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Queen’s Roger Taylor Working On Solo Album

by Paul Cashmere

Queen’s Roger Taylor has announced that his new studio album, Fun on Earth, will be released in October along with the collection The Lot which will include all of his solo work along with material from The Cross.

Tagged as: Fun On Earth, Queen, Roger Taylor

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World Record For Longest Marathon Drumming Broken At Roger Taylor’s Studio

by Music-News.com

At 10am on Saturday, 13th July 2013, ACM (The Academy of Contemporary Music) broke the Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Marathon Drumming by a Team’, beating the previous record by over four hours.

Tagged as: 2010s, ACM, Bridge2Aid, Craig Blundell, Guinness World Record, Heart Your Smile, Mike Dolbear, Pete Riley, rock, Roger Taylor, The British Dental Health Foundation, U.K., Vic Firth, Zildjian

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Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert To Be Rereleased On 3 DVD Set And Blu-Ray

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

On April 20, 1992, surviving Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon performed at Wembley Stadium in London with a long list of guest performers, saluting the late Freddie Mercury.

Tagged as: 1990s, Annie Lennox, Axl Rose, Bob Geldof, Brian May, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, Ex'Treme, Freddie Mercury, Gary Cherone, George Michael, Guns n Roses, Ian Hunter, James Hetfield, Jim Beach, Joe Elliott, John Deacon, Lisa Stansfield, Liza Minnelli, Metallica, Mick Ronson, Paul Young, Queen, Robert Plant, rock, Roger Daltrey, Roger Taylor, Seal, Slash, Tony Iommi, U.K., Zucchero

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Queen To Be Honoured With Heritage Music Plaque At Site Of First Gig

by Music-News.com

PRS for Music today announced that one of the greatest bands of all time will be honoured with a music Heritage Award.

Tagged as: Blur, Brian May, Dire Straits, Elton John, Faithless, Imperial College London, James, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Roger Taylor, Snow Patrol, Soul II Soul, Spooky Tooth, Steamhammer, Supergrass, UB40

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Freddie For An Angry Bird Day

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Rovio Entertainment, the makers of the worldwide hit Angry Birds, has joined with Freddie For a Day to release a new video featuring Freddie Mercury as one of the Angry Birds.

Tagged as: Angry Birds, Brian May, Freddie For A Day, Freddie Mercury, Mercury Phoenix Trust, Queen, Roger Taylor

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Ringo Is The Starr Drummer When It Comes To The Big Bucks

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Unless you are Keith Moon, being a drummer usually relegates you to keeping the rhythm and throwing in a few bits of flair behind the real “stars” of the band out at the front of the stage.

Tagged as: Charlie Watts, Dave Grohl, Don Henley, Keith Moon, Larry Mullen Jr, Lars Ulrich, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor

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Duran Duran’s John Taylor Re-fle-fle-fle-fle-flects

by Music-News.com

The ‘Rio’ hitmakers – who are made up of singer Simon Le Bon, bassist John Taylor, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes – don’t often see eye-to-eye but they still “really value” each other’s work and wouldn’t want to play with anyone else.

Tagged as: Duran Duran, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon

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Queen Release Extravaganza Trailer

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Brian May and Roger Taylor’s touring salute to Queen, The Queen Extravaganza, opens on May 26 in Quebec. With the performing band made up of artists who were selected through an on-line screening process, the tour attempts to duplicate the music and live experience of Queen.

Tagged as: Adam Lambert, Brian May, Extravaganza, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Roger Taylor

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Roger Taylor Announces Queen Extravaganza Band Winners

by Paul Cashmere

Queen founder and drummer Roger Taylor has picked the finalists to perform in The Queen Extravaganza Tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Extravaganza, Marc Martel, Queen, rock, Roger Taylor, UK

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Is The New Queen Singer Freddie Mercury?

by Paul Cashmere

20 years after his death Freddie Mercury may be returning to his old job as lead singer of Queen.

Tagged as: 70s, Brian May, classic rock, Freddie Mercury, Queen, rock, Roger Taylor, UK, We Will Rock You

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Queen Audition For Queen Covers Band

by Paul Cashmere

Queen drummer Roger Taylor is holding auditions to put together a Queen cover band to mark the 40th anniversary of the band.

Tagged as: 40th Anniversary, 70s, Brian May, classic rock, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Roger Taylor, UK

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