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On Planet Rock at 9pm on Sunday - just announced but nothing on website to confirm.

Paul Rodgers and Deborah Bonham re doing a repeat charity show in July again in Chichester

This is going to be ace :

The British-born singer, who lives in White Rock, says he's in the midst of doing a Stax-style soul album with guitarist Steve Cropper. Recording such a disc is a long-held ambition, Rodgers said.

Cropper became legendary as lead guitarist for Booker T and the MGs. They were house band for Stax Records, the storied Memphis label that produced such artists as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, and Eddie Floyd. Recently, through a mutual friend, Cropper asked Rodgers if he would sing on a demo song.

That led to the pair cowriting five original tunes, said Cynthia Kereluk, Rodgers's wife and business manager.

Rodgers, interviewed from White Rock, says he and Cropper hope do a CD tribute to Stax Records, with recording starting as early as May. He'd like to cut it using vintage recording equipment at Royal Studios in Memphis, home to historic soul sessions by Al Green, Chuck Berry and Solomon Burke.

"Those [soul singers] will never know what they did to me. When I was 13 and 14, I heard Respect and A Change is Gonna Come and You Don't Miss Your Water," Rodgers said.

He plans to assemble a core band with Cropper and invite "as many as possible" of the people affiliated with Stax to perform as guest artists.

"Right now it's wide open," Rodgers said. "We're just collecting the songs together."

Kenny

Free reunion with Bonamassa would be the best!!

Whatever happens a Free reunion would rule!

It's because of sobriety and meditation...................

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Longtime Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers is excited for a stretch of European dates with his band, but not willing to commit to an extended tour. The singer says he’s “too long in the tooth” to live the road life again, which is part of the reason he left Queen after four years.
In an interview with Spinner, Rodgers says he left his fill-in gig with Queen on good terms, and didn’t rule out doing a few gigs with Brian May and company in the future. “Being in a band is all-consuming and I like to have a life,” Rodgers says. “After leaving Queen I decided to stop doing those mega-four-month tours. I go out for a month and my dog recognizes me when I come home.”

That led to a conversation about Bad Company’s future. They’ll play on June 9 in Sweden, and five times in Germany, but Rodgers doesn’t expect much more “I don’t like reunions that much. It’s just so many people want it and I get talked into it.”

Perhaps Adam Lambert will be on hand to lead Bad Company after Rodgers finishes with his band this summer. The singer and ‘American Idol’ runner-up was set to pick up the singing duties with Queen this summer, but their show at the Sonisphere Festival was cancelled.

“It’s probably a dream come true for Adam, but I wonder if he has the groundwork to see him through a big tour with those guys,” Rodgers said.