| winterspelt 26.09.2014 11:22 |
Queen official facebook page posted this a few mins ago:
Queen official facebook page wrote: ***Announcement on the way...*** If you are signed up to the Official Queen Online Newsletter on link, be sure to be near your e-mail inbox from 10am (GMT) / 11am (CET) on Monday morning...Could it be that they are going to cancel the track with MJ? 2015 Tour dates? More releases from the early days? |
| RS_Protos 26.09.2014 11:37 |
I really doubt it's about new releases etc, Most likely tour. |
| Oscar J 26.09.2014 12:56 |
New live album from the 70's! |
| Elskidor 26.09.2014 12:57 |
Freddie returned from the grave? |
| Marknow 26.09.2014 13:01 |
Elskidor wrote: Freddy returned from the grave?Freddie |
| Marknow 26.09.2014 13:01 |
has to be a tour btw. |
| pittrek 26.09.2014 13:08 |
Yes, it's something what some people here will tolerate and others hate |
| malicedoom 26.09.2014 13:22 |
Freddie's not dead. What the hell is wrong with you people... |
| Queenman!! 26.09.2014 13:45 |
pittrek wrote: Yes, it's something what some people here will tolerate and others hate==================== Queen and Adam tour Europe? |
| MrFunster 26.09.2014 13:48 |
They're gonna tell us the whole QUEEN FOREVER was big ballad joke. QUEEN FOREVER PART II will be released with the real unreleased material as announced by Glambert during the tour.....fingers crossed. |
| FG 26.09.2014 14:32 |
A post on the fan club members only website says that O2 twitter account confirms that on Saturday 17th January 2015 Queen + Adam Lambert will play the O2. |
| andyb1968 26.09.2014 15:32 |
Full European tour apparently in new year. |
| winterspelt 26.09.2014 17:54 |
Well, theres a date for October 2015 for Q+AL in Indonesia and they already said they would tour again... So an announcement for another tour would be no surprise... |
| tomchristie22 26.09.2014 19:22 |
Boooring |
| EDWOOD 26.09.2014 19:35 |
I thought Lambert was now concentrating on his solo career and finishing off/releasing his third album next year? Now he may still be working with Brian and Roger? Maybe the announcement is that Brian and Roger were so happy working with archive material that they are now concentrating on the 'book-end' projects. A full set of live albums to be released (one a year) up to around 2020 (each done in the same style as Rainbow so given the full multiple release styles with DVDs, Blu-rays and deluxe box sets. For the finale, 4 large comprehensive studio archive box-sets compiled from the work that Greg Brooks has put in over the years. Each box-set to contain 10 CDs with around 150 tracks. Due to be released starting 2016 - one a year. :) No....it will be a tour announcement...of course :( |
| Wiley 26.09.2014 20:47 |
Wow. How things change! Suddenly we're disappointed at the prospect of Queen + X announcing a tour??? I still remember December 10th, 2004. First Queen tour in 19 years was announced. 10 years and 11 shows later, I'm still thrilled at the prospect of them touring. Do you think they'll add some tracks off Queen Forever to the setlist? |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 26.09.2014 21:25 |
I am still very excited at the prospect of a new tour, Wiley. Many of us are. We may not be the most vocal ones around lately, that's all. Saludos! Ogre- |
| LucasDiego 26.09.2014 21:45 |
It's tour with adam on UK, 99% of chances of this |
| winterspelt 26.09.2014 22:10 |
Im excited about another Q+AL tour too...! |
| Mr. Bed Guy 26.09.2014 22:42 |
I don't need a tour. Tour would start without me and many others....there are plenty of cheaper coverbands around |
| queenUSA 26.09.2014 22:43 |
Me too. But here are a few other dark horses. Sequel to We Will Rock You musical or Biopic back from the dead. |
| The Real Wizard 27.09.2014 01:54 |
EDWOOD wrote: No....it will be a tour announcement...of course :( Mr. Bed Guy wrote: I don't need a tour. Tour would start without me and many others....there are plenty of cheaper coverbands aroundSeriously ? News flash - it's not a cover band if it contains original members of the band. It's the two people who formed Queen playing Queen songs. Is Yes a cover band now? Chicago? Journey? Pink Floyd? Who makes these executive decisions over what a cover band is and isn't? Does anyone remember 10-15 years ago when people would have killed to have Brian and Roger play together in ANY capacity? Not tour. Just play. How exciting it was when Brian joined Roger at a solo show in Wolverhampton 1999 for three songs, or when they played six songs together on the tenth anniversary of Freddie's death? Since then they have done several world tours, but some people will just never be pleased. Even if they performed a resurrection people would still complain that Freddie had aged a bit. Another news flash - 15 years from now, virtually all of the members of rock bands from the 60s-70s will be dead or retired. Enjoy what you can while you still can. |
| andyb1968 27.09.2014 02:44 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SPOT ON, top post wizard. |
| Russian Headlong 27.09.2014 04:53 |
Paul Rodgers is back? Wish he was because I have no intention of seeing Adam Lambert front the band. He killed the Sonisphere gig in 2012. I thought the Queen Extravaganza was formed because 'Queen' didn't tour anymore. Surely this a case of where the cover band is better than the present incarnation of the band because Martel is superior to Lambert as a vocalist and frontman. |
| Hoopsie 27.09.2014 06:23 |
Mr. Bed Guy wrote: I don't need a tour. Tour would start without me and many others....there are plenty of cheaper coverbands aroundWith Brian May? He's the only reason I would see QAL, and I'd go see him no matter who was standing beside him. |
| Marknow 27.09.2014 08:24 |
Rumors of a gig at the O2 in London 17th January, Milan has been mentioned too. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 27.09.2014 08:59 |
Russian Headlong, remember that a band also has other members besides the vocalist. Those happen to be B and R. And others too, of course, but I don't care much. About Queen Extravaganza, I saw them twice when Jeff Scott Sotto was a member and he outshined Martel and everybody else by miles. Jeff is brilliant, Martel is very good as well, but guess who B and R chose to work with? Some Lambert guy. It is their band, so maybe they can choose? And I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised by Adam on the last tour. I would give (another) rib to see them live again, as I broke one during the US tour. Cheers, Ogre- |
| Russian Headlong 27.09.2014 17:34 |
jeff scott soto is great too, better than lambert. I was lucky to see queen with fred and pr but I wouldn't waste my time seeing them with adam lambert. lets face it bm and rt have had some shocking 'guest' vocalists, Robbie Williams, will young, Jessie j, |
| SweetCaroline 27.09.2014 19:15 |
The Tokyo fans LOVED it, especially "I Was Born To Love You" ..... link |
| kruh 27.09.2014 19:37 |
It is about tour with AL. Too Bad! |
| SweetCaroline 27.09.2014 19:48 |
Chin up, maybe Adam will be too busy and they will tour with Marc instead? |
| YAFF 27.09.2014 22:00 |
SweetCaroline wrote: Chin up, maybe Adam will be too busy and they will tour with Marc instead?this will never happen |
| Day dop 27.09.2014 23:40 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Well said.EDWOOD wrote: No....it will be a tour announcement...of course :(Mr. Bed Guy wrote: I don't need a tour. Tour would start without me and many others....there are plenty of cheaper coverbands aroundSeriously ? News flash - it's not a cover band if it contains original members of the band. It's the two people who formed Queen playing Queen songs. Is Yes a cover band now? Chicago? Journey? Pink Floyd? Who makes these executive decisions over what a cover band is and isn't? Does anyone remember 10-15 years ago when people would have killed to have Brian and Roger play together in ANY capacity? Not tour. Just play. How exciting it was when Brian joined Roger at a solo show in Wolverhampton 1999 for three songs, or when they played six songs together on the tenth anniversary of Freddie's death? Since then they have done several world tours, but some people will just never be pleased. Even if they performed a resurrection people would still complain that Freddie had aged a bit. Another news flash - 15 years from now, virtually all of the members of rock bands from the 60s-70s will be dead or retired. Enjoy what you can while you still can. |
| tero! 48531 28.09.2014 02:28 |
It's perfectly acceptable that different people have different opinions. 15 years some people would have been happy to see Brian and Roger performing as Queen, and some people wouldn't have accepted it as Queen without the same four people who had recorded all the albums. Today some people are happy to see Brian and Roger perform (as Queen) with anybody, and some people still think that the name Queen should be preserved for the four people who formed the legendary band. It's entirely a matter of personal opinion, and neither opinion is more right than the other. From one point of view the train for "Brian and Roger playing together as Queen before it's too late" passed 23 years ago, and them pretending to still be the same band (with only half of the members left) makes them the ones who are deluded. It doesn't take away their legal right to use the name, the commercial success involved with using the name, or even make them a cover band... It does however take away much of their artistic credibility, and portray them as a group who are willing to provide a live karaoke backing track whenever there is enough profit. (Any of these days I expect to hear some oil billionaire has rented them out as a karaoke backing band for a birthday party.) |
| john bodega 28.09.2014 02:35 |
I dunno. The biggest criticisms people tend to make of tribute bands is that they're living in the past and pretending to be something they're not. Any artist, no matter how fucking great I think they are and no matter how good they are at their job, is basically doing that very thing if they're primarily playing stuff they did 30-40 years ago. There's no new music really being made here. I'm glad Brian and Roger are still playing, I just think people should be realistic about what it is that they're seeing, that the band we're seeing is not really 'dangerous' (Brian's words, not mine) and that some people aren't going to be into that. And I say this as someone who would've gladly paid to see them if I was in town on the gig night! |
| john bodega 28.09.2014 02:37 |
"this will never happen" And it's a fuckin' crime, too. It's at the point now where there is literally no good reason not to have used him. Gonna save my rant for my shitty podcast though. |
| cmsdrums 28.09.2014 02:54 |
Zebonka12 wrote: I dunno. The biggest criticisms people tend to make of tribute bands is that they're living in the past and pretending to be something they're not. Any artist, no matter how fucking great I think they are and no matter how good they are at their job, is basically doing that very thing if they're primarily playing stuff they did 30-40 years ago. There's no new music really being made here.And when The Cosmos Rocks came out I remember Roger making a point of it was justified in them touring as they had new material to play, and if they were just doing their old stuff they'd basically be a glorified tribute band! He seems quite happy with that now though! |
| Doga 28.09.2014 05:32 |
SweetCaroline wrote: The Tokyo fans LOVED it, especially "I Was Born To Love You" ..... linkThanks for posting that link. |
| Marknow 28.09.2014 05:49 |
SweetCaroline wrote: The Tokyo fans LOVED it, especially "I Was Born To Love You" ..... linkThanks for posting that, I have not seen it yet. Can somebody upload a proper HD rip? Cannot wait to see these guys in January, London here comes Marknow!! :) |
| soxtalon 28.09.2014 06:29 |
cmsdrums wrote:Zebonka12 wrote: I dunno. The biggest criticisms people tend to make of tribute bands is that they're living in the past and pretending to be something they're not. Any artist, no matter how fucking great I think they are and no matter how good they are at their job, is basically doing that very thing if they're primarily playing stuff they did 30-40 years ago. There's no new music really being made here.And when The Cosmos Rocks came out I remember Roger making a point of it was justified in them touring as they had new material to play, and if they were just doing their old stuff they'd basically be a glorified tribute band! He seems quite happy with that now though! Well let's be fair. QPR toured UK/Europe in 2005 and then North American in 2006 before starting work on Cosmos Rocks. QAL is on a similar trajectory. Not counting 6 dates in 2012, they had a full tour of NA in 2015, apparently, a full tour of UK/Europe 2016. If they tour the US again or do another tour of Europe/UK without new material THEN that argument would hold water.... |
| SweetCaroline 28.09.2014 11:14 |
soxtalon, I think you meant to say a full tour of NA in 2014 and, apparently, a full tour of UK/Europe in 2015. YAFF, I was kidding. I don't think Adam would ever be too busy to pass up another chance to tour with what he calls "rock royalty!" I think Marc Martel is great and I enjoyed him and the others in QE when I saw them in 2012 but I think Brian and Roger are totally sold on Adam! It seems that they all got along famously in their trek around the U.S., Canada, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand! |
| queenUSA 28.09.2014 11:58 |
I can't see Marc lying across a purple couch singing Killer Queen and I don't think he wants to. he's got his own music going as well. It will be interesting to see if the release of Rainbow will inject any new possibilities for the set list when touring post Rainbow. |
| The Real Wizard 28.09.2014 23:14 |
SweetCaroline wrote: The Tokyo fans LOVED it, especially "I Was Born To Love You" ..... linkWow. They are so on their game these days. |
| Marknow 29.09.2014 04:09 |
Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce European Tour / Important Pre-Sale Information Queen + Adam Lambert to play UK and Europe in the New Year Following recent sold-out World dates Queen + Adam Lambert to play 21 shows in Europe Including seven UK concerts Tickets on sale beginning Friday 3 October QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT today announced they are to play an extensive tour of the UK and Europe early in the New Year. In what is certain to be among next year’s most sought out music events, Queen + Adam Lambert will reign over a six-week long set of dates across Europe beginning mid January. ***Pre-Sales: If you are registered with QueenOnline, Adam Lambert's Official Fan Club or The International Queen Fan Club, please check your e-mail inbox for pre-sale details now, as some PRE-SALES START TODAY! *** Having only earlier this month wound down a sold out world tour taking in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and outdoor festival stops in Korea and Japan, Queen + Adam Lambert are sparing no time in taking their critically-hailed partnership back on the road. Coming two years after May, Taylor and Lambert last performed a short tour together of the UK and Europe, this lengthier outing will see Queen + Adam Lambert perform 21 shows in 10 countries. The band’s tour opens in the UK at Newcastle Arena on January 13 and will see the band play a total of seven shows across the UK including London’s O2 Arena. The tour then takes in France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, and Czech Republic and ends February 19 in Switzerland at Zurich’s Hallenstadion. Tickets for the UK shows will go on sale from 9.00am this coming Friday, 3rd October. All other concerts across Europe are on sale same time excepting Germany where sales begin the following day, Saturday October 4. Tickets available from venues and usual outlets. Reaction to the dates is expected to equal that seen at the announcement of their US shows where an on-sale rush for tickets saw the band sell out 24 dates in record time. Queen and Lambert matched the expectations, winning glowing reviews from fans and critics alike: "Guaranteed to blow your mind, indeed". (Entertainment Weekly) "We were rocked, Queen is still the champion, and Lambert is a skilled voice to ensure that their music will remain live for a generation of fans". (VH1) “Rejuvenated Queen reigns supreme. Bow down fans, your new Queen is worthy of your love and devotion”. (Edmonton Journal, Canada) “Queen guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and newcomer Adam Lambert blew the roof off in an energetic rock extravaganza which pulled no punches. Their extraordinary musical talent showed no signs of waning”. (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney). “Queen and Adam Lambert delivered just over two hours of pure sensation straight into the nerves and bones of anyone fortunate enough to witness it. Freddie may be gone, but he would surely approve”. (Brisbane Times) “Did they rock us? Oh YES!” (New York Daily News). Queen first teamed up with Adam Lambert in 2009 to perform the band's rock anthem "We Are the Champions" on "American Idol's" season's eight finale. Lambert and Queen partnered again in 2011 at the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast. In the summer of 2012 they performed their first live concerts together with three sold-out shows in the UK at London's Hammersmith Apollo as well as concert appearances in Russia, Ukraine and Poland. A further one-off performance together at the IHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September at which they effectively stole the show triggered a conversation between Adam, Roger and Brian to take the show on the road. Hollywood Reporter exclaimed, “Adam Lambert, Queen bring down the iHeart house. With the perfect mix of rock attitude mixed with style, theatricality, sex appeal and impressive vocal gymnastics, [Lambert] took the band’s music to new heights.” Now the winning combination of Queen + Adam Lambert follows with what will surely be an equally triumphant tour of the UK and Europe. And Lambert is keen to alert fans of the show changes that can be expected. "On the technical side, it's definitely more of a production than two years ago," he says. "We've had a lot more cities to visit and so I think we all decided to build up the visuals and the stage accordingly, and of course we do all the hits." "We have a very interesting set design,” says Brian May. “It's big and daring. We're going to do it to the max." he says. "Each time we've worked with Adam with our music, he's just the most incredible front man," Roger Taylor says. "He's sensational. He has this amazing range, 'cause Freddie had a great range. Adam can really cover it. He's an extraordinary singer and a real talent. I feel he fits into our sort of theatricality. It is very comfortable.” As for the future, it would seem the Queen + Adam Lambert partnership is likely, for now, to remain limited to their live collaborations. Lambert is currently in the final stages of writing and recording his third album. May and Taylor are getting ready their forthcoming album, Queen Forever, a new compilation set which includes previously unreleased material recorded with Freddie Mercury, released November 10. Queen has amassed a staggering list of sales, awards, and hall of fame inductions that is second to none. Record sales in the hundreds of millions of units, including an unprecedented string of number one albums and top-charting singles, continue to put Queen in the top ten of all-time iTunes sales. Earlier this year Queen were officially recognized as the first artist ever to sell over six million copies of an album in the UK with their Greatest Hits album, beating out even the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper by close on a million copies, pointing to the astonishing fact that at least one in three British households now own a copy of the band’s original Greatest Hits collection. Adam Lambert’s stunning performances on the eighth season of American Idol are still widely regarded as some of the most riveting moments in the show’s history. His debut album For Your Entertainment earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. His second album, Trespassing, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. His subsequent tour took Lambert from Australia to South Africa, throughout Asia and Eastern Europe and culminated in a sold-out arena show in Helsinki, Finland. In 2013, Lambert appeared as a guest star on the hit TV series, GLEE. He is currently in the final stages of writing and recording his third album. QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – UK and EUROPE TOUR DATES 2015 Tue 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena Wed 14 January GLASGOW Hydro Sat 17 January LONDON O2 Arena Tue 20 January LEEDS Arena Wed 21 January MANCHESTER Arena Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA Sat 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena Mon 26 January PARIS Zenith Thu 29 January COLOGNE Lanxess Arena Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome Sun 1 February VIENNA Stadhalle Mon 2 February MUNICH Olympiahalle Wed 4 February BERLIN O2 Thu 5 February HAMBURG O2 Sat 7 February FRANKFURT Festhalle Sun 8 February BRUSSELS Palais 12 Tue 10 February MILAN Forum Fri 13 February STUTTGART Schleyerhalle Sun 15 February HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen Tue 17 February PRAGUE O2 Thu 19February ZURICH Hallenstadion |
| john bodega 29.09.2014 04:17 |
"I can't see Marc lying across a purple couch singing Killer Queen" And thank fuck for that! Leave the Glee bullshit for those to whom it comes naturally. |
| Dubroc 29.09.2014 04:51 |
Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome I'll be there! |
| thomasquinn 32989 29.09.2014 04:54 |
Some of us just accept that Queen's best years are behind them and would prefer not to witness the gradual decline of the half of the group that's left being put on stage and taken on a world tour. I love stuff like the wonderful Rainbow release and can only be sad that this kind of touring gets in the way of more wonderful historical releases like that. I don't mind Roger and Brian wanting to keep performing at all, but I'd find it considerably more tasteful if they were to try something new rather than rehashing the hits with whatever pop-act is hot that year as their vocalist. They're fine musicians, why can't they just make some NEW music rather than living in the past? |
| oliverd05 29.09.2014 05:08 |
well ill be going to Newcastle and London but all i can say is.... OUCH!!!!! the tickets are extortionate at best! 59.00 and a 7.10 shipping fee? it costs 7.10 to ship a small piece of card? Ticketmaster suck!! |
| GERRYISADICK 29.09.2014 05:22 |
queenUSA wrote: It will be interesting to see if the release of Rainbow will inject any new possibilities for the set list when touring post Rainbow.Like what The fairy fellers master stroke live? |
| Marknow 29.09.2014 05:30 |
Can somebody pm me the presale links? I do not get emails from QOL, dunno how to fix it. Thanks. EDIT(Links Received) |
| pidge123 29.09.2014 05:47 |
Just got my tickets for the O2, you can get thru Ticketmaster or Ticketzone. I tried Ticketmaster but you need a ticketmaster account password. Ticketzone went straight thru without any passwords. |
| john bodega 29.09.2014 05:47 |
"They're fine musicians, why can't they just make some NEW music rather than living in the past?" I think at some point they see it as a choice to play to big venues full of people singing along, vs. playing small places where people are rudely shouting "hey, play '39!". I've been saying it for years that Brian should knuckle down, pull a David Gilmour and give us a fucking balls out fantastic solo album. I don't think it's ever going to happen. The guy has some kind of self esteem issues. There are times I've really wished someone would grab him by the ears and tell him - Brian, you're fucking ace. Go and do the thing, you're amazing. Instead I get to listen to some dork wearing glitter and going "yo fatass bitches get up and riiiiide!". Honestly, fuck marketability. |
| bucsateflon 29.09.2014 07:47 |
east europe sucks ass... again! |
| queenUSA 29.09.2014 08:05 |
Lucky ducks is all I can say! |
| Martin Packer 29.09.2014 08:27 |
Still awaiting confirmation email from Ticketzone for O2, two hours later. But got the booking ref. Sounds like they're busy... :-) |
| Voice of Reason 2018 29.09.2014 12:22 |
Hi Guys, I didn't get my email with the presale details from Queen online. Would one of you be kind enough to pm them to me please? Thanks. |
| Marknow 29.09.2014 12:41 |
@Voice of Reason 2012 Sent |
| dysan 30.09.2014 02:05 |
I liked seeing them at Hammersmith 2 years ago for obvious historical reasons but will have to give it a long think about these dates. I thought they were great last time (except Dragon Attack) Also - I think opening in the US with Now I'm Here and SCC, as well as being thematically sound, was a decent tip of the hat to Rainbow '74. |
| Martin Packer 30.09.2014 03:45 |
@dysan Well I *loved* Dragon Attack last time... :-) |
| Voice of Reason 2018 30.09.2014 06:07 |
Thanks a million Marknow, I appreciate it. Cheers, The Voice. |
| The Real Wizard 03.10.2014 11:34 |
Zebonka12 wrote: Instead I get to listen to some dork wearing glitter and going "yo fatass bitches get up and riiiiide!".Methinks your rose-coloured glasses are on, which is a rarity for you because you're usually right about, well, everything. Even a cursory look at Mercury's stage banter between 1980-82 reveals much more vulgarity than that - dedicating Fat Bottomed Girls to "the street girls" and "people who like fucking a lot," and even a few cocaine references. But since the old recordings aren't as easy to find as, say, Queen and Adam Lambert in an arena near you, there is a false sense of disparity between the new frontman and old. Incidentally, I found this photo of another dork in glitter: link ;) |
| The Real Wizard 03.10.2014 11:35 |
Marknow wrote:I second that, but the video has been taken down from YouTube. Did anyone grab it ??SweetCaroline wrote: The Tokyo fans LOVED it, especially "I Was Born To Love You" ..... linkThanks for posting that, I have not seen it yet. Can somebody upload a proper HD rip? Cannot wait to see these guys in January, London here comes Marknow!! :) It's really the only good pro footage of the tour I've seen yet. |
| The Real Wizard 03.10.2014 11:43 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote: They're fine musicians, why can't they just make some NEW music rather than living in the past?He wants to climb mountains he hasn't yet climbed. What's the point of diving head first into making new music when you've already created A Night At The Opera, and you could actually contribute fantastic new insights to a different field of study, like astronomy? Most rock stars don't have other options (never mind being a scientist), so they've spent the last few decades making substandard, derivative music with nothing new to say. Brian has other options, and as a result he's had a far more productive last 20 years than most of his peers. That's my take. |
| queenUSA 03.10.2014 22:45 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Incidentally, I found this photo of another dork in glitter: ;)^ this .^. lol |
| Oscar J 04.10.2014 05:15 |
Wow, that's a great shot of Freddie. |
| john bodega 04.10.2014 09:00 |
"much more vulgarity" I'm not complaining about vulgarity. It just doesn't have any weight coming from him. It's like having Bert and Ernie up there sometimes. |
| avonalllim 27.04.2015 19:49 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Brian May contributed VERY little to astrophysics so far. Don't think he is about to start now. Haha! His PhD is on kinematics of star dust. Basically, he observed star dust movement and catalogued it to get his PhD. REALLY?thomasquinn 32989 wrote: They're fine musicians, why can't they just make some NEW music rather than living in the past?He wants to climb mountains he hasn't yet climbed. What's the point of diving head first into making new music when you've already created A Night At The Opera, and you could actually contribute fantastic new insights to a different field of study, like astronomy? Most rock stars don't have other options (never mind being a scientist), so they've spent the last few decades making substandard, derivative music with nothing new to say. Brian has other options, and as a result he's had a far more productive last 20 years than most of his peers. That's my take. |
| CPL593h 28.04.2015 04:27 |
avonalllim wrote: Brian May contributed VERY little to astrophysics so far. Don't think he is about to start now. Haha! His PhD is on kinematics of star dust. Basically, he observed star dust movement and catalogued it to get his PhD. REALLY?Are you aware that it's exactly what a PhD thesis is? Hundreds of pages about a subject that looks insignificant to 99.99999% of the world (Sebastian, please feel free to correct this figure :-D). |
| hobbit in Rhye 28.04.2015 12:48 |
avonalllim wrote: Brian May contributed VERY little to astrophysics so far. Don't think he is about to start now. Haha! His PhD is on kinematics of star dust. Basically, he observed star dust movement and catalogued it to get his PhD. REALLY?Sorry to double team you, but do you realise that long time observing is a big part of astronomy? To see how cosmic things moving around and kicking each other's butt? And it's actually a hard work. It's not all about flashy equations and calculations. Though, in 1970s Brian can do equations as much as anybody - he got three A-Levels in Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. I don't know how much of theoretical calculation went into his PhD thesis - please don't ask me to read it - but it's not a reason to diss his. Especially with such a remote and abstract subject as astrophysics, don't be too quick to judge. During my astrophysics course, my professor often spoke about how "boring" and frustrating the astronomy work can get, how much patience and unsung observations and nameless trainees have contributed to it. It scared the sheep out of me, I ran away, and here I end up, trolling internet everyday and knowing nothing about the universe. |
