Paul Rodgers

[Robman?]

I'm going to see Paul play live on Friday, April 20 

I got into his music last year, after his work with Queen (new album soon!), and I can't wait to see him live. Hopefully I'll see him with Queen in the future.

Heres what the venue has to say:

Paul Rodgers' voice is one of rocks golden assets. Imbued with equally generous measures of swagger and soul, that voice has been shining its light for nearly four decades. Rodgers' unmistakable vocal style goes hand in hand with a songwriting sensibility that has left a deep impression on rock music, giving us classics "All Right Now" , "Feel Like Making Love", "Can't Get Enough" & "Shooting Star", "Radioactive" , "Satisfaction Guaranteed" & favorites "Muddy Water Blues" , "Soul of Love" & "Drifters" from his productive solo career. No other musician has led 3 bands to International success and top grossing world tours FREE, BAD COMPANY, THE FIRM with JIMMY PAGE and enjoyed a Grammy nominated SOLO CAREER.

I'll sure to post a review of the show 

Anyone else a Paul fan?

[Malcolm]

Never really knew Paul Rodgers till he joined Queen and I got into his music before i went to see them live...Great artist

[Krispy Kreme]

Never really knew Paul Rodgers till he joined Queen and I got into his music before i went to see them live...Great artist

I liked him in Bad Company. Can't  imagine him in Queen. Could  be wrong, but  he doesn't seem to fit their style.

[zman]

Paul Rodgers in Bad  Company was great, I saw him last year in Portland with Quenn and he really sounded great. He is an excellant replacement for the the late great Freddy.

[metallex78]

Never really knew Paul Rodgers till he joined Queen and I got into his music before i went to see them live...Great artist

I liked him in Bad Company. Can't? imagine him in Queen. Could? be wrong, but? he doesn't seem to fit their style.

Check out the Queen & Paul Rodgers live cd and dvd, he sounds really great on the Queen songs surprisingly. He does Freddie mercury justice.

[Malcolm]

Paul Rodgers has lined up a slate of shows in the United States over the coming months to back his first solo DVD release, "Live in Glasgow," and its companion CD.

The singer/songwriter, perhaps best known for his work fronting Bad Company (a position he also handled for Free in the early '70s and The Firm in the '80s), will return to the road this spring, kicking off his run April 13 in Atlanta. The performer has nine dates mapped out on his current tour schedule, detailed below, running through mid-June.

The DVD version of "Live in Glasgow" will ship May 29, with the CD version hitting stores April 17. The set was recorded last October and documents the last date of Rodgers' 2006 UK tour.

The 135-minute DVD was shot with 13 cameras, and includes Rodgers singing a pair of new songs--"Warboys (A Prayer for Peace)" and "Far Distant Shore"--as well as many classics from his back catalog, which stretches into the '60s.

April 2007
13, 14 - Atlanta, GA - Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater
18 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Casino
20 - Houston, TX - Grand Prix of Houston

May 2007
4 - Temecula, CA - Pechanga Resort and Casino
5 - Tacoma, WA - Emerald Queen
19 - Las Vegas, NV - Cannery Casino & Hotel

June 2007
13 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
16 - Coarsegold, CA - Chuckchansi Gold Resort & Casino

[Malcolm]

One Night Only - Bad Company to reunite

Bad Company will ride again this summer -- for one night only.

The '70s rock troupe plans to reunite for a one-off show on Aug. 8 at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., the group's first performance since a 1999 reunion tour.

And although frontman Paul Rodgers tells Billboard.com that "it'll be great to see the guys and play and go back down that road again just for one night," there's also a business component to the gig.

"What I'm doing is protecting the legacy that we have built ... cementing the rights to the trademark Bad Company for touring," explains Rodgers, acknowledging that the group has learned of plans for at least one bogus Bad Company planning to hit the road. "I can't really go into that because it's kind of in the hands of our lawyers at the moment. But there are a lot of things that make it necessary to reinforce our rights here.

He continues, "By doing this one-night stand with Bad Company, we will be cementing our right to the trademark 'Bad Company' for touring, and anyone who attempts to challenge us and tour misuing our trademark and mislead the fans will be liable to legal action."

Rodgers will be joined in August by original Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke, who continued the group with other singers after Rodgers left in 1982. Lynn Sorenson from Rodgers' solo band will take the place of late bassist Boz Burrell, who died in 2006.

The show will be dedicated to the memory of Steve Weiss, the longtime attorney for Bad Company, Led Zeppelin and Swan Song Records, who passed away last week in Florida. It will also be recorded for a DVD that will accompany a Bad Company compilation expected out later this year.

"I think it should be pure Bad Company and nothing else," Rodgers says of the show's repertoire. "We're gonna dig into the catalog a little bit. There are some great songs there I'd like to revisit, like 'Simple Man,' and of course the favorites, too," such as "Can't Get Enough," "Bad Company," "Feel Like Makin' Love" and "Rock'N'Roll Fantasy."

Rodgers does not expect to do more with Bad Company after this show, however, owing to his solo career and to his involvement with Queen + Paul Rodgers, which is working on final mixes for a studio album, tentatively titled "The Cosmos Rocks" and due out this fall. The group will start a world tour in September in Europe, and it recently previewed a new track, "C-lebrity," on British TV.

"We're in great shape, actually," Rodgers says. I think it touches a lot of emotions. Every song is different from every other song, but I do think there is a very powerful emotional content in every song. I'm a great believer in variety in music, and so are the other guys."