Per Brian May:
https://brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsfeb18.html#50
Could this be a short-term thing or is Marc out?
GrowUpGlamberts
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SpaceGrey
old circus is tired it's time to collect a new one
99jaystang
What a shithead move by Queen Productions to allow pre sale of tickets for the fall. And then announce a couple months later saying Queen Extravaganza has a new lead singer. A lot of people on Twitter and Facebook are pissed about this.
cmsdrums
Don’t know if he’s left or been sacked, but if it were temporary or amicable then surely the press release would give Martel a nod somewhere?
Selling tickets up front knowing that he was not going to be in the band is very deceitful - this other guy may be a phenomenal vocalist but he is not going to sound like Freddie in the way Martel does, and essentially that is what the audience are looking for in any Queen tribute act and why they’re buying tickets. The general public are not going to be fussed if the bassist captures John’s tone, or if Tyler Warren has Roger’s snare sound, but they want the singer to sound like Freddie without it being an impersonation, and that’s what they got with Martel.
However Martel has apparently formed his own Queen tribute band to tour with and don’t know if he thought that would be ok whilst staying in the QE? To do that seems rather disrespectful to Queen, and the rest of the QE members.
I’m hoping that whatever has happened doesn’t cause QPL to pull the performances Martel has recorded for the upcoming film.
Selling tickets up front knowing that he was not going to be in the band is very deceitful - this other guy may be a phenomenal vocalist but he is not going to sound like Freddie in the way Martel does, and essentially that is what the audience are looking for in any Queen tribute act and why they’re buying tickets. The general public are not going to be fussed if the bassist captures John’s tone, or if Tyler Warren has Roger’s snare sound, but they want the singer to sound like Freddie without it being an impersonation, and that’s what they got with Martel.
However Martel has apparently formed his own Queen tribute band to tour with and don’t know if he thought that would be ok whilst staying in the QE? To do that seems rather disrespectful to Queen, and the rest of the QE members.
I’m hoping that whatever has happened doesn’t cause QPL to pull the performances Martel has recorded for the upcoming film.
Jekaling
Jekaling
Marc Martel posted this on twitter
cmsdrums
Lord know why they didn’t add something in the original release about the new singer to say that Marc’s schedule didn’t allow his to play with them this time.
Still bang out of order to have sold tickets and held the news of his absence back until now.
Still bang out of order to have sold tickets and held the news of his absence back until now.
rockchic65
They've put an announcement from Marc on Queenonline saying scheduling conflict. http://www.queenonline.com/news/statement-from-marc-martel
Marc's put some announcement on his own website about a collaboration thing that came up that was too good to miss for Nov/Dec, don't know how long it's been there though. The dates don't cross with QEX but there's only a couple days between the two. https://www.marcmartelmusic.com/
Maybe he only told them last minute?
Marc's put some announcement on his own website about a collaboration thing that came up that was too good to miss for Nov/Dec, don't know how long it's been there though. The dates don't cross with QEX but there's only a couple days between the two. https://www.marcmartelmusic.com/
Maybe he only told them last minute?
david (galashiels)
i had already got my tickets.before this was released...no a happy bunny.
rockchic65
No, you and lots of others. Don't know how long they've known for but it's really not good. Technically they advertised QEX and people just assumed it would be Marc but enough people were questioning it on QEX and Marc's own f/book page and no one was answering. Don't know how the ticket thing works but it would be good PR if they took the hit and offered refunds to anyone not still wanting to go.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
However Martel has apparently formed his own Queen tribute band to tour with and don’t know if he thought that would be ok whilst staying in the QE? To do that seems rather disrespectful to Queen, and the rest of the QE members.
I’m hoping that whatever has happened doesn’t cause QPL to pull the performances Martel has recorded for the upcoming film.[/QUOTE]
QE has been whittled down from 8 members to 4, and maybe it was just time to move on and he did so amicably - especially if he can be his own boss. It's not like he has a professional obligation to stay on the same gig for the rest of his life. Who knows what the timeline was, and who chose to say what publicly and when.
The film will probably go on as planned. It is extremely unlikely that anyone outside of Hollywood has veto power over whose voice can be heard in a film if the tracks have been cut and paperwork has been signed.
Judging by how smart Martel was with the wording of his press release, it sounds like he's got himself covered.
However Martel has apparently formed his own Queen tribute band to tour with and don’t know if he thought that would be ok whilst staying in the QE? To do that seems rather disrespectful to Queen, and the rest of the QE members.
I’m hoping that whatever has happened doesn’t cause QPL to pull the performances Martel has recorded for the upcoming film.[/QUOTE]
QE has been whittled down from 8 members to 4, and maybe it was just time to move on and he did so amicably - especially if he can be his own boss. It's not like he has a professional obligation to stay on the same gig for the rest of his life. Who knows what the timeline was, and who chose to say what publicly and when.
The film will probably go on as planned. It is extremely unlikely that anyone outside of Hollywood has veto power over whose voice can be heard in a film if the tracks have been cut and paperwork has been signed.
Judging by how smart Martel was with the wording of his press release, it sounds like he's got himself covered.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]rockchic65 wrote:[/b]
No, you and lots of others. Don't know how long they've known for but it's really not good. Technically they advertised QEX and people just assumed it would be Marc but enough people were questioning it on QEX and Marc's own f/book page and no one was answering. Don't know how the ticket thing works but it would be good PR if they took the hit and offered refunds to anyone not still wanting to go.[/QUOTE]
The PR won't make as much money later as ticket sales do now.
Yes did the same thing in 1980 when Jon Anderson wasn't in the band. The Drama album was out, but the less people who knew, the better. They knew less people would come if they knew the Buggles guy was singing.
Business is business.
No, you and lots of others. Don't know how long they've known for but it's really not good. Technically they advertised QEX and people just assumed it would be Marc but enough people were questioning it on QEX and Marc's own f/book page and no one was answering. Don't know how the ticket thing works but it would be good PR if they took the hit and offered refunds to anyone not still wanting to go.[/QUOTE]
The PR won't make as much money later as ticket sales do now.
Yes did the same thing in 1980 when Jon Anderson wasn't in the band. The Drama album was out, but the less people who knew, the better. They knew less people would come if they knew the Buggles guy was singing.
Business is business.
john bodega
I can remember when they had 4 singers, it was always an instant mood-killer to go from 'the guy that can sing Queen' to 'one of those other space-fillers'.
Can't imagine how shitted off I'd be if I paid money thinking I'd be seeing this guy, and getting someone else - could be a complete crapshoot!
Can't imagine how shitted off I'd be if I paid money thinking I'd be seeing this guy, and getting someone else - could be a complete crapshoot!
rockchic65
Wouldn't be so bad but I've checked him out on YouTube and it's not looking good. Just glad I didn't have tickets, I would not be happy.
inu-liger
Was it ever really confirmed that Marc recorded vocals for the film, or is that just speculation?