Show Notes
On the seventh day of Podmas...
Ro gathers Simon and Sooz to have a good old chat about all things Queen in 2021, the year that saw the band, and all us fans, celebrate their 50th anniversaryl! Including an in depth chat with Simon about putting together Queen the Greatest, a rundown of some of the big Queen happenings this past year, and Sooz showing us exactly why we all need her to be on Eastenders. What more could you want?
Happy new year from all of us at the Queenpod, and don't forget to #playqueenloud in 2022!
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