QUEEN are to release their first studio album for 13 years - and their first without the vocals of Freddie Mercury. The Cosmos Rocks will feature ex-FREE singer Paul Rodgers, who has replaced Mercury in the band’s live shows.QUEEN’s last album, Made in Heaven, came out in 1995 and featured material written and recorded by Mercury before his death in 1991. The band have also announced a QUEEN and Paul Rodgers 14-nation European tour, starting in September. Bassist John Deacon, who retired from the music business in the late 1990s, will not take part in the tour.

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ColdExile13 wrote:

It’s only half the band? Sounds like the new Smashing Pumpkins.

March 26th, 2008 at 3:09 am

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