With Queen and Paul Rodgers joining forces in 2004 we saw a surge in activity including touring and a brand new album. This – the first new studio album to carry the Queen name since the Freddie Mercury sessions – saw Queen head back on the road for a four-month tour, once again in the company of musician/singer/songwriter Paul Rodgers who joined the band for the highly successful 2005/2006 world tour, the European leg of which ended with the band's spectacular London Hyde Park open air concert before going on to play the US and Japan.
In all, the band's tour was attended by more than a million people.
Together Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers have recorded their first album's worth of material, jointly written and produced. Tracks on the new Queen + Paul Rodgers album were all written by May, Taylor and Rodgers during the late 2007/ early 2008 recording sessions. The album included 'Say It's Not True', previously released by Queen + Paul Rodgers as a special World Aids Day download for Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS charity!
Queen's last studio album release was "Made In Heaven" released in November 1995 containing the last recordings with Freddie. The album became the band's biggest selling studio album, with world sales in excess of 20 million.
Paul Rodgers is and has been one of the most sought after and recognizable vocalists in rock music. Celebrating his 40th anniversary as a recording artist, Rodgers is known for his work as a founding member of bands Free, Bad Company, The Firm and as a Grammy nominated solo artist. He has written, produced and recorded some of radios biggest hits including "All Right Now", "Feel Like Making Love" and "Radioactive" Rodgers' latest CD/DVD release, "Live in Glasgow" charted internationally and was recently certified Gold.
Between them, Queen and Paul Rodgers have released more than 50 albums during their long careers and sold in excess of a staggering 300 million records.
