{"id":248572,"date":"2025-10-29T19:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248572\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:57:09","slug":"i-had-to-learn-so-many-songs-so-quickly-and-i-dont-think-i-ever-really-did-learn-them-properly-paul-rodgers-opens-up-about-his-time-fronting-queen-and-why-he-decided-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248572\/","title":{"rendered":"“I had to learn so many songs so quickly, and I don\u2019t think I ever really did learn them properly\u201d: Paul Rodgers opens up about his time fronting Queen, and why he decided to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Bad Company get set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame next month<\/a>, lead singer Paul Rodgers has been discussing his plans for the event and reflecting on his time fronting another even bigger band: Queen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rodgers was talking to Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m going to be there for sure, yeah. And I believe Simon (Kirke, drummer) is, too,\u201d he said. When asked if they were going to perform, he replied: \u201cWell, they want us to, and I may. I haven\u2019t decided what songs to sing at this point in time. But it could be Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The singer is now 75 and still recovering from a series of strokes. And with guitarist Mick Ralphs having passed away earlier this year (original bassist Boz Burrell died in 2006), it could well be that any performance at the Hall Of Fame will be the last time Bad Company play live. Certainly, Rodgers says that he doubts very much whether the band will ever tour again.<\/p>\n

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He also spoke about his time fronting Queen during the ’00s. \u201cIt was fun and it was challenging,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like learning a new language for me because I had to learn so many songs so quickly, and I don\u2019t think I ever really did learn them properly. But that\u2019s another story. But it was one of those things where they tried.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey hadn\u2019t toured for a long time. They\u2019d done one-off shows. They did one-off shows with Elton John, with George Michael. It was great people, but they didn\u2019t tour together. And with myself, we actually got out on the road. Ostensibly, it was only supposed to be for a couple of shows in Europe for fun, but it turned into four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group \u2013 billed as Queen + Paul Rodgers \u2013 recorded one album, 2008\u2019s The Cosmos Rocks, before winding up the collaboration amicably. Rodgers said that it was he who made the decision to quit. \u201cEventually, I got to the point where I thought, \u2018I\u2019m not really the singer for Queen for the rest of my life,\u2019 so I\u2019ve got to get back to my own music. And that\u2019s why I left in the end. But it was an exciting time. We played in places I basically never heard of in Eastern Europe. Hundreds of thousands of people showed up. And they all knew all the songs. It was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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