News archive

1. Help make "Flash Gordon" a special edition DVD

   As some of you may know, "Flash Gordon" has gone out-of-print on the DVD format in America. The movie was originally released by Image who had licensed it from Universal Studios. All Image releases were 'movie only' discs and a few months ago had slashed prices on all their titles (the other movies were also licensed from Universal) which resulted in a lawsuit.

   09 May 2001
2. Pic of Robbie's "We Are the Champions" video up

   Go here; http://www.robbiewilliams-online.com/news/newspics/2001/ananova-28apr.jpg

   05 May 2001
3. New "Storytellers" poll

   The official fan club has posted a poll (which I am running) about who Queen fans would like to see perform with the band at the "Storytellers" shows later this year.

   04 May 2001
4. "A Knight's Tale" preview on HBO

   This Saturday (May 5th), cable network HBO will air a "making of" for the film "A Knight's Tale" at 12 noon eastern time. There's no word if we'll hear any Queen music but you never know...

   03 May 2001
5. New clip of Queen/Robbie now available

   A much better sample of the Queen + Robbie "We Are the Champions" track can be heard at the movie's official site located at;

   29 April 2001
6. Waynes World To DVD

   The movie which re-introduced America to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and helped it become a smash all over again is *finally* being released on DVD in America on July 10.

   27 April 2001
7. Queen Videos To Be Re-released

   From: www.queenworld.com<br><br> Plans are afoot to re-issue FOUR Queen videos on May 14th. They will be Live in Budapest, Live In Rio, We Will Rock You and Greatest Flix 2.

   27 April 2001
8. Robbie Williams on Leno

   Robbie Williams appeared briefly on the Jay Leno Show.

   27 April 2001
9. Format Change for VH1 - Storytellers

   The Queen Fan Club (www.queenworld.com) has indicated that that there has been a format change to the proposed VH1 Storytellers show.

   26 April 2001
10. Queen song featured in controversial TV show

    On the April 22nd episode of the highly rated (and controversial) series "Queer As Folk" (the U.S version of the original U.K mini-series), Queen's "A Kind of Magic" was featured from the final scene through the end credits.

    23 April 2001
11. John not happy with Robbie + Queen

    The Sun newspaper has reported the following...

    21 April 2001
12. Great Queen Quiz on TV *April 24th 2001*

    Queen will finally be the topic in the very successful TV quiz-show "RISIKO". The show is broadcasted on ZDF (Germany) and can be seen everyhwere in Europe through satelite TV.

    20 April 2001
13. Queen + Robbie Are On Napster

    22 seconds of the Queen + Robbie Williams version of 'We Are The Champions' can be found on napster.

    17 April 2001
14. Queen + Singers: Tribute to Freddie

    A snippet of information about the forthcoming storytellers project.

    17 April 2001
15. "A Knight's Tale" promo

    The commercial for the film is now airing in most U.S markets.

    16 April 2001
16. Freddie in All Time Greatest Singers of 20th Century List

    Radio 2 listeners have voted Freddie Mercury the 10th greatest singer of the 20th Century.

    15 April 2001
17. Gary Mullen comes joint second

    Gary Mullen came joint second at todays euro 'Stars in their Eyes' Competition.

    14 April 2001
18. Queen for Linda McCartney

    In today's Sun, it is reported that Queen will perform Paul McCartney's solo song, Souvenir, on the star-studded Linda tribute album.

    13 April 2001
19. Queen + Robbie Williams : Video and Single Release

    It appears that the Queen + Robbie Williams collaboration of 'We Are The Champions' will be released as a single.

    11 April 2001
20. Gary Mullen will sing as Freddie again

    The excellent Gary Mullen, who won the UK Stars In Their Eyes as Freddie, will be representing Britain in a special "Stars in Euro Eyes".

    11 April 2001