SO it’s Goodbye Everybody, they’ve got to go.

After a 12-year reign at London’s Dominion Theatre, the curtain is coming down on Queen musical We Will Rock You – and its many fans are in uproar.

Critically panned but hugely popular among audiences, even winning an Olivier Award from the public vote, it has been seen by 16 million people worldwide and ranks among the top 10 longest-running musicals in West End history.

To be fair, it’s rather good.

Admittedly, the band’s music deserves a more impressive setting than a futuristic video game and there’s more than a few cheesy tenuous links to Queen songs involved in Ben Elton’s script, but the performances – and especially the score – are epic.

But I can’t really see what all the fuss is about. Every show has their time and the Dominion will now be refurbished ready for a brand spanking new treat, plus We Will Rock You will no doubt prove a popular choice on the amateur circuit.

I’m more worried about what will happen to that rather fabulous golden Freddie Mercury statue that currently towers over the entrance of the theatre.

Suggestions have included sticking him on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, giving him to Fulham or even making him the new Mayor of London.

But surely Queen could do with him on their just announced 19-date US tour?

And then he’ll be ready for the moment when, like the band itself, We Will Rock You stages an overhyped, overpriced revival.

The Show Must Go On!