Zdenek Hejduk
photojournalist
/PHOTO, VIDEO/ Under the name Queenshow, a Slovak band roams the domestic stage, which bet on the most accurate imitation of the legendary British band Queen.
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Queenshow band concert in Cologne. | Video: Zdeněk Hejduk
Their biggest acquisition is the Slovak singer Jan Kukan, who also visually resembles the frontman of the original band Freddie Mercury, and then the Italian guitarist Marco Giuseppe Di Marco, who convincingly plays Brian May’s guitar solos. “He plays an exact replica of a Red Special guitar that was made for us in France by guitarist Mickaël Dansan. Brian May’s unique guitar sound is completed by his same effect set – the legendary Pete Cornish TB-83 treble booster, TB-83 Extra Duplex, Boss CE1, and the typical British classic Vox AC30 in a Voxac guitar wall. In the song Crazy Little Thing Called Love, a black Fender Telecaster must not be missing in the guitar solo,” the musicians summarized the technical parameters they are proud of.
A completely filled hall with more than six hundred fans of Queen music enjoyed the evening from the opening intro and the starting show of more or less well-known songs. The evening opened with a brisk We Will Rock You, on the slower Somebody to Love the singer sat down to the classical piano, on Love of My Life Marco played the acoustic guitar, the frontman naturally changed disguises and clothing accessories, every detail on stage played, nothing was unnecessary or extra. Despite one of the biggest hits, Bohemian Rhapsody, again with an opening classical piano, the concert came to a close, as if it ended with the Hammer to Fall, which cheered the audience, and the musicians took a bow.
But it was clear to everyone in the hall that the concert could not end like this. When the opening guitar riffs sounded and Jan Kukan returned to the stage with a vintage vacuum cleaner in his hands to introduce the iconic music video for the song I Want to Break Free, it was clear that the musical evening would continue. And yes – among others, the fans also enjoyed the radio hit Radio Ga Ga or the song of the winners We Are the Champions, the tribute to the Queen God Save the Queen was already heard only from the loudspeakers under the supervision of the singer with the royal crown on his head.
Those who were interested could take a picture with the whole band, get an autograph, or buy a souvenir with their logo as a keepsake.
