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Harry Doherty

“When Paul pitched into We Are The Champions, it wasn’t anything like Freddie would have done yet it carried the spirit of the song”: How Queen + Paul Rodgers resurrected one of rock’s most iconic bands

Queen and Paul Rodgers posing for a photograph in 2008.

After Queen singer Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991, the legendary rock band looked to be finished. But in 2004, guitarist Brian May and Roger Taylor teamed up with former Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers. In 2008. Classic Rock journalist Harry Doherty – who first interviewed the band in their 70s heyday – met with the band to talk about their new album, The Cosmos Rocks.

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