{"id":165699,"date":"2026-03-17T00:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/165699\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:56:12","slug":"queens-brian-may-makes-surprise-appearance-at-benson-boones-birmingham-show-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/165699\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s Brian May makes surprise appearance at Benson Boone\u2019s Birmingham show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queen\u2019s Brian May made a surprise appearance during pop star Benson Boone\u2019s set at the 2025 Coachella Festival in Indio, California, and he did again at Boone\u2019s Sunday concert in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n<p>May came out during Boone\u2019s encore, joining him on guitar for Queen classics \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d and \u201cWe Are The Champions,\u201d as well as Boone\u2019s hit track \u201cBeautiful Things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile (sic) lotta fun with Benson Boone last night,\u201d May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV72yjGjIwU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cHis show is sensational \u2013 I just provided a little icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May added, \u201cGotta say pure fun and adrenaline are just one reason I wanna spend my weekend in Birmingham.\u201d He then went on to explain several other reasons, including it being a \u201cbig challenge to step into this massive production and deliver,\u201d noting he likes to be challenged \u201ceven though it makes me nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wrote that Boone\u2019s band is incredible and that the singer \u201cis not only an awesome performer but one of the most genuine, thoughtful and generous people I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d Plus, May explained that his appearance \u201cwas a chance for my grandchildren to share a moment and experience what my life has been like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May praised Boone for returning to the U.K. for just one show to fulfill a promise to fans after he had to cancel a show three months prior due to vocal issues. <\/p>\n<p>He also said he was thrilled by the reaction of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be greeted with that ROAR from a Birmingham audience was beyond priceless \u2013 I felt that old love \u2013 Queen had such great times in Birmingham,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGreat days ! I feel lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s Brian May made a surprise appearance during pop star Benson Boone\u2019s set at the 2025 Coachella Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[48542,68015,34150,68016,55936,9,24,63,122,124,123,20513,1071],"class_list":["post-165699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-appearance","tag-benson","tag-birmingham","tag-boones","tag-brian","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-show","tag-surprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}