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THEATRE
The Show Must Go On - Queen Tribute Show
Venue: Roxy Revue Bar, GrandWest, Goodwood.
Tel: (021) 505 7777
Time: Wed - Sat at 8:30pm
Price: R67
Performances: 1 Oct - 6 Nov 2010
Genre: Cabaret
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Freddie Mercury once famously sang The Show
Must Go On and so it shall, in Cedric Vandenschrik’s tribute to Queen.
The music of Queen has endured the test of
time and the band owes at least part of its timeless appeal to the lasting
legacy of their legendary lead singer, Freddie Mercury. With his crystal
clear vocals and flamboyant stage presence, he catapulted Queen’s live
shows into showbiz history. Less well known however, is the band’s depth
of songwriting talent, as the show will reveal. Queen is one of the few
bands in which all four members had top 10 chart success with songs they
had personally written.
Vandenschrik has spent many years performing
as Freddie. He will be backed by talented singer Candice Thorne, who
received acclaim for her recent performance of Celine Dion at Roxy’s. The
band features drummer Mike Horne, bassist Morne Smit, guitarist and
vocalist Jeremy Olivier and Lee Gelderbloem on keyboards, vocal and
musical direction.
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Since first forming in 1971, the band
released a total of 18 number one albums, selling over 300 million of
these worldwide. Their accolades include 18 number one singles, 10 number
one DVDs and seven Ivor Novello awards. They are undoubtedly among the
world’s best selling musicians and have rightly earned their 2001
induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The show opens with Queen live at their 1986
tour concert at Wembley Stadium which spawned the Queen Live At Wembley
Stadium album. This was to be the second last show they would ever do
with Freddie. The show then retraces the band’s incredible roller coaster
ride to fame and features all time Queen favourites such as “Another one
bites the dust”, “I want to break free”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “One
Vision”, “Radio Gaga”, “We will Rock you”, “Who wants to live forever”,
“Don't stop me now”, “We are the Champions” and many more.
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