The end for Queen + Paul Rodgers?

Singer says project is "pretty much done"

Michael Leonard, Tue 12 May 2009, 5:00 pm UTC

Queen + Paul Rodgers: over?

Paul Rodgers says he's "done" with Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor.

In a reprint of a VH1 Classic Radio interview with the singer, printed on Brian May's official website, Rogers says: "We did a world tour, we did a second tour of Europe and the Far East and Eastern Europe and a studio album (The Cosmos Rocks) and I think we're kind of leaving it there gently."

He adds: "It's out there for us to do things in the future if there's something - a huge charity say like Nelson Mandela - but I think we are pretty much done."

Q+PR's only album was The Cosmos Rocks in 2008, though sales are known to be disappointing even though the band played live to just short of a million people. The band's latest release is a CD/DVD, titled Queen + Paul Rodgers Live In Ukraine, which is released on 15 June.

Bad Company reforming

Rodgers has yet to make a formal announcement regarding any long-term plans. But the singer undertakes a 10-date tour of the US with Bad Company - featuring original guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke - in June and July 2009.

Although Rodgers' words are quoted on Brian May's own site, the guitarist makes no comment. May has recently been in Italy to audition singers for the latest international production of the Queen musical, We Will Rock You.

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User comments (2)

harpo63

38 weeks ago.

I agree - the pairing has worn thin. I am a lifelong Queen fan and after seeing them live in newcastle earlier this year - I found them more than proficient but that old live magic simply wasn't there - John Deacon had the right idea by staying away. The album was pants - saddened to ever have to say that. The live show left me feeling just a bit uneasy with the images and references to Freddie every where - it was as if they were living vicariously on the great man's passing. I realise it is a fine line to tread between giving the fans what they want in terms of nostalgia and moving on, but sadly, for me at least, I think the whole thing was a mistake for them all. I have massive respect for them all as musicians and no doubt they have loads more in them and enough drive to move on to other projects with a different identity. Good luck to them - the show must go on!

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Fuser

39 weeks ago.

Thank gof for that - I saw them recently and they were shoddy - QUEEN! SHODDY! Never thought I'd see the day...
And the album was just crap.

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