Queen + Paul Rodgers Appreciation Band

Queen + Paul Rodgers - 'The Cosmos Rocks'
Released: September 15th 2008 (UK) / October 28th 2008 (US)

"I never thought I would be doing this again," said Brian May talking about Queen and Paul Rodgers' first tour in 2005. "I was always against the idea of putting someone in there trying to impersonate Freddie in any way. Then suddenly I'm looking at this guy who doesn't in any sense try to take the place of Freddie. He comes from his own place musically and we are able to reinterpret these songs with someone who understands us -- the songs mean something new."

The Queen & Paul Rodgers 28-date arena tour will take the band to Northern Eurasia, Central and Southern Europe, and the UK, and is expected to wind up at the end of the year with the band's return to South America, the setting of one of its most historic tours, in the early 80's.

Between them, Queen and Paul Rodgers have sold in excess of a staggering 300 million records.