While the Queen has donated an unspecified sum to the charitable fund that has been set up to support the victims of last week's London bomb blasts, the other Queen are inviting members of the London emergency services to their rescheduled Hyde Park concert this Friday as a thank you for their hard work in getting London back to normality. The concert, Queen's first gig in Hyde Park in 29 years, was due to take place last Friday, but was postponed for a week after Thursday's events.
Commenting on the invitation to emergency services personnel to attend the concert, former Free frontman Paul Rodgers, who is fronting the current Queen tour, told reporters: "We feel it is fitting to thank London's emergency services for their extraordinary response in dealing with the effects of the bombing attacks and to celebrate the historical resilience of Londoners in their response to yet another atrocity."
Guitarist Brian May added: "We were away playing a concert in Germany and arrived back Thursday morning to see all this going on. We were unbelievably shocked and saddened. The heroes that day, and since then, are the police and emergency services coming together as one, calmly and bravely dealing with the tragedy and getting London's wheels turning again. We'd like to offer an appreciation."
Queen will be supported by Razorlight, Justin and Dan Hawkins from The Darkness and comedian Peter Kay.