Brian May Reveals Whether 'The Rhapsody Tour' Will Be His Last Decades After Debuting With Queen

Queen + Adam Lambert's The Rhapsody Tour resumed after postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But will the prolonged leg be Brian May's final tour?

The success of the hit biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" gave birth to the Rhapsody Tour between Queen's surviving members May and Roger Taylor. The collaborative band started touring again with Adam Lambert at Rogers Arena in Vancouver in July 2019, and they just resumed their tour in pursuit of wrapping it up in November.

Will Brian May Leave the Stage After The Rhapsody Tour?

Queen + Adam Lambert will start the Rhapsody Tour's US leg on Oct. 4 at the CGF Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, and end during a two-day show at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 11 and 12.

Ahead of the beginning of the highly-anticipated tour, May launched his "Star Fleet Sessions" album launch during which he was asked whether the US leg would be his and Queen's final shows.

Speaking with the crowd (via Express UK), the rock legend revealed how he feels he is nearing to calling it a career after decades of performing as a musician.

"It's getting close, I'm on the cusp," the guitarist said. "The long tours away from home, when you cannot get home? I'm not sure I'm going to do any more of those after this one. It doesn't sit with me as well as it used to. It's a big sacrifice, a major world tour."

May's comment resonated with what he told Variety about getting asked whether he could still tour now that he is in his 70s.

Although the Rhapsody Tour could potentially be Queen + Adam Lambert's final tour, he hinted at going "somewhere else" in Spring after going to the US in Autumn.

Brian May Opens Up About Freddie Mercury's Solo Album

Unlike any other bands, Queen opted not to replace Mercury in the lineup and added the names of their vocalists with their banner instead. Though the then-four piece was successful, the band was once left with three members after Mercury told his bandmates there was nothing else left between them.

After "Hot Space" flopped, the late vocalist worked on his "Mr. Bad Guy" album, which reportedly witnessed Mercury's huge mistake as a soloist.

According to May, Mercury hired people to play on his solo projects and regretted it in the end.

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