Robbie williams

Why didnt they tour with Robbie Williams, seen him live and he is more like Freddie than anyone these days

because robbie williams is really famous and does not need to tour with queen. paul rodgers is a has been and him and queen need each other to come back into the limelight. i do agree however that robbie would be a much better replacement for freddie (not that he can be replaced)though it would be more like robbie williams featuring queen, queen would become like his support act.

I think Brian and Roger are more on the same page as Paul Rodgers. They're all experienced, respected musicians who've been in the business for years and already cemented a legacy for themselves. Robbie Williams is more of an up-and-coming popstar who's made a name for himself, but doesn't have the history that Brian and Roger have with Queen and Paul has with Bad Company, Free and The Firm. Also, like Melancholy Blues said, he probably would end up attracting more attention to himself and end up taking the focus off the first tour as Queen in years.

Robbie's too young to tour with them.
I like Robbie, he's a damn good singer and he also reminded me of Freddie when I saw him but he doesn't fit in that well...

robby isnt up'n'cumming
he is a household name already
sadly enuff

Paul has a history and is a great singer. But with Robbie they can easily fill huge venues like Knebworth and Wembley in Brittain and Waldbuehne in Germany and Ahoy in Holland a couple of nights.
And I doubt that they will with Paul Rodgers .. I wish them all the luck with the tour (I'm sure it will be great!), but I don't think that they must set their hopes too high .. and neither must we.

How much I like the Allright Now thing from the Music Hall, I really think that Robbie was a better frontmen for this. But ye, I also think that it would be a "Robbie ft. Queen" thing .. with everywhere banners with Robbie slogans .. nah .. Paul is better ;)

I agree, a tour with Robbie would rule!

I've always said that he was the perfect man for a tour together with George Michael and Tony Vincent; I always thought that a concert with those three singers as the frontmen would be awesome .. but indeed, most of the reactions where boo's :p

According to Robbie's biography "Feel", he no longer wanted to work with Queen because they started collaborating with boybands (5ive). Brian stated in an interview that Robbie could give them a call if he is interedted singing for them.

I like the idea actually. I am not a fan of Robbie per se, but I like some of his songs and his stage performance is awesome.

How can that be ? Wasn't WATC after the WWRY-collab with 5ive ?

dunno... however, i can check again inthe biography... maybe he was referring to the britney spears collaboration

Since Robbie Williams is an "up and coming star", it would only seem fit to have an older and more experienced frontman to collaborate with. You know, someone with more experience to command a crowd.
Cheers

and i think you're a wankster, nuff said :P

I think the RW version of WATC was not too bad really. But I agree that he's not the right artist to tour with Queen. He's far too successful in his own right, and it would be a mixed focus of material. All RW's core fans would probably be a little bemused when the Queen songs were played, and there'd be much more of an equal split between RW and Queen songs, which would not please the Queen fans. So nobody wins!

It remains to be seen, but I suspect that the tour with Paul Rogers will have much more Queen material and four or five from Paul's catalogue. Plus fans of Paul will probably be fans of, or at least respect, Queen

I loved him in Mrs Doubtfire and Birdcage!