QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Getting Ready For First-Ever U.S. Show

October 14, 2005

Launch Radio Networks reports: North American fans have been waiting all year to see QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS, and their patience will be rewarded on Sunday (October 16). That's when the group hits the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for their first-ever show on this side of the Atlantic. Rodgers and QUEEN did a very successful European tour earlier this year, which was captured on the recent live album "Return of the Champions".

Even with all that's happened over the past year, there's still a bit of confusion about the role Rodgers is playing in the band. It probably wasn't helped a few weeks ago when the New York Times published a photo of the group with the caption "Paul Rodgers has replaced Freddie Mercury in QUEEN." Rodgers told Launch that no one could ever replace Mercury, who died in 1991, and that it's wrong to describe his situation that way. "I think it's more accurate to say that QUEEN and I are joining forces," he said. "It's come together on a musical level, because we just clicked when we played at the U.K. Music Hall Of Fame together as a unit."

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS will play the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles next Saturday (October 22) before moving on to dates in Japan. The group is planning an extensive North American tour for next year.

In addition to the live album, a "Return of the Champions" DVD is also on the way.

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