Brian's message

have you read Brian's message on the soapbox yesterday? He looks a bit depressed, what you think?
good thing is that he says"it is the beginning of many things"

Exactly! He seems a bit dissapointed at something, perhaps certain artists' attitudes. But the "beginning of many things" comment hopefully reflects his desire to do more with Roger. But it also could mean he hopes it's the start of more AIDS awareness.

but... OMG!!

this is so far one of the "bad humored" message i ever saw on bri's soapbox! I really wonder what happened.. my guess is that the REAL event didn't go well and i agree; media always rarely talked about it and just to say that bono and peter gabriel were there... press rubbish, as always.
he could be depressed about beyonce's IWTBF performance and once again i agree with him... but did she know the lyrics or what??
I'm anyway happy of you, Bri and Rog, you really gave your heart to the matter, not only (great) music. Go on.
And i'm really looking for the continue of "that's been only the beginning" thing.

Cheers Brian!!

That wasn't beyonce by the way, but for the rest I agree ... It was only Beyonce, U2 and Peter Gabriel who were mentioned in the media

Only the German Tagesschau before the broadcast at ZDF Germany showed Brian during The Show Must Go On and mentioned they had a great part in the project

most of the news here in italy were for bono and Beyonce, stating even that "One" by U2 was the last song of the show!
Maybe the tv edition tonight on mtv will be edited this way?

I hope they'll not cut too many Queen songs.
However, I talked about italian media on my site (the "Editoriale" section) asking for the italian readers to send an e-mail to MTV...but I really don't know how many people actually sent their mails...
All the best
Carmelo

Blaming Beyonce for IWTBF is a little harsh - she wasn't singing it.

All I've seen in the newpapers is Bono and Beyonce...sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g...well apart from that part.

are you sure she was Beyoncè?? Looked like ms.Dynamite to me

The setlist says Tandy (whoever that is...S-African singer? whatever).

Not Ms Dynamite or Beyonce..and it didn't sound or look like either (even though I watched the blurry webcast :P)

Maybe he missed Freddie just as much as I did. Somehow I can't get used to other people doing the leadvocals. Maybe it brought back memories for him (and Roger). And of course, such an event needs a lot of preparation/rehearsing/planning, and then it's suddenly all over within a few hours. Sort of anticlimax.

he talks about "missing the ball", "making silly mistakes", he puts the blame on himself and I don't understand why, his performance was so good! But he also talks about "rampants", "loneliness"...very bitter lines, I expected anything but not this

The other "artists"... Anyone would be frustrated after sth like this. He was good- so what...? The performance in general wasn't really good.........well, it was bad........
very bad

I agree with Jaye is saying, perhaps it has brought back memories of the sort. However, Brian always seemed to have admited to be a very insecure person. Perhaps either all the emotion has overwhelmed him.

Cheer up Brian.
You know what they say...
some things are bad they can really make you mad...
some things make you wanna to swear and curse
....
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE!

The media in Spain mentioned the show a lot, but spanish people aren't going to know that "Queen" was there...