Queen reunites...with Bad Company's PAUL RODGERS on vocals???

I guess anything's possible, but Paul Rodgers doing Freddie Mercury cover tunes? There's not even the slightest shred of similarity in the two styles...

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Queen Making the Scene in '05



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/eo/20041216/en_music_eo/15534&e=4&ncid=

Queen has decided the show must go on. Heeding its own advice, the superstar British rock band is planning to tour next year--the first time the band has gone on the road since frontman Freddie Mercury (news) died of AIDS (news - web sites) in 1991. Former Bad Company guitarist-vocalist Paul Rodgers (news) will hold down singing duties.

The band's last show with Mercury was in 1986, when the performer started to feel too ill to perform. Mercury died of the disease in 1991 just 48 hours after publicly admitting he had AIDS. The following year, Queen's surviving members--guitarist Brian May (news), drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon--held a tribute concert in Mercury's honor with the likes of David Bowie (news), Elton John (news), George Michael (news) and Axl Rose (news) performing the vocals for several Queen classics.

Earlier this year, Rodgers and May teamed up to cover Free's "All Right Now" at an Albert Hall concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.

"We were both so amazed at the chemistry that was going on in 'All Right Now' that suddenly it seems blindingly obvious that there was something happening," said May in a post on brianmay.com. "The show went so incredibly well from our point of view, and we got so many rave reactions from out there, we decided almost then and there that we would look at a tour together," he added.

Never cared for Rodgers/Bad Company and that other band whose name escapes me *brain fart*......troglodyte rock.

Freddie had wit and panache.

I feel bad for the other three guys from Queen. They had no real way to do what they were used to doing after Freddie died. I am glad for them and respect them enough for their professional opinions as to who they want to sing the lead vocals for their tour. I wish them well, and I think Paul Rodgers has a great voice.
As for Freddie, there was no one like him and his voice was tremendous. It was a shame and tragedy how he died.