Face Of Cheam

After a nice journey aboard the Thames Clipper and a couple of pints served by a lovely barmaid in the Pilot Inn, we enter the 02 for Paul Rodgers, Brian May, Roger Taylor and a couple of others for an evening of Queen music, with a couple of Free / Bad Company songs thrown in. The start wasn;t too good in my opinion with a short version of Hammer To Fall that really didn't suit Rodgers voice. However things picked up quickly with Tie Your Mother Down and Another One Bites The Dust going down well, though with the latter being a John Deacon song you question why they are doing it! After a rocky start there was a short acoustic interlude with Rodgers singing Seagull on his own, followed by May with Love Of My Life and 39. Here the dreaded drum solo was to be heard closely followed by a very long May solo. Fairly excruiting. However when they were playing songs it was very good. Taylor took vocals on A Kind Of Magic and I particuarly enjoyed their version of Bad Company! A few new songs from the Cosmos Rocks album were played which weren't too bad but received a lukewarm reception. It was during the title track in the encore, comedian Al Murray the Pub Landlord, guested on backing vocals with them! As always they ended with We Will Rock You and We are The Champions which had everyone singing along. All in all, an enjoyable show, allbeit a pricey one!