Roger Taylor admits a Queen reunion is “more down to” Sir Brian May.
The rock legends last performed with Adam Lambert on The Rhapsody Tour, which wrapped in 2024.
The last time guitarist Brian and drummer Roger played live together was in September 2025 when they performed Bohemian Rhapsody at the Last Night of the Proms, marking the hit single’s 50th anniversary.
Brian suffered a stroke in 2024, which temporarily left him without full control of his left arm. He’s since made a strong recovery, but he’s understandably taking things easier.
Appearing on The Rock Show With Shaun Keaveny on BBC Radio 2, Roger said with regards to their live future: “Well, it is a big machine to gear up, if you know what I mean. But, yeah, really, I think it’s more down to Brian [May, Queen guitarist] than me. I love playing live. I enjoy it, always have. It’s really how he feels about it. So if we both wanna do it, I’d be happy to. But we’ll see. Never say never. We have been working for a while with [singer] Adam Lambert, who has the most incredible voice.”
In a recent interview on Smooth Radio, Adam said: “There’s nothing on the books with Queen. We’ve never had the conversation saying we’re done, but there’s nothing actually planned right now. It’s sort of up to them. They’re the boss. I’m the guest. If they call me and say, ‘Hey, we wanna tour again,’ I’ll say, ‘Yeah, sure, I’d love to.'”
Meanwhile, Brian recently vowed never to perform in America again because the country “is a dangerous place at the moment” with President Donald Trump in power.
Speaking to the Eden Confidential column in the Daily Mail newspaper, Brian said: “America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account.
“It’s very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America and we love it, but it’s not what it was. Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.”
Prior to that, he said he would never play Glastonbury due to the culling of badgers on Worthy Farm, the festival site in Somerset, South West England.
