Freddie Mercury

Their Royal Highnesses, Queen

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2013: Music

You've Been Had: The Bar Is Using Karaoke to Get to Your Wallet

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Never Do "Freebird" or Frampton Comes Alive at Karaoke

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

The Six Gayest Songs That Might Be On Chick-Fil-A COO Dan Cathy's iPod

Chick-Fil-A Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy made controversial statements recently in defense of marriage - which is Conservative speak for "anti-gay." But if he ever listens to music that isn't made by Michael W. Smith or Steven Curtis Chapman, he probably runs into - and unknowingly enjoys - son ... More >>

The Six Best Songs About Olympic Events

Hey, Earth. Not sure if you heard, but the 2012 Olympics are happening right now in London. Music is an important part of the overall festivities, although most selections heard during the ceremonies and coverage are catchall motivational songs or hype-up tracks. Okay, a few national anthems too. We ... More >>

The Case Against Holograms, Which in Honor of Freddie Mercury Needs to be Made Right Now

A few days after Tupac Shakur came back from New Mexico appeared as a "hologram" during last month's Coachella festival, cynics wondered aloud about the optical illusion becoming a trend. Somebody even put together a humorous "poster" advertising next year's show, which consisted exclusively of eith ... More >>

Five Surprising Video Game Cameos by Musicians

In this day and age, it's become almost commonplace for artists to plug songs into a video game. Heck, there's an entire freaking genre dedicated to translating music into video game form. While musicians and their labels frantically rush to get a song in the latest FIFA title, there's a small subs ... More >>

Karaoke DJ Seeks Out His Dream in Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Documentary

Skip Harvey seems to have it all, at least from a karaoke fanatic's perspective. For the last few years, the Columbia, Missouri, resident has been the leading karaoke DJ at Eastside Tavern, one of the more bodacious places to emulate Freddie Mercury in Mid-Missouri. He also has lead karaoke sessions ... More >>

Drake Darrington Will Don his Massive Bulge for One More Metal StudZ Show

Metal StudZ​Will Lackey's double life is the stuff of superheroes. He manages the video production team LumiVid in the daylight, but when the sun goes down he becomes Drake Darrington, lead singer of the spectacle act Metal StudZ. Or, at least he will channel his inner Def Leppard for one last ... More >>

Homespun: The Mhurs

In Another Tongue
www.themhurs.com

Of Montreal at the Luminary Center for the Arts, 7/4/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Lee Harris​Of Montreal | Yip Deciever Luminary Center for the Arts July 4th, 2011 It seems as though Athens, Georgia's Of Montreal and Independence Day (the holiday, not the movie) shouldn't jive. July 4th is brimming with conservative values, and the band's transgender obsessed schizo-disco ... More >>

Brooke Shields Makes Pitch for Mustache Finalist, Actor Brandon Wardell

Competition is heating up in the race to be named this year's Robert Goulet Mustached American of the Year. This week famed actress Brooke Shields jumped into the fray, endorsing fellow thespian Brandon Wardell -- whose mustache and singing talents have landed him roles starring as Freddy Mercury. Y ... More >>

Foxy Shazam

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 27. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Video: The Muppets do Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

This lighthearted ditty made the rounds yesterday, but on this holiday-weekend eve, it's worth posting. In honor of Freddie Mercury's 1991 death, this video surfaced on YouTube of the Muppets singing along to "Bohemian Rhapsody." Awww. Amazing. View it below. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

A Salute to Mustaches and the Musicians Who've Sported Them

Eddie Murphy and his 'stache.​Tonight's the second annual American Mustache Institute 'Stache Bash (Roberts Orpheum Theater, 7:30 PM, $29). While the event raises funds for St. Louis Challenger Baseball, it's also a special time to celebrate Mustached Americans who have made our world a better pla ... More >>

Xiu Xiu

9 p.m. Monday, March 31. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

The Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra

9 p.m. Friday, January 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

Chiodos

7 p.m. Friday, June 23. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Do the Bunny Hop

Bunnygrunt returns — on a tribute to UK cult figures the June Brides

The Darkness

One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back (Atlantic)

Moustache-free to Be You and Me

We chat with a fresh-faced John Oates, pick the brain behind M.O.T.O. and play a scary game with Burnt by the Sun

Queer Eye for the Country Guy

Cowboy crooners are putting some metro-sex into their rural images

David Is Goliath

The former Ziggy Stardust proves giants still walk the music scene

A Denial

Ten years ago, Kurt Cobain put a bullet through his brain -- and killed rock & roll as well

What a Difference a Gay Makes

Jade Esteban Estrada tells the tales you won't find in textbooks

The 2001 RFT Slammies

Homeboy superstar Nelly tops the list of readers' favorite local musicians

Goal-Line Stand

At the finish of a 28-year career that includes 248 victories and four state titles, Sumner Bulldogs coach Larry Walls takes some parting shots at deseg -- which he claims has decimated the city's once-mighty Public High League