Monday, December 13, 2004

To Go or Not to Go?

It's no secret that one of my favourite bands was and always will be Queen. I'm lucky enough to have seen them in concert three times - 1980, '84 and '86 and when Freddie died I assumed that would be that.

Now it would appear that the band will rise again - and I do not refer to the we Will Rock You musical, which I want no interest whatsoever. There's a message on Brian May's website saying that Queen will tour in April 2005, with vocals provided by former Free/Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers.

This raises a bit of a quandary: should I go, or would I do better to leave my memories well enough alone? Paul Rodgers isn't Freddie Mercury - obviously, there isn't going to be another one of those! He is however, a very good singer and in fact I've seen him in concert as a support to Status Quo, back in the '90s.

This could be worth a flutter...