No, I'm not signing a Neil Diamond song...and I don't know if this has been mentioned by any of the European fan club members, but I just got my magazine today and there's a letter from Brian on the second page in there...
".........we have added some more European dates--outdoors in the Summer, and we are just about to confirm a tour of the USA in Autumn, such an incredible thing for me to say, after all these years...."
Yes, folks...I think we can get excited now!!!
How recent do you think this letter is?
Because he was dropping stronger hints about a month
ago..and that's all but stopped.
But that added dates is odd...so this has to be new right?
The letter in the fan club mag says he's "writing this letter while he's in Amsterdam on tour..." So last month. But what he said on his website last month was about the same thing also...I was thinking they would just wait until the big part of the tour winded down and would make an announcement after that, which would be in the near future now. But I imagine now that he's quoted as saying this on his site and in the mag now, it's pretty certain, wouldn't you say?
Queen has a habit of back-pedalling on casual promises before they are etched in stone (BBC Sessions, 4 live concerts on video etc).
However, the force tells me (or is it blind optimism) that the American tour will happen
Besides, lyricalassasin77 is waiting in the wings hoping for a US tour to not happen so he can come back here
and talk crap.
So c'mon Q+PR! Let's not give him the satisfaction.
LOL!
Paul - could you do lot more squealing and a little less whistling about the NA tour and/or Breakthru. To make things easy for you, I will ask 2 simple questions:
Is this really the last Breakthru?
Excluding Latin America or the Carribean, does the North American tour open in the US or Canada?
For self preservation reasons, I will not be holding my breath waiting for straight answers.
Oh well, it was worth a try. That IE is a tough egg to crack.
Breakthru-- hard question to answer right now...
would like it to continue and grow though..(as i sit at work dressed in jeans and last years Breakthru shirt)
Tour-- I can only whistle, i gave my word of honor not to say a thing-..and you know me well enough to know aint about to break that.....
Yes, I know you will keep your promise and honor your agreement to keep quiet. That's why you're a good'un...
...But dagnabbit, I'm still gonna grumble. ;^)
Well, your whistling usually means good news rather than bad ... so I feel a little better ... but Brians Message of doing the rest of the world first is troubling. It feels like 1984 again.
Did they plan on coming in 1984 and then scrap it because Break Free wasn't well accepted? If so, this is totally the opposite...people are dying for them to come over and I think they know that...
Okay
I just bought two tickets to Queen + Paul Rodgers in Aruba on October 8, 2005.
If a North American tour in late 2005 or 2006 pans out, I can just see them again. But this particular show is not going to go on without me.
iron eagle wrote: Breakthru-- hard question to answer right now...
would like it to continue and grow though..(as i sit at work dressed in jeans and last years Breakthru shirt)
Tour-- I can only whistle, i gave my word of honor not to say a thing-..and you know me well enough to know aint about to break that.....
You know something about the tour or are you just keeping your opinion on it quiet...by the way, I'd love to come to the convention...
Boy I sure wish I could...I would absolutely love that. Unfortunately, I'm in between jobs right now so the prospect of getting some time off from my new job, whatever that may be, is hazy. Maybe some good luck will come my way this coming week and I'll be able to organize to go...
Ray D O'Gaga wrote: Okay
I just bought two tickets to Queen + Paul Rodgers in Aruba on October 8, 2005.
If a North American tour in late 2005 or 2006 pans out, I can just see them again. But this particular show is not going to go on without me.