Sir Brian May declared that it is “very sad” as he made an enormous announcement (Image: Getty)
Queen’s legendary guitarist, Sir Brian May, has described the scenario as “very sad” as he made a significant announcement concerning any future excursions. He steered that Queen, who final toured with frontma Adam Lambert in 2020, might keep away from a beloved vacation spot on their subsequent tour as a result of it’s too “dangerous.”
Brian, who co-founded the band alongside the late Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, detailed how the Bohemian Rhapsody hitmakers “grew up” within the US, however claimed it was now not “what it was”. Indeed, in obvious reference to the US underneath the controversial Donald Trump-led administration, Brian described the nation as a “dangerous place” that should be taken “into account.”
He instructed The Mail’s Richard Eden: “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.”
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Brian stated Queen “grew up” within the US, however claimed it was now not “what it was” (Image: Getty)
In an extra stark remark in regards to the US, Brian alleged: “Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.”
Since Trump’s second inauguration because the forty seventh president of the United States in January 2025, the administration has been embroiled in controversy, notably in regards to the actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement company, generally known as ICE.
In a bid to crack down on unlawful immigration, Trump expanded the company and its price range, with arrests reportedly doubling, detention charges rising, and border crossings falling.
However, ICE’s actions have additionally prompted protests in main cities, with tensions escalating for the reason that deployment of two,000 ICE brokers to Minneapolis and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
It wouldn’t be the primary time that politics has influenced Queen’s touring schedule. Only this month, Brian stated that Queen would by no means carry out at Glastonbury resulting from political variations with the organisers, the Eavis household.
Brian described the nation as a “dangerous place”, and it was one thing they have to take “into account (Image: Getty)
A prominent animal rights activist, Brian told the Daily Mail: ” I would not do Glastonbury subsequent yr due to the politics of the individuals who run it. Unless that adjustments, I will not do it.”
He added: “They like killing badgers, they usually assume it is for sport, and that is one thing I can not help as a result of we have been making an attempt to save lots of these badgers for years, and they’re nonetheless being killed. So that is the rationale we’re lacking out on it.”
Regarding Brian’s stance on the culling of badgers—a practice reportedly aimed at tackling bovine tuberculosis—festival founder and dairy farmer Sir Michael Eavis called the guitarist a “hazard to farming.”
Brian was also asked whether Queen had repeatedly declined to play the festival, to which he replied: “I do not assume the dialog of us doing has ever taken place as a result of they know the way I really feel.”
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