Roger Taylor teases new Queen music after virtually 30 years

Roger Taylor has teased new music from Queen – virtually 30 years on from their newest album.

The legendary band posthumously launched their fifteenth and ultimate studio report, ‘Made In Heaven’, in 1995 following the dying of frontman Freddie Mercury in 1991.

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In 2004, Queen started performing with Paul Rodgers as their lead vocalist earlier than Adam Lambert took on the function in 2011. The latter not too long ago performed with the group on their large ‘Rhapsody Tour’, which concluded in Tokyo this February.

Queen shared a rediscovered observe that includes Mercury’s vocals, ‘Face It Alone’, in October 2022.

Throughout a brand new interview with Uncut (by way of Music News), drummer Taylor was requested if Queen may doubtlessly report and launch any new materials. “I feel we would,” he responded.

“Brian [May] and myself had been speaking the opposite day, and we each mentioned that if we really feel we’ve some good materials, why not? We will nonetheless play. We will nonetheless sing. So I don’t see why not.”

Final 12 months, Could revealed that Queen had “dabbled a bit” in making new music with Lambert. “It’s simply that you simply haven’t heard any of it,” the guitarist continued.

“It must be one thing so particular that we might really feel we might need to launch it on the general public.”

Lambert then acknowledged the “stress” concerned in Queen returning with new materials. “In the event that they’re going to place one thing out that’s new, it’s received to be at a sure degree,” he defined.

“It must be the fitting factor. And I’ve at all times mentioned, ‘Is it acceptable for me to be doing new materials?’ I really feel prefer it scares me.”

In 2021, Could mentioned making new Queen music “must be a really spontaneous second” – however confirmed that recording periods had taken place.

He added: “Really, Adam, Roger and myself have been within the studio attempting issues out, simply because issues got here up. However up so far, we haven’t felt that something we’ve performed has hit the button in the fitting method.

“So it’s not like we’re closed to the concept, it’s simply that it hasn’t occurred but.”

Lambert opened up about his expertise performing with Queen in 2020, saying that he “didn’t need to do an impersonation” of Mercury: “Freddie and I are totally different. We glance totally different, we’ve had totally different experiences.”

In different information, Could’s spouse Anita Dobson has shared an replace on the musician after he not too long ago suffered a “minor stroke”.

Queen at present don’t have any stay live shows scheduled. Nonetheless, Queen Extravaganza, the official tribute band of Queen, will embark on a UK and Eire tour in 2025. The upcoming exhibits will have fun the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

In the meantime, Queen have introduced a newly blended, mastered and expanded reissue of their 1973 self-titled debut album.