 2011 Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) Awards held in London on 4 October, Queen received the BMI Icon Award in recognition for their airplay success in the US. At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May. Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". The collaboration garnered a positive response from both fans and critics, resulting in speculation about future projects together.

qas: question: Which Queen members were appearing on American Idol in the late 2000s?
answers: text: May and Taylor

question: Where was Queen's final concert with Freddie Mercury held in 1986?
answers: text: Knebworth

question: Queen and Adam Lambert played two shows where in July 2012?
answers: text: Hammersmith Apollo, London

question: Elena Pinchuk has what kind of a foundation?
answers: text: ANTIAIDS Foundation

question: Where did Queen perform with Adam Lambert on 3 July 2012?
answers: text: Moscow's Olympic Stadium
context: On 25 and 26 April, May and Taylor appeared on the eleventh series of American Idol at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show, and the following day performed "Somebody to Love" with the 'Queen Extravaganza' band. Queen were scheduled to headline Sonisphere at Knebworth on 7 July 2012 with Adam Lambert before the festival was cancelled. Queen's final concert with Freddie Mercury was in Knebworth in 1986. Brian May commented, "It's a worthy challenge for us, and I'm sure Adam would meet with Freddie's approval." Queen expressed disappointment at the cancellation and released a statement to the effect that they were looking to find another venue. It was later announced that Queen + Adam Lambert would play two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012. Both shows sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on open sale. A third London date was scheduled for 14 July. On 30 June, Queen + Lambert performed in Kiev, Ukraine at a joint concert with Elton John for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Queen also performed with Lambert on 3 July 2012 at Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and on 7 July 2012 at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

qas: question: When did Queen + Adam Lambert perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival?
answers: text: 20 September 2013

question: Where was the iHeartRadio Music Festival held in 2013?
answers: text: MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas

question: On what show did Queen announce they would be touring with Adam Lambert?
answers: text: Good Morning America

question: When was the first Queen tour with Adam Lambert scheduled?
answers: text: Summer 2014

question: Who did Queen members say they were open to making a regular member of the band in 2014?
answers: text: Lambert
context: On 20 September 2013, Queen + Adam Lambert performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. On 6 March 2014, the band announced on Good Morning America that Queen + Adam Lambert will tour North America in Summer 2014. The band will also tour Australia and New Zealand in August/September 2014. In an interview with Rolling Stone, May and Taylor said that although the tour with Lambert is a limited thing, they are open to him becoming an official member, and cutting new material with him.

qas: question: Which guitarist inspired Queen?
answers: text: Jimi Hendrix

question: What gospel singer did Freddie Mercury cite as an inspiration?
answers: text: Aretha Franklin

question: Queen's sound has been described as a mix of Led Zeppelin and what other band?
answers: text: Yes

question: What nationality were the rock groups that influenced Queen?
answers: text: British

question: What band named after a floating vehicle influenced Queen?
answers: text: Led Zeppelin
context: Queen drew artistic influence from British rock acts of the 1960s and early 1970s, such as the Beatles, the Kinks, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Who, Black Sabbath, Slade, Deep Purple, David Bowie, Genesis and Yes, in addition to American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, with Mercury also inspired by the gospel singer Aretha Franklin. May referred to the Beatles as being "our bible in the way they used the studio and they painted pictures and this wonderful instinctive use of harmonies." At their outset in the early 1970s, Queen's music has been characterised as "Led Zeppelin meets Yes" due to its combination of "acoustic/electric guitar extremes and fantasy-inspired multi-part song epics".

qas: question: Which Queen song inspired audience clapping?
answers: text: Radio Ga Ga

question: Which two Queen songs were written with audience participation in mind?
answers: text: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions"

question: What kind of metal has Queen been associated with?
answers: text: heavy metal

question: What 70s style of pop music was Queen associated with?
answers: text: dance/disco
context: Queen composed music that drew inspiration from many different genres of music, often with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. The genres they have been associated with include progressive rock, symphonic rock, art rock, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, and psychedelic rock. Queen also wrote songs that were inspired by diverse musical styles which are not typically associated with rock groups, such as opera, music hall, folk music, gospel, ragtime, and dance/disco. Several Queen songs were written with audience participation in mind, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". Similarly, "Radio Ga Ga" became a live favourite because it would have "crowds clapping like they were at a Nuremberg rally".

qas: question: What was the name of Brian May's signature guitar?
answers: text: Red Special

question: What year was Brian May's signature guitar made?
answers: text: 1963

question: Which producer influenced Queen's feedback heavy sound?
answers: text: Roy Thomas Baker

question: What engineer helped with Queen's feedback heavy sound?
answers: text: Mike Stone

question: How many vocal overdubs are in Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody?
answers: text: over 180
context: In 1963, the teenage Brian May and his father custom-built his signature guitar Red Special, which was purposely designed to feedback. Sonic experimentation figured heavily in Queen's songs. A distinctive characteristic of Queen's music are the vocal harmonies which are usually composed of the voices of May, Mercury, and Taylor best heard on the studio albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to their former producer Roy Thomas Baker, and their engineer Mike Stone. Besides vocal harmonies, Queen were also known for multi-tracking voices to imitate the sound of a large choir through overdubs. For instance, according to Brian May, there are over 180 vocal overdubs in "Bohemian Rhapsody". The band's vocal structures have been compared with the Beach Boys, but May stated they were not "much of an influence".

qas: question: Which King of Pop was influenced by Queen?
answers: text: Michael Jackson

question: Several groups from which type of metal were influenced by Queen?
answers: text: heavy metal

question: This band named after an animal was inspired by Queen?
answers: text: Def Leppard

question: This band with a flower in their name was influenced by Queen?
answers: text: Guns N' Roses
context: Queen have been recognised as having made significant contributions to such genres as hard rock, and heavy metal, among others. Hence, the band have been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen and have expressed admiration for them are diverse, spanning different generations, countries, and genres, including heavy metal: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Dream Theater, Trivium, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slipknot and Rage Against the Machine; hard rock: Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Steve Vai, the Cult, the Darkness, Manic Street Preachers, Kid Rockand Foo Fighters; alternative rock: Nirvana, Radiohead, Trent Reznor, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Melvins, the Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Smashing Pumpkins; pop rock: Meat Loaf, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco; and pop: Michael Jackson, George Michael, Robbie Williams, Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.

qas: question: What song was voted the UK's favorite hit of all time in 2002?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: What Queen song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: Which Queen video was credited with launching the MTV video age?
answers: text: Bohemian Rhapsody

question: A 2005 poll stated that which band's performance at Live Aid was the best ever?
answers: text: Queen
context: In 2002, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted "the UK's favourite hit of all time" in a poll conducted by the Guinness World Records British Hit Singles Book. In 2004 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Many scholars consider the "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video ground-breaking, and credit it with popularising the medium. Rock historian Paul Fowles states the song is "widely credited as the first global hit single for which an accompanying video was central to the marketing strategy". It has been hailed as launching the MTV age. Acclaimed for their stadium rock, in 2005 an industry poll ranked Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 as the best live act in history. In 2007, they were also voted the greatest British band in history by BBC Radio 2 listeners.

qas: question: How many number one albums has Queen released?
answers: text: eighteen

question: How many number one singles did Queen release?
answers: text: eighteen

question: How many number one DVD's has Queen released?
answers: text: ten

question: How many albums has Queen sold worldwide?
answers: text: over 150 million

question: When was Queen inducted into the Hall of Fame?
answers: text: 2001
context: The band have released a total of eighteen number one albums, eighteen number one singles, and ten number one DVDs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Queen have sold over 150 million records, with some estimates in excess of 300 million records worldwide, including 34.5 million albums in the US as of 2004. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the band is the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single, and all four members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the latter was voted the world's favourite song in a global music poll.

qas: question: How many Queen bootleg sites were discovered in 2001?
answers: text: 12,225

question: Where did Queen rank on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2001?
answers: text: number 52

question: In 2010 VH1 ranked Queen at what number on their Greatest Artist of All Time List?
answers: text: 17th

question: What country is a popular site for Queen bootlegs because it is outlawed?
answers: text: Iran
context: Queen are one of the most bootlegged bands ever, according to Nick Weymouth, who manages the band's official website. A 2001 survey discovered the existence of 12,225 websites dedicated to Queen bootlegs, the highest number for any band. Bootleg recordings have contributed to the band's popularity in certain countries where Western music is censored, such as Iran. In a project called Queen: The Top 100 Bootlegs, many of these have been made officially available to download for a nominal fee from Queen's website, with profits going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Rolling Stone ranked Queen at number 52 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", while ranking Mercury the 18th greatest singer, and May the twenty-sixth greatest guitarist. Queen were named 13th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list, and in 2010 were ranked 17th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list. In 2012, Gigwise readers named Queen the best band of past 60 years.

qas: question: When was Queen's London production scheduled to end in 2006?
answers: text: Saturday, 7 October

question: Where was Queen's 2006 London production held?
answers: text: Dominion Theatre

question: When did Queen's 2006 London production actually end?
answers: text: May 2014

question: What is the longest running show at the Dominion Theatre?
answers: text: We Will Rock You

question: What is the second longest show at the Dominion Theatre?
answers: text: Grease
context: The original London production was scheduled to close on Saturday, 7 October 2006, at the Dominion Theatre, but due to public demand, the show ran until May 2014. We Will Rock You has become the longest running musical ever to run at this prime London theatre, overtaking the previous record holder, the Grease musical. Brian May stated in 2008 that they were considering writing a sequel to the musical. The musical toured around the UK in 2009, playing at Manchester Palace Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bristol Hippodrome, and Edinburgh Playhouse.

qas: question: Queen's Live at Wembley Stadium DVD covered what year?
answers: text: 1986

question: Queen on Fire included this 1982 concert?
answers: text: Milton Keynes

question: When was Queen's A Night at the Opera re-released?
answers: text: 2005

question: When was the first Queen Bluray released?
answers: text: 2007

question: Which band members were involved in the restoration of Queen's prior projects?
answers: text: May and Taylor
context: Under the supervision of May and Taylor, numerous restoration projects have been under way involving Queen's lengthy audio and video catalogue. DVD releases of their 1986 Wembley concert (titled Live at Wembley Stadium), 1982 Milton Keynes concert (Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl), and two Greatest Video Hits (Volumes 1 and 2, spanning the 1970s and 1980s) have seen the band's music remixed into 5.1 and DTS surround sound. So far, only two of the band's albums, A Night at the Opera and The Game, have been fully remixed into high-resolution multichannel surround on DVD-Audio. A Night at the Opera was re-released with some revised 5.1 mixes and accompanying videos in 2005 for the 30th anniversary of the album's original release (CD+DVD-Video set). In 2007, a Blu-ray edition of Queen's previously released concerts, Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid, was released, marking their first project in 1080p HD.

qas: question: Which music video game featured a plethora of Queen songs?
answers: text: Guitar Hero

question: Who collaborated with Freddie Mercury on the song Under Pressure?
answers: text: David Bowie

question: Which member of Queen discussed a possible Queen Rock Band video game?
answers: text: Brian May

question: What Heavy Metal band had a video game in which Queen was featured?
answers: text: Metallica
context: Queen have been featured multiple times in the Guitar Hero franchise: a cover of "Killer Queen" in the original Guitar Hero, "We Are The Champions", "Fat Bottomed Girls", and the Paul Rodgers collaboration "C-lebrity" in a track pack for Guitar Hero World Tour, "Under Pressure" with David Bowie in Guitar Hero 5, "I Want It All" in Guitar Hero: Van Halen, "Stone Cold Crazy" in Guitar Hero: Metallica, and "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. On 13 October 2009, Brian May revealed there was "talk" going on "behind the scenes" about a dedicated Queen Rock Band game.

qas: question: Which 1980 movie contained song contributions from Queen?
answers: text: Flash Gordon

question: Which 1986 movie contained a Queen theme song?
answers: text: Highlander

question: In what year was Bohemian Rhapsody re-released in the US?
answers: text: 1992

question: How high did the 1992 Bohemian Rhapsody chart?
answers: text: two
context: Queen contributed music directly to the films Flash Gordon (1980), with "Flash" as the theme song, and Highlander (the original 1986 film), with "A Kind of Magic", "One Year of Love", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", and the theme "Princes of the Universe", which was also used as the theme of the Highlander TV series (1992–1998). In the United States, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single in 1992 after appearing in the comedy film Wayne's World. The single subsequently reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 (with "The Show Must Go On" as the first track on the single) and helped rekindle the band's popularity in North America.

qas: question: ho sang a version of Queen's Somebody to Love in 2004's Ella Enchanted?
answers: text: Anne Hathaway

question: Which actress recorded a Queen song for 2006's Happy Feet?
answers: text: Brittany Murphy

question: Which movie featured a cover of Queen's The Show Must Go On?
answers: text: Moulin Rouge!

question: Which film had Robbie Williams performing a cover of Queen's We Are the Champions?
answers: text: A Knight's Tale
context: Several films have featured their songs performed by other artists. A version of "Somebody to Love" by Anne Hathaway was in the 2004 film Ella Enchanted. In 2006, Brittany Murphy also recorded a cover of the same song for the 2006 film Happy Feet. In 2001, a version of "The Show Must Go On" was performed by Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman in the film musical Moulin Rouge!. The 2001 film A Knight's Tale has a version of "We Are the Champions" performed by Robbie Williams and Queen; the film also features "We Will Rock You" played by the medieval audience.

qas: question: On what date in 2006 did May and Taylor of Queen appear on American Idol?
answers: text: 11 April

question: What month and year was the season  finale of American Idol?
answers: text: May 2009

question: Who were the season 8 finalists on American Idol?
answers: text: Adam Lambert and Kris Allen

question: On what date did Queen's May and Taylor appear on UK X-factor?
answers: text: 15 November 2009
context: On 11 April 2006, Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared on the American singing contest television show American Idol. Each contestant was required to sing a Queen song during that week of the competition. Songs which appeared on the show included "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "The Show Must Go On", "Who Wants to Live Forever", and "Innuendo". Brian May later criticised the show for editing specific scenes, one of which made the group's time with contestant Ace Young look negative, despite it being the opposite. Taylor and May again appeared on the American Idol season 8 finale in May 2009, performing "We Are the Champions" with finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. On 15 November 2009, Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared on the singing contest television show X Factor in the UK.

qas: question: Which Queen song was featured in the autumn of 2009 on Glee
answers: text: Somebody to Love

question: What Queen song did the Glee choir perform in June 2010?
answers: text: Another One Bites the Dust

question: What Queen song was performed on a May 2012 episode of Glee?
answers: text: We Are the Champions

question: What Queen song is featured on Glee's The Graduation Album?
answers: text: We Are the Champions
context: In the autumn of 2009, Glee featured the fictional high school's show choir singing "Somebody to Love" as their second act performance in the episode "The Rhodes Not Taken". The performance was included on the show's Volume 1 soundtrack CD. In June 2010, the choir performed "Another One Bites the Dust" in the episode "Funk". The following week's episode, "Journey to Regionals", features a rival choir performing "Bohemian Rhapsody" in its entirety. The song was featured on the episode's EP. In May 2012, the choir performed "We Are the Champions" in the episode "Nationals", and the song features in The Graduation Album.

qas: question: Who was originally chosen to play Freddie Mercury in the movie bearing his name?
answers: text: Sacha Baron Cohen

question: Who was the replacement to play Freddie Mercury in the film of the same name?
answers: text: Ben Whishaw

question: Who is writing the Freddie Mercury film?
answers: text: Peter Morgan

question: Which actor is producing the Freddie Mercury film?
answers: text: Robert De Niro

question: In what year did Queen perform at Live Aid?
answers: text: 1985
context: In September 2010, Brian May announced in a BBC interview that Sacha Baron Cohen was to play Mercury in a film of the same name. Time commented with approval on his singing ability and visual similarity to Mercury. However, in July 2013, Baron Cohen dropped out of the role due to "creative differences" between him and the surviving band members. In December 2013, it was announced that Ben Whishaw, best known for playing Q in the James Bond film Skyfall, had been chosen to replace Cohen in the role of Mercury. The motion picture is being written by Peter Morgan, who had been nominated for Oscars for his screenplays The Queen and Frost/Nixon. The film, which is being co-produced by Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Productions, will focus on Queen's formative years and the period leading up to the celebrated performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert.