Queen Forever (Review)

The good, the bad and the ugly

Colleen Millsteed
Are You Out There
Published in
6 min readMay 7, 2022

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A stage sign announcing the Australian Queen Tribute Show, Queen Forever.
Photo courtesy of the Author

Finally, after holding this one special ticket in my hot little hands for over two years, I excitedly boarded the train to travel to Queensland Performing Art Centre (QPAC) to see Queen Forever last night.

I even bowed out of my soon-to-be daughter-in-law’s Hens night for this Concert.

Queen Forever is an Australian Tribute Band that has been wooing audiences since 2006, but I’d never lived close enough to attend a concert.

Photo courtesy of the Author

I am an avid Queen lover……….and last night I had the magical night of attending their concert in the well renowned Concert Hall. The hall holds 2,000 people and there was barely a vacant seat to be seen.

I arrived to find I was seated in the centre of the tenth row from the stage and I was a little disappointed. I don’t normally attend if I can’t get a seat in the first three rows — the reward for going alone is you can usually always get a near-front row seat — but I was determined to make the most of it.

The start of the concert was pretty average if I’m honest. I had the luck of the draw, in that I had two very tall people sitting in…

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Colleen Millsteed
Are You Out There

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.