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The show continues for Queen, nearly 25 years after the death of Freddie Mercury


(Belga) For nearly a quarter of a century that Freddie Mercury is no more, but the songs of the legendary band Queen, is still alive and well, with a new European tour that was stage Monday night in Paris for more two-hour electric show.

From the heady bass line of "Another bites the dust" to the heavy rhythm of "We Will Rock You", to the supercharged guitars of "I want it all" or "The show must go on" The Zenith of Paris has honored the tubes to a separate group, combining AOR rock, pop and theatrics. Freddie Mercury died in 1991 at age 45, is now replaced by the eccentric micro and bluffing Adam Lambert, an American 32-year winner of the American version of "The New Star". From studded leather jacket leopard costume or Scottish scarlet pants, the singer with the impeccable banana and suggestive lame knows perching his voice high, very high. Between songs, he did not forget to applaud Freddie Mercury, whose voice joins that of the group on "Love of my life" and then "Bohemian rhapsody" through videos projected on a big screen backdrop . Guitarist Brian May, 67, and his long white hair now, and drummer Roger Taylor, 65, and his white beard as the last two original members still on board, is also plenty to be happy. Brian May shows that he has not lost his touch by offering long solos while drummer displays a resplendent voice to sing "A Kind of Magic", but also a sense of some families leaving his seat several times to his son embarked on the adventure. Diverse group between old salts, leading man at the microphone and extra musicians in the shadows, always manages to seduce Queen with songs that put everyone agrees, the image of "We are the "final champions picked up by the thousands of Parisian audience. The European tour started on 13 January in Newcastle (UK) and must take place on 26 dates through the end of February. Parisian date the only one in France, was the first outside the United Kingdom. The group is now expected in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium (February 8), Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland (February 19) and Poland before returning to Britain in conclusion. Queen is a legendary group in Britain where, according to his house Mercury records, "one in three households owns" a copy of his first compilation, Greatest Hits (1981), sold more than 6 million copies. (Belga)