{"id":368514,"date":"2026-10-09T02:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368514\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:54:56","slug":"brian-may-clarifies-his-comment-about-queen-not-touring-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368514\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian May Clarifies His Comment About Queen Not Touring Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian May<\/a> has clarified comments he made recently<\/a> about the end of\u00a0Queen<\/a>‘s touring career.<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Times<\/a>, the guitarist said that he came to his own\u00a0conclusion\u00a0within the last few years.<\/p>\n

“I made a decision 18 months ago that I didn’t want to tour again,” he said. “A close family friend died when we were in the States, so I said to my tour manager, ‘I’ll just nip home for a few days and come back.’ She looked me in the eyes and said, ‘You know you can’t do that.’<\/p>\n

“I love to play, I love to travel, but the trade-off is sacrificing your freedom. I have a wife, grandchildren and a lot of astrophysics I want to do, so I’m thinking maybe 50 years is enough.”<\/p>\n

Brian May’s New Instagram Post<\/p>\n

May’s words suggested this meant that Queen would not tour again, as various news outlets, including UCR<\/a>, reported. But May then took to his social media to clarify what he meant.<\/p>\n

“This is a misinterpretation of what I actually said,” he wrote on Instagram<\/a>. “I have actually never said Queen won’t ever tour again. I could never say never. I simply made a personal decision last year to take a break from touring. I’ve been making lots of music, and Roger [Taylor] <\/a>and I are constantly working together on Queen projects behind the scenes. I don’t know what the future holds. I’m ever open to new adventures!”<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Queen’s Brian May Rules Out Touring America – ‘It’s a Dangerous Place’<\/a><\/p>\n

May did explain in his interview with The Times that he is open to the idea of other ways of performing live \u2014 a replacement for traditional touring.<\/p>\n

“We do want to do something fairly revolutionary,” he said. “Not as ABBA<\/a> did [with digital avatars], but along those lines. … Last year I went to the Sphere, my juices started flowing and I sketched out a whole Queen show. I think an immersive experience is still on the cards and it could conquer time and space, but currently you can’t make it without AI and I have serious misgivings about that. … Data centers are a massive evil and have to be fought.”<\/p>\n

Below, see a bunch of rock and metal bands actively touring throughout the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

2026 Rock + Metal Tour Guide<\/p>\n

These are the biggest rock and metal tours happening in 2026 so far, including Metallica, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance and more.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner<\/a><\/p>\n