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Queen guitarist Brian May doesn’t see his legendary band playing any US shows in the near future, declaring that “America is a dangerous place at the moment.”
As it is, the iconic UK band, which has performed under the moniker Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, hasn’t played a show in nearly two years, with their most recent concert a February 2024 gig in Tokyo. The 78-year-old May hasn’t ruled out further Queen concerts but insists, as of now, they won’t be in the United States.
“America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account,” the guitarist told the Daily Mail. “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.”
While May didn’t give any specific example of the dangers in America, ICE raids and deadly clashes with protestors have been making worldwide headlines in recent weeks.
Interestingly, back in September, May revealed that Queen were having conversations about a potential residency at the futuristic Sphere venue in Las Vegas.
May also added that his band would never play England’s famed Glastonbury Festival, accusing the organizers of animal-rights violations.
“I wouldn’t do Glastonbury next year because of the politics of the people who run it, unless that changes, I won’t do it,” May insisted. “They like killing badgers, and they think it’s for sport and that’s something I cannot support because we’ve been trying to save these badgers for years, and they are still being killed for years, so that’s the reason we’re missing out on it.”
The veteran rocker is referring to a practice of killing or trapping badgers in the UK in order to stop the spread of disease among farms and cattle. Back in 2019, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis said that May is “a danger to farming, and he doesn’t care about the badgers — he doesn’t know anything about it at all.”
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