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Post by nica575 on Dec 7, 2017 20:14:26 GMT -5
not sure we have this: Dexter Fletcher Replaces Bryan Singer On ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
deadline.com/2017/12/dexter-fletcher-replaces-bryan-singer-on-bohemian-rhapsody-1202221696/Fox has replaced Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody with Dexter Fletcher, the director of the films Eddie the Eagle and Wild Bill. Fletcher will resume production next week. There are about two weeks left on the film, unless Fletcher decides to reshoot scenes. The filmmaker will then oversee postproduction as Fox hopes to keep the film on track for December 2018. It will be a good warm-up for Fletcher, who’s also attached to direct the biopic on Elton John. more...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 20:22:00 GMT -5
I am firmly on the JCS tinhatting train!
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Post by katycake on Dec 7, 2017 20:23:21 GMT -5
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troye sivan@troyesivan ❤️🏳️🌈❤️ FINALLY ❤️🏳️🌈❤️ Proud to be an Australian today. Now invite me to your gay weddings!!!!!! AU Marriage Equality@amequality It's a YES! Simply and fairly, #MarriageEquality is now law! Today our country can be truly proud. We did it together! 🎉
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Aaron Rhodes@aaronrhodes the bros x erika jayne for @papermagazine #BreakTheInternet issue out now ✨
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Hillary Clinton@hillaryclinton How is it that in the middle of dividing up $1.5 trillion dollars between corporations & the ultra-wealthy, Republicans can’t find the time & money to take care of children? These are perverse priorities. Congress needs to pass CHIP now, as they have every year since the 1990s.
Q3 comment: No problem with posting this -- it is Adam related. But please do not start a discussion of U.S. politics based on this. I really think we all need a mostly politics-free island.
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Post by thelambertluvva on Dec 7, 2017 20:30:00 GMT -5
I came across a reference to the January 2018 issue of “The Guitar Magazine” (on the via.com/queenrocks) featuring an interview with Dr. Bri. It was taken after the US leg of the tour. He addresses the reasons behind dropping IL and SYW! Here is a link to the pdf of the issue, the interview starts on page 64. the guitar mag pdf
hope the link works, if it does not the bottom line: SYW “did not catch fire” as they had hoped it would, and IL they felt “was exhausting” to both the band and the audiences.... Unfortunately, the link didn't work for me. It hope that information gets to the people on Queenzone who have been bashing the band for taking those two songs out. One person who hates Adam and anyone who likes Adam even seemed to put some blame on him for his flippant response "Because we felt like it". Been a really bad war zone over there, i.e. the bullying of anyone who likes Adam or says something positive about him. Pretty shocking seeing adults acting like children.
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Post by metislight on Dec 7, 2017 20:56:25 GMT -5
Yes!!!!!! Adam is better than ever in my opinion also! Cassie my calendar came yesterday and I love it!! I am so glad you like it!Adam is so photogenic! Just yesterday I was listening to some YTs from the current Europe/UK tour. I agree with others that he has grown immensely as an performer and a singer. Thing is, I have never thought that he had any weaknesses as a singer. He mightily impressed me from the first, "Mamaaaaa". His Brigadoon and 10 Commandments performances at 22 years old boggled my mind. I didn't think anything could be improved. Yet, at 35, that voice is more breathtaking than ever. I cannot put a finger on what it is about it. It sounds richer, warmer, and more 3-D. I suspect he has added more harmonics to the basic tone. And he has refined to an even greater extent his techniques. Whatever the reasons, I am enthralled anew.
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Post by 3ku1 on Dec 7, 2017 20:59:08 GMT -5
I don't know much about Jesus Christ Superstar. Is it a musical? How big would it be if Adam landed a role in this? Big I am presuming.
As for Alan Carr. Seeing it is on the 25th. A GM tribute is possible.
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Post by melliemom on Dec 7, 2017 21:02:20 GMT -5
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Post by nica575 on Dec 7, 2017 21:02:45 GMT -5
I came across a reference to the January 2018 issue of “The Guitar Magazine” (on the via.com/queenrocks) featuring an interview with Dr. Bri. It was taken after the US leg of the tour. He addresses the reasons behind dropping IL and SYW! Here is a link to the pdf of the issue, the interview starts on page 64. the guitar mag pdf
hope the link works, if it does not the bottom line: SYW “did not catch fire” as they had hoped it would, and IL they felt “was exhausting” to both the band and the audiences.... Unfortunately, the link didn't work for me. It hope that information gets to the people on Queenzone who have been bashing the band for taking those two songs out. One person who hates Adam and anyone who likes Adam even seemed to put some blame on him for his flippant response "Because we felt like it". Been a really bad war zone over there, i.e. the bullying of anyone who likes Adam or says something positive about him. Pretty shocking seeing adults acting like children. hmmm.. this link works for me, but it does take a while to load as it is about 150 pages...the negative QZ and QOL purists can not be helped imo, and in the end they don't matter in the slightest. anyway, here is the the beginning of the article: THE SHOWS
MUST GO ON
T he touring life of Queen
dates all the way back to a
gig at Truro Town Hall on
27 June 1970 – one, so the
story goes, that was arranged
by drummer Roger Taylor’s mum – and
monumental success soon followed. As
they increased in size over the ensuing
years, so did the venues they would
play. For example on 20 March 1981 a
staggering 131,000 rabid fans came to
see them at the Morumbi Stadium in
São Paolo, and the classic line-up’s last
show, the now revered Knebworth Park
extravaganza that took place on 9 August
1986, was witnessed by an estimated
throng of 160,000.
An obvious, and some would say
insurmountable, obstacle to the continued
momentum of this touring juggernaut
was the passing of the incomparable
Freddie Mercury in 1991 and whether
the band should have been laid to rest
alongside that most wonderful of singers
remains a hot-button online topic.
However, now comprising just Taylor and
guitarist Brian May after the retirement
of bassist John Deacon, Queen undertook
three subsequent tours with Free vocalist
Paul Rodgers before joining forces with a
vocalist far closer to the Mercury mould,
Adam Lambert.
“I often think that Freddie would both
love him and hate him!” asserts the everfriendly May. “Adam’s a great showman
and he can hit those top notes without
losing any quality or power. The things he
pushes himself into are just breathtaking –
he’s amazing, I have to say.”
Read All About It
Queen + Adam Lambert has been on
the road for most of the second half of
2017 with more dates scheduled for next
year, and the theme of the spectacular
production is based around the 1977
album News Of The World and its iconic
cover design by noted sci-fi artist
Frank Kelly Freas that features a bloodsplattered robot.
We’re speaking to May whilst the band
is on hiatus between the US and European
legs of the trek and he brings us up to
speed regarding the origin of the idea.
“Someone casually said to me that it
was the 40th anniversary of News Of The
World but I wasn’t that interested; it’s
always the anniversary of something!
But then I looked at the album cover
again and thought how great it would be to
bring the old robot back to life, so we set to
it. I don’t think I’m giving away too much
to say that he opens the show by smashing
his way through the screen: it’s colossal and
people love it.”
Although News Of The World openers
We Will Rock You and We Are The
Champions have been mainstays
of the Queen set for decades, the
band dusted of a couple of rarer
album tracks this time around,
namely It’s Late and Spread
Your Wings. However, as
May explains to us, neither
made it to the final leg of the
US tour and, considering
the band’s global stature, it’s
fascinating to note how organic
the set list is today.
“I thought that Spread Your Wings
was going to be a massive success with
the audience because it’s very much a
singalong, but we didn’t feel like it caught
fi re, so we dropped it after a few shows. It
may be more of a European rather than an
American thing, so it’s possible that we’ll
consider putting it back in to see how it
goes here.
“It’s Late is an epic that takes a massive
amount of concentration to perform, but
I love it,” he continues. “That went really
well and the reason we didn’t do it on the
fi nal few shows was that we felt it was
exhausting us and the audience too much.
I think there’s an optimum length to a show
that allows you to keep the energy and it’s
a fi ne line. We’re not a band that plays for
four hours a night and so, in trimming and
adjusting the show, It’s Late bit the dust at
the end of that American leg.”
It’s a spectacular and hugely entertaining
production, one that most Queen fans will
surely relate to and enjoy regardless of
who’s at the vocal mic.
...... a long technical guitar related discussion follows. This is the conclusion of the article: So, there’s no putting it of :
the million dollar question. Is
this likely to be Queen’s last
tour, at least of this scale? May is ready with
a response.
“I’ve no idea,” he laughs, cryptically.
“I didn’t think we’d still be doing it at this
point. It’s full-scale and it’s a good, meaty
show. The number 70 is quite signifi cant;
I didn’t realise what it was going to feel like.
I look in the mirror and think: ‘70? Are you
really?’, because inside I feel like I’m about
35, you know? It’s daunting; three score
years and 10 is the lifespan of a human
being and everything else afterwards is
bonus time.”
As we say our farewells we ask May to
ai rm the validity and relevance of the
current tour for any remaining unbelievers.
“It’s as big, dramatic and powerful as
anything we’ve done for the last 40 years,”
he summarises succinctly. “Those songs are
alive in all of us; they’re not museum pieces,
which is the key, I think.”
The UK leg of the Queen + Adam
Lambert European tour begins on 26
November 2017
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Post by thelambertluvva on Dec 7, 2017 21:13:21 GMT -5
Unfortunately, the link didn't work for me. It hope that information gets to the people on Queenzone who have been bashing the band for taking those two songs out. One person who hates Adam and anyone who likes Adam even seemed to put some blame on him for his flippant response "Because we felt like it". Been a really bad war zone over there, i.e. the bullying of anyone who likes Adam or says something positive about him. Pretty shocking seeing adults acting like children. hmmm.. this link works for me, but it does take a while to load as it is about 150 pages...the negative QZ and QOL purists can not be helped imo, and in the end they don't matter in the slightest. anyway, here is the the beginning of the article: THE SHOWS
MUST GO ON
T he touring life of Queen
dates all the way back to a
gig at Truro Town Hall on
27 June 1970 – one, so the
story goes, that was arranged
by drummer Roger Taylor’s mum – and
monumental success soon followed. As
they increased in size over the ensuing
years, so did the venues they would
play. For example on 20 March 1981 a
staggering 131,000 rabid fans came to
see them at the Morumbi Stadium in
São Paolo, and the classic line-up’s last
show, the now revered Knebworth Park
extravaganza that took place on 9 August
1986, was witnessed by an estimated
throng of 160,000.
An obvious, and some would say
insurmountable, obstacle to the continued
momentum of this touring juggernaut
was the passing of the incomparable
Freddie Mercury in 1991 and whether
the band should have been laid to rest
alongside that most wonderful of singers
remains a hot-button online topic.
However, now comprising just Taylor and
guitarist Brian May after the retirement
of bassist John Deacon, Queen undertook
three subsequent tours with Free vocalist
Paul Rodgers before joining forces with a
vocalist far closer to the Mercury mould,
Adam Lambert.
“I often think that Freddie would both
love him and hate him!” asserts the everfriendly May. “Adam’s a great showman
and he can hit those top notes without
losing any quality or power. The things he
pushes himself into are just breathtaking –
he’s amazing, I have to say.”
Read All About It
Queen + Adam Lambert has been on
the road for most of the second half of
2017 with more dates scheduled for next
year, and the theme of the spectacular
production is based around the 1977
album News Of The World and its iconic
cover design by noted sci-fi artist
Frank Kelly Freas that features a bloodsplattered robot.
We’re speaking to May whilst the band
is on hiatus between the US and European
legs of the trek and he brings us up to
speed regarding the origin of the idea.
“Someone casually said to me that it
was the 40th anniversary of News Of The
World but I wasn’t that interested; it’s
always the anniversary of something!
But then I looked at the album cover
again and thought how great it would be to
bring the old robot back to life, so we set to
it. I don’t think I’m giving away too much
to say that he opens the show by smashing
his way through the screen: it’s colossal and
people love it.”
Although News Of The World openers
We Will Rock You and We Are The
Champions have been mainstays
of the Queen set for decades, the
band dusted of a couple of rarer
album tracks this time around,
namely It’s Late and Spread
Your Wings. However, as
May explains to us, neither
made it to the final leg of the
US tour and, considering
the band’s global stature, it’s
fascinating to note how organic
the set list is today.
“I thought that Spread Your Wings
was going to be a massive success with
the audience because it’s very much a
singalong, but we didn’t feel like it caught
fi re, so we dropped it after a few shows. It
may be more of a European rather than an
American thing, so it’s possible that we’ll
consider putting it back in to see how it
goes here.
“It’s Late is an epic that takes a massive
amount of concentration to perform, but
I love it,” he continues. “That went really
well and the reason we didn’t do it on the
fi nal few shows was that we felt it was
exhausting us and the audience too much.
I think there’s an optimum length to a show
that allows you to keep the energy and it’s
a fi ne line. We’re not a band that plays for
four hours a night and so, in trimming and
adjusting the show, It’s Late bit the dust at
the end of that American leg.”
It’s a spectacular and hugely entertaining
production, one that most Queen fans will
surely relate to and enjoy regardless of
who’s at the vocal mic.
...... a long technical guitar related discussion follows. This is the conclusion of the article: So, there’s no putting it of :
the million dollar question. Is
this likely to be Queen’s last
tour, at least of this scale? May is ready with
a response.
“I’ve no idea,” he laughs, cryptically.
“I didn’t think we’d still be doing it at this
point. It’s full-scale and it’s a good, meaty
show. The number 70 is quite signifi cant;
I didn’t realise what it was going to feel like.
I look in the mirror and think: ‘70? Are you
really?’, because inside I feel like I’m about
35, you know? It’s daunting; three score
years and 10 is the lifespan of a human
being and everything else afterwards is
bonus time.”
As we say our farewells we ask May to
ai rm the validity and relevance of the
current tour for any remaining unbelievers.
“It’s as big, dramatic and powerful as
anything we’ve done for the last 40 years,”
he summarises succinctly. “Those songs are
alive in all of us; they’re not museum pieces,
which is the key, I think.”
The UK leg of the Queen + Adam
Lambert European tour begins on 26
November 2017Thanks, nica575. I absolutely loved those two songs and was so disappointed when they were taken out. They seemed to be made for Adam. But I am glad to know the reasons behind it. At least I got to see them performed multiple times since I went to 5 shows early on.
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Post by nica575 on Dec 7, 2017 21:34:09 GMT -5
Thanks, nica575. I absolutely loved those two songs and was so disappointed when they were taken out. They seemed to be made for Adam. But I am glad to know the reasons behind it . At least I got to see them performed multiple times since I went to 5 shows early on.WOW! How lucky you are! By the time they got to the East coast those gems were gone...I was hoping they'll get them back for the EU leg (and Brian mentioned that in the article too!) ...but in the end I am grateful for each and every concert regardless of the set!
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