Thursday, February 14, 2013

QUEEN’S BRIAN MAY, BLACK SABBATH’S TONY IOMMI WORKING ON ‘RIFFS’ ALBUM





Queen guitarist Brian May plans to make an album of riffs with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.

The badger-loving rocker made the revelation in the latest issue of Kerrang!, in which a number of fellow musicians pose questions to the Queen axeman.

Iommi asks, "When are we going to get to work on that album of riffs together? You know what I'm talking about…" May replies: "Yes, I do know what he's talking about and I'm very, very keen. The record he's talking about was supposed to be a secret but I guess he's blown it now!"

He explains that on visiting Iommi's studio, he's been struck by the amount of unused material the Black Sabbath man has. "I thought it would be great to make a compilation out of them," May says. "The idea was to put all these riffs out in some form so that people could build their own songs from them. You could make your own music with Tony Iommi on guitar!" A timescale for the album has not been revealed, meaning would-be Ozzy Osbournes could be waiting a long time.

Recently, Brian May was named animal welfare charity PETA UK's Person Of The Year for 2012 for his efforts to help stop the culling of badgers. PETA's Mimi Bekhechi said of May: "In his fight to save Britain's badgers, Brian May never backed down: he spread his message of compassion for animals through everything he said, wrote and even wore until the world sat up and paid attention. His tenacity and boldness are an inspiration to kind people everywhere."

Badgers are currently under threat after farmers in England were given a licence to shoot them in a bid to reduce tuberculosis in cattle for the first time in Gloucestershire.



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Saturday, February 2, 2013

NEW SPORTS ANTHEM CREATED WITH QUEEN AND HELMUT VONLICHTEN FEATURED IN CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII ON SUNDAY, FEB. 3




Credit: CBS Sports

CBS Sports, home of Super Bowl XLVII, Queen and Helmut VonLichten have teamed to re-mix the iconic rock classic “We Will Rock You” with THE NFL ON CBS’s theme music to create a new anthem that will be featured in the opening main tease and throughout the Network’s game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3 (6:00 PM, ET).

VonLichten and Brian May of Queen collaborated to create “We Will Rock You VonLichten,” an epic orchestral mash-up of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and THE NFL ON CBS’s theme music, “Posthumus Zone.”

"I grew up playing 'air guitar' to ‘We Will Rock You’ and pretending to throw the winning long-bomb pass on Super Bowl Sunday,” says composer VonLichten.  “Now I'm opening Super Bowl XLVII with Queen.  Can life get any better?"

“We Will Rock You VonLichten,” the philharmonic homage to Queen's classic anthem, is a true collaborative masterpiece crafted when two creative musical forces collide in the studio.  Recorded amid a backdrop of a full orchestra, VonLichten was given rare access to the original master tapes of Freddie Mercury's vocals, and, of course, the iconic stomps. The sessions included May re-recording his legendary guitar parts. "Imagine blazing away on a scoring stage with Freddie, Brian and a 100-piece symphony?  That's a jam session to end all jam sessions."  The digital version is available today via iTunes.

VonLichten has had a long-standing relationship with CBS writing themes for such programs as COLD CASE, THE NFL TODAY and the U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.  In 2010, VonLichten collaborated with Jay-Z for the opening tease of CBS’s Super Bowl XLIV coverage with a monumental mash-up, “Run This Town – Posthumus Zone.”

Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports, and serves as Executive Producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS.  Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.  Pete Radovich, Jr. is Creative Director, CBS Sports.