The crowd at London’s Roundhouse thought they were seeing a Roger Taylor solo show. Then Brian May walked out, and for a few minutes on September 28, Queen was Queen again. Two of rock’s most recognizable musicians, May at 79 and Taylor at 77, stood side by side on a Camden stage and the room came apart at the seams.
It was a surprise, and surprises are exactly what this band has always done best.
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Taylor was headlining his own solo tour, handling lead vocals, when his old bandmate joined him for the final stretch, according to Gold Radio. The two closed out together on “We Will Rock You” and “Radio Ga Ga,” with longtime Queen keyboardist Spike Edney filling out the sound.
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More than 50 years on, the stomp-stomp-clap of “We Will Rock You” still turns a theater into one voice. May has been thinking hard about how to keep the band’s legacy alive, as he shared when he discussed wanting fans to experience Queen at their peak again.
Freddie would have loved the noise they made.