Elton John and Queen will perform in downtown Kyiv
Today at 13:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Legendary singer Elton John and a British rock band Queen will hold a charitable anti-AIDS concert on the Independence Square before the Euro 2012 European Football Championship final.
"Elton John and rock band Queen will play to support the fight against AIDS, here, on Independence Square," Head of the ANTIAIDS Foundation Olena Pinchuk said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
The ANTIAIDS Foundation, with the assistance of UEFA, will organize the concert. The concert will be entitled "Your Life is Not a Game. Let's Stop AIDS Together!" It will begin on June 30 at 2000 and will last until midnight.
According to Pinchuk, Elton John and Queen refused payment for the performance.
The concert will take place on the stage in the fan zone on the Independence Square.
"We will not build anything special," she said.
The concert will consist of two parts, admission will be free of charge, and in addition, the concert will be broadcast live.
Pinchuk assumed that Elton John and Queen could attend the final match of Euro 2012 and said that she did not know whether they would attend the closing ceremony of the championship.
During the concert, the foundation will raise funds for a new joint project of Elton John's and Olena Pinchuk's anti-AIDS foundations.
Source: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/128938/
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I wonder why the proceeds won't be split three ways to include the Mercury Phoenix Trust?
Amazing news! I shall go.
Great tot see there will be a broadcast. Gives us on the other side of the world to have a look!
Makka wrote:
Great tot see there will be a broadcast. Gives us on the other side of the world to have a look!
How to view that from Tex-ass? Yes, thats in the USA.
"Queen refused payment for the performance."
Must be a tribute act or something...
Must be a tribute act or something...
Could be interesting ...
Could be nice indeed.
Nice to see it will be broadcast.
Nice to see it will be broadcast.
unfortunately its Lambert singing...
hmmmm.
That's a pitty.
Queen+EJ would be interesting. Queen + AL not so.
That's a pitty.
Queen+EJ would be interesting. Queen + AL not so.
Well then. That could be nice.
I suppose now it makes the fact that they changed the date of the Moscow gig with no reasonable explanation a little more clear now as to why they changed the date from the 30th June. I suppose they could not say anything about it until the offical press release. (still not good for all the people it put out, but I suppose it lightens it a little.)
people on streets wrote:
hmmmm.
That's a pitty.
Queen+EJ would be interesting. Queen + AL not so.
Are you sure? Did you you see EJ at the jubilee concert? I wasn't that impressed with his voice.......AL would be a better bet than EJ imo!
Why would anyone even daydream about Q+Elton at this point?? Elton sucked at the Tribute 20 years ago, I don't know why anyone thinks he'd be a better fit now... let him play his own music.
Zebonka12 wrote: Why would anyone even daydream about Q+Elton at this point?? Elton sucked at the Tribute 20 years ago, I don't know why anyone thinks he'd be a better fit now... let him play his own music.
Despite his tendency to slur a bit (mostly during the first few songs of a set), his vocal range has improved amazingly over the last few years. Some of us would LOVE to see how he would handle a rendition of TSMGO these days.