{"id":320832,"date":"2025-04-19T21:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T02:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/benson-boone-brings-out-cardboard-cutout-of-brian-may-to-troll-coachella"},"modified":"2025-04-19T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T02:58:06","slug":"benson-boone-brings-out-cardboard-cutout-of-brian-may-to-troll-coachella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/benson-boone-brings-out-cardboard-cutout-of-brian-may-to-troll-coachella","title":{"rendered":"Benson Boone Brings Out Cardboard Cutout of Brian Might to Troll Coachella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Benson Boone<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-titlecase h2\">The Show Must Go On &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h1\">Even If I Have to Use A Cutout of Brian May!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-19T18:30:31-07:00\">April 19, 2025 6:30 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"44.5515947467\">\n<section id=\"cb-9e7dccf4b0e8be6d9cf97585e5d394af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d68db895-f4f9-425b-ae64-2064a5701176-1278047541-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d68db895-f4f9-425b-ae64-2064a5701176-1278047541-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"actual guitarist\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/38\/16by9\/2025\/04\/19\/3856d61d95574ed8b84f5320da2bcd66_md.jpg\" alt=\"041925_benson_boone_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9e7dccf4b0e8be6d9cf97585e5d394af--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e279379e9f292811437bcf0deb8130ae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.0227272727\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/benson-boone\/\"><strong>Benson Boone<\/strong><\/a> still rocked &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; despite <strong>Brian May<\/strong> appearing lifeless onstage &#8230; which makes sense, since the actual guitarist was replaced by a cardboard cutout.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e279379e9f292811437bcf0deb8130ae--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bed9fbc87e389531f77124a15d18db8f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The singer-songwriter took to the Coachella stage Friday night for Weekend 2 of the biggest music festival of the year, and he performed the hit Queen song again for the raucous crowd.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bed9fbc87e389531f77124a15d18db8f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8316a9ce0bf806390d44b9d55a9e8d45\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250419_f0d18ae02c874047b90908df478d2f9e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e901f674-f5c6-41f3-a0a4-4725e5670985\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f0\/4by3\/2025\/04\/19\/f0d18ae02c874047b90908df478d2f9e_md.jpg\" alt=\"041925-benson-boone-primary-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8316a9ce0bf806390d44b9d55a9e8d45--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-81b571bac23b235206a9c268b4324f7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>While Boone sang \u201cI sometimes wish I\u2019d never been born at all,\u201d he brought out the cutout of May &#8230; all while a real guitarist played the famous solo &#8212; though Boone pretended like it really was May shredding.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-81b571bac23b235206a9c268b4324f7c--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20f29fa206dcb02c1856754acdb0e428\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>He later picked up the cutout and used it like a prop onstage &#8212; playing around it nd sliding it past backup singers. He even tried to put it down &#8230; but, the wind kept knocking it over.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-20f29fa206dcb02c1856754acdb0e428--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0b2e4d906b2794a6510a3892ceea0b67\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-85306c3f-39d2-44fd-bf14-09e62dc58fe4-1792989823-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-85306c3f-39d2-44fd-bf14-09e62dc58fe4-1792989823-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/24\/16by9\/2025\/04\/12\/24e1209f11d34fc58ef4360f295e8e17_md.jpg\" alt=\"041225_benson_boone-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">4\/11\/25<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0b2e4d906b2794a6510a3892ceea0b67--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d7f03580108ad04bc017ad4719f9c78c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.902173913\">\n<p>Boone later clarified that Brian really did wanna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/12\/benson-boone-queen-bohemian-rhapsody-coachella\/\"><strong>play with him again<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; but, he couldn&#8217;t stick around for Weekend 2, so Boone and his team came up with the playful idea as a tribute.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d7f03580108ad04bc017ad4719f9c78c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d07817965a416b1e46d37288a239077b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.3805309735\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; Brian joined Benson onstage last week for the performance which received a somewhat lukewarm response from the audience &#8212; though many praised BB for seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/16\/benson-boone-freddie-mercury-comparisons-coachella\/\"><strong>channeling the spirit<\/strong><\/a> of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/freddie-mercury\/\"><strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d07817965a416b1e46d37288a239077b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8b5da177824264b4262eca20a949fce9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2f0af068-a194-4815-8d4f-0f2ee8c0bcec-265754571-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2f0af068-a194-4815-8d4f-0f2ee8c0bcec-265754571-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e8\/16by9\/2025\/04\/16\/e8df97de68984c0f9f2daac81d7f5f2e_md.jpg\" alt=\"041625_benson_boone_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8b5da177824264b4262eca20a949fce9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6893e88031facc648a022fb6ae5a4fe0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>We chatted with Benson earlier this week and he teased a &#8220;big weekend&#8221; at Coachella after we asked what he had planned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6893e88031facc648a022fb6ae5a4fe0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f75cce346272a27891b39d855439ea80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Not exactly what many were expecting &#8230; but, any claims that Boone didn&#8217;t put on one heck of a performance are thinner than Brian May cardboard.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f75cce346272a27891b39d855439ea80--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/19\/benson-boone-brings-cardboard-cutout-brian-may-coachella\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benson Boone The Show Must Go On &#8230; Even If I Have to Use A Cutout of Brian May!!! 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