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Mama, just killed a samurai! How Japan used Queen to liven up Romeo and Juliet by Arifa Akbar

How do you give the star-cross'd lovers a lift? Drop them in 12th-century Japan and add a classic Queen album. As it opens in Britain, A Night at the Kabuki sends shivers down our writer's spine In April 1975, Queen toured Japan for the first time. It was six months before the release of the band's album A Night at the Opera and they were met by rapturous fans, reportedly in their thousands, at Haneda airport in Toky…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PM on September 21, 2022

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