Due to overwhelming demand, Queen + Adam Lambert have added five additional shows to their June 2020 hugely anticipated “Rhapsody” residency at London’s O2 Arena — bringing the total of London performances to 10. The extra shows will take place on June 8, 17, 18, 20 and 21. In what will be their first European dates since the worldwide box office sensation that was the “Bohemian Rhapsody” film, They new tour follows their run of dates across the USA and played to sold-out audiences totaling close to 400,000 spectators. The all-new “Rhapsody” show, already hailed as “a marvel of technical advances,” will kick off the new year of 2020 with 17 giant arena and stadium shows across South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The mega-show will then arrive in Europe in late spring, as Queen original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor team up once more with longtime frontman Adam Lambert on lead vocals to perform shows across nine countries from late May into early July. The European tour will launch in Italy on May 24, with its final stop in Madrid with two shows on July 7 and July 8. Along the way, it will play in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Switzerland, as well as the U.K., where dates will center around the 10 London shows at The O2 beginning on June 2 June. Tickets for the U.K. dates on the “Rhapsody” tour go on sale to the general public today (December 11), at 10 a.m. local time. There are no pre-sales. Tickets are available at the following link. Continue reading
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Queen + Adam Lambert Will Perform During At The 91st Academy Awards
Celebrating the nomination of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is up for five Oscar Awards, Queen + Adam Lambert will perform at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on Television. The film is up for awards including “Best Picture”, “Best Actor” for Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury, and more. Queen + Adam Lambert already announced tour dates, to capitalize on the popularity of the film. Continue reading
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” DVD To Feature A Recreation Of “Live Aid” And Unreleased Tracks
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody film is the #1 music biopic of all-time, bringing in a huge $700 million at the worldwide box office.. The DVD/Blu-Ray is coming this February 12th and is packed with features! The set will include the full Live Aid performance, featuring Rami Malek (as singer Freddie Mercury), Ben Hardy (as drummer Roger Taylor), Gwilym Lee (as guitarist Brian May), and Joseph Mazzello (as bassist John Deacon) recreating the original 22-minute 1985 Wembley Stadium show. It will also have never-before-seen songs, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “We Will Rock You”, as part of the Live Aid re-enactment. The 4K and Blu-ray releases will also feature several featurettes, including “Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie”, “The Look And Sound Of Queen” and “Recreating Live Aid.”Continue reading
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody Is The Most Streamed Song From The 20th Century
Bolstered by the runaway smash hit (roughly $168 million at the box office in five weeks) of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox), Queen’s classic song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is now officially the most-streamed track from the 20th century, achieving more than 1.6 billion global streams. Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the news and Billboard made the report that also indicated the track has also become it the most-streamed classic rock song of all time, edging out Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ and ‘November Rain’ and a-ha’s ‘Take on Me’ in both categories. The ranking considers all registered streams on global on-demand streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and others, as well as streams from an official song or video streams on YouTube.Continue reading
Watch Queen Create “We Will Rock You” In A New “Bohemian Rhapsody” Trailer
Queen’s biopic movie Bohemian Rhapsody is coming this November 2nd from 20th Century Fox studios. In a new trailer for the film, you can watch the cast reenact the moment when they wrote and recorded the iconic song ‘We Will Rock You’ from the 1977 album News Of The World (EMI). Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Mr. Robot’s Rami Malik is coming soon. Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Movie Soundtrack will be released this week, on CD and digital formats on October 19.Continue reading
Watch A New Trailer From The Queen Biopic – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
A new trailer has been released by the makers of the upcoming Queen biopic – Bohemian Rhapsody, due out this November. The movie tells the life story of Freddie Mercury and history of the legendary Britsh rock band, arguably the best band ever. Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek stars in the film as Mercury. The film releases from 20th Century Fox on November 2nd. The film is directed by Eddie The Eagle director Dexter Fletcher.Continue reading