From the Express.
Queen + Adam Lambert have just completed the first leg of a mammoth new stadium tour. After the North American dates, the band is taking a break for a few months before hitting the road in Australia and Asia. UK and European fans still have a nervous wait to find out if the tour will make it over here. However, May just dropped some huge news that will thrill fans wherever in the world they are.
The songwriter and guitarist keeps his million Instagram followers regularly updated with his life on and off stage.
May was explaining to fans he needed a few days to recover from the end of the tour: “The return to ‘normal’ life plus East-bound jet lag always wipes me out. It’s such a massive adjustment – it’s like my body and soul go into a kind of leaden disbelief. So I kinda shut down – and I just don’t feel capable of putting out stuff to the world…
“In the quietness of life back home it feels like it was all a dream – but a dream with some very wonderful moments. For me, I need a few more days of detox from iPhone and social media.”
And then, right at the end of the heartfelt post, he casually dropped absolutely enormous news.
One fan’s upper case two-word response summed it up: “NEW ALBUM!”
May and Queen bandmate Roger Taylor have constantly debated whether or not there would ever be any new material from the band. New frontman Adam Lambert has also added his opinion. Ultimately it has usually boiled down to a rather vague “never say never.”
So, what does this new tease from May mean?
Queen Brian May announces new album: Is it a live tour album? (Image: GETTY)
All the videos, photographs and social media posts from the North American tour have reinforced what a huge undertaking it was, with more dates still to come.
It seems difficult to believe the band would have had any time – or energy – to work on new material in the middle of such a hectic schedule.
What seems much more likely is that there could be a live album on the way, recorded at some of the shows on the tour.
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QUEEN Queen (1974 Japanese 'butterfly' label 10-track LP, housed in a deluxe picture sleeve variant with a close up of Freddie on the front & misprinted 'Deacon John' credit on the back, complete with Japanese/ lyric insert & obi-strip. The sleeve shows miminal wear & the vinyl appears near mint & barely played. A stunning copy with no need to upgrade! P-10118E)
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QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Classic 1975 UK first press 12-track LP with picture labels & 'BLAIRS' etched into the run-off area, their fourth studio album including the classic hit Bohemian Rhapsody, embossed gatefold picture sleeve with picture inner. The sleeve shows some obvious discolouring and a seam split a tear to the top of the inner, whilst the vinyl is clean & grades Excellent with only light signs of wear EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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QUEEN Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979 UK 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including We Will Rock You, card flipback style picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some notable creasing on the opening edge. Whilst the vinyl shows just some minor cosmetic signs of play and handling EMI5001)
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QUEEN Hammer To Fall (1984 UK 7" single with an intact four prong centre & paper labels, also including Tear It Up, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light ringwear whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only light signs of play QUEEN4)
- Queen - One Vision - Double Sleeve - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.40 (New Item) (arrived 05-Feb-2025 17:57)on February 15, 2025 at 6:28 pm
QUEEN One Vision (1985 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Blurred Vision, complete with lyric red inner and negative image glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little age yellowing at the edges and the vinyl remains in excellent condition QUEEN6)
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