Glastonbury<\/a> due to political differences with the organisers.<\/p>\nThis will all, no doubt come as a relief to his wife, Anita Dobson, who said she had pleaded with her husband of 26 years to stop touring because ‘I want him home,’ she said.<\/p>\n
Sir Brian is a long-time animal rights activist and founded the Save Me Trust which campaigns for the rights of foxes and badgers.<\/p>\n
He previously resigned as the RSPCA’s vice president over the ‘appalling’ animal welfare standards in farms certified under its ‘assured’ scheme.<\/p>\n
The band member told the Daily Mail: ‘I wouldn’t do Glastonbury next year because of the politics of the people who run it, unless that changes, I won’t do it.<\/p>\n
‘They like killing badgers, and they think it’s for sport and that’s something I cannot support because we’ve been trying to save these badgers for years, and they are still being killed for years, so that’s the reason we’re missing out on it.’<\/p>\n
The world-famous music festival is going through a fallow year but the founder Sir Michael Eavis, 90, who is also a dairy farmer, previously called Brian a ‘danger to farming’ and criticised him for his opposition to the badger cull, which is aimed at preventing the spread of bovine TB.<\/p>\n
When asked if the rock band had turned it down repeatedly, the lead guitarist said: ‘I don’t think the conversation of us doing it has ever taken place because they know how I feel.’<\/p>\n
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Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, and Sir Brian pictured performing in California in 1977\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Sir Brian has said that he would never perform at Glastonbury due to political differences with the organisers (seen in 2025)<\/p>\n
Sir Brian and Queen drummer Roger Taylor have been touring with American Idol alum Adam Lambert since 2012 under the Queen and Adam Lambert moniker.<\/p>\n
He told the Daily Mail: ‘I don’t know when Queen will be back on stage\u00a0\u2013 it’s an unknown. We’ll take it day by day.’<\/p>\n
Hinting at new music, Sir Brian said: ‘It was time to take a break and spend time with family, take stock.<\/p>\n
‘But never say never about not coming back, the rebuild of Queen Two is coming back, and there are a couple of things you haven’t heard.’<\/p>\n
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