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tavernier

(14,092 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:48 PM Friday

I went to an outdoor Queen tribute concert tonight

in the Keys. The band was amazing. Almighty Queen, if you ever have a chance to see them. The guitar player who played Brian May’s role was Colombian and he actually got a Grammy yesterday for some Colombian music he had recorded.
The local man who introduced the group, a fairly well known musician here in the Keys, did some ICE jokes, because they are not very well liked or respected down here and it got a lot of laughs. And then a young man walked past the stage wearing a Maga hat, and the MC looked at him and said, please take that off. It’s very offensive. Big laughs from the audience.
All in all, it was a wonderful evening. Great weather, great music, great knowing that a lot of communities are standing up to fascism in their own way.

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I went to an outdoor Queen tribute concert tonight (Original Post) tavernier Friday OP
There's a great Queen tribute band in LA called Queen Nation. Seen them many times. SunSeeker Friday #1
Yes I'm a bit of a Queenaholic. tavernier Friday #3
nice! Skittles Friday #2

SunSeeker

(57,323 posts)
1. There's a great Queen tribute band in LA called Queen Nation. Seen them many times.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:20 PM
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Last edited Sat Nov 15, 2025, 12:01 AM - Edit history (1)

They put on a great show. Any band who can play and sing Queen songs has to be good.

Yes, Queen audiences, and Freddie Mercury fans in particular, tend to be quite progressive, and don't take kindly to homophobic MAGAts.

tavernier

(14,092 posts)
3. Yes I'm a bit of a Queenaholic.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:48 PM
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I’ve seen five Queen tribute groups so far. They play their hearts out. And the fans aren’t shy about speaking their opinions.

Skittles

(168,708 posts)
2. nice!
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:33 PM
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quick story - I was in a Kroger store and there was a young guy with his mum - he was very tall and lanky with a badass mane of curly hair - I told him, wow, you look like Brian May - then I laughed, figuring he had no idea who I meant, and I said, "Boomer talk". But he said, "I know who that is! So many people tell me I look like him so I looked him up, he is AMAZING!"

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