Rip Rokken wrote:squirt1 wrote:Billboard is reporting that Queen is negotiating with Adam to tour. Roger Taylor spoke to them so it must have credibility.
So what's up with that tribute group project they were hyping, and Roger's statement that they were getting too old to tour?
I vote JSS for Queen...
Just picked the winners today:
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2011/1 ... ravaganza/
Crowning the winners of Queen Extravaganza
Edmonton barista and father of two, Ty Martin, isn’t one of the champions of Queen Extravaganza. The local singer was vying for a part in a Queen tribute band, but failed to make the final cut after Monday’s round of auditions. The tryouts, judged by Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor, took place at the Foo Fighters’ studio in Los Angeles, Calif.
Three other Canadians — Montreal vocalist Marc Martel, Quebec City bassist Francois-Olivier Doyon, and guitarist Tristan Avakian — are part of the winning lineup which will tour in 2012.
Martel’s selection was a no-brainer. One of his audition videos notched more than five million views on YouTube. He’ll be sharing vocal duties with Texas native Jennifer Espinoza.
Queen guitarist Brian May will help rehearse the members of the tribute band before their tour. In the meantime, May and Taylor are reportedly in talks to tour with former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert as their frontman.
”He has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that’s great,” Taylor told Billboard.com. “We would like to work with him again. There’s nothing signed just yet but we’re talking about live dates. It could be very exciting.”
Queen’s original frontman, Freddie Mercury, died in 1991.