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Gigs & Festivals
Queen planning “never ending” tour with lookalikes
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 21 September 2011
Because it’s always possible to stoop slightly lower, Queen drummer Roger Taylor has revealed that he is currently watching videos of Queen tribute bands with a view to sending the best out on the road in place of the real band on a “never ending” tour. As well as the “official tribute act”, the show will feature archive footage of the band to compare them to.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Taylor said: “Let’s face it, we’re getting a little long in the tooth, but there are an awful lot of tribute bands, some of them good, some of them not good. But we’re putting together something that we feel is purely extraordinary”.
Still, he and Brian May might grace the audience with their presence if they see fit. “We’re putting the show together now”, he explained. “So what I wanted to do is leave sort of places in the show which Brian and myself could roll up and do a turn, maybe if we’re starting a run somewhere exciting. So that would be an option, but, in general, this show will not feature a Queen band member. In an ideal world … I hope it’s a continuing item. We were a global sort of band – North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia – so it could be a never ending tour”.
If you fancy performing to a load of people who picked you as their second choice, you can upload an audition video here: www.queenextravaganza.com
