QUEEN + Paul Rodgers – Bad Company (Kharkov 2008)
Jun 10, 2010 Rock Bands
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS in Kharkov – September 12, 2008 –”Bad Company” —————————— The rock band Queen sang to 350000 Ukrainians on Friday to raise money to care for HIV-AIDS sufferers in this ex-Soviet republic. Cheering fans packed the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city to listen to the revered British group, whose lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The open-air charity concert — named “Life must go on!” — was timed to the release of Queen’s new album, “Cosmos Rocks,” which comes out Monday. The show launched the band’s tour of European countries including Russia, Britain, France, Germany. Organizers chose Kharkov, an industrial city in the east of the country, for its huge student population. But ecstatic middle-aged Ukrainians also turned up to listen to the songs of their youth, a testament to the undiminished popularity of aging Western rock bands in the former Soviet Union. This is Queen’s second tour after they teamed up with Rodgers, who used to be the leading vocalist for the popular English rock bands Free and Bad Company. It is their first show in Ukraine.
QUEEN + Paul Rodgers – Fat Bottomed Girls (Kharkov 2008)
Jun 2, 2010 Rock Bands
QUEEN + Paul Rodgers in Kharkov – September 12, 2008 –”Fat Bottomed Girls” —————————– The rock band Queen sang to 350000 Ukrainians on Friday to raise money to care for HIV-AIDS sufferers in this ex-Soviet republic. Cheering fans packed the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city to listen to the revered British group, whose lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The open-air charity concert — named “Life must go on!” — was timed to the release of Queen’s new album, “Cosmos Rocks,” which comes out Monday. The show launched the band’s tour of European countries including Russia, Britain, France, Germany. Organizers chose Kharkov, an industrial city in the east of the country, for its huge student population. But ecstatic middle-aged Ukrainians also turned up to listen to the songs of their youth, a testament to the undiminished popularity of aging Western rock bands in the former Soviet Union. This is Queen’s second tour after they teamed up with Rodgers, who used to be the leading vocalist for the popular English rock bands Free and Bad Company. It is their first show in Ukraine.
QUEEN + Paul Rodgers – Feel Like Making Love (Kharkov 2008)
May 27, 2010 Rock Bands
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS in Kharkov – September 12, 2008 –”Feel Like Making Love” —————————- The rock band Queen sang to 350000 Ukrainians on Friday to raise money to care for HIV-AIDS sufferers in this ex-Soviet republic. Cheering fans packed the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city to listen to the revered British group, whose lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The open-air charity concert — named “Life must go on!” — was timed to the release of Queen’s new album, “Cosmos Rocks,” which comes out Monday. The show launched the band’s tour of European countries including Russia, Britain, France, Germany. Organizers chose Kharkov, an industrial city in the east of the country, for its huge student population. But ecstatic middle-aged Ukrainians also turned up to listen to the songs of their youth, a testament to the undiminished popularity of aging Western rock bands in the former Soviet Union. This is Queen’s second tour after they teamed up with Rodgers, who used to be the leading vocalist for the popular English rock bands Free and Bad Company. It is their first show in Ukraine.
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