Finalists for the 14th annual hennemusic Rock News Awards are chosen by readers: the Rock News Story Of The Year is determined by page views, while the Rock News Artist Of The Year is based on the combined total page views of the top 50 hennemusic rock news stories of the past twelve months.
The 2023 hennemusic Rock News Awards winners will be announced on Thursday, December 21.
2023 Rock News Artist Of The Year – Top 10
10 – TESLA
09 – THE ROLLING STONES
Rock News Artist of The Year No. 8 – QUEEN
Queen began 2023 with the launch of season two of their weekly video streaming series, “Queen The Greatest”, which delivers rare archive live footage, contemporary performances, and behind-the-scenes interviews from its members.
In March, guitarist Brian May was appointed a Knight Bachelor by King Charles III during an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace, and the group announced a fall North American leg of The Rhapsody Tour with Adam Lambert.
April saw Queen resume the “Greatest Live” video series, which highlights moments from the band’s performance history, and news that a collection of personal items owned by Freddie Mercury would be sold via a series of auctions in the fall by Sotheby’s.
When the music icon passed away in 1991, he left both his London house and its contents to his former girlfriend and lifelong friend Mary Austin. For three decades, Austin kept the house and its contents almost exactly as they were when Mercury died, but she decided to sell the collection.
In July, May released an expanded edition of his 1983 EP, “Star Fleet Project”; under the banner of Brian May + Friends, the original 3-track “mini-album” saw the rocker joined by Edward Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer, bassist Phil Chen and keyboardist Fred Mandel over two days at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, CA.
Queen and Lambert launched the fall North American run in early October in Baltimore, MD, with the schedule wrapping up over two shows in Los Angeles last month.
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