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LUCRARE PENTRU OBŢINEREA CERTIFICATULUI

DE COMPETENŢE LINGVISTIGE LA LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

QUEEN,
THE BRITISH ROCK BAND

Prof. coordonator: Elev:

Sfăşie Simona Canţur Nicoleta-Ancuţa

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
2. The Beginning......................................................................................................................3
3. Members..............................................................................................................................4
4. Queen’s Greatest Performances.........................................................................................10
5. Queen After Freddie Mercury............................................................................................13
6. Awards...............................................................................................................................15
7. Conclusion.........................................................................................................................16
8. Bibliography......................................................................................................................17

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INTRODUCTION
Queen represents to me the beginning of a new stage in my life, because since I
discovered them I changed my music taste, lifestyle, perspective. Why do I like them so much? I
like them because they have an unique genre of music. I literally like all their songs, even the
ones not so popular. But it’s not only their songs that make me love them so much, it’s also the
members as individual human beings that make them so interesting for me.
Queen came to popularity during the mid-1970’s and amazed an enormous worldwide
fanbase that continues to exist to this day. Queen's live performances were truly ground-
breaking, employing massive lighting and other special effects to make their shows into
engaging theatrical events. Few bands embodied the pure excess of the 70’s like. Embracing the
exaggerated pomp of progressive rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the
British quartet delved deeply into camp and bombast, creating a huge, mock-operatic sound with
layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Their music was a bizarre yet highly accessible fusion of
the macho and the fey. For years, their albums boasted the motto no synthesizers were used on
this record signaling their allegiance with the legions of post-Led Zeppelin hard rock bands.
Queen had a major role in the evolution of rock music, along side other artists such as
Elvis Presley, Guns’n Roses, Led Zeppelin and many others. In the following pages we’ll be
seeing their evolution over the years, we will get to know them better and see their contribution
to the music industry.

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The Beginning
In 1968, Astronomy student and guitarist Brian May and lead singer and bassist Tim
Staffell, decided they wanted to form a group. Brian placed an advertisement on the college
notice board for a “Ginger Baker type” drummer, and a young dental student called Roger
Taylor auditioned and got the job. They called the group “Smile”.
Smile were signed to Mercury Records in 1969, and had their first experience recording
at Trident Studios that year. Tim Staffell was at Ealing College of Art with Freddie Mercury
(then Farrokh Bulsara) and introduced him to the band. Freddie soon became a keen fan. Sadly,
in 1970, Smile decided to call it a day, as nothing seemed to be happening for them. Tim went
off and joined a band called Humpty Bong. Freddie left his band “Wreckage” and joined up with
Brian and Roger – it had all begun. They had had three temporary bassists before February 1971
when John Deacon was taken on as bassist and the fourth member of the band.
The band’s crest was designed by Freddie Mercury and includes the zodiac signs of all
four members surrounding a phoenix. The name of the band was Freddie’s idea and originally
Roger and particularly Brian didn’t like it. He thought up the name because it sounded regal,
very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of
interpretations. Other names that the band had discussed were the ‘Grand Dance’- derived from a
C.S. Lewis Trilogy of books ‘Out Of A Silent Planet’ that Roger and Brian had both read. Roger
also quite liked the name ‘The Rich Kids’.
The band rehearsed tirelessly and played
several small gigs at Imperial College. Then
they were offered the chance to ‚test’ a new
recording studio called De Lane Lea. In return
for trying out the new equipment, they could
also make free demo tapes. They did.
Unfourtunately, no one was interested. They
signed a recording contract and publishing and
management agreements with Trident in 1972,
and during that year were paid just £60 per
week. Queen were given the down time
meaning out of hours studio time at Trident
Studios, where they began work on their first
album entitled Queen.
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Members
Brian Harold May was born on 19th of July 1947 in Hampton, England. He is the lead
guitarist of the band. May has been referred to as a virtuoso guitarist by many publications and
musicians. He has featured in various music polls of great rock guitarists, and in 2011 was
ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
In January 2007, the readers of Guitar World voted May’s guitar solos on Bohemian Rhapsody
and Brighton Rock into the top 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time.
Most of Brian’s electric guitar work live and in the studio is done on the Red Special,
which he built with his father when he was sixteen years old. It was built with wood from an 18 th
century fireplace, and was composed of household items such as mother-of-pearl buttons, shelf
edging, and motorbike valve springs. In addition to using his home-made guitar he prefers to use
coins instead of a more traditional plastic plectrum, because he feels their rigidity gives him
more control in playing. He is known to carry coins in his pockets specifically for this purpose.
May is also an accomplished singer. From albums Queen II to The Game, he contributed
lead vocals to at least one song per album. May co-composed a mini-opera with Lee Holdridge,
for Steve Barron’s 1996 film, The Adventures of Pinocchio. Brian May performed the opera with
Jerry Hadley, Sissel Kyrkjebo, and Just William. On-screen, it was performed entirely by
puppets.
He wrote many songs for the band including We will rock you for wich he came with the
idea of using mainly only sounds of clapping and stomping as a rhythmic body percussion beat.
He said he wanted to give the people a song
they can perform. Other songs he wrote are
Who Wants to Live Forever and The Show
Must Go On as well as Brighton Rock and
many others.
May studied physics and mathematics
at Imperial College London, graduating with a
degree in physics. In 1974 May was married to
Christine Mullen, they had three children and
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Anita Dobson and they got married on November 2000. He wrote the song I want it all in 1989
for her.
Roger Meddows Taylor was born
on 26th of July 1949 in Norfolk, England. He
is the drummer of the band. As a drummer,
Taylor was recognised early in his career for
his unique sound. He was voted by radio
listeners as the eighth-greatest drummer in
classic rock music history in a poll
conducted by Planet Rock in 2005. As a
songwriter, he contributed songs to Queen’s
albums from the beginning, composing at
least one track on every album, and often
singing lead vocals on his own
compositions. In addition to his drum work, Taylor is well known for his falsetto vocal range. He
sometimes played keyboards, guitars and bass on his own songs. During the 1980’s, in addition
to his work with Queen, he formed a parallel band known as the Cross, in which he was the lead
singer and rhythm guitarist. During the early 1980’s, Taylor was also a panellist on the popular
UK quiz show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Read. In 2014, he appeared in The Life of Rock with
Brian Pern.
John Richard Deacon was born on 19th of
August 1951. He was the bassist of the band. Deacon
grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, playing bass in a local
band, The Opposition, before moving to study
electronics at Chelsea College. From the third album,
Sheer Heart Attack, onwards, he wrote at least one song
per album, several of which became hits including
Another one bites the dust. As well as bass, Deacon
played some guitar, keyboards and piano on Queen’s
studio work. Deacon has often been described as the
quiet member of the band. Although the rest of the band
felt he was the right bassist for them, he barely spoke in
rehearsals and avoided arguments. By the mid-1980’s,
Deacon had started to play with other bands as well. He
performed with Man Friday & Jive Junior, with The
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Immortals and even with Elton John. He got married on January 1975 to Veronica Tetzlaff and
became the father of six children. He decided to retire from music industry in 1997.
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on
the 5th of September 1946 in Zanzibar. He was the lead
singer of the band. Regarded as one of the greatest singers
in the history of rock music, he was known for his
flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range.
Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman, with
his highly theatrical style influencing the artistic direction
of Queen.
His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were both
Parsee (Persian). In 1954, at the age of eight, Freddie was
shipped to St. Peter’s English boarding school in
Panchgani, about fifty miles outside Bombay. It was there
his friends began to call him Freddie, a name the family
also adopted. As St. Peter’s was an English school, the sports played there were typically
English. Freddie loathed cricket and long-distance running, but he liked hockey, sprint and
boxing. At the age of 10 he became a school champion in table tennis. Freddie was not only a
good sportsman, his artistic skills were incomparable. At the age of twelve he was awarded the
school trophy as Junior All-rounder.
He loved art, and was always sketching for friends or relatives. He was also music mad
and played records on the family’s old record player, stacking the singles to play constantly. The
music he was able to get was mostly Indian, but some Western music was available. He would
sing along to either and preferred music to school work. The principal headmaster of St. Peter’s
had noticed Freddie’s musical talent, and wrote to his parents suggesting that they might wish to
pay a little extra on Freddie’s school fees to enable him to study music properly. They agreed,
and Freddie began to learn to play the piano. He also became a member of the school choir and
took part regularly in school theatrical productions. He loved his piano lessons and applied
himself nest h with determination and skill, finally achieving Grade IV both in practical and
theory.
In 1958, five friends at St. Peter’s – Freddie Bulsara, Derrick Branche, Bruce Murray,
Farang Irani and Victory Rana – formed the school’s rock’n roll band, the Hectics, where
Freddie was the piano player. They would play at school parties, at annual fetes and school
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In 1964, many of the British and Indians, due to political unrest in Zanzibar, left their
country, although not under forcible pressure, and among those driven out were the Bulsaras
who migrated to England. Initially they lived with relatives in Feltham, Middlesex, until they
were able to find their own small, terraced house in the area. Freddie was seventeen, and had
decided he wanted to go to art college, but needed at least one A level to ensure he could get in.
In September 1964 he enrolled at the nearby Isleworth Polytechnic
During vacations he took a variety of jobs to earn some money; one was in the catering
department at Heathrow Airport, a stone’s throw from home, and the other was on the Feltham
trading estate, where he had a job in a warehouse lifting and stacking heavy crates and boxes.
His fellow workers commented on his ‘delicate’ hands, certainly not suited for such work, and
asked him what he did. He told them he was a musician just ‘filling in time’, and such was his
charm that those co-workers were soon doing the lion’s share of his work. He studied hard,
although he preferred the aesthetic side of school life to the more mundane academic side, and
easily achieved his Art A level, leaving Isleworth in the spring of 1966. His grade A pass and his
natural skill ensured that he was readily accepted by Ealing College of Art and, in September
1966, Freddie began a graphic illustrating course at that college.
After Jimi Hendrix exploded onto the scene in 1967, Freddie became an ardent fan, he
spent time sketching and drawing his hero; drawings he would frame and use to decorate the
walls of his flat in Kensington, where he had moved from the family home in Feltham. At that
time Kensington was an important place to be for the art crowd – it was the base of the famous
Biba boutique and the home of Kensington Market, frequented by the then ‘in’ crowd.
A fellow student at Ealing College was bass player Tim Staffell, with whom Freddie
became good friends. As Tim and Freddie became closer friends, Tim took him along to
rehearsals of his band called Smile. Freddie got on famously with Brian and Roger and loved the
sound that Smile had achieved; he also had immense admiration and respect for Brian’s guitar-
playing. Inspired by Smile, Freddie began to experiment with music for the first time since
leaving India. He initially began to practice with Tim, another art student Nigel Foster, and with
Chris Smith. The first time I heard Freddie sing I was amazed, recounts Chris. He had a huge
voice. Although his piano style was very affected, very Mozart, he had a great touch. From a
piano player’s point of view, his approach was unique. He had great, natural sense of melody. I
picked that up straight away. For me it was the most interesting aspect of what he was doing.
Freddie left Ealing College in June 1969, with a diploma in graphic art and design, and a
few commissions for adverts in local newspapers. He moved into Roger Taylor’s flat, and that
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fellow Ealing students, and later Victorian or whatever clothes, new and secondhand, he could
lay his hands on.
In the summer of 1969 Freddie was introduced to a Liverpool band called Ibex, who had
come to London to try to make a name for themselves. Such was his enthusiasm, that just ten
days later, he’d learned the band’s set, brought in a few new songs, and had traveled to Bolton,
Lancashire, for a gig with them – his debut public performance. This even featured an uncredited
photograph of Freddie. Somewhere between 9th September and the end of October 1969 Ibex
underwent a mini upheaval – at Freddie’s instigation. I recall him canvassing the idea of calling
the band Wreckage, but nobody was very enthusiastic, reveals Mike Bersin. Then he phoned me
one night and said, “The others don’t mind. How do you feel?” I said, “If they agree, then fine”.
When I spoke to the others about it, Freddie had phoned them all up and had the same
conversation.
Despite flashes of true potential, the end of the 1960s also marked the end of Wreckage.
Gigs were few and far between, and while John Taylor, Richard Thompson and Freddie
remained in London, Mike Bersin was committed to his college course in Liverpool, as he
promised to his parents. Inevitably, the band petered out.
In April 1970 Tim Staffell decided to leave Smile, and Freddie joined them as lead
singer. Freddie decided to change the name of the band to Queen, he also changed his last name
to Mercury. In 1970 Freddie met Mary Austin. They lived together for seven years and remained
good friends until his death. He wrote the song Love of my life for her.
On October 7th, 1979 Freddie performed with the Royal Ballet. He had never done any
ballet before, but it was something he had always wanted to try. Songs were played by the
orchestra with Freddie doing live vocals. Freddie’s first dance was Bohemian Rhapsody, and he
performed with skill in front of a packed house of enthusiastic balletomanes, who loved him, and
he received a standing ovation for both his performances.
In 1980 Freddie changed his image. He cut his hair and grew a moustache. His fans
began to send him gifts of nail polish and razor blades.
At the end of 1982, Queen all agreed they wanted to take break from each other. Freddie
had been thinking of making a solo album for some time, and at last he had time to do something
about it. He booked studio time at Musicland in Munich and began work in early 1983. During
that time he was introduced to Georgio Moroder, who was working on a re-release of the 1926
Fritz Lang silent science fiction film Metropolis. He wanted to put a contemporary musical score
to the film. He asked Freddie to consider collaborating on a track for the film to which Freddie
agreed. He had never before co-written with anyone outside Queen, and had not recorded anyone
else’s compositions, apart from Larry Lurex. The result of this co-operation was the song Love
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Kills. The first single from his forthcoming solo album was I Was Born To Love You. It was
released on April 9th 1985. Three weeks later Freddie’s first solo album Mr. Bad Guy was
released on CBS Records.
He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. The early part of that year was very quiet for
Queen, so Freddie took the opportunity to go into Townhouse Studios to do some solo work. It
resulted in a remake of the classic Platters song The Great Pretender. The single was released on
February 23rd. In March 1987 Freddie flew to Barcelona to meet Montserrat Caballé. He gave her
a cassette with two or four songs. The Spanish opera diva liked these songs and even performed
one of them at London’s Covent Garden. Freddie was delighted. In early April, Freddie began
work on the album he agreed to record with Montserrat Caballé. On October 8 th 1988 Freddie
and Montserrat appeared at the huge open air La Nit festival in Barcelona. They performed three
tracks from their forthcoming album – How Can I Go On, The Golden Boy and Barcelona. The
long-awaited album, Barcelona, finally come out on October 10th.
He was terribly ill with AIDS, although he didn’t want his fans to know about it. He
announced that fact the day before he died. Being ill he continued to compose and record songs
and even took part in making videos. In my opinion, I’m going slightly mad video is his
masterpiece.
On November 24th 1991 Freddie died peacefully at his home in London of AIDS-related
bronchial pneumonia. He had by his side Jim Hutton, his life partner from the 1980s untill his
very last day. He wrote the song Love me like there’s no tomorrow for him.
On April 20th 1992 a tribute concert
in Freddie’s memory was held at Wembley
Stadium, and many famous rock stars took
part in it. But the best tribute to Freddie
was the album Made In Heaven, released
on November 6th 1995 by the three
remaining members of Queen. We can hear

the last songs that Freddie composed and

recorded.

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Queen’s Greatest
Performances
Queen were always stage masters,
Freddie Mercury’s unique ability to
communicate with massive audiences, was a
talent like no other singer showed before him
and hardly after him. No matter what their mood
was, on stage Queen gave every bit of
themselves to satisfy their large record breaking audiences around the world. Queen were also
pioneers on the use of some stage props and effects, such as their “Pizza Oven”, their classic
light switch grid, and the use of pyrotechnics (one of the first bands to use it) among other
things. This are some of their best concerts worldwide:
1. Live Aid, Wembley, London, July 13th 1985
Live Aid was Queen’s highest moment in their career, they were able to transform 20
minutes in the most memorable moment of Live Aid. Sharing the bill with some of the biggest
names in music could had been a difficult task for Queen who were used to sold out stadiums on
their own. In the same day, before Queen, Dire Straits and U2, both very popular at the time
played, David Bowie and The Who followed Queen. Still on the same day and bill was Paul
McCartney and Black Sabbath.  But among all those household names, Queen were the ones that
won the day, their performance symbolizes Live Aid and the biggest moment in any of the cities
the concert took place with an attendance of 80.000 people in Wembley and 2 Billion worldwide
through the broadcast. They rushed through some of their biggest hits songs, in 20 minutes
playing Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga-Ga, Hammer To Fall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions leaving the audience ecstatic, later that night
Freddie and Brian returned to play the acoustic Is This The World We Created?. After Live Aid,
the band saw a resurgence, gaining new fans and winning back old ones. Queen’s performance in
Live Aid remains unbeatable to this day and it should stay that way for a long time.
2. Rock In Rio, Rio De Janeiro, January 12th 1985
The festival Rock In Rio featured the biggest crowd Queen ever played to, a record of
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estimated that between 250.000 and 500.000 people attended their concert each night. Unlike the
U.S, their popularity hadn’t decreased in other parts of the world, and South Americans specially
were devoted Queen fans. Mercury conducted the sea of fans at the concerts to sing along with
him, most memorably during the Love Of My Life performance.

3. Morumbi Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil, March 20th 1981

A record breaking audience of 131.000 people attended the first of two nights at the
Morumbi Stadium, the second night 120.000. Queen’s popularity was immense in South
America at the time, and during The Game Tour the concerts they did in that continent are
among some of the most attended ones in their career. The setlist was more diverse than the ones
did during the 70’s shows as their music became more diverse, they seldom would go back to
their first two albums during most of the 80’s.
4. Hyde Park, London, September 18th 1976
Hyde Park was the first Queen event to attract a massive audience, it is estimated that
150.000 to 200.000 people showed up. The concert took place on the anniversary of Jimi
Hendrix’s death. Queen and in particular Freddie Mercury were big Hendrix fans and so this
concert added a special feeling to the band. The free concert, organized by Richard Branson, was
a way that Queen found to thank back their loyal audiences for the last 3 successful years.
During a roughly 90 minutes show they revisited their career. The concert that had run a half
hour past its scheduled ending time had to end when the police threatened to arrest the band if
they went back on stage to an encore, due to a curfew strictly enforced by the authorities. Freddie
was later quoted saying how he would prefer not to be stuck in a jail cell in his leotard.
5. Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February18th 1981
The first time Queen played Argentina and the first time ever a Rock band was booked
into a Football stadium which Queen sold out. Queen’s popularity in Argentina was so big at that
time that 9 out of 10 albums in the national charts were from Queen. Feeling that they had
somehow to prove their worth to the Argentinian fans, both nights were an spectrum of energy in
which the band completely tuned in with the audience. They were welcomed like royalty into the
country.
6. Wembley, London, July 12th 1986
The second night at Queen’s Wembley concerts during the successful Live Magic Tour
it’s perhaps the most well known and also most well documented. This concert that has been
broadcast numerous times over the years and has had several official audio and video releases.
Reportedly, Freddie Mercury was more nervous than usual that night due to the fact that his
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voice was not in great shape and he knew the concert was going to be filmed for releasing.
Despite that, Queen did one of the most memorable shows in their career, not knowing their live
era with Mercury was coming to an end. An attendance of 72.000 filled the Wembley Stadium,
among the audience many notable names such as Mick Jagger. Featuring one of their most
complete live sets, in which they revisit literally all their albums without losing focus. A live
album was released the following year, Live Magic containing highlights from the concert that
didn’t do much justice to it. Wasn’t up until the 90’s that the concert was fully released on
record.
7. Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, August 9th 1986
The concert was powerful, and Queen’s performance was outstanding. What none of the
band’s fans knew at the time was that this concert would be the final live performance of Freddie
Mercury with Queen. In true dramatic form, the band arrived at Knebworth Park by helicopter.
They played a two hour set which was greeted with a rapturous response from the audience.
They delivered a stunning set, full of energy and slickness, to a deliriously enthusiastic audience.
The finale involved a particularly emotional rendition of God Save the Queen. Sadly, nobody
recoded this last concert, Can you believe that on Freddie Mercury’s last concert, the great
showman, no one actually pressed record? Gaped Knebworth House’s current occupant, Henry
Lytton-Cobbold, There’s somebody filming a screen at the back of the audience for the whole
show, so there’s a record of it, but no proper film.

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Queen After Freddie Mercury

By the time of Freddie Mercury’s death his Queen colleagues had been given plenty of
time to think about what to do afterwards. They were grieving at the loss a close friend and a
person with whom they’d conquered the world. Still, there was no doubt – certainly not in the
minds of Brian May and Roger Taylor – that the show must go on.
The three remaining members organized The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS
Awareness which was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley
Stadium in London for an audience of 72.000 people. The show marked bassist John Deacon’s
final full-length concert with Queen (and a short live appearance with Brian May, Roger
Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury
Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation.
The concert opened with a message from the three remaining members of Queen in
tribute to Mercury. The music then commenced with short sets from artists that were influenced
by the music of Queen, including Metallica and Guns N’ Roses. Between bands, several video
clips honouring Freddie Mercury were shown while roadies changed the stage for the following
act’s performance. Elizabeth Taylor then gave an AIDS prevention speech, which was followed
by a compilation of Mercury’s various interactions with audiences. The second half of the
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including Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, James Hetfield,
George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plan, Axl Rose and
Slash, Liza Minnelli and others.
Queen + Paul Rodgers was a
collaboration between Queen and Paul Rodgers.
It was made clear that Rodgers would not be
replacing Queen’s former lead singer. He would
simply be featured with the last Queen members.
Throughout their career the band completed two
world tours, issued the first studio album for
Queen in nearly 15 years entitled The Cosmos
Rocks, and released two live albums and three
live DVDs. Rodgers announced in May 2009 that the collaboration had come to an end, saying It
was never meant to be a permanent arrangement.

Queen + Adam Lambert

Like the previous project, it was made clear that Lambert would not be replacing Queen’s
frontman Freddie Mercury, but rather that he would be featured with the band’s active members.
The collaboration originated when May and Taylor appeared on American Idol in 2009
where Lambert was a contestant. They began performing occasionally in 2011, conducted a short
European tour in 2012, and in 2014 announced a world tour, the Queen + Adam Lambert Tour
2014–2015 with dates in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and South
America. In the summer of 2016, the group performed several dates as part of a festival tour in
Europe and several dates in Asia. The next year, the group announced a second worldwide tour
scheduled for 2017 and 2018. After the success of the film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), they
announced their third worldwide tour called The Rhapsody Tour. This tour took the band back to
North America in 2019 and to South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia playing stadiums
early 2020. The European dates, including 10 shows at The O2 Arena in London, were
scheduled for the summer of 2020. These are currently postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19
virus pandemic.
Although there are no immediate plans to release a studio album with this lineup, May
and Taylor have stated that there is a possibility of the group recording original material.

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Awards
200 Queen were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
1 Ohio.

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Queen were given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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200 Queen was the first band, rather than just individual, to be inducted into
3 the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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The band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
4

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Bohemian Rhapsody was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
4

200 Queen were inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame (at Guitar Center on
4 Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard)

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Queen was the first band inducted into the VH1 Rock Honors.
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200 We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were inducted into
9 the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Queen was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Conclusion
After we’ve gone through a little part of Queen’s history, we can conclude with the fact
that this band, consisting of some extraordinary men, one of whom died too soon, is hard to
compete with. The band members were so different, but they managed to do such amazing
things. Roger Taylor was a showy drummer and a good vocalist, John Deacon seemed to avoid
the spotlight, instead preferring to be the foundation on which the songs were built, Brian May
attracted attention with his style and guitar virtuosity and Freddie had a commanding personality,
wanting to be the center of attention at all times, the spotlight energized him. The others were
smart enough to realize that Mercury was a bona-fide star and that letting him shine was very
much to the band’s benefit. They contributed to this industry with genuine recording techniques
that were at first called strange things, mixing for the first time in history opera music with rock
and so on.
Their songs is not simply music, they are masterpieces, songs of the soul for the ones
who probably couldn’t find consolation in anything else, this fact being proved by the huge
crowds of people who took part in their concerts and their successful albums all around the
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important to not forget about these men who made a change, who found their sense of living and
who left the world a little bit better than the way they had found it.
It's been a good ride. Queen is the train that never stops, I think. – Roger Taylor

Four personalities are bound to clash. I wouldn't go to another band. – John Deacon

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal
ambitions. I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now.– Brian May

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. – Freddie

Mercury

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 Lesley-Ann Jones, Bohemian Rhapsody: The Definitive Biography of Freddie
Mercury, London, 1997, Hodder & Stoughton
 Peter Hince, Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th
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 www.britannica.com
 www.imdb.com
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