IT’S A KINDA MAGIC
QUEEN: IT’S A KINDA MAGIC TRIBUTE SET FOR A RETURN TO CANADA
Fresh from its successful recent tours of New Zealand, Asia and South Africa, international hit show Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic announces its return to Canada with the first shows kicking off this April.
Queen has recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of their seminal song Bohemian Rhapsody. At the time, it was one of their most controversial songs, running a full six minutes and breaking the standard Pop single length. Despite being advised to shorten the song, Queen insisted on releasing it at full-length, and it went on to become a massive hit.
Warren Vernon-Driscoll, lead singer and performer in Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic, considers himself “incredibly honoured” to have the opportunity to perform such a lauded song night after night, and has put countless hours of rehearsals and study into his performance, in which he plays piano and sings Freddie Mercury’s vocal part – in its original key, no less – all live on stage.
“It’s one of the biggest and most iconic songs ever written. As a singer and musician, this is the kind of music most people only dream about performing, and I get to do it all over the world, it’s truly a dream come true,” says Vernon-Driscoll, a classically-trained musician who cut his musical teeth at the prestigious Drakensberg Boys Choir School in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, where he grew up.
Vernon-Driscoll, along with his international cast of band-mates, will deliver what producers claim is ‘a real rock extravaganza’ full of Queen’s biggest rock anthems performed live on stage, including We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Radio GaGa, I Want to Break Free, Somebody to Love, Don’t Stop Me Now, Another One Bites the Dust, A Kind of Magic and, of course, everyone’s favourite - Bohemian Rhapsody.
Tickets for the April performances are available at box offices now or by visiting queenitsakindamagic.com.
Further venues to be announced in April.
