WE WILL ROCK YOU Celebrates 11 Years Tomorrowby BWW News Desk - May 13, 2013While We Will Rock You musical creators Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor and writer Ben Elton spend time in New York with co-producer Robert de Niro for final cast and band auditions for the show's North American national tour which will open in October in Baltimore, the London production celebrates its 11th birthday tomorrow evening, May 14. (more...)
WE WILL ROCK YOU to Launch World Tour, US Tour, Stop on Broadway?by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2013According to Brian May's website Brian's Soapbox, he has given the go-ahead for a US tour of We Will Rock You, with a stop in New York City, possibly on Broadway. The show is already set for a world tour, beginning in the UK, this year. (more...)
Kevin Kennedy and Brenda Edwards Set for UK's WE WILL ROCK YOU Arena Tourby BWW News Desk - December 12, 2012According to reports, West End cast members Kevin Kennedy (Pop) and Brenda Edwards (Killer Queen) will star in UK's We Will Rock You world arena tour. (more...)
WE WILL ROCK YOU's 10th Anniversary CD Released Today, Oct 15by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2012Having recently celebrated its 10th birthday, and played over 4,000 performances to an audience of over 6.4 million in London alone, Queen and Ben Elton's West End smash hit show "We Will Rock You" is releasing a special 10th Anniversary edition of the original cast recording. (more...)
WE WILL ROCK YOU Sets 10th Anniversary CD Release for Oct 15by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2012Having recently celebrated its 10th birthday, and played over 4,000 performances to an audience of over 6.4 million in London alone, Queen and Ben Elton's West End smash hit show "We Will Rock You" is releasing a special 10th Anniversary edition of the original cast recording. (more...)
Freddie Mercury Hologram Coming to West End's WE WILL ROCK YOUby BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012According to the BBC, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be making a return to the stage the West End production of We Will Rock You- via hologram. Mercury, who passed away in 1991, will appear in an optical illusion for the show's upcoming 10th anniversary. Queen's Brian May told the BBC that the hologram 'is something we've looked at ourselves but I think probably for a show that runs eight shows a week it's not really quite practical.' (more...)
Sean Jenness, Justin Sargent and More Join Dayton Philharmonic for the Music of Queen, 3/10by BWW
News Desk - March 10, 2012In its second season, the Dayton Philharmonic's Rockin' Orchestra Series is playing to sold-out houses at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) is the first American orchestra to package rock-with-orchestra-based music into a season subscription series. (more...)
Sean Jenness, Justin Sargent and More Join Dayton Philharmonic for the Music of Queen, 3/10by BWW News Desk - March 2, 2012In its second season, the Dayton Philharmonic's Rockin' Orchestra Series is playing to sold-out houses at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) is the first American orchestra to package rock-with-orchestra-based music into a season subscription series. (more...)
Alex Gaumond to Join WE WILL ROCK YOU 8/8; Mazz Murray to Returnby BWW News Desk - August 8, 2011Nominated as Best Actor in a Musical in both the Oliver Awards and Whatsonstage.com Awards for his performance as Emmett in the original London cast of Legally Blonde, actor, singer Alex Gaumond is to take over the leading role of Galileo in the Queen & Ben Elton hit West End musical, We Will Rock You. (more...)
Alex Gaumond to Join WE WILL ROCK YOU 8/8; Mazz Murray to Returnby BWW News Desk - July 4, 2011Nominated as Best Actor in a Musical in both the Oliver Awards and Whatsonstage.com Awards for his performance as Emmett in the original London cast of Legally Blonde, actor, singer Alex Gaumond is to take over the leading role of Galileo in the Queen & Ben Elton hit West End musical, We Will Rock You. The announcement was made today by show producers Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Tribeca and Queen Theatrical Productions. (more...)
BWW TV: New WE WILL ROCK YOU Video Promoby West End News Desk - January 26, 2010Now running in its eighth year, Queen and Ben Elton's musical We Will Rock You, is set to rock on through 2010. Bookings are now available through to October 2010, guaranteeing the show a further year at least at the Dominion Theatre, a wholly-owned Nederlander venue.
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'We Will Rock You' Announces Extension Until 5/11by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2008After playing more than one year of performances at Toronto's Canon Theatre, We Will Rock You announces its final extension through May 11, 2008. The new and final block of tickets will go on sale Sunday March 16, 2008. (more...)