Well no prizes for guessing which band I went to see on Sunday - yep the legendary Queen, this time with Paul Rodgers doing the yodelling.

What a night, Queen took the stage at 8pm, with no support band and kept pumping out the music solid until 10:20pm - astounding, and even then there were so many songs unsung.

I had to say I was a little worried how it would feel seeing them without Freddie, would it feel wrong, would we feel short changed, would Mr Rodgers not be up to the task. Well worry not, it was fine on all counts. Last time I saw Queen was their tribute to Freddie with all different singers, most of whom just couldn't cut it (Seal and George Michael being the notable exceptions). This time however Paul Rodgers showed us he was Freddie's worthy apprentice. Every song they did seemed firmly in his range, and he put his own stamp and style on the vocals instead of trying to be some "tribute" singer. Opening up with Hammer to Fall and Tie Your Mother down we were treated to a non-stop assault on the Queen back catalogue.

Inevitably we got the "break down" where the pace slowed off, but not the entertainment. Brian May doing Love of Your Life entirely on his own, just a stool, a 12 string and a mic, and boy his singing voice has improved. Then a bass drum and Roger appeared for '39, followed by the entire band turning up skiffle style, all on the end of a stage pier stretching into the middle of the crowd.

Then I have to say the most unusual and entertaining drum solo I have ever seen. Roger started just playing his sticks around the surfaces of the bass drum, then moved on to playing the bass players electric double bass with his sticks. Which was impressive enough until we then got renditions of Under Pressure and Another One Bites the Dust played by drum sticks - unusual, but freakier was to follow. He then sat back down at the drum and a road turned up with a High Hat, so he then proceeds to solo on the Bass Drum and High Hat, then a Snare arrived, and some Toms, and Symbals, and more Toms and more Symbals. Each new piece of kit dropped exactly into place by the roadie with Roger incorporating into the solo without stopping, just as if it had been there all the time. Until there was an entire second kit in the middle of the audience, all fully wired - astounding. Then of course he treated us to I'm in Love with My Car, which is no surprise as he sung that one originally on the album, but then we got It's a Kind of Magic, which is a hard song for anyone to sing, but sitting down playing drums!!!

The whole night was fantastic, we had a song with Paul Rodgers singing and playing guitar on his own, another with him on Piano, Brian May had his traditional 3 day long solo, so everyone was happy.

Then of course we were rapidly approaching THAT SONG, and I did wonder how that would be without Freddie, but they did us proud. The band played all the music for the start, but Freddie was providing the vocals from the video wall. Mr Rodgers didn't get his turn till the middle eight and he dueted the final "nothing really matters" with the big man - brilliant.

Of course that wasn't enough, so we got them back for 4 more songs, the excellent Comos Rockin (one of 5 played that night from the new album), Alright Now, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.

What a stunning night, topping off a stunning year of music in which I've also been to see Linkin Park, KT Tunstall, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio, Iron Maiden, Within Temptation and probably a few more I've forgotten about I may yet go and see Extreme this year and I've got my ticket for Metallica in Nottingham next February.