The long delayed Queen biopic, now titled Bohemian Rhapsody, is finally back on track. Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor are on board as the film’s executive producers and musical supervisors, personally choosing Bryan Singer (X-Men franchise, Apt Pupil) to direct the film due to his “extraordinary imagination and style.” Now, we finally have the first…
With the influx of photos, performances and memories being posted on the Internet of Wham! singer George Michael comes this rare rehearsal footage. While prepping for a Freddie Mercury tribute concert, Michael slays “Somebody To Love” alongside Queen’s very own Brian May, making every sane person in the world wonder why Michael never officially replaced Mercury in the first…
We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic since 2010 and with Sasha Baron Cohen attached to star as the enigmatic, vivacious Mercury, there were plenty of reasons to be excited. But three years ago, Baron Cohen announced that he was no longer attached to the buzzworthy project, without much explanation. Yesterday, in a new…
The almost-forgotten duet by Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson has finally been unearthed. “There Must Be More to Life Than This” is one of three unreleased tracks finally seeing the sun on the upcoming compilation Queen Forever. And it’s just as beautiful and amazing and sad as you expected. The duet between these two musical…
Alright, STOP! Collaborate and listen! I don’t really know what that Vanilla Ice lyric has to do with this posting, but Michael Jackson and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s 1983 collaboration is going to see the light of day, according to NME. One of the tracks was apparently a demo for an MJ/Mick Jagger collab, called…
Freddie’s been dead for 18 years now, but the music of Queen lives on. One of my faves below. RIP. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0]