| ACCR 18.10.2019 00:54 |
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| runner_70 18.10.2019 03:07 |
John by a mile |
| Saint Jiub 18.10.2019 03:39 |
The day after opening of the Another World tour (at Rockstock near Chicago), I got an autograph from Brian at a guitar shop after standing in line for an hour or so in blazing heat. He commented that he liked my A Kind of Magic t-shirt. I commented awkwardly without explanation that I didn't think that the band could play China Belle live, and he said he didn't think they could either. Jamie and Brian were quite the team playing China Belle. It was like two Red Specials creating a feeding frenzy. |
| The Real Wizard 18.10.2019 06:47 |
Saint Jiub wrote: The day after opening of the Another World tour (at Rockstock near Chicago), I got an autograph from Brian at a guitar shop after standing in line for an hour or so in blazing heat. He commented that he liked my A Kind of Magic t-shirt. I commented awkwardly without explanation that I didn't think that the band could play China Belle live, and he said he didn't think they could either. Jamie and Brian were quite the team playing China Belle. It was like two Red Specials creating a feeding frenzy.Great story. And I had no idea Brian did any US shows in 98. Do you have a ticket stub? |
| pidge123 18.10.2019 06:55 |
Met Brian twice, first time outside Wembley 1980. All band members left in their own limo's but Brian was the only one to stop the car, get out and spend a long time signing autographs. All credit to him. The second time was after a Black Sabbath show at Hammersmith in 81 ish. Went round backstage door where everyone was waiting for Sabbath to come out. Brian came out with Chrissie and everybody else just moved out of the way and let him go. We got to talk to him for several minutes where he was trying to tell us how good the Flash Gordon film was!! Very pleasant guy both times. |
| Makka 18.10.2019 08:50 |
We waited for Brian & Roger outside after their gig in Perth in 2014, the night he did the ice bucket challenge, hoping to grab a signature and a quick photo. Fuckers drove straight passed us and waved! :( |
| dysan 18.10.2019 09:05 |
They waved? CUNTS!!! |
| NCC1701Q 18.10.2019 09:33 |
I won a meet-and-greet (and lunch) with Brian in a contest around the release of the Another World album. Flew with a friend and an EMI-rep to the Hard Rock Café in London where I met Brian. There were I think about 15 winners, from multiple countries. He signed my Starfleet-album, commenting he "hadn't seen one of them in a long time". A few months later the friend I took won a soundcheck-meet-and-greet before his concert in the Netherlands (Groningen or Utrecht) and he signed one of the photos taken at the Hard Rock Café. That was pretty cool, having him sign a photo of the two of us :) |
| cobohall 18.10.2019 14:34 |
Met Brian in 1988 when he and John played with The Cross. A couple friends And I spoke with him as he was taking his son Jimmy(?) home. He said hi and said he would talk to us when he came back. Sure enough, 15 or 20 minutes later he came and spoke with us and took some pictures. He was very kind. |
| matt z 18.10.2019 15:28 |
Never "MET" met anybody, But I've been to two signings and the Walk of Fame ceremony (*where i first met Nuno - got his signature on a dollar - it was all i had on me that wasn't Queen related, i later accidentally spent that dollar) First signing, i gave him a drawing a did of him that I'd finished in the car en route. Quipped "here's a little doodle etc. .thanks for the music" his assistant complemented the drawing "wow that's much more than a doodle etc" and although I'd slipped a FURIA sleeve into the book (signing for BANG! ) he did not sign it. Second time for the QUEEN IN 3-D book. I simply asked him about MACBETH: will he ever release it? He simply looked pensively upward and said "Well, I still HAVE it." And a shrug sort of head nod. (*it'll never be released haha) That's about it. 2014 had tix near the cat walk. Lots of cheering n all but no six pence. Would be nice to talk with one of em in a general environment that was not performance/signing but eh.... i wasn't that high in the music industry when i was doing my thing. Even so. ...It's ironically frowned upon to banter with the artists when you ARE in the realm. Go figure |
| MyHumanZoo 18.10.2019 15:30 |
I would love to talk to Brian, such a sweet man and so many topics we could discuss! From animals, to science, to Queen, to guitar playing in general....I would need weeks! |
| jabbo5150 18.10.2019 16:14 |
I was at that same Guitar Center in store Brian did around the time of RockStock, which was his only U.S. appearance. People were getting lots of stuff signed and taking pictures and his handler got mad and limited people before I got up to him, but I still got him to look up for a great photo ;) |
| Kuijpy 18.10.2019 17:20 |
There are in Holland some view stalking fans, who just buy tickets from 1000 pond, just to met them. I dont say names, cause then the babies are gonna send some crying messages on Facebook, or not Sikke? |
| Saint Jiub 18.10.2019 17:32 |
The Real Wizard wrote:I do not have a ticket stub, but Brian autographed my Rockstock concert program.Saint Jiub wrote: The day after opening of the Another World tour (at Rockstock near Chicago), I got an autograph from Brian at a guitar shop after standing in line for an hour or so in blazing heat. He commented that he liked my A Kind of Magic t-shirt. I commented awkwardly without explanation that I didn't think that the band could play China Belle live, and he said he didn't think they could either. Jamie and Brian were quite the team playing China Belle. It was like two Red Specials creating a feeding frenzy.Great story. And I had no idea Brian did any US shows in 98. Do you have a ticket stub? Here is a link from Queenconcerts.com that Includes the setlist as well as my my mini-review of the concert. link |
| matt z 18.10.2019 18:13 |
MyHumanZoo wrote: I would love to talk to Brian, such a sweet man and so many topics we could discuss! From animals, to science, to Queen, to guitar playing in general....I would need weeks!Just like that book and film MISERY!... interesting. Now I know where you got the "Human Zoo" thing.. Thought it was a Queen reference, not a lifestyle. |
| Stick 18.10.2019 18:15 |
Kuijpy wrote: There are in Holland some view stalking fans, who just buy tickets from 1000 pond, just to met them. I dont say names, cause then the babies are gonna send some crying messages on Facebook, or not Sikke?Good lord you idiotic single digit IQ Feyenoord hooligan. Learn some English for fucks sake. At least then reading your drivel will be over quicker. I'm ashamed to share a country with you. You even make the same mistake as foreigners referring to The Netherlands as Holland. You do know Holland is only two provinces? Dude you live in one of them. Almost every comment you make on here makes you sound more stupid than before. Be it in the Announce section or in a discussion thread like this. Only spouting bile or some other dumb shit.Go shout at your tv while your team fucks up another season.and some more of their typical "fans" like you get banned from attending. You seem to be nothing more than another asshole who is allergic to normal comments and intelligence as you have proven for a long time now. Here's to hoping you fuck with a condom till the day you expire. Cheers! |
| Thistle 18.10.2019 18:46 |
Met Brian, Roger and Rufus in Glasgow circa 2010/11 when WWRY was on at The Kings: Brian was nice, took time to talk with us, pose for pics and sign autographs. Roger, for some reason, was in a cunt of a mood and went straight to his car. I was the only one he said hello to on the way, I think simply because I wasn't pushing a CD or pen in his face for a signature like everyone else was. Rufus spent ages talking with me about Queen, other music, his dad and future plans. If memory serves me right, it was Rufus who told me to stay put at the theatre because Brian was still inside (the staff had told us to beat it and that Brian had already left). Rufus seems a pretty cool guy. |
| andres_clip 18.10.2019 22:32 |
Ive met Phoebe and David Richard. I rather meet David again though he's dead, than Maylor. |
| john bodega 19.10.2019 06:09 |
I'm kind of glad I'll never meet them, Brian in particular - I love the guy and most of the music he's done, but you can just tell when someone wouldn't have time for your bullshit, and I think this is one of those occasions. Which is fine - I'm grateful for the tunes. |
| Queen Fan MS 19.10.2019 14:05 |
I don't think I will be able to meet them. But I am one of those who believe in the statement, ' better to not meet your favorites'. |
| borap13 19.10.2019 20:05 |
Fortunate to have met Brian four times and each time gave me goosebumps. He was so kind. Once commenting that he liked my Freddie shirt. Another time when I told him I was getting married and he could come to the wedding, he asked "When is it?" I knew he wouldn't come but the fact that he asked that rather than saying no or brushing it aside says a lot about him. One other time I interviewed him for a story and he was incredibly open, sweet and kind. Highlights of my life. ... still waiting on Roger. |
| ggo1 23.10.2019 14:58 |
They say you should never meet your heroes, and I haven't. Always felt that I'd rather go for a drink with Roger than Brian, but on the other hand when it comes down to having a real conversation, Brian would be far less likely to tell me to go fuck myself. I (Or rather my Auntie Jean, cause she was driving) did tail John once after one of the Liverpool Empire shows on the Crazy Tour but his driver went through a red light and lost us. (We were trying to see where they were staying). Later found that the band went to a club after the first show that a friend of the family owned. They got a menu signed but it got lost before reaching me. They (The club owners) had no clue who they were but when told they comped the meal. Rich Famous people get a lot of free shit. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.10.2019 16:20 |
I think I would feel more comfortable meeting Brian than Roger. Brian gives off a much more "open" vibe while Roger seems like he would always be pulling away from you as you tried to talk. |
| Vocal harmony 23.10.2019 17:08 |
PrimeJiveUSA wrote: I think I would feel more comfortable meeting Brian than Roger. Brian gives off a much more "open" vibe while Roger seems like he would always be pulling away from you as you tried to talk.I met them in 1979. At the time I was an autograph hungry fan, Roger was friendly asked my name and signed the autograph to me. . John was shy and said very little apart from mmm! A couple of times but did sign JR Deacon Queen Dec 79! Freddie was the one I felt was pulling away, he signed my program while telling me he was in a rush! Brian chatted to me about his guitar, photography and music. He only stopped talking when someone ( could have been Prenter) said Brian and flashed his watch. Brian made his apologies and said he was running late and left. I met them again individually over the next few years, not always as a fan and I've met Brian and Roger a few times in the last few years. Brian is indeed the most approachable but Roger can be quite chatty if he is in the mood or isn't busy. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.10.2019 17:35 |
Wow...Vocal Harmany! Thank you for sharing that! Yeah, Freddie never had a reputation of being "great" with the fans but I think a lot of it was the "role" he thought he had to play to keep in the fans esteem as kind of amn untouchable 'god". |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.10.2019 17:35 |
*Harmony* |
| . 23.10.2019 17:39 |
I bumped into John Deacon in 1976 in Hamleys Toy Shop in Regent St. London just before Christmas when I was 15. This wasn't long after I saw Queen Live for the first time at Hyde Park. By a sheer coincidence I had purchased a Queen poster earlier in the day and asked him if he would sign it. Poor chap must have wondered how I already had a Queen poster under my arm as I proceeded to unravel it, but he duly signed it with a smile. Next thing he was inundated with autograph requests (sorry John!) I hung on to that poster on the way home like it was the most precious item in the world! Nearly eight years later I bumped in to him again outside the venue of the ''Break Free'' video shoot when he opened a door and asked me if I had a cigarette! I explained that my girlfriend (now my wife) and I had got there late for the filming and the doors were locked and we couldn't get in. During our chat I reminded him about that Hamleys incident eight years earlier and apologised, but he had no memory of it LOL! Being the nice chap he is he escorted us inside so we could watch the filming. I even got to stand next to Freddie when he had a break, and got autographs from all of the band. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.10.2019 17:45 |
Cool story, Kurgan? What were your impressions of the rest of the band? |
| . 23.10.2019 17:52 |
I didn't speak to the other band members, my wife got the autographs. link |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.10.2019 18:16 |
That is so neat! |
| dysan 23.10.2019 18:56 |
Quality thread everyone. I only met Roger. Nice guy. Brian and Anita walked past but I didn't pay too much attention. Friend went 'OH MY GOD!!!!!' and pointed at Brian and said 'IT'S ANITA DOBSON!!!' |
| Metropolis 23.10.2019 20:55 |
Real interesting stories here I was supposed to go with one of my cousins to this errand sometime in 1979 but cancelled at the last minute He ran into Brian May on the way and got an autograph After that I begged to go with that cousin to all his errands Brian never showed up again though lol |
| Khizzy 23.10.2019 23:26 |
Met Roger on his Electric Fire tour in 1999 in Nottingham. I had been waiting in line all morning with a friend and we nipped off for a toilet break and when we got back there he was. I ran up to him and got him to sign my Surrender 7" single but never got a picture. I said I had been waiting all day to meet him and his rather silly response was "Have you?". I gave that Surrender single to a girl I used to fancy back in the day and haven't seen it since. Absolutely gutted. I've technically met Brian but haven't spoken to him, which was on the same tour as I met Roger but this time in Wolverhampton where Brian guested. After the gig everyone was waiting for Rog and Brian burst out of one of the side exits and everyone flocked to him, and he legged it. I managed to keep pace with him (I was still young, you know!) and all I remember him saying was "Mustn't keep the lady waiting" - everyone speculated that he had a mistress waiting for him! |
| PrimeJiveUSA 24.10.2019 01:55 |
@Khizzy When you described Roger's response as "rather silly" what do you mean? Was he trying to be funny or was he just socially awkward and didn't know what to say? |
| ACCR 24.10.2019 04:40 |
I met him (Roger) twice and he was very kindly! Really nice.. took time to sign to me and take photos... I feel that He enjoys a lot to meet fans.. I met Brian three times.. he was very nice.. but I felt he was not very comfortable.. but still take time to talk, and take photos... another thing... I feel that He doesn't like to sign items.. it's my impression... |
| dysan 24.10.2019 07:33 |
Further to my post, I've seen them both around a few times but feel it's right to just leave them be. I'm more of a chatter than a 'sign this-er'. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 24.10.2019 13:12 |
@ACCR What about Brian made you think he felt "uncomfortable"? |
| RS_Protos 24.10.2019 15:32 |
I've met BM a couple times and RT once, late 90's early 2000's. Chatted with both, signed a couple things and took pictures. These days I would just chat, don't care about autographs/pictures anymore. I don't like to bother people with things like that anymore, getting old.... They were both very friendly, also remember my wife had a long conversation with RT's wife?/girlfriend? back then, she was very friendly also. Overall great experience and great memories. |
| Vocal harmony 24.10.2019 15:39 |
PrimeJiveUSA wrote: Wow...Vocal Harmany! Thank you for sharing that! Yeah, Freddie never had a reputation of being "great" with the fans but I think a lot of it was the "role" he thought he had to play to keep in the fans esteem as kind of amn untouchable 'god".I think you could be right about Freddie, at the time I met them he was the only one of them with visible protection, two guys and he did obviously have more important things then meeting a fan or two to do, Brian was easily the most down to earth. When I met them subsequently I never went down the autograph route again, always thought it much nicer just to say hello. |
| . 24.10.2019 18:06 |
My only conversation with Brian May was I think in 1999 at the Party In The Park event in Hyde Park. He happened to be there and was walking towards me when I asked if I could take a photo. He refused, for some reason he thought I was the Paparazzi as my camera was on the rather large size. I couldn't convince him otherwise, and he trotted off! |
| ACCR 25.10.2019 02:26 |
Posted: 24 Oct 19, 13:12 Edit this post Reply to this post Reply with Quote @ACCR What about Brian made you think he felt "uncomfortable"? Probably by the hour (was around 1-2am) after show XD |
| dp78 25.10.2019 03:11 |
I met Brian at a book signing he did in NYC for one of his stereoscopy books. I was waiting in line and they mentioned we had to write our name on a piece of paper so Brian would know who to address the autograph to. I had forgotten to do that so the lady had to remind me when i was on deck to get my book signed. I said loudly, "what, just because he's one of the greatest guitarists of all time, i have to write my name down for him"--i was being very obvious that i was not being insulting but joking. Brian laughed and took a picture with me. Also, i had told him i was looking forward to meeting him at the event on his website through the soap box postings or whatever (he wasn't on instragram back then--this was like 2010) and how i played Queen songs on the piano as part of a charity project i do on Monday nights and he (or one of his people) messaged me back saying--"Thats so great! Cheers!" So my interactions with him were both really positive. |
| Queen Fan MS 25.10.2019 05:33 |
Yeah, Freddie never had a reputation of being "great" with the fans but I think a lot of it was the "role" he thought he had to play to keep in the fans esteem as kind of amn untouchable 'god". @PrimeJiveUSA - Freddie seem to sound OK in the letters that he wrote to the fans in fan club magazine. May be he felt nervous (though he may not have showed it) making 1 on 1 conversations with people he did not know, as numerous people including Brian May have mentioned him to be shy and reserved in private and he could not walk into a room full of strangers on his own. Some people are naturally good public speakers like Brian May. Brian May's calm and measured voice puts everyone at ease. quickly. |
| Dougie 4 25.10.2019 06:34 |
Freddie was shy and socially awkward in one to one interactions with people he didn't know well. But he was by all accounts a nice guy once you got through his protective wall. I would like to meet Roger but I think Brian would be more open to talking |
| Saint Jiub 30.10.2019 04:27 |
ttt |
| runner_70 30.10.2019 05:29 |
Saint Jiub wrote: tttYou lost it like the other obsessed guy??? |
| runner_70 30.10.2019 13:30 |
xx |
