Dr Magnus : No Lambert is not a 5th member of Queen because he is nowhere as educated or talented as the other Queen members and secondly that sure was a dumb thing to suggest.
Any respectful Queen would not even mention that turd in the same sentence as Queen. Get real.
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Gerry was part of the Queen family arguably.
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[QUOTE] [b]Wasp. wrote:[/b]
Lets get one thing straight, Gerry was Queens tour manager ok, but he also helped the band play at many of the place that they longed to play at,
He was always close by to the band on tour and the band would always hang out around him before a show
I do not want to argue about a lovely guy who has just passed away so please do not start rowing on this thread and have some respect for Gerry.[/QUOTE]
The tour manager, promoter and agents make a tour possible. The tour manager liaises with the other two and the band's management as to where and when and the type of venues they will play. The technical feasibility of the venues is down to the tour manager and production designers. Can the show be loaded in and out with no delays, will it fit in the venue.
The tour manager as I said before then has to sort out tour staff equipment transport and accommodation.
None of this involved the band.
On show days the tour manager has a relatively early start at the venue and spends most of the day in the production office sorting out final details of the day and final planning for the next gig.
Queen did not hang around Gerry Stickells, he was far too busy to hang around for long.
In fact in later years the band often didn't do full sound checks and when they did it was late in the day. Freddie sometime just didn't and would arrive as late as possible.
Yes Queen had quite a tight knit touring community, but everyone on the tour was hellishly bust most of the time and your impression of people hanging around didn't usually happen much. Yes they were good friends and spent time with each other but not a lot of time in each other's company during a tour.
The stage manager ( Rick O'brian) and the band's personel crew members probably saw more of the band during a tour than Gerry Stickells did.