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Samstag, 5. November 2016

Queen On Air - Out Now!

Official Queen Online Newsletter : 4 November 2016

www.queenonline.com

News

Queen On Air The Complete BBC Radio Sessions - Out Today!

Queen On Air - The Complete BBC Radio Sessions - Out Now
Available as 2-CD set and 3-LP set / Collector’s Edition 6-CD set with added live concert broadcasts and radio interviews
Released globally Today on Virgin EMI. Hollywood Records for North America.
Order Queen On Air Now @ www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/On-Air/
Between February 1973 and October 1977, the band recorded six radio sessions exclusively for the BBC. The twenty four recordings these landmark sessions produced include alternate versions of the debut single, unique takes of classic album tracks and even a radically reworked reimagining of one of their best known anthems that has never previously appeared on any Queen studio release.
Now, for the very first time, all six Queen BBC sessions - meticulously restored by Queen engineer Kris Fredriksson and mastered by Grammy Award winner Adam Ayan - have been brought together on Queen On Air, released on November 4 by Virgin EMI. North America through Hollywood Records. Available as a 2-CD set and a 3-LP vinyl edition, plus a Deluxe 6-disc edition featuring a CD of live broadcasts and 3 CDs of radio interviews, Queen On Air is an essential addition for connoisseurs of the band.
Thanks to their studio albums and their monumental live shows, Queen’s status as bona fide rock legends has long been assured. With Queen On Air, the world finally gets to hear and discover this fascinating side of their legacy. 
Queen On Air - BBC Sessions Full Tracklisting
CD1 - Session 1: 1. My Fairy King 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. Doing All Right 4. Liar / Session 2: 5. See What A Fool I’ve Been 6. Keep Yourself Alive 7. Liar 8. Son And Daughter / Session 3: 9. Ogre Battle 10. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 11. Great King Rat 12. Son And Daughter
CD2 - Session 4: 1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll  2. Nevermore 3. White Queen (As It Began) / Session 5: 4. Now I’m Here  5. Stone Cold Crazy  6. Flick Of The Wrist  7. Tenement Funster / Session 6: 8. We Will Rock You  9. We Will Rock You (Fast)  10. Spread Your Wings  11. It’s Late  12. My Melancholy Blues
Order Queen On Air Now @ www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/On-Air/
Read FULL Press Release here.
   

Montag, 3. November 2014

COCA-COLA INVITES THE WORLD TO “SHARE THE SOUND OF AN AIDS FREE GENERATION” AND SUPPORT (RED)

And the video to support this (a better world) is not available in Germany.
Strange, author rights are more important then a good purpose?

And since when does Coca Cola Inc care for the world?

Just like the song, it is a cheap copy, just to make with as little money as possible as much commercial profit.
F.ck Coca Cola iNC

COCA-COLA INVITES THE WORLD TO
“SHARE THE SOUND OF AN AIDS FREE GENERATION”
AND SUPPORT (RED)
Campaign features new music from OneRepublic, Aloe Blacc, a special collaboration with Wyclef Jean & Avicii, and a previously unreleased song from Queen featuring Freddie Mercury
Donate for a chance to win special experiences including Backstage with Bono, Join Avicii On Stage, See Queen + Adam Lambert On Tour, Spend the Day with OneRepublic & more through www.omaze.com/CokeRED<http://www.omaze.com/CokeRED>
(Embargo until 13.00, London, Nov. 3, 2014) – The Coca-Cola Company, in partnership with (RED) <http://www.red.org> , invites Brits to join a global movement to help end mother-to-child transmission of HIV with the launch of a new campaign, titled “SHARE THE SOUND OF AN AIDS FREE GENERATION”. The campaign will feature an array of top artists as they debut new music, and offer exclusive experiences encouraging people to come together to share, and most importantly—to give. Funds raised from the campaign will go directly to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to finance grants which provide HIV prevention, testing, counseling, treatment, and care services.
The month-long global programme which runs through to World AIDS Day on December 1st, 2014, shares a message of hope and unity to empower today’s youth to understand they can be the generation to end the AIDS crisis. 650 babies are born every day with HIV, yet life-saving medication exists and costs as little as $.40 a day (25p). That same medication can reduce the risk of an HIV-positive woman passing on the virus to her baby by 95%. In 2013, for the first time since the discovery of the virus, more people were newly added to treatment than were newly infected with HIV, a critical milestone in reaching the beginning of the end of AIDS.
“One of the primary goals behind the movement of this campaign is to use the power of music to rally the millennial generation in realising that an AIDS free world is within reach,” said Emmanuel Seuge, Vice President, Global Alliances & Ventures, The Coca-Cola Company. “We are grateful to all of the artists who are joining us in this remarkable effort.”
New Music
The campaign kicks off with the debut of Queen’s “Let Me in Your Heart Again,” a previously unreleased song, mixed by William Orbit exclusively for the (Coca-Cola) RED campaign. The song features the iconic vocals of the late Freddie Mercury, who passed from AIDS in 1991. Each week, a new artist will unveil an original song which will be available to download on iTunes with proceeds benefitting the Global Fund atwww.iTunes.com/REDSound <http://www.itunes.com/REDSound> . The tracks include:
· “Let Me in Your Heart Again” (William Orbit Mix) by Queen featuring Freddie Mercury (Week of November 3)
· “Together” by Aloe Blacc (Week of November 10)
· “Divine Sorrow” by Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii (Week of November 17)
· “I Lived” (Exclusive Remix of Original Single) by OneRepublic (Week of November 24)
“It’s been 23 years since the world lost our beloved Freddie Mercury,” said Queen guitarist Brian May. “We’ve made extraordinary progress in the fight against AIDS in that time. But we cannot simply rest on the fact that the treatment is available. We must ensure that it is provided. Roger and I are proud to lend this rediscovered song to the (Coca-Cola) RED campaign, in the hope that Freddie’s powerful voice can inspire the world yet again.”
Unique Experiences
Coca-Cola and (RED) have partnered with OMAZE, a leading fundraising platform that specialises in offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences that require fans make a donation to secure a chance of winning. By visitingomaze.com/CokeRed, fans in GB will be able to take part in this global initiative and donate to be in with the opportunity to win incredible experiences, including:
· Go Backstage with Bono and Win his Guitar: Get flown to a U2 show where Bono will give you his custom (RED) Gretsch guitar and sign it for you backstage. (Omaze.com/Bono <http://www.omaze.com/Bono> )
· The Ultimate EDM Year of Your Life: Avicii has designed his own special experience for a fan to win tickets to three of the biggest music festivals in the world and ultimately join Avicii on-stage in Las Vegas next year. (Omaze.com/Avicii <http://www.omaze.com/avicii> )
· On-Stage with Queen + Adam Lambert: Queen and Adam Lambert are inviting two fans to sit on-stage for their concert at the O2 Arena London. They will also be given a VIP tour of Queen’s legendary recording studio in Montreux, Switzerland. (Omaze.com/Queen<http://www.omaze.com/Queen> )
· Live Like OneRepublic for a Day: OneRepublic has also created a fundraising experience where a lucky fan can spend the day with the band and enjoy VIP access to a show. (Omaze.com/OneRepublic<http://www.omaze.com/OneRepublic> )
The Coca-Cola Company is dedicated to the fight to end HIV/AIDS. Since 2006, The Coca-Cola Company and its foundations have committed over $15 million in the fight to end AIDS through awareness, education and prevention. In 2011, The Coca-Cola Company initially pledged $5 million to the Global Fund through partnership with (RED) and has recently raised its commitment by an additional $2 million donation directly to the Global Fund. This year, Coca-Cola will leverage the size and scale of the system to rally for the cause, ultimately activating this campaign in over 40 countries worldwide including Great Britain.
"Incredible things have happened in the fight against AIDS, bringing the pandemic to a tipping point. There is much to celebrate, but we must also renew our vow to wrestle this virus to the point it becomes part of our history not our present, said Bono, (RED) co-founder. (RED) partners like Coca-Cola are on (RED) alert this World AIDS Day to keep the pressure up, with the help of longtime AIDS activists Queen, and musicians Avicii, Deadmau5, Wyclef Jean, Aloe Blacc and OneRepublic. Music fans have been a real army in the fight against AIDS, we hope this campaign will swell the ranks.”


Dienstag, 17. Juni 2014

Look what they've done to my song...

Finally some good news from the Queen front.

A concert from the early years will be released, and I look very much forward to that.  Finally not a 100st release of A Night at the Opera or Live At Wembley or so, no, a true concert from where it all started, and where I personally did get into the music of the boys.

Live at the Rainbow, and we have something to look forward to.

For the contrast, to show the sad evolution of Queen /(as in Brian May and Roger Taylor)  I add the song that .. emmm Queen 2014 ... did perform as warm up for their american/australian tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0eaXwXgJG0&sns=fb

you think that is nice?

Then compare it with the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N7csaYFkqw

Still the same opinion?

Okay, here is the press release, look forward to it!  


www.queenonline.com

News

Press Release: Live At The Rainbow Released in September

QUEEN TO RELEASE RARE RECORDING OF LANDMARK CONCERT
 
QUEEN: LIVE AT THE RAINBOW ’74
Previously unreleased first live album finally surfaces after 40 year wait.
 
Sunday 31st March 1974 is a landmark date in the history of rock music. It is now celebrated in the multi format release of a rare recording made at legendary London venue The Rainbow, of a concert by a then up-and-coming band called Queen. Few who turned up for that iconic performance could have predicted they would go on to become arguably the world’s best and most successful rock group, although many more may have suspected it after this stunning show.

Among the unique material contained in this release are over a dozen tracks never previously released on any official Queen live album. The release will come in CD, Vinyl and standard DVD or SD Blu-Ray formats available as standard releases or special limited edition sets as well as digital formats.
 
Now, a remarkable 40 years later, Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74 has finally surfaced from the archives, providing an invaluable record of emerging superstars demonstrating their talent.
 
Queen, Virgin Records and Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce that Queen: Live at the Rainbow ‘74 will be released on 8th September 2014 (UK on Virgin Records) and 9th September 2014 (US through Hollywood Records) in a variety of formats all newly mixed and mastered to the highest contemporary standard. These range from a standard two CD package, a DVD, an SD Blu-ray, a gate-fold double vinyl (including an audio reproduction of the aforementioned original live album), a quadruple vinyl boxed set, to a super deluxe collector’s edition. This comprehensive and fascinating package includes two CDs, a DVD and Blu-Ray, a 60 page hardback book containing many rare photographs, and various items of memorabilia such as reproductions of the tickets, show souvenir programme and poster, as well as material from the band members’ personal archives. (Full details of the various packages which will be released can be found at the end of this release).  Vinyl and super deluxe formats are released as limited editions.
 
These recordings capture Queen at that time in all their glory: the dramatic stage presence, the highly original self-penned repertoire of songs, high-energy performances coupled with stunning melodic and harmonic content, and the uncompromising perfectionist approach to every aspect of their performance which is still maintained to this day.
 
Queen dazzled their audiences in 1974 with an unforgettable show delivered with a skill and confidence which belied their youth.  The tape machines were rolling, capturing the highly electric performances.  Now, to mark the 40th anniversary of these legendary shows, here, finally, is Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74 - lovingly restored, edited, mixed and digitally mastered, and including much footage never previously seen. It is a collection every Queen fan will want to possess.
 
Queen will be touring North America, Asia and Australia this summer with virtuoso vocalist Adam Lambert. The tour kicks off June 19th at Chicago's United Center. Tour dates and ticket information can be found at queenonline.com.
 
Click here to read the expanded Live At The Rainbow press release and tracklistings for each format.
 

Montag, 19. Mai 2014

Believe or not

Uproar in the Queen world.  Unseen video footage did show up in a UK documantery, and ithey are talking about the youn Freddie Mercury, showing a short clip of where he 8as the story teller tells) appearantly just did arrive in the UK.

Uproar in the Queen world. Those pictures are posted all over the net, faster then the speed of ligt, telling all the breaking news, the young freddie, unseen how cool!

Well, i am sorry, I am not convinced at all.  I did see the pictures, (you can see a cutout of the documentary -->  HERE  <--- allowed="" as="" br="" can="" is="" it="" judge="" line.="" long="" nbsp="" on="" so="" that="" you="" yourself.="">
I, and a few other Queen fans, do doubt about the origin and about that this is realy Freddie Mercury. He looks so different, his hair, his mouth, his face, so unlike the Freddie we can (and more like the young brother of the German football/soccer trainer).
I can not believe it, even when the chairman of the international Queenfanclub sais that it must be so, because the documentary was in Queen productions, and published after the go from Jim Beach and company.

It is still hard to believe that this is Freddie, but okay, I wasnt there so how can I know.


With discussing this in public the helll did break loose over me. Peope aree giving me words that I dont want to repeat here, say I am blind, a fool, an idiot and so on.  Just because I doubt the genuine of this amaterial.  Come on, convince me, and I will be the first to admit that I did see it wrong.
It is about fandom.  A lot of fans 'blindly'  do believe everything that comes in public as being true. The fact that thes alfie boo(or whatever his name is, never heard of him before) is in shock, seeing this footage and sais, oh my, it's freeddie, doesnt make it a freddie at all, or am I so naive?

Imagine that I am wrong. What is possible of course.  Then again it is strange and shocking how people do react on it. What is the fun in giving people names, making a fool of them, just because they cant see or believe things blindly?  It is a bit like when a queen release did come out and I wasnt enthusiastic right away. Nowadays I should have made my comments in Fora, then ww could only argue through mail, annd believe me, we did, we did disagree, share arguements but .. we did it with respect for eachother and to each other.


Thanks to the internet that respect is gone. And unfortunately not only among the fans, but as well  to our idols.   I am sorry, for Freddie, the legends that never will die. Some lies can stay longer then others... we shall see what happens with this.




Montag, 4. November 2013

No respect

Somehow, some places are dangerous for me.

Ages ago I was already able to speak out my mind, and especially at places like 'queen chats' those freedom was not always accepted. Maybe that I am too harsh with my words, but most likely not, because with almost all of the people that did ban me, that did delete me, I have now an average queen friendship relation. And that is how it should be, friends will be friends, this world is already filled enough with bad things, and Queen was there to entertain us and not to rub us in.

Now again it seems that my opinion is questioned, it is not resulting in a ban, but in a situation that some people absolutely dont want to understand my point of view.
So, I dump the thread (it was not even a discussion) here, at the corner of the digital universe that I like so much.

This weekend we did watch the DoRo documentary 40 years of Queen. An (almost) 4 hours long sesssion with the usual talks, chats and all that we know. This time the 'torpedo twins' did do a nice job in giving the well known material a bit another look. We saw some new words from brian and roger, and we saw some words from Peter Hince and Peter Freestone, who are good story tellers. Even when I doubt strongly about the 'color' of their stories, but that is what is happening, after so many years, your own ideas get mixed up with the reality. I could make a point of that, but that was more in my earlier years, not now anymore, I found it amusing and entertaining, the more while what was told was not overdone too much and gave as well some nice new looks at the queen scene.'


 So, I do hope that this documentary will be released somehow, it is worth to look. Now back to where it all went wrong :)
The documentary ended (as usual) with the last things that Queen, Freddie, did do. The well known fact is that Freddie never wanted us (the fans) to see his drama, his illness and so more. As Roger told again, at the moment that Freddie did inform them about his illness, Freddie said, I dont want to talk about it, and he went on, until his very last breath, in bringing the music. We all know it and it is an immense impact, at the band members and at himself as well, that he did do this.

The documentary did show at the end some of the 'making of' Days of our lifes, the last clip ever. With making it the band knew that it was the very very last and the snap, with what Freddie looks into the camera, I still love you, is always the very last thing that we saw from him. I am convinced that that is the way he wanted it, so I was surprised, in an unpleasant way, to see now the few seconds after that this shot was taken, on what our beloved Freddie is walking away, limping. Shit, when writing it the tears come up again..

So.. the dramatic effect is clear! But the longer I think about it, the more I get upset for another reason and that is why, after all those years, the people who were so close to the band, did put in this in the documentary. They all KNOW that freddie never wanted us to see this, and I think, in fact, that we dont need to see it too. Remember the uproar about the too much information that came from Jim Hutton. And now the leftovers from the Queen scene do the same.

Now there are all kind of collectors, and one of them did cut off some parts and made a video about the making of days of our life, with the dramatic end, as described above, on it. I could NOT hold in and had to write my hard words that I dislike this very much, that I am sick of this kind of disrespect. Of course that was not valued, the reason why is now to prove the world that Freddie realy did go until the end. F. Ck it!!! No one needs such truth, but, more important and my point, HE didnt want us to see this. And when some people now say, hey, it is filmed, so he knew about it and he did not delete the film, I think that you are telling yourself a lie. Consider why you want to see this. It is a signal of the time, yes, people nowadays love to publish 'drama', at accidents it is first making a picture, putting it on twitter, and then eventually help. In that point of view, the unseen moves are fitting perfectly. But it makes me immense sad, that the moral of so many people is changing. We want to see it all, and we dont care about the person itself, even when we say it is our idol, the person still love.