Roger Taylor has hinted at the possibility of new Queen music, nearly 30 years after the band’s last album.
The iconic band released their 15th and final studio album, ‘Made in Heaven’, in 1995, four years after the passing of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. In 2004, Queen began performing with Paul Rodgers as their frontman, before Adam Lambert took on the role in 2011. Lambert recently performed with the band during their massive ‘Rhapsody Tour’, which wrapped up in Tokyo this February.
In October 2022, Queen unveiled a previously unreleased track featuring Mercury’s vocals, titled ‘Face It Alone’. In a recent interview with Uncut (via Music News), drummer Roger Taylor was asked whether Queen might record and release new material in the future.
“I think we might,” he responded.
“Brian [May] and myself were talking the other day, and we both said that if we feel we have some good material, why not? We can still play. We can still sing. So I don’t see why not.”
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Last year, Brian May disclosed that Queen had “experimented a bit” with creating new music alongside Adam Lambert.
“It is just that you haven’t heard any of it,” the guitarist continued.
“It would have to be something so special that we would feel we would want to launch it on the public.”
Lambert later acknowledged the “pressure” that comes with Queen releasing new material. “If they’re going to put something out that’s new, it’s got to be at a certain level,” he explained.
“It has to be the right thing. And I’ve always said, ‘Is it appropriate for me to be doing new material?’ I feel like it scares me.”
In 2021, May stated that creating new Queen music “would need to happen in a very spontaneous moment,” but also confirmed that recording sessions had occurred.
He added: “Actually, Adam, Roger and myself have been in the studio trying things out, just because things came up. But up to this point, we haven’t felt that anything we’ve done has hit the button in the right way.
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“So it’s not like we’re closed to the idea, it’s just that it hasn’t happened yet.”
In 2020, Lambert reflected on his experience performing with Queen, expressing that he “didn’t want to imitate” Freddie Mercury.
“Freddie and I are different. We look different, we have had different experiences.”
In other news, May’s wife, Anita Dobson, has provided an update on the musician following his recent “minor stroke.”
Currently, Queen has no live concerts scheduled. However, Queen Extravaganza, the official tribute band, is set to embark on a UK and Ireland tour in 2025. These upcoming performances will commemorate the 50th anniversary of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
Additionally, Queen has announced a newly mixed, mastered and expanded reissue of their self-titled debut album from 1973.
–Silviya.Y