Queen plan Album and World Tour

20-03-2008 21:05

Queen will release their first studio album for 13 years The Cosmos Rocks which will be the groups first without the vocals of Freddie Mercury.The Cosmos Rocks will feature ex-Free singer Paul Rodgers, who has replaced Mercury in the band's live shows.Queen's last album, Made in Heaven, came out in 1995 and featured material written and recorded by Mercury before his death in 1991. The band have also announced a Queen and Paul Rodgers 14-nation European tour, starting in September, with dates in Nottingham, Glasgow, London, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool.They will also play Russia, Poland, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Austria.Brian May, Roger Taylor and Rodgers wrote the new album towards the end of 2007 and will be released on 1 September.Former Queen original John Deacon, who retired from the music business in the late 1990s, will not take part in the tour.