Queen

Queen top UK album charts league

Queen have beaten The Beatles to become the most successful music act in UK album chart history, according to Guinness World Records.

The band - whose first self-titled album debuted in 1973 - have spent 1,322 weeks on the chart.

It is the first time Queen have overtaken the Fab Four in the chart, which is compiled by the Book of British Hit Singles and Albums.

Madonna, in seventh place, was the highest female artist in the list.

Queen, whose albums include A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and Innuendo, have spent 29 weeks more in the chart than the Beatles.

Elvis Presley, who earlier this year was named the most successful music act of all time by the British Hit Singles and Albums, was at number three in the album chart.

David Roberts, editor of the book of British Hit Singles and Albums, said: "Given that Queen's chart career has been much shorter than those of The Beatles and Elvis, this is an incredible achievement.

"They've long been written about with reverence in the pages of our book, and this just serves to cement their legendary status."

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died in 1991, but the band have continued to perform.

They wind up their current 32-date European tour with former Free and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers this week with a performance in London's Hyde Park on Friday.

Other artists in the top 10 include Irish rockers U2 at four with 1,150 weeks in the chart and Michael Jackson with 966 weeks.


'TOP 10 UK ALBUMS CHART OF ALL TIME'

1. Queen (1,322 weeks)
2. The Beatles (1,293 weeks)
3. Elvis Presley (1,280 weeks)
4. U2 (1,150 weeks)
5. Dire Straits (1,136 weeks)
6. Simon and Garfunkel (1,114 weeks)
7. Madonna (1,032 weeks)
8. David Bowie (1,005 weeks)
9. Elton John (989 weeks)
10. Michael Jackson (966 weeks)
Source: Guinness World Records

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4648611.stm

Queen's Hyde Park Concert Cancelled
7/7/2005

Queen's huge concert in London's Hyde Park on Friday night has been cancelled after today's terrorist attacks.

A statement on the bands official website forum by administrators reads:

UPDATE: 4.28PM

THE HYDE PARK SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED

- The show will not be going ahead tomorrow on Friday 8th July at Hyde Park.

- The show is to be arranged for one day next weekend (Fri/Sat or Sun)

- All tickets will remain valid

-Please check back for more details - we will post updates here on the message board and in the news

Кто-нибудь знает, почему Queen+Paul Rogers не транслировали свой концерт на LIVE8? Вроде собирались...

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4 июля Мэй, Тейлор и Роджерс отыграли первый в этом году свой сольный open air концерт, который прошел в Лиссабоне на стадионе Estadio Restelo. Присутствовало около 32000 зрителей.
8 июля второй open air концерт прошел в Кельне на Rhein-Energie Stadion. На концерт было продано около 27000 билетов. Во второй половине шоу пошел проливной дождь
Третий летний концерт прошел в голландском городе Арнеме 10 июля. Он проходил на достаточно большой арене - около 24 тысяч зрителей.
В Кёльне и Арнеме для исполнения We Will Rock You и We Are The Champions на сцене появились актеры немецкой постановки мюзикла "We Will Rock You".
Сет-лист повторяет весенние концерты:
1. It's A Beaultiful Day (QueenRocks.Ru 2005 Mix, Intro, Tape)
2. Lose Yourself (Eminem, Intro, Tape)
3. Reachin' Out (Intro, вокал - пол Роджерс)
4. Tie Your Mother Down (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
5. I Want To Break Free (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
6. Fat Bottomed Girls (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
7. Wishing Well (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
8. Another One Bites The Dust (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Пол Роджерс - вокал и акустическая гитара)
10. Say It's Not True (вокал - Роджер Тейлор)
11. '39 (Брайан Мэй - акустическая гитара и вокал)
12. Love Of My Life (Брайан Мэй - акустическая гитара и вокал)
13. Hammer To Fall (Slow/Fast, вокал - Брайан Мэй и Пол Роджерс)
14. Feel Like Making Love (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
15. Let There Be Drums (Drum Jam)
16. I'm In Love With My Car (Роджер Тейлор - вокал и ударные)
17. Guitar solo (incl. Cockles and Mussels)
18. Last Horizon
19. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (вокал - Роджер Тейлор)
20. Radio Ga Ga (вокал - Роджер Тейлор и Пол Роджерс)
21. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (вокал - Пол роджерс)
22. A Kind Of Magic (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
23. I Want It All (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
24. Bohemian Rhapsody (вокал - Фредди Меркьюри и Пол Роджерс)
25. The Show Must Go On (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
26. All Right Now (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
27. We Will Rock You (вокал - Пол Роджерс)
28. We Are The Champions (вокал - Пол Роджерс)

Ещё одну вещь хочу сказать - Брайану и Роджеру стоило выступить на Live 8. One Vision была написана специально для этого концерта. Да и Роджерс мог бы свою All Right Now спеть.
До сих не посмотрел We Are The Champions в исполнении Green Day. Робби видел конечно - спасибо ему хотя бы за такое исполнение We will Rock You, но меня его музыка не трогает. Очень удивлён, что публика так тепло его принимала.

Queen concert to become tribute

Rock band Queen have invited emergency services personnel who dealt with the London bombings to their Hyde Park concert as a gesture of thanks.

Queen frontman Paul Rodgers said he wanted Friday's concert - postponed in the wake of the attacks - to become a tribute to their work.

Guitarist Brian May called them heroes for "getting London's wheels turning again".

The concert is expected to be attended by some 85,000 people.

'Extraordinary response'

It was supposed to be held last Friday, but was postponed for a week in light of the London bombings.

Rodgers added: "We feel it is fitting to thank London's emergency services for their extraordinary response in dealing with the effects of the bombing attacks and to celebrate the historical resilience of Londoners in their response to yet another atrocity."

Rodgers, the former singer of the 1970s band Free, has been singing in place of Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991.

Guitarist Brian May said: "We were away playing a concert in Germany and arrived back Thursday morning to see all this going on. We were unbelievably shocked and saddened.

"The heroes that day, and since then, are the police and emergency services coming together as one, calmly and bravely dealing with the tragedy and getting London's wheels turning again. We'd like to offer an appreciation."

It will be the first time Queen have played in Hyde Park in 29 years.

They will be joined by Razorlight, Justin and Dan Hawkins from The Darkness and comedian Peter Kay.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4677809.stm

Да, согласен с Гарринча! One Vision - отличная вещь, не зря же они именно с неё начинали Live at Wembley '86! Кстати, кто не смотрел этот концерт, просто ОБЯЗАНЫ это сделать в ближайшее время!!!

2Грихан:
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>at Wembley '86! Кстати, кто не смотрел этот концерт,
>просто ОБЯЗАНЫ это сделать в ближайшее время!!!

А лучше - купить на ДВД плюс ремастированную в 2003-м аудио-версию на японском мини-виниле с цветным разворотом и внутренними конвертами с фото. Грандиозная штука, а "In The Lаp Of The Gods" в такой версии они вобще никогда не исполняли - гораздо эффектнее, чем в студийном альбоме, да еще и стадион вместе с "Queen" поет.

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> "In The Lаp Of The Gods" в такой версии они вобще никогда не исполняли

Шо значит "никогда"? Весь Мэджик Тур, считай, только так и играли.

2Andrey Malkin:
Я этот тур и имею ввиду.

ВСПОМНИМ!


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Спасибо,Queen ! за Богемскую, Мустафу, Fat Bottomed Girls, Killer Queen, Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) и других великих песен!