QUEEN guitar legend Brian May has posted the following message at his official website:

"We just did our first show of the tour ... ... to 350,000 people in Kharkov (Ukraine). I can hardly believe it ... no - that isn't a misprint! More than a quarter of a million beautiful Kharkov people gathered in the City Square and rocked!!! They shouted, screamed, laughed, cried ... and gave us the most incredible reception I can imagine. We were inspired, amazed, and probably a bit TOO emotional at times ... it was a show with a lot of spontaneity, and some foolhardiness! (We did of course make a couple of deliberate mistakes, just to make sure everyone knew it was real and LIVE !!!Ha ha!)."

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Queen + Paul Rodgers' forthcoming album, The Cosmos Rocks, will be released on CD in North America via Hollywood Records/Universal on October 14th. The album will be out via EMI throughout the rest of the world on September 15 as a regular CD and Limited Edition CD/DVD and double-LP.

The Cosmos Rocks tracklisting is as follows: 'Cosmos Rockin'', 'Time To Shine', 'Still Burnin'', 'Small', 'Warboys', 'We Believe', 'Call Me', 'Voodoo', 'Some Things That Glitter', 'C-Lebrity', 'Through The Night', 'Say It's Not True', 'Surf's Up . . . School's Out!', 'Small Reprise'.

Audio samples of each song can be heard at this location.

The Cosmos Rocks - the first new studio album involving Queen since 1995 - was produced and performed by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor. Co-produced and engineered by Joshua J Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson. All tracks were written by Queen + Paul Rodgers.

The first single, 'C-lebrity' was released this past Monday, September 8th and is available on the following formats:

CD - 'C-lebrity', Enhanced section: ‘C-lebrity’ live Al Murray’s Happy Hour/Now Play It Tutorial.

7” - 'C-lebrity', 'Fire & Water' (live at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, 2005).

Digital Bundle - 'C-lebrity', 'Fire & Water' (live at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, 2005). QOL Shop offering CD and 7” together for just £3.

iTunes Exclusive Bundle - 'C-lebrity', 'Fire & Water' (live at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, 2005), 'The Show Must Go On' (live at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, 2005).