{"id":348994,"date":"2026-09-17T04:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T04:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348994\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T04:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T04:51:15","slug":"brian-may-was-creating-a-queen-avatar-show-heres-why-he-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348994\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian May Was Creating a Queen Avatar Show: Here’s Why He Stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian May<\/a> says he was creating a Queen<\/a> avatar show, but ultimately decided to halt his work.<\/p>\n

In recent years, shows like the Dio <\/a>hologram tour and ABBA<\/a>\u2019s Voyage residency have garnered a mix of criticism and praise. During a recent conversation with Absolute Radio<\/a>, May revealed he\u2019d started work on a similar concept for Queen.<\/p>\n

“We looked at it very seriously, particularly after I saw the [Las Vegas] Sphere<\/a> and what\u00a0the Eagles<\/a> did with the Sphere, which I thought was amazing,\u201d May admitted. \u201cAnd I spent a lot of time planning out what I thought could be a Queen show. I’ve kind of backed off now because you can’t do it without massive use of A.I., with all the consequences of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Queen’s Brian May Is ‘Very Keen’ on a Sphere Residency<\/a><\/p>\n

May \u2013 who elsewhere in the interview warned about the dangers of A.I. \u2013 noted that he remains somewhat divided on the concept, both artistically and morally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t wanna be stealing the work of other people. If you’re stealing your own work, I’m not quite sure where I stand on it, because you would be stealing from the Queen oeuvre, which maybe is\u00a0OK, because that’s ours,\u201d he remarked. \u201cBut at the same time, you’re adding to the stresses that A.I. is putting on the world. So, I don’t know. I’m not so keen as I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though May isn\u2019t comfortable with dependence on A.I., he continues to envision ways to bring Queen to life for new generations of fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would be great to have a permanent place where people could go and feel like they’re seeing us play live in our peak, maybe all over the world, maybe at all points in time,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doors are open [with A.I.], but I don’t know if we’re gonna walk through.”<\/p>\n

Queen Albums Ranked<\/p>\n

They remain so present in the news and fans\u2019 hearts that it\u2019s pretty hard to believe singer Freddie Mercury has been gone for decades now.<\/p>\n

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