| notimeforlosers 31.05.2014 17:00 |
Looks like John and the Deacon household went to the Dominion tonight: link |
| Mr.QueenFan 31.05.2014 20:08 |
This is fantastic news! Was John Deacon there too? In this picture of Brian and Roger people are telling him how they miss his father in the band. I would love to hear what he has to say about the appreciation John is getting. link To me this is the best news i could have because it means that they are still connected in a way. Even if John wasn't at the theatre i'm pretty sure Brian and Roger talked to his family (this was invitation tickets, i assume). Thanks for bringing this to my attention, and i'm really looking forward to the unfolding of this, if it's going to be one. I miss John, and i would love for him to at least talk to the fans to let us know how he's doing. |
| SweetCaroline 31.05.2014 20:48 |
Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": link |
| musicland munich 31.05.2014 20:53 |
Anyone with further information on this ? |
| notimeforlosers 31.05.2014 21:06 |
If John was really there, soon some picture will pop up. I've found this super amazing news as well ;) |
| Mr.QueenFan 31.05.2014 21:38 |
SweetCaroline wrote: Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": link .Roger sounds as fit as ever. I really have a good feeling about this upcoming tour. Adam Lambert was at the venue too. Maybe they are already in rehearsals for the tour. |
| noorie 31.05.2014 22:51 |
SweetCaroline wrote: Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": linkWhat on earth have they done to the song? It sounded soooo boring! Other than Brian's guitar solo and of course Roger on the drums.. But otherwise, totally snooze-worthy! |
| louis.007 01.06.2014 00:19 |
John wasn't there, it was just the kids. My daughter had a chat with Cameron and asked if his Dad (John) was coming only to be told No. |
| Stelios 01.06.2014 04:19 |
noorie wrote:Is there any cover of "The Show Must Go On" that dosen't sound boring?SweetCaroline wrote: Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": linkWhat on earth have they done to the song? It sounded soooo boring! Other than Brian's guitar solo and of course Roger on the drums.. But otherwise, totally snooze-worthy! They all sound like musical theatre to me. The track has Freddie all over combined with the passion of a dying man. It's impossible to chanel its spirit. |
| Stelios 01.06.2014 04:27 |
By the way, after years and years of listening live covers of The Show Must Go On i come to think that the track has advanced studio artistry without that beeing so evident when listening to it. I bet that even Queen kwnew that they could never reprodude its electricity live, and they didnt need too, due to the events of the time. |
| SweetCaroline 01.06.2014 09:23 |
Mr.QueenFan wrote:Yes, they had their first rehearsal this past Thursday. Here are some of the tweets from Brian:SweetCaroline wrote: Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": link .Roger sounds as fit as ever. I really have a good feeling about this upcoming tour. Adam Lambert was at the venue too. Maybe they are already in rehearsals for the tour. "@DrBrianMay Well, folks, my tweeting hasn't been scintillating of late. Sorry. But we had our first QUEEN rehearsal day with Adam Lambert today. YAY !@DrBrianMay Ta ! You guys sending great song ideas. Thanks ! I'm listening ! Adam is also full of great ideas ... this tour will be a little different.@DrBrianMay And @adamlambert is in crackin' form ! What a voice !!! What a bloke !!! Bri" |
| Mr.QueenFan 01.06.2014 13:53 |
SweetCaroline wrote: Yes, they had their first rehearsal this past Thursday. Here are some of the tweets from Brian: "@DrBrianMay Well, folks, my tweeting hasn't been scintillating of late. Sorry. But we had our first QUEEN rehearsal day with Adam Lambert today. YAY !@DrBrianMay Ta ! You guys sending great song ideas. Thanks ! I'm listening ! Adam is also full of great ideas ... this tour will be a little different.@DrBrianMay And @adamlambert is in crackin' form ! What a voice !!! What a bloke !!! Bri" .That's good to know, thanks. |
| Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 02.06.2014 05:54 |
Deacon his childeren attended the show. There is no evidence Johm himself was there last saturday. |
| Dunno223 02.06.2014 08:28 |
I'm confused. Is John retired from the music business or retired from life in general? Even if he doesn't want to perform with Queen, what's the harm in coming along to see the final We Will Rock You show? It's as if he's scared of the public and genuinely makes me wonder if he leaves the house much these days for fear of being recognised. OK, there is a chance he was otherwise engaged and really couldn't attend, but my guess was his absence was through choice. |
| Ivo-1976 02.06.2014 13:16 |
Since the "strip club" incident he doesn't want to be recognised at all. If we don't know what he looks like, the media and fans will leave him alone. So no more public appearances for him. I don't expect we will ever see or hear anything from John. |
| dudeofqueen 02.06.2014 13:33 |
Re: >OK, there is a chance he was otherwise engaged and really couldn't attend, but my guess was his absence was through choice. Just possibly, he feels, that there is too much attention paid to this over-produced, mega-hyped homage to the world of musicals and wouldn't go even if he was given the full VIP treatment. Perhaps John would like to see some cracking archove releases focussed on and the true image of the band restored to the position it so rightly deserves. |
| Another Roger (re) 02.06.2014 15:05 |
Dunno223 wrote: I'm confused. Is John retired from the music business or retired from life in general? Even if he doesn't want to perform with Queen, what's the harm in coming along to see the final We Will Rock You show? It's as if he's scared of the public and genuinely makes me wonder if he leaves the house much these days for fear of being recognised. OK, there is a chance he was otherwise engaged and really couldn't attend, but my guess was his absence was through choice.It is VERY strange that we dont see more pics of him in social media. In these days when everybody has a phone with camera its really a mystery that we never see anything. As you say it seems like he has retired from life outside the house. |
| Another Roger (re) 02.06.2014 15:05 |
Stelios wrote:Queen Extravaganza does The Show Must go on brilliantly!!noorie wrote:Is there any cover of "The Show Must Go On" that dosen't sound boring? They all sound like musical theatre to me. The track has Freddie all over combined with the passion of a dying man. It's impossible to chanel its spirit.SweetCaroline wrote: Here is a video of the encore at the last WWRY -- "The Show Must Go On": linkWhat on earth have they done to the song? It sounded soooo boring! Other than Brian's guitar solo and of course Roger on the drums.. But otherwise, totally snooze-worthy! |
| Another Roger (re) 02.06.2014 15:11 |
Stelios wrote: By the way, after years and years of listening live covers of The Show Must Go On i come to think that the track has advanced studio artistry without that beeing so evident when listening to it. I bet that even Queen kwnew that they could never reprodude its electricity live, and they didnt need too, due to the events of the time.This is a class performance of The Show Must Go On: link |
| crazy duck 02.06.2014 15:16 |
Even if he was there doubt family would say so. Can you imagine. Is john here? "Oh yeh hes stood over there" yeh thats good enough reason for john to not attend. The guy would be lynched. |
| Another Roger (re) 02.06.2014 15:21 |
John Deacon is one strange man. As much stick Brian and Roger gets, I have to say I am glad that they are still public. If they all followed the John Deacon route it would be quite boring. |
| brENsKi 02.06.2014 16:23 |
Another Roger (re) wrote: John Deacon is one strange man. As much stick Brian and Roger gets, I have to say I am glad that they are still public. If they all followed the John Deacon route it would be quite boring.why is he "strange"???? he was always the quiet and private man of the band, - and he retired in 1997. why can't some people just respect and accept that? do you know what recluse means? because when you add "retired" and "recluse" to "private" and "quiet" the end result is invisible. i think those who need to suck in every bit of queen detail should leave the guy alone. as for the "followed the John Deacon route it would be quite boring." comment....many would say that Brian 7 Roger's post 1991 route has (more often than not) been 1,000 times more damaging to the queen legacy, than john's route. |
| Another Roger (re) 02.06.2014 16:55 |
It is extremely strange that we NEVER see a photos of him knowing that everyone carry a camera these days. Makes me wonder if he ever leaves the house at all. If he has some kind of nerve problem it is very sad obviously. And it is not normal to just cut all contact with Brian and Roger which has effectivly done. |
| godfather2 02.06.2014 17:40 |
In the recent (?) interview that Roger did with Rockaxis he mentions that John couldn't continue after 1997, due to his psychological fragility and this had effected John pretty badly. Must be hard for him and his family. As much as I would be interested to read/hear a new interview with him - if he doesn't want to see/speak to people then fair enough - his health is more important |
| Apocalipsis_Darko 02.06.2014 17:44 |
Leave the man live his life. The last alive sir of Queen. |
| notimeforlosers 02.06.2014 20:35 |
I'm one of those who still longs to see John appearing to something Queen related once in a lifetime. Nothing wrong with that, he was 25% of the band we worship, the band we've been investing time and money for decades. Of course I respect the man's decision, but that doesn't stop me from wanting or waiting for him to show himself in some way. It is the one thing I still long for when it comes to Queen nowadays (and Brian's haircut as well). That said, searching for any sign of John, I sometimes take a look at his children social networks (no stalking here as they are open to anyone) and time and again they mention 'dad'. "A gift from mom and dad", "at the airport with mom and dad", "dad came and pick me up". If that's really nothing important or of interest for Queen fans, I at least know that YES, John leaves the house sometimes =) |
| Ivo-1976 03.06.2014 08:19 |
John was never the Showman/Rock n' Roll type of guy. More of a family man. Shy, even. In a way, it's funny that he performed in front of 100.000's of people. He retired and that was well deserved. The years with Queen were very stressfull in all kind of ways. And, well, he has a LOT of money. What I don't understand is that after '97, he never did one interview or public appearance. Just for the fun of it, or just for the fans. Nobody asks him to tour or record new songs. But projects like the "days of our lives" documentary wouldve been much better with John's story in it. And, okay, a one-off performance with brian and roger, who wouldnt want to see that? Of course, we can hope, but realistically, i dont think we will see or hear from John again. Bloody Shame! |
| FreddieCat 03.06.2014 10:08 |
Another Roger (re) wrote:I agree. :)Stelios wrote: By the way, after years and years of listening live covers of The Show Must Go On i come to think that the track has advanced studio artistry without that beeing so evident when listening to it. I bet that even Queen kwnew that they could never reprodude its electricity live, and they didnt need too, due to the events of the time.This is a class performance of The Show Must Go On: link |
| Pim Derks 03.06.2014 10:20 |
I don't really care if John doesn't want to perform anymore, I can totally understand that. I'd love to see him do AOBTD or pretty much any other song, but I can totally understand that he doesn't want to do that anymore. I think it's a shame though that he doesn't even want to be interviewed or something, for something like the Days Of Our Lives documentary. |
| The Real Wizard 03.06.2014 13:11 |
A lot of people have quit their bands, but not many faded into complete obscurity by choice. Grace Slick is probably the only other one I can think of. |
| brENsKi 03.06.2014 17:06 |
The Real Wizard wrote: A lot of people have quit their bands, but not many faded into complete obscurity by choice. Grace Slick is probably the only other one I can think of.i agree. but fact is fact - he retired from the biz. he owes us nothing. we should respect he has retired. after all, who would honestly think they have a right to keep contacting the electrician who rewired your house....19 years after he retired? |
| The King Of Rhye 03.06.2014 22:53 |
I totally agree with the last couple of posts.........let's just be happy with what he left us in his 20 or so years as an active member of greatest band of all.......... Interesting comparison there to the electrician that fixed your wiring 19 years ago or whatever.............hey, John was an electronics wiz, right?? Maybe that's what he's doing, secretly working as an electrician...........:p |
| musicland munich 03.06.2014 23:02 |
Sick of the business John ? :) |
| The Real Wizard 03.06.2014 23:55 |
That picture is about 15 years old now ! And I hate to break it to you, but nearly every man with a pulse in a civilized country has gotten a lapdance, rock star or not.. |
| musicland munich 04.06.2014 00:14 |
I'm simply not into that "he is too fragile" attitude about John...to me it's more like he had fallin out to someone with a PhD ;) |
| The King Of Rhye 04.06.2014 01:12 |
The Real Wizard wrote: That picture is about 15 years old now ! And I hate to break it to you, but nearly every man with a pulse in a civilized country has gotten a lapdance, rock star or not..Even your resident KingOfRhye has gotten one..................can't say I didn't enjoy it, either! >:) And I'm not even a big strip bar goer, at that.......... If Deaky wants to have a little fun once in a while.............why the heck not........as one part of the 'sonic volcano' that was the rhythym section of Queen for about 20 years, I think he deserves it............. |
| Ivo-1976 04.06.2014 03:02 |
Of course there were arguments. After Freddie died, Brian And Roger tried to kickstart a solo Career, leaving John with nothing to do. After the Made in heaven album the same thing happened. In '97 John must've been sick of all the pointless one-off collaborations And opted out. Queen was going nowhere And John had no influence or substantial work to do. And Yes, that is depressing. The last years with queen were pretty quiet because of Freddie's disease, so he was basically waiting for work for 10 years at that point. With '86 being the last "busy" queen year. John was a creative mind, it must have been very frustrating. |
| cmsdrums 05.06.2014 06:24 |
Ivo-1976 wrote: Of course there were arguments. After Freddie died, Brian And Roger tried to kickstart a solo Career, leaving John with nothing to do. After the Made in heaven album the same thing happened. In '97 John must've been sick of all the pointless one-off collaborations And opted out. Queen was going nowhere And John had no influence or substantial work to do. And Yes, that is depressing. The last years with queen were pretty quiet because of Freddie's disease, so he was basically waiting for work for 10 years at that point. With '86 being the last "busy" queen year. John was a creative mind, it must have been very frustrating.He could easily have got a band together, or joined one looking for a bassist. I'd have loved to see him out playing some funk and soul Motown type stuff which is what he would really have loved, and would have been great at. (check out his bass playing on 'The Letter' wiith Brian on guitar and Joe Cocker on vocals from the Prince's trusty concert in 1988). You can't blame Roger and Brian's solo careers for him choosing not to do something too (if he'd wanted). |
| The Real Wizard 06.06.2014 01:46 |
cmsdrums wrote: He could easily have got a band together, or joined one looking for a bassist. I'd have loved to see him out playing some funk and soul Motown type stuff which is what he would really have loved, and would have been great at. (check out his bass playing on 'The Letter' wiith Brian on guitar and Joe Cocker on vocals from the Prince's trusty concert in 1988). You can't blame Roger and Brian's solo careers for him choosing not to do something too (if he'd wanted).+1 Nearly 2000 posts, and all of them excellent. |
| cmsdrums 06.06.2014 06:33 |
I must be psychic - a link to a clip of 'The Letter' performance has just been updated to Brian's website!! (I've got the official DVD release in better quality though!) |
| The Real Wizard 06.06.2014 09:53 |
cmsdrums wrote: I must be psychic - a link to a clip of 'The Letter' performance has just been updated to Brian's website!! (I've got the official DVD release in better quality though!)^ my point is made yet again. ... just saying. |
| cmsdrums 06.06.2014 12:23 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Why thank you kind Sir :-)cmsdrums wrote: He could easily have got a band together, or joined one looking for a bassist. I'd have loved to see him out playing some funk and soul Motown type stuff which is what he would really have loved, and would have been great at. (check out his bass playing on 'The Letter' wiith Brian on guitar and Joe Cocker on vocals from the Prince's trusty concert in 1988). You can't blame Roger and Brian's solo careers for him choosing not to do something too (if he'd wanted).+1 Nearly 2000 posts, and all of them excellent. |