Queen + Paul Rodgers: A Brand New Recording for Free Download Especially for Nelson...
Queen + Paul Rodgers: A Brand New Recording for Free Download Especially forNelson Mandela's 46664 On World AIDS DayAvailable From December 1JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- It has not been thatclosely a guarded secret that rock legends Queen and Paul Rodgers have been inthe recording studio for their first sessions together following theirsuccessful world tour of 2005/2006. Indeed, both singer/songwriter andfounding member of Free/Bad Company Paul Rodgers and Brian May have beenquoted on their websites as being "quietly excited" about the music that hasbeen produced from this creative union.
Spurred on by their commitments as Ambassadors to Nelson Mandela's 46664HIV AIDS global campaign, on which the spotlight will fall December 1 with aWorld AIDS Day awareness and fundraising concert in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers have announced they arerushing to finish a track specially written for 46664 by Roger Taylor and haveit available as a free download in time for this coming Saturday's AIDS HIVbenefit concert.
The track, Taylor's "Say It's Not True", originally came to light for thelaunch of the 46664 campaign back in November 2003. Taylor wrote the song asa gift to Mandela and performed it live for him for the first time with BrianMay and Dave Stewart at the inaugural 46664 concert in Cape Town that month.The song carries the message that HIV AIDS is something that can affect anyone of us no matter our sexual or racial status.
Taylor performed an acoustic version of the song again nightly during theQueen + Paul Rodgers' 2005 tour, each time dedicating it to Mandela's work tobring people and politicians together to fight HIV AIDS.
Having played two previous 46664 concerts, but committed in the studiothis year, Queen and Paul Rodgers decided to revisit the song, with all threeof them sharing the vocals, and to make the song the band's message of supportto Mandela this year.
"By making the song available for free", says Taylor, "we hope to helpNelson Mandela with his campaign to get across the message that no-one is safefrom infection. We have to be aware, we have to protect ourselves and thosewe love. The song follows the line of Mr. Mandela's personal message: it'sin our own hands to bring a stop to this."
Queen's last new studio recording was back in November 1997 when May,Taylor and band's bassist John Deacon reunited to record "No-One But You" asong written by Brian May which was shaped by the early loss of the lateFreddie Mercury to AIDS. The song was the last new work to be released by theband, issued as a single in January 1998.
A video of "Say It's Not True" will be premiered during this Saturday's46664 Johannesburg World AIDS Day concert and the track available to downloadexclusively on http://www.queenonline.com and throughhttp://www.46664.comhttp://www.46664global.com and http://www.paulrodgers.comon World AIDS Day,December 1.
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Editor's Notes:
The December 1st 46664 Johannesburg World AIDS Day concert will be thefifth International 46664 concert to take place since the AIDS charity wasfounded under the banner of Nelson Mandela's former prison number in 2002. TheJohannesburg concert is the first to be held on World AIDS Day and takes placeat the 50,000 seater Ellis Park Stadium and has been made possible through thesupport of Joburg City.
46664 was founded in 2002 by Dave Stewart with Queen's Brian May and RogerTaylor. Taylor and May have participated in three of the previous concerts.
The first 46664 concert, in November 2003, through radio and televisioncoverage delivered the 46664 message to more than 2 billion people in 166countries, the most widely distributed media event in history.
Artists appearing at this weekend's concert include Peter Gabriel, AnnieLennox, Ludacris, Corinne Bailey Rae, Goo Goo Dolls, Razorlight, Jameliatogether with appearances by a further fifteen acts drawn from the biggestnames in South African music including Johnny Clegg, Just Jinjer, the SowetoGospel Choir and World artist Angelique Kidjo.
Under the guidance of Nelson Mandela, 46664 is a campaign vehicle of theNelson Mandela charitable organisations. 46664's aim is to raise awareness ofthe global HIV AIDS pandemic, as well as funds to support the ongoing 46664campaign and the HIV AIDS projects it directly supports throughout sub-SaharanAfrica. 46664's project funds develop and support practical programmes for theprevention, testing, care and support for those infected and affected by HIVAIDS in Africa.
46664 recently unveiled its 2007/2008 campaign which will build on itspast achievements and expand its outreach activities to communities andschools to engage the youth most affected by HIV AIDS.
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Visit http://www.46664.comSOURCE Hollywood RecordsPhil Symes, +27 07 11 59 55 07, philsymes@theprcontact.com, for Queen + PaulRodgers; or Kim Mari of REAL CONCERTS, +27 (0) 11 4823550, kim@realsa.co.za,for 46664 Johannesburg
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