In a recent conversation with Uncut, Roger Taylor hinted at new Queen music, nearly 30 years after their last album.
“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,” the drummer explained.
Last year, Brian May shared that Queen had tried to make new music with Adam Lambert. The guitarist said, “We have dabbled a little. It is just that you haven’t heard any of it.”
“It would have to be something so special that we would feel we would want to launch it on the public,” he added. “It’s a lot of pressure if you think about it. If they’re going to put something out that’s new, it’s got to be at a certain level,” Lambert also said.
The singer continued his words, “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.”
May has talked before about making music with Lambert. In 2021, when asked about the chances of a new Queen album, he told Guitar Player, “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 way. So it’s not like we’re closed to the idea, it’s just that it hasn’t happened yet,” the rocker discussed.
Queen does not have any live concerts planned right now. However, their official tribute band, Queen Extravaganza, will go on a UK and Ireland tour in 2025 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ Queen announced a remastered and expanded reissue of their first album from 1973.