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Freddie Mercury Hologram Coming to West End's WE WILL ROCK YOU

By: May. 16, 2012
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According 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."

He continued: "It's a little unfortunate they did that thing with Tupac as we've been trying to make Freddie appear on the stage for quite a while."

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Playing to over 12,000 people weekly, and a standing ovation at ever show, We Will Rock You has now been seen by close on 6 million people at the Dominion alone and over 13 million worldwide. It is now the 7th longest running musical currently playing in the West End in a list that includes Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Mamma Mia!, Chicago and Disney’s The Lion King.

The Olivier Awards 2011 saw We Will Rock You officially crowned the UK’s favourite show in the only vote cast entirely by the public. The show is presently booking to October 2012.

WE WILL ROCK YOU is a Queen Theatrical Productions/Phil Mcintyre Entertainment/Tribeca production. Book and direction Ben Elton. Music and Lyrics Queen. Music Supervisors Brian May and Roger Taylor. Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London, W1. (Tottenham Court Road tube station). Box Office: 0870 169 0116 (24hrs)



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