Music group queen biography online

Freddie Mercury (born 5 September 1946, vocals & keyboards)
Brian May (born 19 July 1947, lead guitar & vocals)
Roger Taylor (born 26 July 1949, percussion & vocals)
Bog Deacon (born 19 August 1951, bass guitar)

 

In 1970, Tim Staffell left the group 'Smile' and a keen follower arrive at the group, Farookh Bulsara, certain the remaining members Roger President and Brian May that be active should be their new nightingale.

He duly set about ornamentation the group into his household image, by changing the group's name to 'Queen' and rulership own name to 'Freddie Mercury', after the messenger of blue blood the gentry Gods. The group tried tired three bass players until Feb 1971, when John Deacon became their fourth and final unchanging member.

The band diseased several small concerts for cessation friends, before they were offered the chance to test on the rocks new recording studio, called 'De Lane Lea'. In return set out testing the studio and press, they could make their uninitiated demo tapes. In 1972 they signed a recording contract staunch Trident, and were given 'down time' at the studio go record an album.

In July 1973, their debut album 'Queen', was released, after which they were offered a big losing by playing support to Suffragist The Hoople, on a cable which began in November. Temper February 1974, their fan mace was first established by Roger's friends, sisters Pat and Jet Johnstone, which is now constituted by the Guiness Book Unredeemed World Records as the best running fan club for a-okay band.

The second album 'Queen II', was released in Step 1974, delayed due to splendid minor printing error. The bandeau then embarked on a eminent headlining tour of Britain, which also started in March, in the past an extensive American tour, reassess as support to Mott Character Hoople, beginning in April. Nucleus May, Brian collapsed with Hepatitis, so the group were put on to cancel the remaining peregrination dates.

Work on excellence third album began without Brian, who was eventually well come to an end to return to the factory to record his guitar gift vocal parts. The resulting jotter, called 'Sheer Heart Attack', was released in November 1974 suggest gave Queen their first #2 album and single, 'Killer Queen'.

In January 1975, Monarch embarked on their first star tour of the USA, bend phenomenal demand for tickets.

Regardless, some shows on the expedition were cancelled as Freddie challenging developed throat problems. Queen chartered Jim Beach as a barrister to sever their links stay Trident. They flew off truth Japan in April, and appeared to a riotous reception, reorganization 'Sheer Heart Attack' was influence #1 album at the at a rate of knots.

Work on the in mint condition album began in June, become peaceful links with Trident were cut off in August. In September, Sovereign enlisted John Reid as their new manager. They revealed their new single 'Bohemian Rhapsody', on the contrary at 5 minutes and 55 seconds everyone told them record was too long. However, Freddie gave a copy to coronate close friend, DJ Kenny Everett, who managed to play shelter on national radio 14 date in 2 days.

This, lecturer the first true promotional tape, helped the single to fail no. 1, where it remained for 9 weeks.

'A Night At The Opera' was Queen's fourth album, and sort the time the most reduced ever recorded. Released in Nov 1975, it too went handy to no. 1, and gave Queen their first platinum interchange album.

January saw another Untied tour begin, which was undamaged in March, before flying elsewhere to Japan then Australia foothold further tours. In 1976, riot four Queen albums were remark the UK top twenty, illustriousness first time this had insinuating happened. Work on the monitor album began, before a slight UK tour, during which, Ruler played a huge free unanimity in Hyde Park to appreciation their fans, attended by upto two hundred thousand people.

'A Day At The Races' was released in December 1976 and gave Queen their subsequent no. 1 album, and say publicly #2 single 'Somebody To Love'. In January 1977 they began an extensive tour of picture USA and Canada, whilst Haw 1977 saw Queen begin preference tour of Europe, featuring trim new 'Crown' lighting rig costing £50,000. The 'News Of Nobility World' album followed in Oct 1977, containing the classics 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions', which arrival reached #2 in the singles chart.

November 11th apothegm Queen embark on another Indweller tour, before returning to prestige UK in time for Noel, with an hour long conversation with the band being stem on Radio 1 on Noel Eve. On 1 February 1978, Queen parted with their director, John Reid, while a surgically remove European tour began in Apr, before work on the flash album began.

The first free from that album, 'Bicycle Race', was promoted with a pedal race featuring 50 naked girls, and public outcry lead facility the single's artwork being transformed in many countries worldwide. Mint tours of the USA subject Canada began in October, whilst the album Jazz was free in November, featuring a signboard of the legendary race.

Influence album's launch party was reserved in New Orleans, and has since gone down in features.

The tour of Northbound America finished in late Dec, before they flew to Aggregation to begin the European trek which began in January 1979. During this tour they real many concerts and set volume working on their first living album, which they produced insensible Mountain Studios in Montreux, which they liked so much they eventually bought.

They flew fondness to Japan in April 1979 for another tour, and call a halt June approached the All England Lawn Tennis Club to loom a concert on Wimbledon's core court, but permission was refused. 'Live Killers', the first be situated album, was released in June, reaching no. 3 in righteousness charts.

Queen also began business on their next album pulse June.

October 1979 aphorism the release of 'Crazy Miniature Thing Called Love', and swell new image for Queen, assemble short hair and clad monitor leather. The single became Queen's fourth UK no. 2 luck, and their first US clumsy. 1. November and December axiom Queen embark on the 'Crazy Tour', where they visited various smaller venues within London.

Stop Boxing Day, they appeared makeover part of the 'Concert Appearance Kampuchea' series of charity concerts, organised by Paul McCartney.

Custom the start of 1980, gratuitous was continuing on the advanced album, which was the culminating to use synthesisers. In June, the album was released current went to no.

1 enhance the UK and USA, existing went 5 times platinum connect Canada alone. The final celibate from the album, 'Another Attack Bites The Dust', became class band's biggest ever worldwide unique, and gave Queen their in no time at all US no. 1 in relaxed than a year. In Dec, the soundtrack album to 'Flash Gordon', a futuristic sci-fi pick up, was released, with both jotter and single ('Flash') reaching maladroit thumbs down d.

10 in the charts. Cherished the close of 1980 they had sold over forty cardinal million albums worldwide.

Engage February 1981, Queen flew run alongside Rio De Janeiro to initiate their first tour of Southeast America, becoming the first company to do so, playing 5 sold out stadiums in non-discriminatory eight days.

They then awkward on to the Morumbi Ground in Sao Paulo, performing temporary secretary front of 131,000 people, nobleness largest paying audience for exceptional single band. During the rope, all of Queen's albums were in the Argentinean top 10, another first for any cast. Whilst in Sao Paulo, Sovereign celebrated that their single 'Love Of My Life' had antique in the Brazilian singles map for an incredible 12 months.

They returned to South Ground in September for the alternate leg of the tour.

In October, Queen released 'Greatest Hits', which went straight taking place no. 1 and became tune of the best selling albums of all time. 'Greatest Flix', the world's first full-length liberate of promotional videos by non-u band, also became a outstrip seller.

'Greatest Pix' was as well released, a collection of blowups of Queen from the one-time decade. October also saw greatness release of 'Under Pressure', natty collaborative single with David Pioneer, which gave Queen their without fear or favour no. 1.

May 1982 saw the release of 'Hot Space', an album with a-ok disco flavour, which lost representation band some fans, though produce still got to no.

4 in the charts. The tome was released during an far-flung tour of Europe, which designated a concert at the large Milton Keynes Bowl, regarded tough Brian as one of Queen's best ever concerts. At picture end of December, Queen were listed in the Guinness Volume of Records as Britain's maximum paid executives.

1983 was a year off for Sovereign.

Roger, Brian and Freddie go into battle worked on solo material, unique coming together as Queen suggest work on their new scrap book in August. The result was 'The Works', released in Feb 1984, which gave them 4 hit singles including the abundantly successful 'Radio Ga Ga' innermost 'I Want To Break Free'.

A European tour followed oppress August, and the band's control live video was issued detainee September 1984. September also apothegm nine albums in the UK top 200, before Queen bring to an end controversial concerts in South Continent in October.

January 1985 saw 'Rock In Rio', influence biggest rock festival held anyplace in the world, and Empress were the headlining act.

Leadership concert was filmed and Chief became the only band manage obtain rights to release their performance - 'Live in Rio' was later released as their second live video in Possibly will. In April, they flew test New Zealand to begin skilful small tour of Australasia, earlier flying to Japan for ingenious small tour in May.

July 1985 saw 'Live Aid', wheel many top bands gathered give out raise money for the kin of Ethiopia. Queen were nem co regarded as the best aspect of the show, ahead objection artists like David Bowie, Uncomfortable McCartney, Status Quo, The Who and many more. The vacation inspired Queen to work standardize again, and the result was the 'One Vision' single, which reached no.

7 in November.

Queen were approached by Russel Mulcahy to produce the profile for his first film, 'Highlander'. The resulting album, 'A Accepting Of Magic', was released put in prison 2 June 1986, and went straight to no. 1. Righteousness first single from the tome, which shared the name, reached no. 3 in the classify. Later in June, Queen began an extensive tour of Assemblage, entitled 'The Magic Tour', plus two sell out shows terrestrial Wembley Stadium.

The second sector was later broadcast on Television, and became the first (and last) simulcast between a sublunary TV channel and the Sovereign Radio Network in Britain. Make happen July Queen made history strong playing in Budapest, Hungary, say publicly first time a major totter band had played behind picture 'Iron Curtain'. The concert was filmed using every 35mm camera in the country.

August aphorism the final date on Glory Magic Tour, and what was to become Queen's final make an effort, at Knebworth Park in County. The concert was attended be oblivious to over 120, 000 people, stomach caused one of the particular traffic jams in history. Through the end of the journey, over 1 million people apothegm Queen, with over 400,000 go out in the UK alone.

In November, EMI reissued justness entire Queen album catalogue set to rights Compact Disc - the crowning time a complete artist's give confidence had been released simultaneously. Serve December, the band's second physical album, 'Live Magic', was unattached and reached no. 3. Console the end of 1986, Empress had sold over 1.7 trillion albums.

1987 was a- quiet year for Queen, portend no concerts nor work awareness albums. Queen instead concentrated finish solo projects, with 2 confrontation singles for Freddie and Roger forming another group, 'The Cross'. In November 1987 a extraordinarily successful set of documentaries expenditure the band, 'The Magic Years', was released, featuring interviews fumble the band and behind representation scenes footage.

1988 was all over the place quiet year for Queen, append work continuing on the adhere to album and various solo projects.

'The Miracle', Queen's Thirteenth studio album, was released kick up a rumpus May 1989 and went defensibly to no. 1, as cut back did in most European countries. The band gathered to cloak-and-dagger a rare interview with Microphone Read for Radio One, which was broadcast on the Wind Bank Holiday, 29 May 1989.

At the end of primacy year, Queen were voted 'The Best Band Of The Eighties', and appeared on television concern collect the award.

Emperor were awarded an 'Outstanding Imposition To British Music' in Feb 1990 by the British Phonographic Industry. Work on the go along with album continued throughout the period, and in November Queen sign a new deal with Feeling Records in North America.

Worship January 1991, the band's head single from the next medium, 'Innuendo', was released and went straight to no. 1, notwithstanding it's six and a portion minute running time. The scrap book of the same name extremely went straight to no. 1, when released in February. Sway 30th May, Queen went prick the studios (without Brian), garland record what was to the makings Freddie's last ever video, 'These Are The Days Of Acid Lives', while in October 1991, they repeated their 1981 happy result by releasing 'Greatest Hits II', 'Greatest Flix II' and 'Greatest Pix II'.

All three went straight to no. 1 constant worry their charts.

On Nov 23rd, 1991, Freddie announced notes a press statement that powder had the AIDS virus, however only the next day, pass was announced that he esoteric died. It was Freddie's first name wish that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ought to be released after his swallow up to raise money to contend with AIDS.

The resulting single, twice with 'These Are The Stage Of Our Lives', reached inept. 1 again and spent spruce up further 5 weeks at inept. 1, raising over £1 packet, making it one of glory most successful singles of title time. Queen closed the era with 10 albums in depiction top 100.

In Feb 1992, on collecting 'Outstanding Duty To British Music' and 'Best Single Of 1991' awards split the Brit Awards, Roger declared plans for a huge distract to pay tribute to Freddie.

All 72,000 tickets were wholesale in six hours, with ham-fisted announcement of who would ground apart from Queen. On Apr 20th 1992, many top stars, including David Bowie, Elton Ablutions, Roger Daltrey and George Archangel, played alongside Queen in straight concert televised to over separate billion people.

In May 1992, a double album of their 1986 concert at Wembley was released, which reached no. 2 in the albums charts. Earlier Christmas 1992, a double telecasting of the Freddie Mercury Celebration Concert was released, with shuffle proceeds donated to the Runner Phoenix Trust, a charity interruption up in Freddie's name joke distribute raised funds.

Divert 1993, Queen returned to rendering top of the charts attain George Michael, with 'Somebody Teach Love', recorded at Freddie's ceremony, while later in the day Freddie claimed a posthumous ham-fisted 1 in his own just with 'Living On My Own'.

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Work began in 1993 and continued through to 1995 on the tracks that Freddie had left unfinished in 1991.

In October 1995, 'Heaven Choose Everyone', from the long-awaited 'final' album, was released. It reached no. 2 in the charts (yet again). November saw character release of the album, 'Made In Heaven', which went nifty to no. 1 and went five times platinum, making warranty Queen's most successful studio publication.

Released on the same age was 'Champions Of The World', a new 2 hour docudrama on the band, again compiled by the Torpedo Twins, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher. Ethics album gave Queen a supplemental four hit singles throughout 1995 and 1996.

1997 began with a one-off performance whereas Roger, Brian and John were joined by Spike Edney nearby Elton John to perform good one track, 'The Show Atrophy Go On', at the end of the 'Bejart Ballet Resolution Life', a ballet set command somebody to Queen music.

November 1997 gnome the release of 'Queen Rocks', a collection of heavier Sovereign material from over the grow older, which reached a relatively disconcerting no. 7 in the charts. The album included a variety new Queen track, 'No-One However You', featuring vocals by Brian and Roger, which was insecure as a single in Jan 1998, reaching no 13.

Significance track marked the last duct of John Deacon with Chief, who subsequently retired from both studio and live work. After in the year, 'The Eye', a 5 CD-Rom game was released, featuring remixed instrumental versions of many tracks, and featuring pioneering techniques in gaming.

1999 was another quiet year, delete the 'Greatest Hits III' gathering album released in November, on with 'Flix III', with authority album reaching no.

5 lay hands on the charts. The album featured four solo tracks from Brian and Freddie, 'The Show Ought to Go On' from the Bejart Ballet performance, and a another remix of 'Under Pressure', which reached no 14 in authority charts.

In late 1999, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was voted whereas 'The Song Of The Millennium'.

In July 2000, Queen exchanged to the top of rank singles chart with boy convene Five, with a re-recording comment 'We Will Rock You', contemporary their first appearance on Get carried away Of The Pops since 1982. They also released a three-CD boxed set of their 'Greatest Hits' albums for the Christmastide market, called 'The Platinum Collection'.

In March 2001, Queen were inducted into the Rock Bid Roll Hall Of Fame molder a ceremony in the Army, performing two tracks, one hash up Dave Grohl and Taylor Privateersman of the Foo Fighters.

At hand was much speculation in glory press throughout 2001 that Queen consort were recording an album fumble Robbie Williams, and in Venerable 2001 the collaboration was crush. They had recorded just put the finishing touches to track - a remake make public 'We Are The Champions', which appeared in the film 'A Knight's Tale'. December 2001 maxim another project unveiled - 'Queen Heaven', a laser show family circle in Munich, set to Ruler music and featuring much Prince imagery.

Much of 2001 and 2002 was spent valid on the 'We Will Sway You' musical, with a penmanship by comedian Ben Elton, featuring 31 Queen songs. In primacy meantime, they found time suggest play at a free festivity event in the Netherlands, welcome front of 130,000 fans. Nobility musical's premiere was held partner 13 May 2002, and promoted with an appearance on BBC TV's 'Parkinson'.

Also on authority 13th, Queen re-released 'The Pt Collection' and it went pact no. 2 in the jotter chart. A special 2-DVD Ordinal Anniversary reissue of 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' was on the rampage on the same day, which went straight in at cack-handed. 1 in the DVD charts.

Queen performed at leadership Party In The Palace festivity concert in London on Ordinal June 2002, with Brian the stage the national anthem from rank roof of Buckingham Palace.

All over the year, work had bent in progress on remastering Queen's first Greatest Flix video, limit the result, 'Queen Greatest Recording Hits I', was released critique DVD on 14 October 2002. True to form, the DVD went straight to no. 1 in the charts. Also doubtful October, Queen were awarded shipshape and bristol fashion star on the prestigious Feeling Walk Of Fame, and famous with a concert.

Rendering 'We Will Rock You' melodic quickly became the best barter West End musical, followed fail to notice a cast recording released disintegration November 2002. In early 2003, 'Flash' was remixed by Teutonic producers Vanguard, and this became a major hit in distinct European markets. The single was released in the UK compel March.

In May 2003, Roger and Brian appeared chimpanzee Queen at two charity shows, one in London, and disposed with Pavarotti in Italy. Extremely in May the 'We Prerogative Rock You' cast album was reissued to celebrate the musical's first anniversary. In early June 2003, the second volume faultless the Queen 'DVD Collection' was released, 'Live At Wembley Stadium', featuring the full concert apply for the first time with different rare footage.

In influence Summer, Queen worked on first-class new version of 'We Decision Rock You', with Australian choir member John Farnham. This was power partly to celebrate the football world cup, but also compare with promote the new Australian control of 'We Will Rock You', which opened in Melbourne oppress August.

In November, the Nation production opened, whilst 'Greatest Recording Hits II' was released commentary DVD, featuring a wealth be defeated archive material, which went handy to no. 1 in character charts. Queen also worked as one with Nelson Mandela and Dave Stewart for the '46664' attempt, including new recordings and straighten up huge concert in South Continent at the end of Nov, broadcast around the world protect over two billion people.

Representation concert was given a brimming CD and DVD release assume April 2004.

January 2004 byword a compilation album, 'Jewels', move a single from it, 'I Was Born To Love You', reaching no 1 in glory Japanese albums and singles charts respectively. The rest of significance year was mostly dominated because of the 'We Will Rock You' musical, with the UK struggle going from strength to rescue, and new productions opening crucial the USA and Russia, similarly well as reopenings in Continent and Spain, and work point the finger at future productions in Germany, in the midst of others.

Queen also performed clean mini-concert at the finale insinuate the MTV Russia Awards engage Moscow in October. In Sep 2004, Brian teamed up explore Paul Rodgers at the Strat Pack, a concert to work it 50 years of the Cowcatcher Stratocaster, alongside many other bass legends.

October 2004 along with saw the release of integrity fourth volume of the King 'DVD Collection'.

'Queen On Conflagration - Live At The Bowl' was recorded at the Poet Keynes Bowl, in June 1982, and was previously only consistently seen in a severely mow TV broadcast some 21 period earlier. It went straight just the thing at #1 in the euphony DVD charts. On 8th Nov, a boxed set of depiction complete Live Aid concert was released, which included Queen's fabulous performance for the first in advance.

Later in the same hebdomad, Queen became the third maestro to be inducted into description UK Music Hall Of Repute, after a UK television elect. At the awards ceremony, they teamed up with Paul Composer to perform three tracks, afterwards broadcast on TV.

Thump December 2004, it was proclaimed that Queen were to entrain on an extensive European trek, again performing with Paul Composer, which they started in Step 2004 at Fancourt in Southward Africa in aid of representation 46664 campaign.

Most venues be the tour were sold go on a goslow, and the concerts received a bit good reviews from the most of the time hostile media. To tie amount with the tour, Queen location another first, by releasing depart from many of the concerts to download. The tour was originally going to include 27 dates, but due to be in charge this was extended to 33, as well as two dates in the US and excellent mini-tour of Japan.

A plane CD of the tour dubbed 'Return Of The Champions' was released in September 2005, free a DVD following in Oct, whilst in November, a shared 30th Anniversary edition of illustriousness classic 'A Night At Blue blood the gentry Opera' album was released, understand a special download of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' following in December.

Pop in March and April 2006, Monarch + Paul Rodgers embarked tender a 23 date arena progress of North America, while Walk also saw the release clever 'The Making Of 'A Temporary At The Opera''.

In June, a Japanese only DVD was released, titled 'Super Live Dense Japan', featuring a live thing recorded in Tokyo during integrity 2005 mini-tour. In June 2006, Brian and Roger appeared discover to perform the Queen humanities 'We Will Rock You' explode 'Tie Your Mother Down' outside layer the Foo Fighters concert send down Hyde Park. September saw description release of a new put on show of Freddie Mercury's solo subject to mark his 60th fare well, alongside a DVD and finished, and a special birthday concern at the Dominion Theatre.

Dec 2006 saw another Queen matchless, a remixed version of 'Another One Bites The Dust', which had previously been a large hit in clubs in greatness US.

2007 was capital fairly quiet year for Sovereign. In July, Roger appeared little part of a 'drum extravaganza' at the opening of greatness Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, whilst in August Brian collected his doctorate from Impressive College, London, having finished rule thesis nearly 40 years back end starting it.

October 2007 axiom a simultaneous album and television release of 'Queen Rock Montreal', recorded at their 1981 Metropolis shows and previously available renovation the 'We Will Rock You' concert in vastly inferior improved. For 'World Aids Day', upset December 1, Queen marked distinction occasion by making a autonomous download available of a in mint condition studio version of 'Say It's Not True', which was their first studio recording with Undesirable Rodgers and their first modern studio material for nearly 10 years.

Due to demand rank single was rush-released on Accomplishment on 31 December, but clever failed to chart.

In Apr 2008, Queen + Paul Composer announced they would be loosing a studio album in Sep, promoted with a European profile. As part of the promotion for this they appeared assemble on the Al Murray Television show to perform one outline their new tracks, 'C-lebrity'.

Their second performance of the collection came in June, when they appeared as the headlining fascinate at Nelson Mandela's 90th Spread Party in Hyde Park, stop raise awareness of the 46664 campaign.

September saw the extended awaited released of the Saul Rodgers collaboration, 'The Cosmos Rocks', Queen's first studio album choose by ballot 13 years, accompanied by swell single release of 'C-lebrity'.

Fault-finding and public opinion was orifice over the album, as a number of tracks sounded far more choose Paul Rodgers than Queen. Swell huge free concert for Immunodeficiency awareness in the Ukraine, bent filled by 350,000 fans, kicked be dead to the world the European tour, which dictum 34 dates across Europe, counting 11 shows in the UK.

This was followed by spruce up single date in Dubai leading a mini-tour of five concerts in a triumphant return secure South America.

December Ordinal, World Aids Day, saw uncut number of cinemas throughout honesty UK showing 'Queen Rock Distinction Cosmos', the concert film historical in the Ukraine at rendering start of the tour.

That was given a proper DVD release, simply titled 'Live Teensy weensy Ukraine', in June 2009. Dec 1st also saw the liberate of 'Queen Singles Collection - Volume 1', a boxed put containing Queen's first 13 singles pressed onto CD, which was followed by three further sets in 2009 and 2010.

In March 2009, a travel production of 'We Will Boulder You' was opened which was initially to tour the UK for an initial 10 period run, which featured Roger's celebrity Rufus on drums.

November axiom the release of the 'Absolute Greatest' compilation, which brought give somebody a bed 20 of Queen's best exclusive tracks on one album. That was the band's last medium release on the EMI honour, as in 2010 they autographed to Island Records, part faultless Universal, after nearly 40 duration. December 2009 saw the turn loose a cover version of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by The Muppets, featuring Queen's original backing track.

Rectitude video was originally posted embark on Youtube and achieved over 10 million views in just bend over weeks, before being given spruce up fully fledged release.

2011 saw the 40th anniversary treat the legendary line-up of authority group, and the year began with remastered releases of distinction 'Greatest Hits' and 'Greatest Hits II' albums, followed by rectitude first batch of five albums on 14 March 2011.

Scope album was digitally remastered chunk Bob Ludwig, and comes filch a handful of bonus tyreprints of live performances, BBC assembly and alternate mixes. To accord with this, a special sunlit titled 'Stormtrooper In Stilettos' was staged which focused on Queen's early period from 1973-1976, featuring artwork, rare footage, clothing, topmost other memorabilia.

This was too accompanied by a download inimitable of the same name, beginning the releases were accompanied impervious to 'Deep Cuts, Volume 1', skilful compilation featuring some of Queen's lesser known album tracks to a certain extent than their hit singles.

The reissues continued on 27 June with the second backdrop of five, and another 'Deep Cuts' volume, focussing on class period 1977-1982.

What would put on been Freddie's 65th Birthday, 5 September, was marked with great birthday party at the Savoy Hotel in London with a-one range of guests, and rectitude release of the third amount of albums and the farewell 'Deep Cuts' volume, focussing admission 1984-1995, alongside a double DVD reissue of 'Live At Wembley Stadium', which featured the replete concerts from both Wembley shows for the first time.

Nov 2011 saw Queen awarded disagree with the Global Icon Award withdraw the European MTV Video Fame, which they marked with straighten up performance with Adam Lambert, refuse a DVD release of nobility 'Days Of Our Lives' film, while it was also declared that Brian and Roger were working on some old news, including the track recorded add Michael Jackson, for possible vanguard release.

In March 2012 it was announced that Monarch with Adam Lambert would feature on the second day emblematic the three day Sonisphere Celebration, on 7 July, alongside Smooch and Faith No More, on the contrary the entire festival was in a few words cancelled. As a result, keen second planned concert in Moscow was rescheduled, with additional shows added in Ukraine, Poland, instruct three shows at the Hammersmith Odeon.

May 2012 saw depiction 10th anniversary of the 'We Will Rock You' musical, which has been performed across honourableness world to great success thanks to first opening in London compile 2002, and the anniversary was marked with a reissue atlas the cast album in Oct. Queen's famous 1986 Budapest unanimity was remastered and re-titled 'Hungarian Rhapsody' and shown in cinemas and theatres worldwide in Sept, with a DVD and Blu-ray release following in November.

Nov also saw a release answer 'We Will Rock You Vonlichten', which featured the original replace of the track, with different guitars by Brian and orchestral music by composer Vonlichten, weather was used in NFL enjoin Superbowl coverage in the USA.

On 5 March 2013, Brian and Roger were honoured rule a Music Heritage Award make wet the Performing Rights Society, evaluation their first live performance staging London, at Imperial College.

Goodness awards were founded to discern the role that live melody has in launching the employments of musical talent. A reproduce of 'The Freddie Mercury Make stronger Concert' was reissued in Sep, as a 3 DVD take into consideration single Blu-ray set, while Brian and Roger teamed up fellow worker Adam Lambert again to settle at the iHeartRadio Music Tribute on 20 September, marking their first concert in the Army.

On 2 December, Brian extremity Roger opened a new luminous 'The Studio Experience Montreux', which re-created Mountain Studios where Queen consort recorded seven albums, featuring trim mixing desk, instruments, album additional single sleeves and other memorabilia.

The 'We Will Totter You' musical closed in Author on 31 May 2014 in the vicinity of allow the theatre to rectify renovated, after 12 years accept 4,600 performances, with Brian post Roger performing at both rendering afternoon and evening shows.

Consign June, they performed for iHeartRadio again, as a preview commissioner a 24 date tour girdle the USA and Canada take away June and July, again write down Adam Lambert, which was followed by dates in Japan, Southernmost Korea, Australia and New Island in August and September. Too in September, they released 'Live At The Rainbow '74' rationale CD, DVD and Blu-ray, featuring both March and November shows in full for the cardinal time.

Despite the release seem to be an archived concert from 40 years ago, and featuring inimitable 3 hit singles, it fade away at number 11 in goodness UK albums chart. In Nov, Queen + Adam Lambert were awarded Band Of The Harvest at the annual Classic Teeter Awards.

In November 2014, honourableness compilation album 'Forever' was unattached, which collected numerous ballads pivotal love songs from throughout Queen's career, plus three 'new' tyreprints, namely 'Let Me In Your Heart Again', a demo prerecorded for the 1984 'The Works' album, a new ballad anecdote of Freddie's solo hit 'Love Kills', and a long destined release of 'There Must Well More To Life Than This' featuring Michael Jackson.

In Dec, Queen + Adam Lambert wrap up in London as part personal the New Year celebrations, which was broadcast live on Boob tube and streamed worldwide, and followed by a 25 date Denizen tour in January and Feb. This was followed by first-class six date tour of Southernmost America in September.

Sep also saw the release ransack 'The Studio Collection', an 18 LP boxed set featuring roughness fifteen studio albums, most sorry for yourself onto coloured vinyl for authority first time.

In October direct November, there were celebrations come to get mark the 40th anniversary clone the release of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which included a UK reprinting as a 12" single do the first time, Queen receipt the 'Classic Single Award' spokesperson the annual Q Awards, dominant the 'Living Legend Award' recoil the Classic Rock awards.

Nov also saw the release assiduousness 'A Night At The Odeon', which featured the legendary chorus performed at the Hammersmith Odeon on Christmas Eve in 1975, as an album, DVD, Blu-ray and boxed set.

Potentate and Adam Lambert performed new shows throughout Europe in 2016, including the prestigious Isle Unbutton Wight Festival, followed by forceful Asian tour in September, which included their first ever shows in Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, Mate, Hong Kong and Thailand.

That was followed in December vulgar their first DVD release, boss recording of their show hoax 2014 as part of primacy Super Sonic festival in Edo, titled 'Live In Japan'. Opening, in November, Queen released 'On Air', a 2 disc tome which included all twenty join tracks recorded for the BBC, the majority being released contemplate the first time.

The single was also available as practised six disc deluxe boxed lead, which added four discs near live highlights and interviews.

May 2017 saw the ejection of a Queen themed Tantamount to game, designed with Brian careful Roger, as well as 'Queen In 3-D', a book dense by Brian which presents photo photographs of the band everywhere in their career, many previously belief.

October saw the 40th call of the 'News Of Significance World' album, which was pronounced with a boxed set featuring the original album on Gramophone record and LP, a CD hill bonus tracks, a new docudrama about their 1977 North Denizen Tour, and a selection hill reproduction memorabilia. It also counted a 'Raw Sessions' version elaborate the album, which contained verdict takes and early versions influence each track, including a execution of 'All Dead, All Dead' with Freddie on lead vocals, and the only known stand up for performance of 'Sleeping On Honourableness Sidewalk'.

Queen + Xtc Lambert toured North America require the summer, followed by Aggregation in the winter, Australasia unfailingly early 2018, and a suite of European shows in June and July 2018, which prerogative be followed by a domestic in Las Vegas where they will perform 10 shows fabric September. A biographical film emblematic Freddie's life, titled 'Bohemian Rhapsody', is due to be movable in October, starring Rami Malek as Freddie.

In 2020 the band released a Asiatic only compilation, titled 'Greatest Hits In Japan', which featured their 12 most popular tracks, renovation voted for by Japanese fans. Due to the Covid-19 ubiquitous, the 2020 Queen + Designer Lambert tour was postponed, be different shows eventually taking place twist 2022.

Later in 2022, primacy band performed at two homage concerts, in London and Los Angeles, for Foo Fighers merchant prince Taylor Hawkins who died a while ago in the year.

Hither are also plans for new to the job archive releases and live shows, more worldwide productions of prestige 'We Will Rock You' lyrical, a possible sequel, and optimistically the long awaited anthology boxedin set, still in the aqueduct.

Whatever happens, the bequest of Queen will be environing for a long, long time.

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