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Roger Taylor re-releases anti-Murdoch song

Roger Taylor
Jul 20, 2011 Updated Jul 26, 2011

In the spirit of the current hack-gate scandal, Queen drummer Roger Taylor is set to re-release his protest song about Rupert Murdoch.

The track Dear Mr Murdoch was first released in 1994 as part of his Happiness solo album and Taylor has tweaked the lyrics to comment on the situation.

This isn’t the first time Roger has gone against Mr Murdoch being involved with protests against the media mogul’s purchasing plans for Manchester United, which eventually fell through.

You can hear the new version of the song (here).

 

Source: Queen Online external link

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Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, guitars, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals). Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating more diverse and...

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