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Queen have teased the possibility of recording and releasing brand new music for the first time since original frontman Freddie Mercury ’s death.
The iconic British rock band were formed in 1970 and consisted of late singer Freddie - who died in 1991 aged 45 - guitarist Brian May, 75, drummer Roger Taylor, 73, and were later joined by bassist John Deacon, 71.
Since 2004 the band have toured as Queen +, first with British singer Paul Rodgers and then since 2011 with American singer-songwriter Adam Lambert performing lead vocals.
Now the group are considering creating brand new material as Queen with 41-year-old Adam as performing the main vocals.
Queen have discussed the possibility of recording brand new music with Adam Lambert taking lead vocals (Getty Images)Guitarist Brian May told US radio: “We have dabbled a little. It is just that you haven’t heard any of it.
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“It would have to be something so special that we would feel we would want to launch it on the public.”
While Adam himself added: “It’s a lot of pressure if you think about it.
“If they’re going to put something out that’s new, it’s got to be at a certain level. It has to be the right thing. And I’ve always said, ‘Is it appropriate for me to be doing new material?’ I feel like it scares me.”
Queen - consisting of Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon and Roger Taylor - dominated the charts in the '70s and '80s (ITV)Queen’s self-titled debut album was released in 1973 and included the single Keep Yourself Alive.
They went on to release fourteen more album - with Innuendo being released in February 1991, nine-months before lead star Freddie died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
The band then released one post-humous record in November 1995 with an album titled Made in Heaven which Roger, Brian and John pieced together vocal and piano parts that Freddie had recorded before his death.
The album topped the UK album charts - becoming the seventh record of theirs to do so.
Discussing their writing process during the final period of Freddie’s life, Brian previously recalled: “Freddie at that time said 'Write me stuff... I know I don't have very long; keep writing me words, keep giving me things I will sing, then you can do what you like with it afterwards, you know; finish it off'.
Frontman Freddie sadly died in 1991 aged just 45 (Press Association)“And so I was writing on scraps of paper these lines of Mother Love [included on Made in Heaven], and every time I gave him another line he'd sing it, sing it again, and sing it again.
“So we had three takes for every line, and that was it... and we got the last verse and he said 'I'm not up to this, and I need to go away and have a rest, I'll come back and finish it off...' and he never came back."
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