The 30th anniversary of Queen's first hit single is fast approaching. The band took 'Seven Seas of Rhye' to No. 10 back in May of 1974, and they have decided to celebrate with a one-off concert and perhaps a charity single. Only problem is that their singer, Freddie Mercury, died 13 years ago. Naturally, Queen fan Justin Hawkins is the only man for the job.
The People reports that Brian May, Queen's poodle permed axe god, got together with Justin and his brother Dan at a club in London last weekend and thrashed out the details. The paper's source says: "Queen have been talking about a collaboration for a while and they finally got down to sorting it out last week."
All the proceeds from the collaboration look set to go to Freddie's favourite charidees, The Terrance Higgins Trust or Children in Need. It looks set to be one hell of a team up, if only because Justin is the only guy on earth who could possibly pull off the same kind of outfits that Mecury used to wear. Break out the boas!
FriedChicken · Member since
cool
Wayne Gretzky · Member since
I really hope this is true.
brianburnsdavid · Member since
Great, when was 7 seas of Rhy released? (I think it'll be the date to releas the the darkness version)
Please place it at the news place when it's released!
David Jones · Member since
> Naturally, Queen fan Justin Hawkins is the only man for the job
Is he fuck! The guy is a complete rip-off fuckwit! They should pick someone who you can respect and admire and a man with talent. Not some wannabee prick!
Adam Baboolal · Member since
"complete rip-off fuckwitt"
So you don't like The Darkness then? *Sighs*
Peace,
Adam.
Pim Derks · Member since
"Great, when was 7 seas of Rhy released? (I think it'll be the date to releas the the darkness version)"
February 14, 1974 if I'm not mistaken.
The Fairy King · Member since
GREAT!
can't wait, i LURVE The Darkness!!!
Adam Baboolal · Member since
So the "May" date mentioned by the BBC is wrong then?
nil · Member since
I'm with you on this Davey J
Brian_Mays_Wig · Member since
Good Luck to them :)
Pim Derks · Member since
Dunno if it's the wrong date, but I'm sure it was released in February 1974. Could be that it got in the charts later on ofcourse :)
If this news is true, I hope they will perform some of those early tracks and not just the crappy commercial ones ;)
RMT · Member since
Whilst I like Mr Hawkins, I just can't imagine him singing Queen songs. Also, the article mentions John playing which is, I'm sure we all know, extremely unlikely to ever happen again. If it happens I'll be the first to sign up for it all, but to be totally honest with you I'm not convinced as to the validity of this particular story. A UK gig certainly has to be a distinct possibility, however.
Whisperer · Member since
I really wish this is not true! That Justin guy is one of the most annoying rock singers today. The only reason I don't talk bad about him in public is that he is a Queen fan. I really hope that Queen would not team up with anyone, because any new lead singer would immediately be compared with Freddie and we all know that it's pretty hard to be compared to the best man in the business.
I (and many other fans) have lots of recordings by the best possible line-up, so why would I want to hear some "new" recording with a line-up that is not the best? Just my opinion though.
*goes and listens to a bootleg with Freddie, Brian, Roger and John playing live.
RMT · Member since
If it's gonna happen, someone give Jeff Scott Soto a call :-)
