Ghost are set to carry out a tribute to Queen at this 12 months’s Polar Music Prize ceremony on Could twenty seventh on the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, Sweden.
Becoming a member of Ghost for the efficiency can be guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of fellow Swedish metallic act Opeth. In the meantime, singer Adam Lambert — who has been touring for 13 years with Queen’s Brian Could and Roger Taylor — can even be performing his personal tribute to the rock legends.
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In a press release, the members of Queen shared, “We’re extremely and deeply honored to be given the Polar Music Prize this 12 months. It’s unimaginable, thanks a lot.”
Along with Queen, the celebrated ceremony can even honor American jazz icon Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan. Different musicians taking the stage on the Grand Hôtel embrace jazz pianist Robert Glasper, Argentinian pianist Leo Genovese, jazz bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, plus vocalists Miriam Bryant and Erik Grönwall (previously of Skid Row).
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The Polar Music Prize, established in 1989, is taken into account one of the crucial coveted music awards on this planet, honoring innovators from the realms of each modern and classical music. The ceremony takes place yearly in Stockholm within the presence of the Swedish Royal Household, and every Laureate receives 1 million Swedish Krona (or roughly $93,897 USD).
Ghost’s look on the ceremony provides to their banner 12 months. Contemporary off the discharge of a No. 1 album, the band is a becoming selection for the Queen portion of the present, as mastermind Tobias Forge has acknowledged that Freddie Mercury served as a key inspiration for Ghost’s ever-changing “Papa” frontman.
“Papa is half impressed by Freddie Mercury and half from Jacques Clouseau [the inspector in the Pink Panther],” Forge revealed in a Q&A dialogue final 12 months.
Conveniently, the ceremony falls proper on the finish of Ghost’s European tour. After that, Tobias Forge will honor Black Sabbath at their closing live performance on July fifth in Birmingham, England, earlier than Ghost embark on a run of US arenas this summer time, with dates kicking off July ninth in Baltimore (get tickets right here).
For extra on the Polar Music Prize and this 12 months’s ceremony, go to the official web site.