Robbie Williams turned down the chance to front Queen
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peoplemagazine.co.zaRobbie Williams turned down the chance to front Queen because he didn’t like the idea of trying to replace Freddie Mercury and taking a pay cut.
The former Take That star revamped the band’s We Are the Champions with Brian May and Roger Taylor for the A Knight’s Tale soundtrack and the rockers were so impressed they asked him to consider joining them in Queen.
Williams admits he was flattered but he didn’t feel he could come close to replacing the Mercury – and he didn’t fancy splitting stadium concert cash with his potential bandmates. “I was doing stadiums myself at the time,” he tells SiriusXM. “I didn’t want to have to split it three ways, but that’s another story… and I just thought I’d save them the audacity of me even trying to step
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