QUEEN + Paul Rodgers
- Return Of The Champions

While there is no substitute for Freddie Mercury, Paul Rodgers perfroms acceptable renditions of some favourtie Queen tunes with two of its original members Brian May and Roger Taylor (not too sure where bassist Roger Deacon is - retired I guess). What makes it cool is the fact that Taylor and May sing a fair share of the songs. This live show in Sheffield packs in 27 tracks, not all Queen numbers, but also a few classic covers: Wishing Well, Feel Like Makin' Love, Can't Get Enough, and All Right Now. But, you also get timeless tracks like Tie Your Mother Down, I Want To Break Free, Fat Bottomed Girls, Another One Bites The Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Love Of My Life, Hammer To Fall, I'm In Love With My Car, Last Horizon, These Are The Days Of Our Lives, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody with Freddie singing along from a video projection of an old live show! Amid the songs you get solo's, speeches, as well as acoustic numbers. Unfortunately there is no bonus footage like a documentary on how the show got put together or how they decided upon and selected Rodgers. But you do get an extra clip of May doing an acoustic version (with the crowd) of John Lennon's Imagine - this was at the tribute concert in Hyde Park for the London emergency services and victims after the 7 July 2005 bombings.

4 / B
- PB

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