Queen planning new album with Freddie Mercury

Queen are apparently considering releasing a new album with unheard demo songs recorded with Freddie Mercury. It was recently revealed that Freddie’s duets with Michael Jackson were set for a future release, but now guitarist Bryan May apparently wants to use them as part of something bigger – adding them to other (currently unfinished) songs from the band’s sessions for 1995 album, “Made In Heaven.” “We thought we’d exhausted everything that was around and could…

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Angry Freddie Mercury (Bird)

Tomorrow is September the 5th – it would’ve been Freddie Mercury’s 66th birthday,  so Rovio Entertainment or the creators of Angry Birds decided to turn iconic singer (ex Queen’s frontman for all the newbies out there) into a honorary character. Freddie Mercury – Angry Bird: Source “Freddie for a Day is such a great way to honor Freddie’s fun and flamboyant spirit while delivering an important message…Queen’s music has endured for…

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Sacha Baron Cohen to star as Freddie Mercury in upcoming biopic

One can see the resemblance, but is Cohen capable to fill Freddie Mercury's immense shoes? I'm skeptical.

“Hello it is me, Freddy Mercury… I joking, he die of AIDS,” said Cohen wearing a muscle vest as he made his apparearance at the MTV Europe awards which he presented. Ironically or not, Sacha Baron Cohen, a comedian most known for inventing timeless characters such as the flaming rapper Ali G, the gay…

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Wednesday Smilejerker: Muppets cover Bohemian Rhapsody

Smilejerker’s back, and this week we’ve got something for all ages, that will both move and humor you, namely this fabulous cover of Queens’ Bohemian Rhapsody by an ‘all-star’ Muppets cast. We’ve seen some awesome tunes covered by the Muppets in the past, including Beatles, The Everly Brothers , Weezer, The Drifters and even death metal (unofficial), but this is one is truly magical. Enjoy, kids!

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Queen + Paul Rodgers: New Album Details

When I read about this, two ideas slammed into the walls of my brain: “great” and “blasphemy”. I mean, Queen without Freddie is like a party without booze, yet who wouldn’t go to such a gig, even just to hear Brian May do his thing? Now don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against Paul Rodgers… he’s great! But filling the shoes of a man who undoubtely was among the best frontmen in the…

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Download: Queen – ‘Say It’s Not True’

This thing is huge; fabulous. Queen cleans the spider webs from their instruments and they start to sing again. Wait just a minute. What could they do about Freddie. Their website announced that the band was going to release their first single in ten years a few days ago and more then that it was announced that it will be for free as well. The rock band introduces again frontman Paul Rodgers and they recorded…

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Live Earth: London full coverage

[tag]Live Earth[/tag] London, the biggest concerts in terms of names in my opinion, started a mid-day at the fabulous Wembley Stadium.The Festival’s openers were a group of all stars drummers, composed by the likes of Taylor Hawkins from the [tag]Foo Fighters[/tag], Chad Smith from [tag]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/tag] and Roger Taylor from [tag]Queen[/tag] all backed up by a orchestra of drummers titled SOS Allstars. Their performance was overwhelming, with extraordinary drumming, while images and clips…

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The Polyphonic Spree: ‘The Fragile Army’

Artist name: Polyphonic Spree Album name: The Fragile Army Label: TVT Records Gender: Pop/Symphonic Rock Release date: June 19, 2007 ZMErating: 7/10 Website: http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/ ‘Eccentricity’ is a word that may describe Texas symphonic rockers [tag]The Polyphonic Spree[/tag] best, as the band employs let’s say a unique format: no more and no less then 24 members, a regular orchestra. Now at their third album The Fragile Army, the band ditches their already notorious white robes in…

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