Queen fans got an unexpected treat when\u00a0Brian May and Roger Taylor\u00a0reunited on stage in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n
May joined his longtime Queen bandmate during Taylor’s sold-out concert at the\u00a0Roundhouse on September 28, making a surprise appearance toward the end of the show. The pair then performed two of Queen’s most recognizable songs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brian May Joins Roger Taylor for the Finale\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taylor’s London concert was part of his\u00a0Violence Insane in a Beautiful World\u00a0solo tour, supporting his latest album of the same name.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Queen drummer spent most of the roughly two-hour performance handling lead vocals, backed by a younger group of musicians and longtime Queen touring keyboardist\u00a0Philip \u201cSpike\u201d Edney. Taylor played drums on only one song during the set.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then came the surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
May walked onto the stage for the final two songs, giving the packed Roundhouse an unexpected Queen reunion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They Performed Two Queen Classics\u00a0<\/p>\n
May and Taylor teamed up for\u00a0\u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cRadio Ga Ga.\u201d Queen\u2019s official Instagram channel posted a carousel of photos and captioned it with, \u201cA real Kind of Magic at The Roundhouse!\u00a0Roger Taylor\u00a0@rogertaylorofficial\u00a0on his Violence Insane In A Beautiful World tour, adding the incredible Ndvulo Choir\u00a0@choirafrica, and a surprise cameo from Sir Brian May\u00a0@brianmayforreal A legendary night to remember!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Ndlovu Youth Choir appears on\u00a0Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, including the tracks\u00a0\u201cA Beautiful World,\u201d\u00a0\u201cCome On Summer (It’s Party Time),\u201d and \u201cA Great Big Beautiful World.\u201d\u00a0The South African choir is also known for its distinctive version of Queen’s \u201cBohemian Rhapsody.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taylor’s New Album Inspired the Tour\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taylor’s Roundhouse appearance came as he promotes\u00a0Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, his\u00a0seventh solo album.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Released September 18 through Columbia Records, the album follows 2021’s\u00a0Outsider. Taylor wrote and performed the songs himself, with assistance from longtime collaborator Joshua J. Macrae, members of his live band and the Ndlovu Youth Choir.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The album takes inspiration from Taylor’s observations about the world, with its title reflecting his belief that the beauty of the world exists alongside violence and conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite those darker themes, Taylor has described the record as ultimately hopeful, emphasizing the importance of kindness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen fans got an unexpected treat when\u00a0Brian May and Roger Taylor\u00a0reunited on stage in London.\u00a0 May joined his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[664,9,24,63,666,122,124,123,673],"class_list":["post-362642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-brian-may","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-roger-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362642","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=362642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}