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Queen Announces YouTube Series in Honor of Band’s 50th Anniversary

Queen is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a band in a very big way on its YouTube channel. Per Queen’s official website, “Beginning March 19th and continuing weekly through to March…

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Queen is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a band in a very big way on its YouTube channel.

Per Queen's official website, "Beginning March 19th and continuing weekly through to March 2022, Queen YouTube will take Queen fans on a unique and remarkable journey -  a chance to revisit some of the band’s most iconic moments and discover some aspects of the story we didn’t know. Celebrating key moments in Queen’s history the weekly clips series will remind us why Queen and their music continue to be loved across the world."

The clips that are a part of this 50-week series will be presented in chronological order "...from Queen’s earliest shows at London’s Rainbow and Odeon through vast arenas across the entire world on a journey culminating with the band’s latest record-setting achievements with Adam Lambert."

Among the content expected in this series include concert footage, backstage film, stories behind some of Queen's biggest songs and some previously unreleased footage from the band's extensive archives.

A trailer for the series can be viewed below.

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Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights