Author: Pieter

Many classic rockers have been immortalized (or is it euthanized?) with symphonic renditions of their songs.

A crowning year for Queen; more than a decade after Freddie Mercury’s death, Queen goes on and on. Is this band immortal?

All right, so it’s cheating a bit to address not one but two albums for the first entry in this column by Queen.

Queen classic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ top of the pops according to U.K. poll

A list of the Britain’s favourite 100 pop singles ever made has been compiled in Britain to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK charts.

QUEEN guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor will be performing in Los Angeles tonight at a special Fan Club party to celebrate their induction to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

British rock band Queen has been honoured with a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

With yet another Queen Greatest Hits flying off the shelves, the Quietus sat down to come up with a list and Spotify playlist of their lesser known brilliance

Few rock vocalists are as highly acclaimed as Freddie Mercury, who along with guitarist Brian May, percussionist Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon, left an indelible impression and lasting influence in the world of popular music as the band Queen.

A BBC poll found rock band Queen is considered the greatest British band ever. BBC radio polled British music lovers on Monday to rank five beloved UK groups, chosen in a previous selection from some thousands. Votes were submitted by e-mail, text message and telephone.

The flamboyant rock group Queen upstaged the Beatles to win the title of “Greatest British Band of All Time” in a vote organized by BBC Radio.

QUEEN narrowly beat The Beatles yesterday in a poll to find the greatest British band of all time.

Gary Mullen’s victory on Stars in Their Eyes led to a rip-roaring new career fronting a Queen tribute band, writes Mike Wade.

The legendary band’s ‘Greatest Hits’ has sold more than any other album over the last 50 years, according to figures released by the official UK Charts.

McFly went straight to the top of the British singles chart on Sunday, with their version of Queen’s classic hit Don’t Stop Me Now.

A generation of tweenies has grown up idolising a semi-naked and writhing Christina Aguilera, and manicured boy bands such as Busted. Few will remember their tunes in a few years.

Queen legends Brian May and Roger Taylor delighted 85,000 fans in London’s Hyde Park last night (June 17) by joining Foo Fighters on stage.

Anyone who can remember the autumn of 1975 will have an inkling of what eternity must feel like. Queen, then a middle-league pomp rock outfit, released a six-minute rock opera, Bohemian Rhapsody, that vaulted to the top of the charts and stayed there for nine weeks. It was the beginning of what became a legend, one that survived the death in 1991 of the band’s flamboyant singer, Freddie Mercury, at the age of 45.

The Dubai Summer Surprises has announced a rock show — Queen It’s a Kinda Magic — to be held at the Madinat Jumerirah Arena on June 29 as part of its entertainment activities.

Queen’s Freddie Mercury is part of the modern inspiration behind the new repertoire of one of Wales’ best known male voice choirs. Morriston Orpheus Choir aims to reach new fans by introducing pop and rock songs to its repertoire.

AIDS charity the Nelson Mandela Foundation is to benefit from a sell-out musical on the life of Freddie Mercury.

That’s right, weeks after many people predicted he would be banished from the fifth season of “American Idol,” Bucky Covington is gone.

The mighty legacy of rock band Queen is brought back to the fore for a fresh hearing in Stone Cold Classics, a new CD collection of 12 of the band’s biggest hits and timeless rock classics, with the additional bonus of two new live tracks performed by Queen + Paul Rodgers, recorded during their first tour together.

After a performance before 30 million American Idol viewers each week, a rehearsal in front of a few dozen might seem like a yawner.

My clock/radio alarm sounded to wake me up for school and WPLJ’s Jim Kerr played a song called “Killer Queen,” by a group I’d never heard of.

The pomp and circumstance of Queen’s recordings and live act were embodied in the outrageously camp theatrics of the satin-clad Mercury, who was swiftly emerging as one of rock’s most notable and hardest partying showmen during the mid-70s. 1975 was to prove a watershed in the band’s career.

Pig Iron’s homage to Brit-rock band Queen, “Mission to Mercury,” began as a show about techies running sound for a band, and became what the Philly experimental company is billing as a “cabaret ballet” based on the songs of Freddie Mercury and Brian May.

No-one quite knew how to take Queen in the 1970s with singer Freddie Mercury’s histrionics and their catchy, poppy tunes, almost making them a rock group parody.

Music Video Distributors has just released the “Queen: Under Review 1973-1980” DVD. [NOTE: QUEEN’s representatives have contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to inform us that this is “an entirely unofficial product that is not endorsed in any way by our clients.”]

ALEX Kapranos has revealed a dark secret that inspired Franz Ferdinand’s new album – his deep love for pomp rockers Queen.

Gary Mullen will never win any beauty contests – but the competition which really mattered for the skinny singer was when he came first in Stars In Their Eyes.

Twenty years after they stole the show at the original Live Aid concert, and 14 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen have been crowned the most popular UK band of all time.

I REMEMBER the first Queen album my brother bought. It was News of the World, featuring the famous Frank Kelly Freas robot painting cover art. That’s Frank Kelly Freas, not Frank Kelly, who plays Father Jack on the TV show Father Ted. Drink, girls, feck. Etc.

SATURDAY night, ITV1. We’re halfway through Queenmania and Toyah Willcox is on stage singing Don’t Stop Me Now.

THE FIRST ROCK group to have its music officially authorized for sale by Iran’s ruling mullahs is, of all acts, Queen. The band, popular in the 1970s and early ’80s, was fronted by the late Freddie Mercury, a gay icon who died of AIDS in 1991.

QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor has backed Elton John’s “miming” attack on Madonna by claiming it was the world’s worst-kept secret.

Rock band Queen, fronted by gay icon Freddie Mercury, has become the first rock act to receive an official seal

Finally. Finally, finally, finally the Queen rock musical is landing on North American shores and ABBA can go back to

HER dad might have been the 6th Marquess of Bristol, but when it comes to true nobility, it seems Isabella

Queen is ready to rock Paris. That’s Paris, Las Vegas, where “We Will Rock You,” London’s hit musical based on

QUEEN fan Tim Walker bought a guitar signed by Brian May – then accidentally rubbed out the superstar’s autograph the

The QUEEN classic “We Will Rock You” has been made into — of all things — a Pepsi commercial with

Australian singer John Farnham has reportedly been asked to join rock legends QUEEN. The Daily Telegraph reported Farnham had been

Fans may dig more serious ‘Queen Symphony’ Many classic rockers have been immortalized (or is it euthanized?) with symphonic renditions

A crowning year for Queen; more than a decade after Freddie Mercury’s death, Queen goes on and on. Is this

God save the Queen: Mercury & band rising All right, so it’s cheating a bit to address not one but

Queen classic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ top of the pops according to U.K. poll “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen’s rousing rock classic, has been

A list of the Britain’s favourite 100 pop singles ever made has been compiled in Britain to mark the 50th

QUEEN guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor will be performing in Los Angeles tonight at a special Fan Club

British rock band Queen has been honoured with a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star marks

Legendary rock group QUEEN — John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor and the late Freddie Mercury — will be honored

British rock band Queen’s enduring hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” has been named the nation’s favourite single of all time. The song

Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor recruited a number of helpers to celebrate Holland’s National Queensday… QUEEN reformed for

Robbie Williams has rediscovered the colour of adrenalin. It’s brown. Apparently. According to the Daily Star today (April 30), colour-conscious

Blobby ruined our song – he’s no Freddie, says Queen bassist John Deacon QUEEN’S John Deacon has blasted Blobby Williams

Surviving Queen Members Mulling Reunion, Guitarist May Says Queen, who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of

LONDON, England — British rock band Queen are amongst a list of musicians lined up for the prestigious Rock and

Late rock singer Freddie Mercury and the music of his band Queen are celebrated in a new ballet which opened

The music of Queen will come to the London ballet stage in September when a tribute to Freddie Mercury opens

A new video featuring David Bowie and the late Freddie Mercury is set to mark World Aids Day on 1

The surviving members of the rock group Queen are planning to reform for a new album, eight years after the

Queen To Reform For Album Sessions, Avoids Naming New Singer Long live the Queen? According to Britain’s Press Association, Queen

There’s no denying that Queen was responsible for many instantly recognizable, enigmatic hits that intrigued audiences worldwide. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is