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 - Bicycle Race + p/s - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 01-May-2024 16:28)on May 2, 2024 at 1:14 am
QUEEN Bicycle Race (1978 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Fat Bottomed Girls, flipback style picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some light general wear and has a patch of discolouration, whilst the vinyl remains excellent with only light signs of play - a great collection filler EMI2870)
- Queen - At The BBC - Stickered Sleeve - EX - US - picture disc LP - Promo - £150.00, $187.50, €175.50 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2024 16:00)on May 2, 2024 at 1:14 am
QUEEN At The BBC (1995 US Hollywood Records 8-track digitally remastered promotional-only LP Picture Disc LP album, featuring songs taken from the first two BBC sessions and includes songs mostly from the first album along with 'Ogre Battle' which is from the 2nd album. The songs are very similar to the finished album versions except the very noticeable exception of 'Doin' Alright' [Roger sings the final verse] and 'Son And Daughter' which Brian adds an early version of theguitar solo that would finally be used in 'Brighton Rock' from the third album 'Sheer Heart Attack'. The disc features great early images of the four band members and comes housed in a clear PVC outer sleeve with large custom sleeve sticker. The sleeve has four tiny pin holes in each corner from being displayed but remain discreet and the sticker shows some wear but rmains intact ED-62005)
- Queen - News Of The World - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 20-Apr-2024 16:48)on May 2, 2024 at 1:14 am
QUEEN News Of The World (1977 UK first press 11-track LP, their classic sixth studio album including the singles We Are The Champions/ We Will Rock You & Spread Your Wings. The gatefold picture sleeve [VG+] shows ring/edgewear, whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just the odd faint sign of play EMA784)
- Queen - A Kind Of Magic - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 10:49)on May 2, 2024 at 1:14 am
QUEEN A Kind of Magic (1986 UK 9-track vinyl LP, the twelfth studio album featuring the singles Who Wants To Live Forever, A Kind Of Magic, Princes Of The Universe & One Vision. The glossy gatefold picture sleeve has light wear, with a small split to the top edge but comes with the illustrated lyric inner and the vinyl displays some hairlines which have no real impact on play EU3509)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £45.00, $56.25, €52.65 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 15:44)on May 2, 2024 at 1:14 am
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (1974 UK first issue 13-track LP, their marvellous third studio album including Stone Cold Crazy, Now I'm Here, Killer Queen & Brighton Rock. Comes housed in the original fully laminated picture sleeve complete with the angle cut lyric inner. The sleeve is Excellent with some light shelf wear & a couple of seam splits to the inner whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with a few minor signs of play EMC3061)
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