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Titolo: Queen + Paul Rodgers announce US shows, live CD/DVD and more!

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PRESS RELEASE:
RETURN OF THE CHAMPIONS
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS TO ROCK IN THE U.S.A.
AT MEADOWLANDS AND HOLLYWOOD BOWL
WITH DATES COME 2-CD SET AND DVD
They've sold more than 200 million albums, released more than 50 CDs
and totaled up an enormous collection of #1 hits around the world. Now,
as Queen + Paul Rodgers, they're bringing their sold-out European
arena concert show to North America.LONDON, July 25, 2005 _ Legendary
rock icons Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, and Paul Rodgers of Bad
Company and Free, just off a sold-out, 32-date arena tour of Europe
under the banner of Queen + Paul Rodgers, are headed for the U.S. later
this year. They will bring their acclaimed show to the U.S. for two
rare performances this fall, touching down on each coast before heading
out for a stadium tour of Japan.
Queen + Paul Rodgers today confirmed much-anticipated shows for October
16 at Continental Airlines Arena (The Meadowlands) in East Rutherford,
N.J., and October 22 at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, Calif.
Tickets for the Continental Arena date will go on sale at 10 a.m. EST
on Saturday, July 30, and for the Hollywood Bowl date at 10 a.m. PST on
Sunday, July 31. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster or
http://www.queenpluspaulrodgers.com
, 
http://www.queenonline.com
, or
http://www.paulrodgers.com
. (Check the Web sites for information on
pre-sales and special VIP ticket opportunities.)
Following the pair of U.S. dates, Queen + Paul Rodgers will continue on
to Japan, where their dates include the Super Arena in Saitama on
October 26 and 27, the Dome in Nagoya on November 1, and The Dome in
Fukuoka on November 3.
It's been 23 years since Queen played concerts in the United States
- in 1982 they sold out a 30-date arena tour.
During the following four years, the band defined stadium rock around
the world, with mega-shows throughout Europe, Japan, South America and
Australasia.
The glory that was Queen during those record-breaking years - at
Brazil's Rock in Rio Festival (January 1985) the band reached a
record-setting audience of more than 350,000 in a single show - would
never again be seen in the U.S. In 1986 lead vocalist Freddie Mercury
was stricken with the then-relatively unknown HIV/AIDS virus. Without
the benefit of modern retroviral treatments, Mercury died of an
AIDS-related illness, in 1991. Since Queen stopped touring North
America in 1982, an entire era of subsequent Queen anthems has been
lost to those audiences, only now to be discovered, with the 2005
dates.
"I never thought I would be doing this again," said May. "I was
always against the idea of putting someone in there trying to
impersonate Freddie in any way. Then suddenly I'm looking at this guy
who doesn't in any sense try to take the place of Freddie. He comes
from his own place musically and we can reinterpret these songs with
someone who understands us - the songs would mean something new."
The collaboration was cemented last fall when May, Taylor and Rodgers
performed in public together for the first time, bringing the house to
its feet at the first annual U.K. Music Hall of Fame Awards in London.
They served up blistering versions of "We Will Rock You," "We Are
The Champions" and the finale, "All Right Now."
"There was a natural chemistry between us when we performed together
in London," said Rodgers. "The idea took hold for us to do
something together after that, and the momentum has taken on a life of
its own."
Taylor noted: "Paul is one of the people who's influenced so many
of the singers out there at the moment, and Freddie was a great fan of
his. I always hoped we would tour again, and I'm thrilled we're
doing it. After all, it's our profession; it's what we do and what
we're good at."
The Independent in London commented in a review: "All right now -
even without their killer queen. There was a kind of magic in the air
when Queen played their first concert since 1986.... Rodgers gives good
front-man.... Queen remains a right royal treat."
" ... a marvelous night that ranks as one of the gigs of the year,"
added The Guardian newspaper in the U.K.
Queen was formed in 1971 and spent the next 20 years writing and
recording such multiplatinum albums as News of the World, The Game (#1
for five weeks), A Night at the Opera, Classic Queen and Live Killers.
According to the book of "British Hit Singles & Albums," published
by Guinness World Records, Queen recently overtook The Beatles as the
most successful albums artist in U.K. chart history. They scored 1,322
weeks on the U.K. albums chart, 29 weeks more than The Beatles and 42
weeks more than Elvis Presley.
As of June 2005, according to the RIAA, Queen had sold more than 31.5
million albums in the United States, ranking them the
50th-biggest-selling artist in the States. Foo Fighters Dave Grohl and
Taylor Hawkins inducted Queen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2001.
Paul Rodgers' voice is one of rock's platinum assets. As a
multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Rodgers has written, produced and
recorded some of radio's biggest hits. He first exploded onto the
music scene at 18 with "All Right Now," written by Rodgers/Fraser,
then in Free. The song became a #1 hit in 20 territories and in the
1990s was awarded the Multi Million Award by the British music industry
for reaching two million radio plays in the U.K. ASCAP recognized
"All Right Now" for passing one million radio plays in the U.S. The
members of Queen have long cited Free's Fire and Water album as
"one of our bibles when we were starting off."
In 1973 Rodgers formed Bad Company with guitarist Mick Ralphs. They
wrote, produced and recorded six multiplatinum albums in five years,
including such global hits as "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Can't
Get Enough," "Rock and Roll Fantasy," "Shooting Star" and
"Bad Company." Rodgers played guitar and piano on several of these
recordings.
Rodgers partnered with guitarist Jimmy Page in the mid-'80s as The
Firm. They released two CDs, with singles "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
and "Radioactive" written by Rodgers, and had two top-grossing
world tours.
Since the '90s, as a solo artist, Rodgers has been honored with a
Grammy nomination for his Muddy Water Blues album and worked with Jeff
Beck, Joe Walsh and, most recently, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations
and The Four Tops for their TV/DVD special, "From the Heart," which
celebrated the Tops' 50th anniversary.
Between them, Queen and Paul Rodgers have released more than 50 albums
during their long careers and sold in excess of a staggering 200
million records.
Queen + Paul Rodgers concerts will feature songs from both catalogs.
The set list has showcased such Queen mega-hits as "Crazy Little
Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust," plus "We
Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You," both anthems in the
sports world, and the six-minute opus "Bohemian Rhapsody," which
cracked the Top 10 twice: first on its initial release, in 1976, and
again in 1992 when it appeared in a memorable scene from the comedy
film "Wayne's World." The shows have also featured such Rodgers
classics as "All Right Now," "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like
Makin' Love" and "Wishing Well."
May (guitar and vocals), Taylor (drums and vocals) and Rodgers (vocals
and guitar) are joined on tour by Danny Miranda (ex-Blue Oyster Cult)
on bass, Jamie Moses (former Brian May band member) on second guitar,
and Spike Edney, longtime Queen sideman on keyboards. (Though
supportive of his band mates, Queen bassist John Deacon has elected to
retire from touring.)
Queen + Paul Rodgers concluded their European tour this month with
large outdoor concerts in Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands, and
returned to London's Hyde Park, where Queen performed a free show
before a then-record crowd of 150,000 in 1976. This time their show,
postponed a week by terrorist bombings, was dedicated to the city's
emergency workers.
Over the past four years, Queen has also successfully developed and
launched their musical, "We Will Rock You," around the world, in
partnership with Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions. Now in its
fourth sold-out year in London, it has also enjoyed successful runs in
Spain, Australia and Russia, and is packing them in nightly in Las
Vegas, Tokyo and Cologne, where it is the #1 German theatrical show.
More than four million people have seen the production.
A double-sided Queen + Paul Rodgers single of "Reaching Out"/"Tie
Your Mother Down" b/w "Fat Bottomed Girls" was released to radio
earlier this month by Hollywood Records. It was recorded live May 9,
2005, at Sheffield Arena, in Sheffield, England.
The U.S. dates will be topped and tailed by the release of a live,
two-CD set, Return of the Champions, released on Hollywood Records
September 13, and a DVD set of the show filmed by renowned director
David Mallet, released on October 24. They were also recorded and
filmed, respectively, during the May 9 Sheffield Arena performance.
The DVD set will contain extensive bonus material, including rehearsal
and backstage footage, and highlights of their European shows.
Hollywood Records is also issuing a Queen tribute album - Killer
Queen - on August 9, 2005. Artists performing Queen songs include
Gavin DeGraw ("We Are the Champions"), Jason Mraz ("Good Old
Fashioned Loverboy"), Flaming Lips ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Eleven
featuring Josh Homme ("Stone Cold Crazy"), Joss Stone ("Under
Pressure"), Los Lobos ("Sleepin' on the Sidewalk"), Sum 41
("Killer Queen"), Rooney ("Death on Two Legs"), Jon Brion
("Play the Game"), Be Your Own Pet ("Bicycle Race"), Ingram
Hill ("'39"), Breaking Benjamin ("Who Wants to Live
Forever"), Antigone Rising ("Fat Bottomed Girls"), Shinedown
("Tie Your Mother Down") and "American Idol" finalist
Constantine with the cast of "We Will Rock You," from the Las Vegas
production (on a second version of "Bohemian Rhapsody").
At the end of the year, Queen will commemorate the 30th anniversary of
their two-time hit, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (first released in the U.S.
December 7, 1975), with a special anniversary DVD and CD of the
band's classic album A Night at the Opera.

 band's classic album A Night at the Opera.
Uh?
DVD-audio (cioè la ripubblicazione dell'album in 5.1) o DVD-video (quindi probabilmente lo special
della BBC "The making of Bo Rhap")?
Andrea

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  > The U.S. dates will be topped and tailed by the release of a live,
  > two-CD set, Return of the Champions, released on Hollywood Records
  > September 13, and a DVD set of the show filmed by renowned director
  > David Mallet, released on October 24. They were also recorded and
  > filmed, respectively, during the May 9 Sheffield Arena performance.
  >
  > The DVD set will contain extensive bonus material, including rehearsal
  > and backstage footage, and highlights of their European shows.
  >
  in un video che girava in rete tempo fa e che riprendeva l'intervista
fatta da Roger nel programma televisivo "Richard & Judy" del 5/07/2005 si
vedevano delle immagini e dei momenti del dvd live in uscita ad ottobre.
  Sono andato a ripescare quel video e l'ho messo su un server MegaUpload,
se a qcno interessa, il link è tra le news di queenitalia
  Buona giornata a tutti :-)
  Ale
  Brian1976