After Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, it’s the turn of the group Queen, filmed in concert in 1981 in Montreal, to invade the big screens. Theaters with Imax technology will broadcast it from January 18 to 21, 2024.
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It is “the very first time“that a concert by singer Freddie Mercury’s group will be broadcast in the cinema, according to a joint press release from Imax, a company promising an immersive experience, and the broadcaster Pathé Live, which offers any room the screening of cultural events. Known as the name of Queen Rock Montreal, this live from 1981 had previously been released on VHS or DVD. It will now be broadcast from January 18 to 21, 2024 in theaters with Imax technology.
An anthology of standards
The concert opens with a supercharged version of We Will Rock You. There are other standards such as Somebody to Love, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody or We Are The Champions. “I think we didn’t quite realize at the time that this film captured one of the highest peaks of all Queen’s concerts during our glory days on stage”comments guitarist Brian May in the press release. “The director was focused on Freddie”thus delivering “the most precious and intimate recording” of the “full power” of the singer, who died in 1991 from AIDS.
Queen Rock Montreal is to be screened in 450 Imax theaters in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
