Queen Tickets
The concert gods are smiling on me.
Today I went to Queen's official website, www.queenonline.com, on a whim, I temporarily enabled pop-ups to appear, and low and behold...
Queen with Paul Rodgers is doing a Spring 2006 US tour!
They are not coming to St. Louis, but they are coming to Chicago in March. The band just happens to be off on the Thursday of the concert, so I checked ticket availability. There was nothing left on the floor, so I bought the next best thing. My seats are on the Brian May side of the stage and are still pretty close. I figured Queen tickets would be a good birthday present for Doug.
I am so excited. Queen has become one of my favorite bands. Brian May has become one of my favorite guitar players. Rodger Taylor is golden. He plays the drums and he always managed to cover Freddie on the vocal parts. John Deacon, although a bass player, is a phenomenal musician with an impeccable sense of rhythm. He and Freddie were always so in sync with each other in the studio, which is rare.
I don't know much about Paul Rodgers, who is stepping in for Freddie. I can't say that I've listened to a lot of Bad Company, but I do know that Paul has a similar vocal range to Freddie's. I know that Freddie admired Paul, so who better to front the band? (Except for me, of course!) Freddie and I have a lot in common...I will miss the energy Freddie brings to the stage.
Regardless, I feel like this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
Today I went to Queen's official website, www.queenonline.com, on a whim, I temporarily enabled pop-ups to appear, and low and behold...
Queen with Paul Rodgers is doing a Spring 2006 US tour!
They are not coming to St. Louis, but they are coming to Chicago in March. The band just happens to be off on the Thursday of the concert, so I checked ticket availability. There was nothing left on the floor, so I bought the next best thing. My seats are on the Brian May side of the stage and are still pretty close. I figured Queen tickets would be a good birthday present for Doug.
I am so excited. Queen has become one of my favorite bands. Brian May has become one of my favorite guitar players. Rodger Taylor is golden. He plays the drums and he always managed to cover Freddie on the vocal parts. John Deacon, although a bass player, is a phenomenal musician with an impeccable sense of rhythm. He and Freddie were always so in sync with each other in the studio, which is rare.
I don't know much about Paul Rodgers, who is stepping in for Freddie. I can't say that I've listened to a lot of Bad Company, but I do know that Paul has a similar vocal range to Freddie's. I know that Freddie admired Paul, so who better to front the band? (Except for me, of course!) Freddie and I have a lot in common...I will miss the energy Freddie brings to the stage.
Regardless, I feel like this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
posted by Jeni @ 4:33 PM
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