{"id":371252,"date":"2025-12-26T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371252\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:33:07","slug":"rock-band-queen-done-with-touring-we-are-all-getting-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371252\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock band Queen done with touring: \u2018We are all getting old\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DVPVAVFHTRFYJCBITQSV3FE6FA\">One of the most iconic rock bands of all time once said \u201cThe Show Must Go On,\u201d but that was more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"44HFWLQCDRABRLIA7TJBVTJEIA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/12\/iconic-rock-band-unveils-never-heard-song-cut-from-1974-album.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/12\/iconic-rock-band-unveils-never-heard-song-cut-from-1974-album.html\">Queen<\/a> is done with touring, according to Anita Dobson, the longtime wife of guitarist Brian May. But that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll never perform again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3NWSK5ZMY5D45JBQEUIFDMSY44\">\u201cThey will do little bits and bobs, but they won\u2019t do those big tours,\u201d Dobson told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/anita-dobson-queen-tour-eastenders-36381757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/anita-dobson-queen-tour-eastenders-36381757\">UK Mirror<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cWe are all getting old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UKW4TAANHVDL3JPCUFJCLIA2PQ\">May, 78, has had several health issues in recent years. He said a heart attack in 2020 was a \u201cnear-death experience\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2024\/09\/legendary-rock-guitarist-suffers-stroke-says-he-couldnt-move-his-arm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2024\/09\/legendary-rock-guitarist-suffers-stroke-says-he-couldnt-move-his-arm.html\">suffered a stroke<\/a> last year that temporarily left him unable to move his left arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"APYLNXT3KNC2ZFPX26MAJS7BGI\">Queen completed its last world tour in early 2024, with former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d star Adam Lambert singing lead vocals. <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/queen-is-done-with-large-scale-tours-following-brian-mays-health-scare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/queen-is-done-with-large-scale-tours-following-brian-mays-health-scare\">Blabbermouth<\/a> reports Dobson addressed the band\u2019s future after Queen drummer Roger Taylor told Rolling Stone that there were no plans for a farewell tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"A3LLLEMZAJA7LK5TOJHK45IUEA\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re done,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to say a final farewell tour. Because it never is, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brian May\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/URMCE3WVORE4TD7KERBK7XQUCY.jpg\"  \/>FILE &#8211; Brian May of Queen performs during the &#8220;Rhapsody&#8221; tour on Oct. 30, 2023, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski\/Invision\/AP, File)Rob Grabowski\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ET65GWN4I5DMRIWI5RHNX7YOT4\">May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/queen-s-brian-may-77-gives-health-update-after-2024-stroke-wake-up-call\/ar-AA1QCs7V?ocid=entnewsntp&amp;pc=U531&amp;cvid=691bbc4234e343c09d6eb9049cb1078f&amp;ei=77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/queen-s-brian-may-77-gives-health-update-after-2024-stroke-wake-up-call\/ar-AA1QCs7V?ocid=entnewsntp&amp;pc=U531&amp;cvid=691bbc4234e343c09d6eb9049cb1078f&amp;ei=77\">told<\/a> ITV\u2019s \u201cLove Your Weekend\u201d that he\u2019s been working to stay active and healthy, but nothing to suggest he would do another tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CIU35W5PGVHAXLKVC3BXIUCJTA\">\u201cI keep moving,\u201d May said. \u201cI do my biking a lot of times a week. I do a hundred lengths in the pool once a week. To me, that\u2019s what\u2019s keeping me going. That\u2019s what\u2019s keeping me alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IIVVIDN4SVEBTLKSIMSGEAGHLQ\">\u201cSo, for now, I\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6AE6J26URVDZDGF6J6BWQJSW6I\">Queen is one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/11\/killer-queen-to-perform-queens-greatest-hits-at-syracuse-concert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/11\/killer-queen-to-perform-queens-greatest-hits-at-syracuse-concert.html\">hits<\/a> like \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Me Now,\u201d \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust,\u201d \u201cWe Will Rock You,\u201d \u201cWe Are the Champions,\u201d \u201cFat Bottomed Girls,\u201d \u201cSomebody to Love,\u201d \u201cUnder Pressure\u201d and \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love.\u201d May, Mercury, Taylor and bassist Roger Deacon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NL5O4LLPVBCEHGF7YT72VCBSRU\">After Mercury\u2019s death in 1991 (the same year the band released \u201cThe Show Must Go On\u201d), May and Taylor continued to perform as \u201cQueen +\u201d with different singers, including Lambert and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/11\/rock-legend-75-to-skip-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-to-prioritize-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/11\/rock-legend-75-to-skip-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-to-prioritize-health.html\">Paul Rodgers<\/a> (of Free and Bad Company). Their last tour, \u201cThe Rhapsody Tour\u201d with Lambert, began in 2019 after the success of the \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d movie, and finished in February 2024 following a two-year break due to the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PISV2CAYWBBAJNCQPZDNQFUP6Y\">Queen remains popular today with more than 61 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The band released a new version of \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d last year with rapper Megan Thee Stallion and recently shared a remix of \u201cWho Wants to Live Forever\u201d for the final season of Netflix\u2019s \u201cStranger Things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most iconic rock bands of all time once said \u201cThe Show Must Go On,\u201d but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,2520],"class_list":{"0":"post-371252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-performance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}