‘I don’t think we’re done’: Rock legends say band ‘have been in the studio’
Brian May and Roger Taylor have updated fans about Queen's future.
The musicians told Rolling Stone that they still have some big plans in store for Queen, including new music and a concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
" I don't think we're done," Taylor told the outlet. "And I don't think we're gonna say, you know, final farewell tour or whatever. 'Cause it never is, is it?"
The existing band members have yet to release new music with Adam Lambert, who has toured as Queen's lead singer since 2011. But May said that idea is "always in the mind."
"Not many people know, but Adam and we have been in the studio trying things, he told Rolling Stone. "Nothing really materialized so far. Some things are meant to be and some things are not."
May revealed in 2023 that Queen was considering releasing new music with Lambert.
"We have dabbled a little. It is just that you haven't heard any of it," NME reported at the time. "It would have to be something so special that we would feel we would want to launch it on the public."
Meanwhile, May doesn't want to give up performing. He is, however, weary of the road.
" I've had 50 years of touring and there's a part of me that thinks it's enough," he said. "I don't like the idea that you wake up in your hotel room and you're trapped. I had a few experiences recently where stuff happened at home with my family and I could not go home. It got under my skin and I just thought, 'I'm not sure if I want this anymore.' I feel like I've given up my freedom too many times. So my feeling at the moment is I don't want to tour as such. I still want to play shows. I still want to innovate."
That said, May has been considering a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, which awed him with its 360-degree screens and other tech innovations during a concert by one of Queen's peers.
"It's got my mind working. I sat there watching the Eagles, thinking, 'We should do this. The stuff that we could bring to this would be stupendous,'" May said. "So, yeah, I would like to do it. We're having conversations."
May and Taylor's comments come as Queen celebrates the 50th anniversary of their quintessential hit "Bohemian Rhapsody." the track, which was released in 1975 on Queen's "A Night at the Opera" album, charted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. The six-minute suite has been widely acclaimed and is considered of one of the only progressive rock songs of the '70s to have appealed to a mainstream audience.
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