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Queens’ 40th anniversary kicks off in spectacular style

with the opening of ‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos: Queen,

The Early Years’, a major retrospective exhibition cele -

brating the formation and first five albums of one of the most ex -

citing, glamorous and influential bands in global musical history.

‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’ is the first ever major Queen exhibi-

tion and takes place in a huge warehouse space in the heart of

London’s East End at Old Truman Bre -

wery on Brick Lane, opening on Feb-

ruary 25th, closing on March 12th.

The exhibition takes a comprehen-

sive look at the early part of Queen’s

career, from before the band’s for-

mation in 1971 when various band

members were dreaming of success

while studying astrophysics or run-

ning stalls next to Biba in Kensington

Market, right up to their spectacular

free gig for over 250,000 fans in Hyde

Park in 1976.

‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’ promises to be one of the key events

in London’s cultural calendar for 2011 and offer a rare insight

into what it means to be in a successful rock band, taking visitors

to the heart of Queen by combining unique interactive audio

and visual environments with historic and never-before-

seen memorabilia; themed rooms and music all created

from the bands personal archive will come together to

create an exciting, fun, entertaining and engaging

insight into the foundation and rise of the global

super group Queen became.

The themed rooms in the exhibition include one for each of

the bands first five albums – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart

Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races”.

There will be a special studio area dedicated to the bands

early John Peel sessions; a space looking at the bands fash-

ion including original costumes by Zandra Rhodes; a

replica of a 1970’s cinema that will show a range of filmed

pieces on the band; an art and design room looking at

the bands incredible artwork on releases from around

the world as well as several other areas looking at the

bands studio work, live work, and pre-Queen ele-

ments. The exhi bition ends with the bands tri-

umphant and iconic Hyde Park show. ‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’

kicks of a year long celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Queens

formation in 1971, subsequent to the exhibition there will be a

major BBC TV Documentary featu ring a rare interview with

Roger Taylor and Brian May and many other surprises and re-

leases to come through the rest of the year. 2011 will see filming

begin of a major Hollywood movie about Queen, starring Sacha

Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury.

Acclaimed script writer Peter Mor-

gan (“The Queen”, ”Frost/Nixon” ) is

working on the project, which is being

produced by GK Films, Robert de

Niro’s Tribeca Productions and

Queen Films.

Entry to ‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’

at Old Truman Brewery on Brick

Lane, London, E1, is free of charge

and open from 11.00AM until

8.00PM daily

After four decades, the collective work

of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon con-

tinues to resonate around the globe, inspiring a host of diverse

artists from Lady Gaga (who took her name from Queen’s “Radio

Ga Ga”), Axl Rose and Katy Perry through to Dave Grohl.

Twenty years after the death of their phenomenal

and flamboyant singer, Freddie Mercury re-

mains an icon beyond measure.

With over 170 million global album sales, 18

Number One Albums, 10 Number One

DVD’s, 700 concerts performed in every

corner of the world including their his-

toric appearance at Live Aid, Seven

Ivor Novello Awards, inductions into

the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and

Songwriters Hall of Fame and a

Guinness Book of Records award for the most success-

ful UK album chart artist ever,

the Queen story is one of the

most remarkable in modern

British culture.

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Ihave to say that as I write this, Surrey, and much of the UK, is

covered in a blanket of snow - beautiful of course, but we can’t

deal with such things here, the UK grinds to a halt in snow!

But I hope that you are warm and safe wherever you are - and

I’m not at all jealous of any of you sitting outside in the sunshine

in the the southern hemisphere... that’s a lie, I am VERY jealous!

I have to say thank you to the majority of you for you huge support

of the fan club in these difficult times. Things are no better as I

write, in fact it’s looking grim, as many of the usual renewals

from the last issue have just not come through. Not sure if that’s

confusion, or the fact that you just don’t want to stick with us.

But if you did get a renewal form with your last issue, PLEASE

send it back now, and don’t wait til June next year! If you are

due to renew now (autumn/winter issue) then your forms will

come by post after christmas.

There have been some great ideas from you guys on ways to save

the FC - many of them though are simply short term, such as fund

raising, concerts etc.. which is great, as anything is better than

nothing! But what we need is long term ways of sustaining the

club - and the only way is to get MORE people to join and keep

the ones we have! Next year is the band’s 40th anniversary, so

hopefully we will keep hold of you a bit longer, there are loads

of good plans for 2011, and I am also hoping we will get loads

of new members joining just in case the band decide to do any

live work to celebrate their anniversary!

Your ideas and thoughts are always welcome, so do

get in touch!

The convention always seems to sustain itself - and bookings are

coming in fast for that, so do book as soon as possible to avoid

disappointment, we did have to turn people away last year! We

have fabulous bands booked and some great guests lined up...

you all should have a booking form, if not you can download it

from the website (www.queenworld.com). Sadly Twixmas hasn’t

fared so well, we had so few bookings that we had to cancel the

live band, and we wont be attempting this party again, which is

so sad, we all had a great time last year, and we will have an

equally great time this year! But it just wont happen again as at-

tendance is so poor!

That’s it from me for now, I hope you all have a wonderful, safe

and peaceful Christmas, and may Santa bring you and yours all

you wish for! Have a great New Year, and here’s looking forward

to a brilliant Queen filled 2011!!

Love and luck

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As our 39th year draws to a close and Santa ispolishing his reindeers nose’s i’d like to wish allour fabulous followers in the fan club a trulyMerry Christmas. Also to prepare themselves foran onslaught of Queen activity in 2011 whenwe will be celebrating the 40th anniversary ofQueen the group from London, England.Who’d have thought it would last this long,how marvellous!Have fun and a happy new year to you all.

Roger (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)

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A very Happy Christmas to all Queen fans !!

We still love you! May 2011 bring you great things.

Dr. Bri

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January 1st 2011 sees Island Records re-issue Queen’s Greatest

Hits and Greatest Hits 2 collections. Greatest Hits remains the

best selling UK album of all time and combined with Greatest

Hits 2 presents the definitive Queen collection. Together they

form among one the seminal collections in rock history jointly

selling an incredible 40 million copies worldwide.

Both albums have been digitally re-mastered for 2011 by Bob

Ludwig, the legendary mastering engineer who has worked with

U2, Coldplay and Radiohead, and come complete with refreshed

sleeve notes.

The Greatest Hits re-issues start what is going to be a huge year

for Queen, as 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of their forma-

tion in 1971.

The Anniversary year kicks off with a major exhibition, ‘Storm -

troopers in Stilettos’ - a comprehensive look at the early part of

Queen’s career. Taking place in The Old Truman Brewery in the

heart of London’s East End the exhibition opens on February

25th running through to March 12th, and will cover the band

pre-Queen, their formation and their first five albums from the

first half of the 1970’s.

Newly signed to legendary label Island Records, and to coincide

with the exhibition, the first five albums that Queen released –

“Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera”

and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged

into special deluxe

album formats released

in March 2011

Subsequent to the exhibi-

tion there will be a major

BBC TV Documentary fea-

turing a rare interview

with Roger Taylor and

Brian May and many other

surprises and releases to

come through the rest of the year. 2011 will

see filming begin of a major Hollywood

movie about Queen, starring Sacha Baron

Cohen as Freddie Mercury. Acclaimed script

writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen”,” Frost/

Nixon” ) is working on the project, which is

being produced by GK Films, Robert de Niro’s

Tribeca Productions and Queen Films.

Tracklistings:

Greatest Hits

Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The

Dust, Killer Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, Bicy-

cle Race, You’re My Best Friend, Don’t Stop Me Now, Save Me,

Breakthru, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Somebody To Love,

Now I’m Here, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Play The Game,

Flash, Seven Seas of Rhye, We Will Rock You, We Are The Cham-

pions

Greatest Hits 2

A Kind of Magic, Under Pressure feat David Bowie, Radio Ga Ga,

I Want It All, I Want To Break Free, Innuendo, It’s a Hard Life,

Who Wants To Live Forever, Headlong, The Miracle, I’m Going

Slightly Mad, The Invisible Man, Friends Will Be Friends, Ham-

mer To Fall, The Show Must Go On, One Vision

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Island Records prepares

40th anniversary remasters of

the quartet’s extraordinary

catalogue

LONDON, November 8, 2010 – Queen and Universal Music

Group have signed an exclusive, long-term agreement on the eve

of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking group’s forma-

tion, in 1971.

With worldwide album sales of more than 170 million, No. 1 albums,

singles and DVDs the world over, inductions into the Rock & Roll

Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, a star on the Holly-

wood Walk of Fame, over 700 concerts performed in every corner

of the world including their historic appearance at Live Aid, and

a Guinness Book of World Records award for the most success-

ful UK album chart act in history, Queen represent one of the

most remarkable, compelling stories in popular culture.

Their music milestones include “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy

Little Thing Called Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “We Will Rock

You,” “Radio Ga Ga,” and “Another One Bites The Dust.”

The new agreement with Universal Music covers the world out-

side North America, and the music of Queen will appear through

Island Records from January 1, 2011. Thus, the band joins some

of the greatest names in popular music under the palm tree of

the legendary label’s iconic logo.

Brian May of Queen said, “We are very excited,

after all this time, to be embarking on a new

phase of our career – with a new record com-

pany – with new ideas, and new dreams.”

Universal Music Group (UMG) co-CEO Lucian

Grainge said: “Queen rewrote the rock & roll

rule book 40 years ago, and you can count at

least three generations of artists who are

under their influence. So now we’re under

their influence at Universal Music, and looking forward to

writing chapters together for the new rule book.”

UMG International COO Max Hole commented, “A band of

Queen’s stature, and a catalogue with such appeal, present

an immense opportunity for a new creative approach. We

aim to apply fresh thinking and innovation to the marketing

and promotion of this great body of work. Ted Cockle, Darcus

Beese and their team at Island Records are the perfect match,

and everyone can’t wait to get started.”

During the course of the anniversary year, Island will remaster

and repackage, with additional content, each of Queen’s 15 studio

albums. The first five will be made available in March: “Queen,”

“Queen II,” “Sheer Heart Attack,” “A Night At The Opera” and

“A Day At The Races.”

After four decades, the collective work of Freddie Mercury, Brian

May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon continues to resonate

around the globe, inspiring a host of diverse artists from Lady

Gaga (who took her name from Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga”), Axl Rose

and Katy Perry through to Dave Grohl. Two decades after the

death of their phenomenal and flamboyant singer, Freddie Mer-

cury remains an icon beyond measure.

The 40th anniversary celebrations begin with a major Queen ex-

hibition in London, “Stormtroopers in Stilettos,” opening in late

February. This will be followed by a BBC-TV documentary and

the production of a major Hollywood film about the band, star-

ring Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury. Acclaimed script

writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen,” “Frost/Nixon”) is working

on the project, which is being produced by GK Films, Robert de

Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Queen Films.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company

with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries.

Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group,

the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group’s record labels include A&M/Octone,

Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy,

Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Is-

land Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway

Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mer-

cury Nashville, Mercury Records, Polydor

Records, Show Dog – Universal Music, Univer-

sal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music

Latino and Verve Music Group as well as a mul-

titude of record labels owned or distributed by

its record company subsidiaries around the

world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive cat-

alogue of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years

of the world’s most popular artists and their recordings. UMG’s

catalogue is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal

Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Market-

ing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes

eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its mer-

chandising company; and Twenty-First Artists, its full service

management division.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and

communications company.

NEWS OF THE WORLD

The Greatest Hits re-issues

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Iwas born in late 70’s in Czechoslovakia and thus never had

a chance to see Queen live. I became a fan too late anyway

- I remember watching the FM Tribute concert in April 1992

and since Queen got a lot of radio play here back then (mostly

WWRY, WATC, BoRhap), I quickly became a fan of the best band

that has ever been. During my university studies I started col-

lecting bootlegs and soon had a large collection of tapes and

CD’s (that was back in 1997 - long

before the MP3/FLAC era). Webdesign

was my hobby so I decided to create

a brand new Queen site dedicated to

Queen/solo concert recordings. It be-

came very popular but after three

years I had to shut it down due to

complaints from EMI UK.

I didn’t want to give up so I decided to start from scratch and

created Queen Concerts in June 2002. Such a website was

needed because the only source for information on concerts,

setlists or venues was Greg Brooks’ book ‘Queen Live’ which

was very inaccurate. So I studied his book, a couple of other

books and mainly several internet sources and compiled a com-

plete list of all Queen concerts including solo gigs and guest ap-

pearances of Queen members at other artists’ concerts. I stored

all this info in a structured mySQL database (that allowed me to

add, modify or search for info very quickly) and started search-

ing for other relevant stuff - info on support bands, newspaper

reviews, scans of ticket stubs, flyers or tour programs, concert

photos etc. Of course I also started collecting tour items - nowa-

days I have over 500 Queen/solo ticket stubs, over 80

tour programs, lots of signed items, Roger’s drum-

sticks, flyers, contracts and other interesting tour

memorabilia.

Hundreds of fans from all around the world

have contributed to my site and I also spent

endless hours, days and months searching for

images on ebay or googling for info on Brian’s

and Roger’s occasional guest appearances. In-

accuracies in books can be corrected only in

reprints (if there are any) while mistakes on websites can be

corrected within a few seconds and I’m really thankful to all the

fans who help me make this site as accurate as possible. Thanks

to Queen fans I was able to come with new sections which are

covering areas I’m not an expert on. One of the examples is the

"Instruments on tour" section - all I know about drumkits is that

Roger sits behind one of them! :-)

Now when you’re reading this article,

Queen Concerts has had over 3 mil-

lion visitors and 13 million page

views. Information still is a highly

sought-after gem and I’m more than

happy to contribute to the Queen

world in this way. Info from my site

and scans of my memorabilia have

been used in many books (Queen Live, Killer Queen, Complete

Works, Is This The Real Life? and others), UK magazines or TV

documents and I’ve had very positive feedback from many peo-

ple who worked very closely with the band. And contrary to what

some people think, I’ve never had any profit from the website -

never got any backstage pass, free DVD’s or anything else.

Plans for the future? New design, new technologies, even less

mistakes... and perhaps one day the band will recognize the

power of the Internet and appreciate how important all the un-

official websites are for the Queen community.

Berlin Rocks!

www.queenconcerts.com

Not to forget:The We will Rock You Berlin Cast will be on stage

at the big New Year’s Eve party in Berlin:

”Strasse des 17. Juni” at the ”Brandenburger Tor”

Germany’s biggest party event. Go there and rock! Pict

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From now on:

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Wishing you all a very merry Christmas (it will be a white one in Holland this year!)and a wonderful 2011 - Queens’ 40th jubileeyear! Fijne kerstdagen en een geweldig 2011 toegewenst namens ons beiden!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Marie-Pierre Isenbrandt

and the Queen star on

Hollywood Boulevard.

Paloma Pomares andfriend in Montreux.

Taylor May Cartlidge, aged 2.