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It is marked as the most defining moment in the majestic history of Queen a?" when the band took to the stage of London's Wembley Stadium to perform at 'the Greatest Show on Earth', the 13 July 1985 worldwide Live Aid concert beamed by satellite to 160 countries and watched by an audience of 1.5 billion worldwide, 72,000 of them in Wembley Stadium.

Jeff Parry was raised in Ottawa, ON. His love of music began when he was 9 years old when he fell in love with The Beatles. He has always had a passion for. music, so after University, he moved out west to try to raise money to open a record store in Ottawa. He wound up staying in Alberta and rather than open a record store, in 1978, he started a concert promotion business, producing tribute shows. That evolved into becoming an agent and ultimately, a theatrical producer. I had the chance to speak with Parry on the eve of the Montreal run of the award winning musical, WE WILL ROCK YOU, a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton, which lands in Montreal on February 10.

SHOWTIME has announced two new documentaries profiling iconic rock bands New Order and Duran Duran. NEW ORDER: DECADES will premiere on Friday, December 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT. Part concert, part documentary, NEW ORDER: DECADES follows the band's preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration, So It Goes, with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesizer orchestra that captured the headlines during Manchester International Festival 2017.

Get ready because BroadwayWorld is giving you the chance to win tickets to see the music of Queen come to life on stage in the national tour of We Will Rock You! The winner will receive two tickets and a meet-and-greet at the show's December 27th performance at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Canada. The contest will run now through December 15th, at 11:59 PM EST. Be sure to enter for your chance to win TODAY!

Bohemian Rhapsody” is considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time, so it's no wonder the music video recently hit 1 billion views on YouTube. For decades, fans have belted out the song's iconic lyrics alongside Freddie Mercury's one-of-a-kind vocals, but how many can really sing it just like Freddie? YouTube, Google Creative Lab, and Google Research, working in partnership with Queen, Universal Music Group and Hollywood Records, have built a new AI experiment called FreddieMeter to find out! 

Having played to over 16-million theatergoers in 19 countries, WE WILL ROCK YOU will launch its North American tour next week at Hulu Theatre in New York City!

Just over 49 years ago, a little-known student band named Queen gave their very first public performance under that name at Imperial College Union, settling on their final line-up a few months later and bracing themselves for world domination. Following on from the phenomenal success of the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returned for another round of Symphonic Queen, celebrating some of the band's biggest hits with a classical twist.

On November 8, Taylor Hawkins will descend from the levitating drum throne on which he's spent two years on tour supporting Foo Fighters' international #1 album Concrete and Gold. The forthcoming third Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders album, Get The Money, will be released by Shanabelle/RCA Records on that date, and can be pre-ordered now with all pre-orders receiving the instant grat track 'Crossed The Line” (featuring guest turns from Hawkins' bandmate Dave Grohl and Yes vocalist Jon Davison).

The international sensation, WE WILL ROCK YOU, will be coming to the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell for one night only on Wednesday, November 13th at 7:30 pm. Presented locally by WAAF, the musical follows two revolutionaries, Galileo and Scaramouche, on a quest to save rock n' roll in a post- apocalyptic world where there are no musical instruments and rock n' roll has died.

On Saturday, September 28, the 2019 Global Citizen Festival, presented by Citi and Cisco, marked its eighth year on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park. World and business leaders, non-profit organizations, socially conscious artists, and thousands of Global Citizens united to further the world's progress toward achieving the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and ending extreme poverty by 2030.

Annerin Theatricals announced the North American cast for the production a?oeWE WILL ROCK YOU,a?? which debuted in 2002 and will return to New York City this fall at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden from November 14 through November 17, 2019. Tickets are on sale now.

Iconic. Incomparable. Irreplaceable. But never, ever boring. Freddie Mercury's spirit is every bit as central to the fabric of popular music today as it was during his unforgettable lifetime. The spectacular global success of the biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”, with global box office takings now close to one billion US dollars, was a powerful testament to Freddie's presence as the ultimate rock frontman with Queen. But now comes a unique release to showcase the full range of his musical talents and passions, and their indelible imprint on the worlds of pop, opera and far beyond.

Queen leadzanger Freddie Mercury zou vandaag, 5 september 2019, zijn 73e verjaardag hebben moeten vieren en op deze bijzondere dag maakt TEC Entertainment bekend dat Stanley Burleson, naast de Amerikaanse superster Anastacia, te zien zal zijn in de rockmusical WE WILL ROCK YOU. De geheel eigen, spectaculair nieuwe versie van de internationaal succesvolle musical van Queen en Ben Elton wordt geheel in het Engels opgevoerd en geproduceerd in samenwerking met Peep Arrow Entertainment. in. De rockmusical is voor een beperkte speelperiode uitsluitend te zien in AFAS Live in Amsterdam. World Forum Theater in Den Haag, Schouwburg Hengelo en MartiniPlaza in Groningen. De première van WE WILL ROCK YOUis op vrijdag 6 December 2019 in Amsterdam.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Cannery Casino Hotel will bring celebrated entertainers to The Club in September, featuring performances by R&B group The Whispers with special guest The Emotions, a?oeThree Lock Box a?" Tribute to Sammy Hagar,a?? a?oeQueen Nation a?" A Tribute to the Music of Queen,a?? alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs and rock group Patty Smyth and Scandal. Guests can also enjoy free live entertainment at The Club's Free Show Fridays and Pin-Ups Bar all month long.

With the recent Oscar®-winning film, a?oeBohemian Rhapsody,a?? the music of Queen is more popular than ever. In 2002, many of those hits were compiled into a rock musical experience, WE WILL ROCK YOU, which will be hitting the road once again for a North American tour starting September 3 in Winnipeg, Canada.

With the recent Oscar®-winning film, a?oeBohemian Rhapsody,a?? the music of Queen is more popular than ever. In 2002, many of those hits were compiled into a rock musical experience, WE WILL ROCK YOU, which will be hitting the road once again for a North American tour starting September 3 in Winnipeg, Canada.

 Due to popular demand, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts has added an additional performance of The Ultimate Queen Celebration Starring Marc Martel on Sunday, August 11 at 8pm. 

A principios de 2020, y como inauguracion del nuevo espacio del Gran Teatro Bankia Príncipe Pío de Madrid, vuelve el musical con canciones de Queen WE WILL ROCK YOU.

Continuing their 14th Main Stage Season, Temecula Performing Arts Company's artistic director Jillian Stones will produce and direct, We Will Rock You with Music by QUEEN and book by Ben Elton, at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main Street, Temecula, CA. May 10 thru 19.