When announcements were made that Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers would tour as Queen, I hoped that it would work out and very seriously considered buying tickets for one of the gigs. In the end I didn't do so and I'm afraid that it looks as if this was the right choice.
I've just "found" on the web some MP3s of four tracks they played at an AIDS benefit yesterday in South Africa and I'm afraid that it just didn't work. Obviously, Freddie Mercury is an impossible act to follow and no Freddie = no Queen.