{"id":261903,"date":"2026-06-10T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/261903\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:15:07","slug":"queens-roger-taylor-announces-new-solo-album-unveils-lead-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/261903\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s Roger Taylor Announces New Solo Album, Unveils Lead Single"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen<\/a> drummer Roger Taylor<\/a> has announced a new solo album titled Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, set to arrive September 18th via Columbia Records.<\/p>\n

In advance of the LP\u2019s release, Taylor has unveiled the single \u201cCome On Summer (It\u2019s Party Time)\u201d featuring the Ndlovu Youth Choir from South Africa.<\/p>\n

The album contains 10 songs, including nine originals and a cover of John Lennon\u2019s \u201cJealous Guy.\u201d The original tracks were all written by Taylor, who sings and performs on the songs alongside members of his live band. The Ndlovu Youth Choir also appear on two other tracks on the album.<\/p>\n

Taylor, who also co-produced the album alongside Joshua J. Macrae, stated, \u201cThere is a theme, you know, it\u2019s in the title really, what a beautiful world we live in, don\u2019t fuck it up. There seems to be all this insanity at the moment. The violence in the world seems to be as bad as it ever was, at any point, and certainly in my lifetime. It\u2019s just horrific, a lot of insane violence. And we do seem to be fucking up the world, plastics in the sea, you know, and all these awful wars everywhere and hatred born of different religions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The album will be supported with a UK tour in September, during which Taylor will be backed by a band featuring keyboardist Spike Edney, supporting drummer Tyler Warren, multi-instrumentalist Tina Keys, bassist Neil Fairclough, and guitarist Christian Mendoza.<\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cCome On Summer (It\u2019s Party Time),\u201d and see the artwork and tracklist for Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, below. Pre-order the album on vinyl or CD via Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Violence Insane in a Beautiful World Artwork:<\/p>\n

\"Roger<\/p>\n

Violence Insane in a Beautiful World Tracklist:
01. A Beautiful World \u2013 Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
02. Violence Insane
03. What Really Matters
04. Don\u2019t Photograph Food
05. I See You Now
06. Chump
07. Spit In His Eye
08. Jealous Guy*
09. Come On Summer (It\u2019s Party Time) \u2013 Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
10. A Great Big Beautiful World (reprise) \u2013 Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir<\/p>\n

Roger Taylor 2026 Tour Dates:
09\/21 \u2013 Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall
09\/22 \u2013 Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
09\/24 \u2013 Birmingham, UK @ The Alexandra
09\/25 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ Opera House
09\/28 \u2013 London, UK @ Roundhouse
09\/29 \u2013 Swansea, UK @ Building Society Arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen drummer Roger Taylor has announced a new solo album titled Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-261903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261903","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=261903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}