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Queen stars Brian May and Roger Taylor have surprise reunion at London show
29 September 2026, 13:34
Brian May pops up at the Roundhouse to help out his bandmate.
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Queen + Adam Lambert haven't played together in a couple of years, but original band members Roger Taylor and Brian May had a surprise reunion on stage last night in London (September 28).
In his guise as a solo star, Roger was headlining at the Roundhouse and Camden Town as part of his Violence Insane in a Beautiful World Tour when May came on stage to lend a hand.
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Taylor's career-spanning set took in songs from a number of his solo LPs as well as a clutch of songs by his former band.
The encore saw Roger bring out the Ndlovu Youth Choir for a handful of numbers, and for the final two songs – 'We Will Rock You' and 'Radio Ga Ga' – May did his thing with his usual rock god flair.
"Who the f**k is this then?" Taylor quipped to the crowd between the numbers.
ROGER TAYLOR & BRIAN MAY FT. CHOIR QUEEN ‘WE WILL ROCK YOU/RADIO GA GA’ @ ROUNDHOUSE, LDN 28.9.26
Violence Insane in a Beautiful World was released last September and was Taylor's seventh solo album.
He released Fun in Space in 1981 and Strange Frontier in 1984 while Queen were very much a going concern and Freddie Mercury was leading the band.
Taylor also released three albums between 1988 and 19991 as a member of The Cross, together with Spike Edney, Clayton Moss, Peter Noone and Josh Macrae.
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Speaking last year of his current tour, Roger had said: "I mean, do people want to see me live? I would hope some would.
"I thought I'd put a toe in the water, and so we're going to do about 6 or 7 dates in the UK.
"You know, I don't want to play clubs. I certainly won't be playing arenas. It's the band I'd put together for the Outsider Tour, they are fabulous."
