After Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, it’s the turn of Queen, filmed in concert in Montreal in 1981, to occupy the big screens in theaters with IMAX technology from January 18 to 21.
This is the “first time” that a concert by singer Freddie Mercury’s group will be broadcast in theaters, according to a press release jointly issued by Imax. Cultural events.
It’s called “Queen Rock Montreal”. live Previously watched publications on VHS or DVD. The concert opens with a supercharged version of “We’ll Rock You.” Other standards include “Somebody’s Gotta Love,” “Under Pressure,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “We’re the Champions.”
“I don’t think we realized at the time that this film captured one of the highest peaks of all Queens concerts during our glory days on stage,” guitarist Brian May commented in a press release.
“The director focused on Freddie”, thus providing a “very precious and intimate recording” of the “full power” of the singer, who died of AIDS in 1991.
“Queen Rock Montreal” will be screened in 450 IMAX theaters in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
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