There’s barely a day goes by when we don’t hear a Queen song on the radio, in an advert or on TV. Such is the longevity of the band that’ll we’ll be playing and loving their songs long after we all bite the dust.
Now one of the most recognisable tribute bands in the world, SUPREME QUEEN continue to take things to a whole different level, with their homage to the halcyon days of one of the planet’s greatest ever rock bands.
SCOTT MALEY is the lead singer and ahead of their date at the New Theatre in Cardiff this Sunday we had a chat to him about all things Queen…..
For those that have seen the original Queen, the various reincarnations of the band, and indeed many tributes, I can tell you that Supreme Queen are something special.
Incidentally, the op five Queen songs played by radio stations are…..
- Another One Bites The Dust
- I Want To Break Free
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Radio Gaga
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Since their formation in the nineties, SUPREME QUEEN have played to hundreds of thousands of Queen fans across the world, headlining at major events including St. Tropez’s International Queen Convention, where they played to 10,000 people.
Scott’s incredible vocal and visual resemblance to Freddie Mercury, fronting this remarkable band of musicians has seen Supreme Queen become one of the most respected bands of their genre anywhere on earth.
Closely following the ethos of the original band, they have always strived to create the Original Queen Live Experience.
Now we enter a new era for the band. As musically brilliant as ever, the new presentation benefits from stunning production values, plus sound and lighting effects designed to transport the audience to the halcyon days of their heroes.
Simply, a stage show designed to provide the most memorable of evenings for Queen’s millions of fans worldwide
TEN THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT QUEEN
- Bohemian Rhapsody is the third best-selling British single of all time behind only Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? and Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997.
- According to Cat Fancy magazine, Freddie owned as many as ten cats.
- For their 1975 world tour, the band wore outfits designed by British designer Zandra Rhodes.
- Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the bath.
- In 2002 Queen were given their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Freddie designed the Queen crest, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos, one Cancer and one Virgo.
- Brian May uses a sixpence to play his guitar rather than a conventional plectrum.
- According to the Guinness Book of Records, Queen boasts the longest running fan club in the world.
- John Deacon is a trained electronics engineer.
- Queen’s collaboration with David Bowie on ‘Under Pressure’ wasn’t planned – Bowie just happened to be by the studio while Queen were recording the song.
OK, here’s an extra one. Can you name the four tracks that drummer Roger Taylor wrote? Answer at the bottom of the page.
Supreme Queen are a proper, fully fledged band too, With Scott on vocals there’s also LUKE TIMMINS on Guitar. Luke actually plays a Brian May ‘SUPER’ Red Special Guitar and Brian May ‘BMG’ Standard Red Special Guitar. He also looks uncannily like Brian. BEN MARSHALL is on piano. ALAN WALLBANKS is on bass, and plays a Black Fender Precision Bass Customised (John Deacon) and a Fender Precision Bass 1962 American Reissue. Finally, up on the drums is ALLAN BROWN.
SUPREME QUEEN get to the New Theatre in Cardiff this Sunday 28th January from 7:30pm. Tickets are £29, but they are going really fast. You can get yours HERE.
Finally, Roger Taylor wrote – They were ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘A Kind of Magic’, ‘The Invisible Man’, and ‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’.
