Brian May comments

Bloody Hell .... !

Dream Theatre seem to be amazing ... thanks - I had not heard this ...

Beautifully done ... great vocals ... great musicianship ... great production ...

and ..

Cop that solo in Tenement Funster !!

Ouch !

Thanks ... ! Love it. and it’s a great compliment to us ...

Ok ... I have to hear more now.

Great to hear someone ‘do’ our stuff, and fathom all our conjuring tricks, and then add some great new ones of their own.

I was also, by one of those strange alignments of the planets, able to see the band who have just delivered what my mate Rog called (totally unprompted last week) “The best Queen cover job ever”. Yes, the redoubtable Dream Theatre. IT was a revelation. Their scope is way beyond covering Ancient Rock Bands, of course ... and actually way beyond Rock, I’d say. They are what would have been called, about 30 years ago - truly ‘progressive, with more than a touch of fusion’. But their musicianship is way beyond even that. The whole band are virtuosos ... I’m kind of ashamed I never discovered them before. Their set was completely without any hint of ‘playing to the Gallery’. They took their time mapping out their songs, which I can only say succulently drip with the best kind of complexity. Wonderful playing. I will be back for more. So will about 80,000 Classic Rock fans who gave them a great reception in the old “Monsters of Rock” fields - what we all used to know as the Donnington Castle gig.