The actress Anita Dobson, wife of Queen guitarist and co-founder Brian May (78), said in an interview with The Mirror that the band won’t do big tours anymore. According to her, the decision comes after her husband’s health scare last year, when he revealed he had suffered a minor stroke. Initially, he was unable to use his left arm, but since then he has regained the necessary movement to play music again. This occurred four years after the musician had experienced a “small” heart attack.
After health scare Brian May’s wife says Queen won’t do big tours
“They will do little bits and bobs, but they won’t do those big tours. We are all getting old.” Asked if Queen would be “resting forever”, she said: “At one point we will be.” She also talked about the possibility of a future avatar show: “Yeah talk has been happening. Of course it would work. I have seen the ABBA show, except that it is a hologram. After a while, you are absolutely certain it is a hologram and I do miss seeing the people. There is no spontaneity, they can’t do anything different. What would Freddie make of it? Well, technology is getting more and more clever and futuristic.”
“I don’t know how I feel about technology and AI. In some ways it is wonderful for medical research, but in other ways I think it has taken away the desire for people to want to talk to each other. You see people glued to their phones. If we are not sociable then we are not a society anymore. I think it is killing a lot of interaction. I see children sitting next to each other on the sofa and texting each other and not talking. What is that about?” she said.
Queen’s most recent concert was in 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Since the late 90s, the only active members of the band have been Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor (76). Bassist John Deacon retired from public life in 1997 and has not performed or recorded again since then. Since 2011, the band’s vocalist has been American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.