Презентация, доклад по английскому языку Queen – a British rock band

wide popularity in the mid-70s of the XX century, is one of the most successful teams in the history of rock music, the world general circulation of albums is 500 million . “Queen” was formed in London in 1971

vocals, piano

John Deacon
bass guitar

which was called “Queen”. The work was influenced by the heavy metal and progressive rock of that day. The album was received well by critics and some of them called it an "above average debut". But it drew little mainstream attention and

the lead single

“Keep Yourself Alive”,

a Brian May composition, sold poorly.

during the early 1970s, but it was the release of
Sheer Heart Attack in 1974

A Night at the Opera in 1975

and that gained the band international success.

a free concert in Hyde Park, London

It set an attendance record, with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience. In 1981, Queen embarked on The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums. where they sometimes played to an audience of 300,000 people. Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe. During their career Queen visited a lot of different countries, worked on various solo projects .One of them was

Mercury's collaboration with Montserrat Caballe

music, often with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. The genres they have been associated with include progressive rock, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock . Queen also wrote songs that were inspired by genres that are not typically associated with rock, such as ragtime, opera, gospel, vaudeville, and folk.

the rest of Queen to collect the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

In early 1991

Innuendo was released which included one of three charting singles

“The Show Must Go On”

In November of 1991 Mercury died of bronchopneumonia .

The statue of Freddie
Mercury in Montreux

one singles

10 number one DVDs

You», «We Are the Champions», «The Show Must Go On», «Radio Ga Ga», «Princes of the Universe»

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