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Roger Taylor has revealed that Queen bandmate Brian May started working on a new song for the band but then “suddenly lost interest”.The pair started work on a new track with Adam Lambert – who has fronted Queen since 2011, following the death of original frontman Freddie Mercury in 1991 – but guitarist May doesn’t seem to be a fan of what they laid down.“Well, Brian suddenly lost interest and I don’t really know why,” Taylor told MOJO (via Contact Music.

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Queen‘s Roger Taylor has admitted that he was “tempted to laugh” the first time Freddie Mercury auditioned for the band.The sticksman met guitarist Brian May and the late charismatic frontman at college in London in 1968.Taylor and May were originally in a band called Smile with bassist-and-singer Tim Staffell. When Staffell decided to leave, Mercury asked to join the band.“He was so extreme, one was tempted to laugh at first, because he hadn’t developed his voice; he didn’t have the control he had later,” Taylor told The Daily Telegraph.“But he had this thrusting energy and zeal for everything.

The guitarist made quite the entrance, as his helicopter touched down on the pitch at Hine Downing Oval in Falmouth in front of spectators.As a result, the match between Falmouth 2nd XI and Helston 2nd XI was delayed by seven minutes.Onlookers watched as Brian, 74, disembarked with his wife Anita Dobson, 72, and headed to the wedding in the village of in the village of Mawnan Smith.A Falmouth Cricket Club spokesman said: ‘The helicopter took about seven minutes to land.‘The club knew it was coming, we do get one or two helicopters who land on the outfield from time to time. Everyone just stopped to watch this monster land in the middle of the game.‘It dropped him off then went off to refuel then came back again.

Roger Taylor has released the first single from his forthcoming new solo album, ‘Outsider’ – listen to ‘We’re All Just Trying To Get By’ below.The song, which features KT Tunstall, is the first taste of Taylor’s first new album in eight years. ‘We’re All Just Trying To Get By’ was written during “the dark depths of lockdown” but looks at the positives of being human and our need to survive.Taylor said of the track: “I tried to highlight the great things in life.

Queen are apparently looking at ideas for a Bohemian Rhapsody sequel.

Freddie Mercury wrote his tribute song to Elvis Presley in the bath in 10 minutes, his bandmates Roger Taylor and Brian May have said.‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ was released in 1979, two years after the US star’s death at the age of 42.During the latest episode of Queen The Greatest, which looks back on the band’s career, Taylor and May recalled the origins of ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ and its impact on the group.Talking about trying to change tact with their recording process seven albums in, May said Queen “got into this rather indulgent way of just bowling into the studio with no ideas, or very few ideas, and just doing it from scratch”.Taylor added: “The first thing we did was ‘Crazy Little Thing…’, and Fred did write the

Queen are reportedly making over £100,000 a day from Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.The film, which came out in 2018 and divided fans and critics, documented the late frontman’s journey from childhood through to joining the band and later starting a solo career.Bohemian Rhapsody has made over $900million (£654m) at the box office at the time of writing, and according to new accounts from Customs House, the band – Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon – and Mercury’s estate, are seeing a big chunk of that money.As Music News report, in the year before the blockbuster’s release, the band filed profits of £11.8m pre-tax, with a turnover of £21.9m.Following the film’s release, though, Queen Productions registered a turnover of £42m

READ MORE:Elvis Presley: Roger Taylor agrees with John Lennon's view of The KingHart said: "Elvis has a way of being that in itself was very innocent, even though from the waist down there was serious invitation. "He broke the whole mold with sexuality by just pulling back the curtains and saying, 'Look, it's not as ugly as you all are saying.

Duran Duran are set to perform with Blur‘s Graham Coxon at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.The band will appear as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations and will premiere a new single at the awards event, which takes place on May 23.

READ MORE: Freddie Mercury 'had insane belief Queen would make it' says Brian MayFamously, These Are The Days of Our Lives' music video marked the last time Queen fans could see Freddie alive. The stunning black-and-white footage was shot in May 1991 with the singer having lost a lot of weight in the last stages of his AIDS battle.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor is planning to install a 20 foot high statue of the band’s former frontman Freddie Mercury in his garden.The bronze statue was originally created to promote the musical We Will Rock You, which made use of Queen’s back catalogue.

The bronze sculpture was used to promote the band’s musical We Will Rock You outside London's Dominican Theatre for 12 years.

Queen have been working on new music but their recording sessions haven’t been going to plan.The band has been ‘trying things out’ in a bid to lay down some new tracks but haven’t written anything new that excites them just yet.Lead guitarist Brian May, 73, assured fans they are still enjoying working together but they are giving themselves time to come up with the right material.When asked about a reunion, Contact Music quotes him telling Guitar Player magazine: ‘I always say, “I don’t know.” It would have to be a very spontaneous moment.‘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

Brian May has revealed that Queen have been in the studio working on new music – although so far nothing good has come out of the sessions.The band’s remaining members, May and Roger Taylor, have been performing live with singer Adam Lambert for over a decade, but have never recorded any new material with him.Speaking in a new interview, May said that the three of them have actually tried to lay a few things down but that so far it hasn’t gone quite according to plan.Asked about the possibility of a new Queen record, he told this month’s Guitar Player magazine (via Contact Music): “I always say, ‘I don’t know.’ It would have to be a very spontaneous moment.”He continued: “Actually, Adam, Roger and myself have been in the studio trying

Queen have released a new rhythm game for mobile devices.Queen: Rock Tour, which is now live on iOS and Android, is the first official Queen game to be released. The game’s release has been timed in celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary this year.Queen: Rock Tour will give players the ability to recreate bits of the band’s iconic styles, while costuming their outfits.

Queen‘s Roger Taylor has become the latest high-profile name to criticise the government’s Brexit deal, after it failed to secure visa-free touring for musicians.The drummer, who was one of 100 celebrities to sign a letter against the deal, describedit as a “dreadful retrograde step” during an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend.“Borders are a dreadful invention of mankind, and so we are just putting up another one, and I think it’s a dreadful retrograde step,” he said.Taylor also revealed the effect it could potentially have on Queen’s road crews – who have already faced a financial hit after coronavirus forced the band to postpone their European tour.“I know our road crew, all the guys that make our touring work, they are

Roger Taylor has revealed that he still keeps a 20ft statue of Freddie Mercury in his garden.

Duran Duran thanked the late David Bowie for inspiring them to become musicians. The British band performed virtually as part of the 24-hour A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day event on Saturday, and covered the iconic musician's track Five Years to mark the special occasion.

Queen + Adam Lambert are here with a video to transport you.

Queen + Adam Lambert are hosting a Q&A session to tease their upcoming live album.