Roger Taylor on tour: Guest appearances

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12.07.2008 Goodwood House, Goodwood, UK (Festival of Speed Gala Dinner)

Roger attended this Festival of Speed together with his children and his girlfriend. He was also one of the judges during the Festival of Speed grande race. Roger then performed a percussive set together with Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Kenney Jones (The Who) - probably something similar to what he did at Live Earth.

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04.04.2008 Studio 1, South Bank, London, UK (Al Murray's Happy Hour TV show)

Bohemian Rhapsody was apparently played during the break; only the final chords were broadcasted.

01. C-lebrity
02. Bohemian Rhapsody (not broadcasted)
03. All Right Now

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17.11.2007 O2 Arena, London, UK (with Foo Fighters)

Brian and Roger performed this song on the satellite (acoustic) stage. Brian sang the first verse and chorus (Taylor Hawkins sang the second verse), Roger played tambourine and occasionally hit a cymbal and of course, the rest of Foo Fighters played in the song too (Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee and one guy I didn't recognize). They sang the song in its entirety (just like on ANATO)

01. '39 (Brian on acoustic guitar and vocals, Roger on percussion and backing vocals, Foo Fighters + guests on plenty of other instruments :-)

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01.08.2007 Canon Theatre, Toronto, Canada (WWRY musical + Canadian Idol)

Soloists in order of appearance: Yvan Pedneault, Erica Peck, Alana Bridgewater, Sterling Jarvis, Suzie McNeil, Evan Buliung. The Canadian Idol Top 7 finalists: Jaydee Bixby, Dwight D'eon, Carly Rae Jepsen, Brian Melo, Greg Neufeld, Tara Oram, Matt Rapley.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, 7 Canadian Idol finalists on vocals)

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07.07.2007 Wembley Stadium, London, UK (Live Earth)

01. Drumming extravaganza incl. snippet of We Will Rock You (Roger Taylor with Chad Smith, Taylor Hawkins and others)

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14.05.2007 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

Fifth anniversary of the We Will Rock You musical in Dominion. The evening performance was only for fans, not for general public. Brian May in his white frock coat appeared for the guitar solo in BoRhap and Roger joined him for the rock finale. After Brian's and Ben Elton's speech The Show Must Go On followed (with the cast leads taking a verse each).

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)

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08.05.2007 Bain & Company, Sorrento, Italy (with SAS Band (Madeline Bell, Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri, Chris Thompson, The Fabba Girls and Tommy Blaize))

01. I Want To Break Free (Roger on vocals)
02. Radio Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
03. Under Pressure (Roger and Kiki Dee on vocals)
04. We Will Rock You (All Star finale)
05. We Are The Champions (All Star finale)

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10.03.2007 Studio 1, South Bank, London, UK (Al Murray's Happy Hour TV show)

At the end of the show, the WWRY cast sang WWRY before a curtain was dropped to show Roger Taylor and Brian May at the other side of the stage. After the guitar solo a brief bit of Tear It Up followed and the show ended with WWRY again, with Al Murray joining in. After the credits it showed Al Murray in bed, waking up saying he had a dream of singing with Queen. The camera panned out to show Brian and Roger in bed with him.

01. We Will Rock You with a snippet from Tear It Up (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)

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08.12.2006 Bisley Pavilion, Woking, UK (with SAS Band (Jeff Scott Soto, Felix Taylor, Tony Vincent, Kiki Dee and others))

01. Woman You're So Beautiful (Felix Taylor on vocals, Roger on guitar and backing vocals)
02. Strange Frontier (Roger on vocals)
03. Merry Xmas (War Is Over) (Roger on vocals, all the other guests on backing vocals)

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14.11.2006 Alexandra Palace, London, UK (Hall Of Fame)

Roger inducted Led Zeppelin into the UK Hall Of Fame and then played drums in a George Martin Tribute Band.

01. Golden Slumbers (Roger on drums)
02. Carry The Weight (Roger on drums)
03. The End (Roger on drums)

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05.09.2006 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical - Freddie's 60th birthday party)

Freddie's 60th birthday party in the Dominion Theatre. Don't Stop Me Now features guys from McFly. Brian and Roger came on stage during BoRhap and then performed a short set as a tribute to Freddie.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast; Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
02. Say It's Not True (Brian on guitar, Roger on vocals)
03. The Show Must Go On (with WWRY cast, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

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17.06.2006 Hyde Park, London, UK (with Foo Fighters)

Taylor Hawkins surprised the crowd when he left his drumkit, chanted the famous Freddie's "Day-O" vocal improvisation and dedicated the encore to Freddie Mercury.

01. We Will Rock You (intro + finale only)
02. Tie Your Mother Down (Taylor Hawkins on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

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14.10.2005 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (with Foo Fighters)

01. Tie Your Mother Down

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16.06.2005 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus (with SAS Band (Midge Ure, Paul Young, Fish and others))

01. Radio Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
02. Say It's Not True (Roger on vocals)
03. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Roger on vocals)
04. Rock'n'Roll (Roger on vocals)
05. Under Pressure (Roger and Chris on vocals)
06. The Show Must Go On (Roger on drums, Chris on vocals)
07. We Will Rock You (All-star finale, Roger on drums)
08. We Are The Champions (All-star finale, Roger on drums)
09. With A Little Help From My Friends (All-star finale, Roger on drums)

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11.06.2005 Wintershall Estate, Bramley, Surrey, UK (Picnic & charity concert with Gary Brooker's all-star band 'Band Du Lac' featuring Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and others)

01. Say It's Not True
02. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
03. I Want To Break Free
04. I Can't Dance (All-star finale)

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12.01.2005 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
02. Tie Your Mother Down (Mazz Murray and Brian on vocals, Roger on drums)
03. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

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12.12.2004 Flora, Cologne, Germany (WWRY afterparty)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Brian & Brigitte Oelke on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals)
03. The Show Must Go On (Alex Melcher on vocals)
04. Little Wing (Brian on Vocals)
05. Don't Stop Me Now (Michaela Kovarikova on vocals)
06. Sleeping on the Sidewalk (Brian on vocals)
07. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
08. With a Little Help from My Friends (WWRY cast on vocals)

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11.12.2004 CCN CongressCenter, Nuremberg, Germany (Wetten, dass...?)

Famous German TV show in which the forthcoming (2005) tour was announced.

01. We Will Rock You (with WWRY cast)
02. We Are The Champions (with WWRY cast)
03. We Will Rock You (improvised)

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06.12.2004 Clapham Grand, London, UK (Rainbow Trust charity gig with SAS Band)

01. Radio Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
02. Under Pressure (Roger on vocals with Chris Thompson)
03. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
04. We Will Rock You (Roger on drums)
05. We Are The Champions (Roger on drums)

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18.11.2004 Copenhagen, Denmark (Microsoft IT forum with SAS Band)

01. Radia Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
02. Under Pressure (Roger and Chris Thompson on vocals)
03. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
04. Boys Are Back In Town (Midge Ure on vocals, Roger on drums)
05. We Will Rock You (Roger on drums)
06. We Are The Champions (Roger on drums)

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11.11.2004 Hackney Empire, London, UK (Hall Of Fame induction)

Line-up: Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), Spike Edney (keyboards), Jamie Moses (guitar), Pino Palladino (bass), Paul Rodgers (vocals), Treana Morris (backing vocals), Polyphonic Spree (in the last song only).

01. We Will Rock You
02. We Are The Champions
03. All Right Now

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17.10.2004 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (WWRY afterparty)

Apparently Jim Beach sang backing vocals during the whole concert and he seemed to be a bit "in party mood"! :-)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Olga Belaya + Brian on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals)
03. The Show Must Go On (Zemfira on vocals)
04. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Brian on vocals)
05. We Will Rock You (WWRY cast on vocals, Jim Beach on backing vocals)
06. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
07. Johny B Goode (Evgeniy Drier and Anthon Bizeev on vocals)
08. With a Little Help Of My Friends (WWRY cast on vocals)

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16.10.2004 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (MTV Russia)

Queen were introduced by Konstantin Habenskiy as special guests of the Russian Music Awards Ceremony (RMA 2004)

01. We Will Rock You (Brian, Roger and WWRY cast, Russian 'Galileo' on vocals)
02. We Are The Champions (Brian, Roger and WWRY cast, Zemphira on vocals)

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09.10.2004 Sydney, Australia (WWRY afterparty)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Amanda Harrison and Brian May on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger Taylor on vocals)
03. Rock And Roll (Roger Taylor on vocals)
04. Little Wing (Brian May on vocals)
05. Johnny B Goode (Andrew Swann on vocals)
06. With A Little Help From My Friends (Kate Hoolihan on vocals)

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08.09.2004 Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (WWRY afterparty)

Line-up: Brian May (guitar), Steve Vai (guitar), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Steve Lukather (guitar), Paul Crook (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), Chad Smith (drums), Eric Singer (drums), Simon Phillips (drums), Glenn Hughes (vocals in SCC, bass in last four songs), Meat Loaf (vocals in one song) and two main singers from the WWRY musical - Jason Wooten and Kacie Sheik.

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Jason Wooten and Kacie Sheik on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Kacie Sheik on vocals)
03. Don't Stop Me Now (Jason Wooten on vocals)
04. Stone Cold Crazy (Glenn Hughes on vocals)
05. Rock and Roll (Roger Taylor on vocals)
06. Johnny B Goode (Meat Loaf on vocals)
07. With A Little Help From My Friends (Jason Wooten on vocals)

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29.11.2003 Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa (46664 charity festival)

01. Say It's Not True (Roger on vocals, Brian and Dave Stewart on acoustic guitar)
02. Invincible Hope (Roger on drums, Brian on guitar)
03. 46664 - The Call (Roger on drums, Brian on guitar and vocals)
04. The Show Must Go On (Roger on drums, Brian on guitar, Chris Thompson on vocals)
05. Is This The World We Created? (Andrea Corr on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
06. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Zucchero on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
07. Amandla (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums; also Anastacia, Beyonce, Dave Stewart etc.)
08. Bohemian Rhapsody rock finale (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
09. I Want It All (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Zucchero on vocals)
10. I Want To Break Free (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums and Tandy - who didn't remember the lyrics - on vocals!)
11. Radio Ga Ga (Brian on guitar, Roger on vocals)
12. We Will Rock You (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Anastacia on vocals)
13. We Are The Champions (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Anastacia on vocals)

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07.08.2003 Melbourne, Australia (WWRY afterparty)

Rufus Tiger (Roger's son) had a drum solo after Rock And Roll!

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Brian vocals + guitar, Roger drums, Amanda Harrison vocals)
02. Whole Lotta Love (Brian guitar, Roger drums)
03. Rock And Roll (Brian guitar, Roger vocals)

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12.06.2003 New York, New York, USA (Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

Brian screwed up the words on the second verse of WWRY ("buddy you're an OLD man"), then went softly "ooooh" and slightly turned back to Roger who just kept going. Brian then started the second verse over without really waiting to jump into a measure that made sense metrically. The third verse is musically VERY interesting and different from previous versions.

01. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Wynonna Judd vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
02. We Will Rock You (Brian on vocals, Roger on drums)

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27.05.2003 Modena, Italy (Pavarotti & Friends)

01. We Will Rock You (Brian on vocals, Roger on drums)
02. Radio Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
03. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Brian's duet with Pavarotti, Roger on drums)
04. We Are The Champions (Brian and Zucchero on vocals, Roger on drums)
05. Verdi's Brindisi from La Traviata (All Star finale, Brian sang a few words)

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14.05.2003 London, UK (ARK Charity gig with SAS Band)

01. I Want To Break Free (Roger on vocals)
02. A Kind Of Magic (Roger on vocals)
03. Radio Ga Ga (Roger on vocals)
04. The Kids Are Alright (Bob Geldof on vocals, Roger on drums)
05. We Will Rock You (Brian on guitar and vocals, Roger on drums)
06. Tie Your Mother Down (Brian on guitar and vocals, Roger on drums)
07. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
08. Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (All Star Finale with Brian on guitar and Roger on drums)

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29.04.2003 London, UK (In Session TV show with SAS Band, Eric Singer and Neil Murray)

01. A Kind Of Magic
02. Jealous Guy
03. Radio Ga Ga (two takes)
04. Rock And Roll
05. The Voice (All Star Finale)
06. All The Way (All Star Finale)

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