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In late 2004, after a successful live television performance, two of the four members of the British rock group Queen proposed a collaboration with Rodgers, in which he would sing lead vocals on a European tour.

Rodgers thus joined Brian May and Roger Taylor ( former bassist John Deacon retired in the late 1990s ), with the group billed as Queen + Paul Rodgers and they subsequently toured worldwide in 2005 and 2006.

The participants clearly stated, including on Brian May's own website, " that Rodgers would be " featured with " Queen as: " Queen + Paul Rodgers ", not replacing the late Freddie Mercury ".

The group subsequently released a live album with songs from Queen, Bad Company and Free, called Return of the Champions, and a DVD of the same name.

Both featured live recordings from their Sheffield Hallam FM Arena concert on 9 May 2005.

The DVD features " Imagine " from Hyde Park.

" For one glorious summer " opined music critic Sean Michaels " we were all Paul Rodgers ".

Another DVD was released in 2006 from a live performance in Japan, called Super Live in Japan.