Queen Centraal (deel 13): Time To Shine!

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In 2004, Rodgers was invited to close the first Annual U.K. Music Hall of Fame Awards show with “All Right Now.” Having just played the song on “The Strat Pack” DVD, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster, with Brian May, Rodgers called May to see about performing the song again at the awards show.

Rodgers found out that Queen was among the inductees that night, and that if Rodgers would return the favor, then Queen could perform live, too. They performed “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions” and followed with a hair-raising rendition of “All Right Now.” The creative sparks were palpable; the next logical step was to do more.

Queen + Paul Rodgers have, to date, completed two massive tours and released a live CD/DVD, Return of the Champions in 2005 and a studio CD of new songs titled The Cosmos Rocks in 2008.

On working with Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, Rodgers says, “They are fabulous musicians. That little spark has taken us around the world twice and into doing a brand new album. Doing a new album is something that Queen have not attempted since Freddie [Mercury] passed. I think that, in itself, is a fantastic achievement. I am really proud of what we did together.”

Rodgers and May shared bass duties on the album.

While The Cosmos Rocks has charted across the world, there has been no major push by the record company in America.

“A lot of this business is marketing,” says Rodgers. “There is a lot of fantastic talent out there that some will never know because they do not get the publicity they deserve. Marketing is the key to popularity. I find that you have got to do that which you believe in and keep your fingers crossed. I have always leaned more to music than marketing. Whether it ends up a commercial success or not, you still know that you did your best.”

With the tour now complete and the album in stores, the future for Queen + Paul Rodgers remains a mystery.

“The door is open, as far as I am concerned,” says Rodgers. “If the guys called and had a benefit or charity concert that they were doing, I would be up for that. Playing twice for Nelson Mandela was an enormous honor; he is one of our very few living icons of peace. He is a truly an amazing human being.”

Rodgers reveals, “I don’t know if I want to undertake any more massive four-month tours, although I still love playing shows. Right now, I am home, and I am resting and just waiting to see what my next move will be. I am always going to be active, as music is in my blood.”

The Future
Queen + Paul Rodgers may — or may not — tour again. However, plans are to release a DVD of the band’s 2008 gig in Kiev[Kharkiv], where they played to 350,000 people and were televised to another 11 million.
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Op maandag 9 maart 2009 17:46 schreef Braddie het volgende:
Een dvd van Kharkiv zou ik gaaf vinden, Zelfs de bootleg klonk al prima, Dus het kan eigenlijk alleen maar beter worden(of ze moeten er heel erg in knippen).

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Solo materiaal van Brian of Roger is denk ik niet echt realistisch, Brian wou meer bij z`n famillie zijn, Dan blijft alleen roger nog over, En de kans dat die nog wat opgaat nemen is net zo groot als de kans dat The Free weer bij elkaar komen.

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Op maandag 9 maart 2009 19:23 schreef MikeyMan het volgende:
Geloof dat ik hier wat gemist heb...

Hebben ze nou ruzie of was dat weer eens overtrokken?

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Overigens; hankster, check ook vooral die "edit" knop

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Op vrijdag 20 maart 2009 15:19 schreef Gitaarmat het volgende:
Ik heb zoooon spijt!
Zo'n jaar geleden gingen m'n ouders naar zo'n Queen Tribute band (opening TT hal in Assen)
En ik mocht mee maar ik dacht dat een beetje zo'n opera bandje was.