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Rock band Queen to open Oscars show
Kevin Hart's boot from the 2019 Oscars due to his past homophobic tweets left the stage available for British rock band Queen.
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Brian May of rock band Queen (right) performs with Adam Lambert (left) at the 2012 Rock Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. (Shutterstock/Dziurek)
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ritish rock band Queen will open this weekend's Oscars show, a representative for the band said on Tuesday, ending the mystery over how the telecast would begin without a traditional host.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that Queen would be among the performers at the Feb. 24 ceremony in Hollywood but did not say when the band would take the stage.
A representative for Queen told Reuters on Tuesday the band "are opening the show," but had no further details.
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The Oscars ceremony is to go ahead without a host and an opening monologue for the first time in 30 years after the withdrawal last year of comedian Kevin Hart because of past homophobic tweets.
Queen and its late frontman, Freddie Mercury, are the subject of Oscar-nominated best picture "Bohemian Rhapsody." The current lineup includes original members Brian May on lead guitar and Roger Taylor on drums, with former "American Idol" star Adam Lambert taking on lead vocals.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" has taken in more than $854 million at the global box office to become the most successful musical biopic ever.
