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Spike Edney was born on 11 December, 1951 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, is an English keyboard player. Discover Spike Edney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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11 December, 1951 |
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11 December |
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Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Spike Edney Height, Weight & Measurements
At 72 years old, Spike Edney height not available right now. We will update Spike Edney's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Spike Edney Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Spike Edney worth at the age of 72 years old? Spike Edney’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Spike Edney's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Philip "Spike" Edney (born 11 December 1951) is an English musician who, since the 1960s, has performed with a number of bands, most notably with Queen in their live concerts, where his participation started in 1984 during Queen's The Works tour.
During the mid-1970s, he recorded and toured with The Tymes and Ben E. King.
He is primarily known for playing keyboards but also plays bass, guitar, trombone and contributes backing vocals.
Subsequently, in the late 1970s, he was musical director for Edwin Starr and, during the early 1980s, worked with Duran Duran, The Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bucks Fizz, Haircut One Hundred and The Rolling Stones.
He also appeared with Peter Green on his comeback tour.
Edney's collaboration with Queen included mostly keyboards (his main instrument), plus rhythm guitar and backing vocals.
During tours with Queen in the mid 1980s, Edney played a Gibson Les Paul Junior as his main guitar for the rhythm parts of "Hammer to Fall".
During the Queen + Paul Rogers tours he used a Korg Triton, and during the Queen + Adam Lambert tours he used a Korg M3 before settling for a Korg Kronos.
Accompanying the band on its tours since 1984, replacing Fred Mandel.
He can also be seen playing in the background during Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium.
He would later comment that once Queen got on stage, the "lazy afternoon feeling..."
"...changed instantly into a proper gig".
He was also part of Roger Taylor's side project The Cross as well as Brian May's band when they toured in 1993 and 1998.
Edney can be seen on Queen's Live at Wembley Stadium and Hungarian Rhapsody concert films, playing rhythm guitar on "Hammer to Fall," and piano on both "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Tutti Frutti."
Edney formed SAS Band (Spike's All Stars) in 1994, playing their first gig at The Gosport Festival (near Edney's hometown of Portsmouth).
The band has constantly fluctuating personnel, including musicians from Queen, Whitesnake, Free, Roxy Music, Toto, and Spandau Ballet, and solo artists including Fish, Roy Wood, Leo Sayer, Kiki Dee, and Paul Young.
Others that have appeared with the band include Suggs, Lionel Richie, Bob Geldof and Toyah Willcox.
He has also been the keyboardist for the London production of We Will Rock You since it opened in 2002.
Edney was also the musical director of the official Queen tribute band, the Queen Extravaganza.
After the death of Freddie Mercury (who was Queen's main pianist), Edney took over Mercury's role on piano during Queen + Paul Rodgers 2005, 2006, and 2008 tours, playing all piano parts on a Korg Triton keyboard, in addition to all other keyboard parts.
He returned as keyboardist for the Queen + Adam Lambert tours in 2012, 2014, and the 2015–2020 tour schedule.
