Queen's surviving active members, Brian May and Roger Taylor, announced the debut of the band's official tribute band.
Called Queen Extravaganza, the band will soon tour with May and Taylor alongside the musicians they personally handpicked. Queen never replaced Freddie Mercury after his death, though the duo has been performing under the band's banner with different lead singers, including Adam Lambert.
Who Are Queen Extravaganza's Members?
May and Taylor will perform as Queen Extravaganza with new members.
They picked Nick Radcliffe for guitar, George Farrar for drums and François-Olivier Doyon for bass. Meanwhile, Gareth Taylor and Alirio Netto will both take on the vocalist roles.
The lineup will hold its tour dates in 2024 and visit different cities and states. See the complete details below:
Queen Extravaganza's 2024 Tour Dates, Venues
February 26 - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
February 27 - Bradford, St George's Hall
February 28 - Newcastle, O2 City Hall
March 1 - Glasgow, SEC Armadillo
March 2 - Derby, Arena
March 4 - Swansea, Arena
March 5 - Bristol, Beacon
March 6 - London, Eventim Apollo
March 8 - Stockton, Globe
March 9 - Manchester, O2 Apollo
March 10 - Oxford, New Theatre
March 12 - Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
March 13 - Ipswich, Regent Theatre
March 15 - Plymouth, Pavilion
March 16 - Bournemouth, International Centre
March 17 - Truro, Hall For Cornwall
March 19 - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
March 21 - Belfast, Waterfront Hall
Currently, May and Taylor are gearing up to hold a "Rhapsody" tour in the US alongside Lambert.
The upcoming tour leg will begin in a two-night show at Baltimore CFG Bank Arena on Oct. 4 and 5 and end on Nov. 12 at the Los Angeles BMO Stadium in California.
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The announcement came after May expressed his heartbreak amid the auction of Mercury's belongings at Sotheby. More than 1,500 personal items of the late singer from his Garden Lodge home in Kensington, West London, entered the auction.
"Freddie's most intimate personal effects, and writings that were part of what we shared for so many years, will go under the hammer, to be knocked down to the highest bidder and dispersed forever," he said. "I can't look. To us, his closest friends and family, it's too sad."
Mercury's ex-lover, Mary Austin, decided to let go of the singer's most precious belongings decades after the singer died in 1991 due to pneumonia caused by AIDS-related complications.
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