Queen will join the Beatles as one of the few non-US music acts honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Brian May and Roger Taylor are in LA today to attend the unveiling of the star on Hollywood Boulevard by Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood. Ten year’s after Freddie’s death Queen are still breaking musical records - the recently-released Queen Platinum Collection album hit the Billboard Top 100 at number 48 - making the record the highest charting compilation album in US history. In the UK, the Platinum Collection is still in the Album Top 30 27 weeks after its release. The award of a Hollywood star is the culmination of a campaign by the band's US fans.
Meanwhile the Queen tribute musical ‘We Will Rock You’ continues to dominate the West End despite being critically panned (if you like Queen’s music and ignore the plot it’s meant to be quite good). Now Ben Elton, who penned the dreadful script to the musical, is working on a sequel which could appear in the West End at the same time as the original. According to Brian May, Elton is already halfway through the follow-up which will be a continuation of the fictional story incorporating even more Queen songs.