Post #201298 by ikitnrev on Fri, Dec 2, 2005 3:50 PM

Last month, Prince Charles, aka the Prince of Wales, came and visited the D.C. area. This bit of news did not excite me at all.

But I become very excited when I saw Queen was coming to play in D.C. this coming March. No, not Queen Elizabeth, but Queen, the band.

You see, a long, long time ago, way before I had heard of Martin Denny, and years before I became aware of DEVO and the Clash, I was a huge fan of Queen. Not counting a K-Tel record that led with the track 'Love Will Keep Us Together', Queen's 'A Night at the Opera' was the very first LP that I can remember buying, and for the following 5 years, they were definitely my favorite band. On the night of the Bicentennial, July 4, 1976, rather than go with my family to watch the fireworks in town, I chose to stay home alone and listen to all of the Queen LPs, one by one, cranked loud through my headphones. That's the type of thing 15 year old males did in the 70's.

Unfortunately, Freddie Mercury is no longer with us, and John Deacon is not touring, but that still leaves 2 of the 4 original members, which is good enough for me. Paul Rodgers, former lead singer of Bad Company, will handle the lead vocals for this tour.

I never did get to chance to see them live. So I will look forward to this concert. I'm psyched that I will finally get to hear Roger Taylor sing 'I'm In Love With My Car!'

The tour dates are listed below, in case anyone else is interested.

Vern
P.S. I do, by the way, share a birthday with Queen Elizabeth. Iggy Pop too!

March 3: Miami (American Airlines Arena)
March 5: Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Arena)
March 7: Duluth, Ga. (Gwinnett Center)
March 9: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
March 10: Worcester, Mass. (DCU Center)
March 12: Uniondale, N.Y. (Nassau Coliseum)
March 14: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum)
March 16: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
March 17: Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena)
March 20: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)
March 21: Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena)
March 23: Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena)
March 24: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)
March 26: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
March 27: Milwaukee (Bradley Center)
March 31: Glendale, Ariz. (Glendale Arena)
April 1: San Diego (Cox Arena)
April 3: Anaheim, Calif. (Arrowhead Pond)
April 5: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
April 7: Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena)
April 10: Seattle (KeyArena)
April 11: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)
April 13: Vancouver (Pacific Coliseum)