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<artist>
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<name>Queen</name>
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<mbid>0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3</mbid>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Queen</url>
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<streamable>1</streamable>
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<stats>
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<listeners>1533744</listeners>
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<playcount>47995410</playcount>
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</stats>
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<similar>
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<artist>
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<name>Freddie Mercury</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Freddie+Mercury</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Brian May</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+May</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Queen + Paul Rodgers</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Queen%2B%252B%2BPaul%2BRodgers</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Roger Taylor</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Roger+Taylor</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Freddie%2BMercury%2B%2526%2BMontserrat%2BCaball%25C3%25A9</url>
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</artist>
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</similar>
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<bio>
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<published>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:13:40 +0000</published>
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<summary><![CDATA["Queen" was a British rock band originally consisting of 4 members: <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Freddie+Mercury" class="bbcode_artist">Freddie Mercury</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+May" class="bbcode_artist">Brian May</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Deacon" class="bbcode_artist">John Deacon</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Roger+Taylor" class="bbcode_artist">Roger Taylor</a>. The band formed in London in the early 1970s after May and Taylor's former band "<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Smile" class="bbcode_artist">Smile</a>" split after having released an album and single. Freddie replaced <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Staffell" class="bbcode_artist">Tim Staffell</a> as vocalist, and John Deacon joined in February of 1971, playing bass for the band that Freddie renamed "Queen". ]]></summary>
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<content><![CDATA["<strong>Queen</strong>" was a British rock band originally consisting of 4 members: <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Freddie+Mercury" class="bbcode_artist">Freddie Mercury</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+May" class="bbcode_artist">Brian May</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Deacon" class="bbcode_artist">John Deacon</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Roger+Taylor" class="bbcode_artist">Roger Taylor</a></strong>.
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The band formed in London in the early 1970s after May and Taylor's former band "<strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Smile" class="bbcode_artist">Smile</a></strong>" split after having released an album and single. Freddie replaced <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Staffell" class="bbcode_artist">Tim Staffell</a></strong> as vocalist, and John Deacon joined in February of 1971, playing bass for the band that Freddie renamed "Queen".
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Queen's first self titled album was released in 1973 and received little attention from the general public. They quickly followed it with a second album, "<strong><a title="Queen - Queen II" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Queen+II" class="bbcode_album">Queen II</a></strong>" which also failed to generate much interest from music fans in <span title="Unknown place" class="bbcode_unknown">Britain</span>. Despite this, the band began developing a huge following in <a href="http://www.last.fm/place/Japan" class="bbcode_place">Japan</a> and witnessed their popularity for themselves when they visited the country, mainly in 1975, to promote their fourth and most famous album "<strong><a title="Queen - A Night at the Opera" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/A+Night+at+the+Opera" class="bbcode_album">A Night at the Opera</a></strong>", featuring the epic "<strong><a title="Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/_/Bohemian+Rhapsody" class="bbcode_track">Bohemian Rhapsody</a></strong>".
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Queen's popularity grew steadily through the latter half of the 70s as they released hit album after hit album, reaching its peak in the mid-80s after their "<strong>Live Aid</strong>" appearence, and continuing into the early 90's before Mercury's untimely death on 24th November 1991. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
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Over the course of their 30 year career, the band did sound tracks for two films (<em>"<strong><a title="Queen - Flash Gordon" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Flash+Gordon" class="bbcode_album">Flash Gordon</a></strong>" and <strong>Highlander</strong></em>), released a string of live and studio albums, and had many many fans across the world.
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In 1995, 4 years after Mercury's death, the band released the album "<strong><a title="Queen - Made in Heaven" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Made+in+Heaven" class="bbcode_album">Made in Heaven</a></strong>". This album saw the surviving band members in the studio completing or reworking unused vocals, unreleased variations of Freddie solo material (<em>a "Queen" version of "<strong><a title="Queen – I Was Born to Love You" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/_/I+Was+Born+to+Love+You" class="bbcode_track">I Was Born to Love You</a></strong>" for example</em>), and tracks where Brian and Roger added lyrics to flesh out a song (<em>"<strong><a title="Queen – Mother Love" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/_/Mother+Love" class="bbcode_track">Mother Love</a></strong>"</em>).
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Queen have been on indefinite hiatus since 1997, when John Deacon decided to retire.
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Several "<strong>Queen + ...</strong>" projects have been developed in the following years, a few of them mere remixes with no artistic involvement from the band. In 1999, a "<strong><a title="Queen - Greatest Hits III" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Greatest+Hits+III" class="bbcode_album">Greatest Hits III</a></strong>" album was released. This featured, among others, "<strong>Queen + <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Wyclef+Jean" class="bbcode_artist">Wyclef Jean</a></strong>" on a rap version of "<strong><a title="Queen + Wyclef Jean – Another One Bites The Dust" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen%2B%252B%2BWyclef%2BJean/_/Another+One+Bites+The+Dust" class="bbcode_track">Another One Bites The Dust</a></strong>", a live version of "<strong><a title="Queen + George Michael – Somebody To Love" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen%2B%252B%2BGeorge%2BMichael/_/Somebody+To+Love" class="bbcode_track">Somebody To Love</a></strong>" performed by <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/George+Michael" class="bbcode_artist">George Michael</a></strong>, and a live version of "<strong><a title="Queen + Elton John – The Show Must Go On" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen%2B%252B%2BElton%2BJohn/_/The+Show+Must+Go+On" class="bbcode_track">The Show Must Go On</a></strong>" performed live in 1997 with <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Elton+John" class="bbcode_artist">Elton John</a></strong>.
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Brian May and Roger Taylor have performed together as Queen on several occasions (<em>award ceremonies, charity concerts, and the like</em>), sharing vocals with various guest singers. They have also recorded several covers of Queen's hits with guest vocalists, including "<strong><a title="Five & Queen – We Will Rock You" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Five%2B%2526%2BQueen/_/We+Will+Rock+You" class="bbcode_track">We Will Rock You</a></strong>" (<em>first with <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Five" class="bbcode_artist">Five</a></strong> and later <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Britney+Spears" class="bbcode_artist">Britney Spears</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Beyonce" class="bbcode_artist">Beyonce</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Farnham" class="bbcode_artist">John Farnham</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/P%21nk" class="bbcode_artist">P!nk</a></strong></em>) and "<strong><a title="Queen + Robbie Williams – We Are The Champions" href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Queen%2B%252B%2BRobbie%2BWilliams/_/We+Are+The+Champions" class="bbcode_track">We Are The Champions</a></strong>" (<em>with <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Robbie+Williams" class="bbcode_artist">Robbie Williams</a></strong></em>).
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At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005, with <strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Rodgers" class="bbcode_artist">Paul Rodgers</a></strong> (<em>founder and former lead singer of "<strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Free" class="bbcode_artist">Free</a></strong>" and "<strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bad+Company" class="bbcode_artist">Bad Company</a></strong>"</em>). Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be '<em>featured with</em>' Queen as "<strong><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen%2B%252B%2BPaul%2BRodgers" class="bbcode_artist">Queen + Paul Rodgers</a></strong>", and not replacing the late Freddie Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating.
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Official website: <a href="http://www.queenonline.com" rel="nofollow">www.queenonline.com</a>
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</bio>
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