Watch: QUEEN's ROGER TAYLOR And BRIAN MAY Reunite On Stage In London

September 30, 2026

QUEEN's Roger Taylor reunited with his bandmate Brian May during Roger's September 28 concert at the Roundhouse in London, United Kingdom.

The 77-year-old QUEEN drummer, who is promoting his latest solo album, "Violence Insane In A Beautiful World", was backed by a group of young musicians, plus longtime QUEEN wingman Philip "Spike" Edney on keyboards. Taylor handled lead vocals for the duration of the concert, and only played drums on one track in his two-hour set.

May came up on stage for the final two songs of Taylor's set, described by The Times as "afropop-infused versions" of QUEEN's "We Will Rock You" and "Radio Ga Ga".

Fan-filmed video of the legendary guitarist's appearance can be seen below.

Roger's band also includes supporting drummer Tyler Warren, multi-instrumentalist Tina Keys, Neil Fairclough on bass, and Christian Mendoza on guitar.

"Violence Insane In A Beautiful World" came out on September 18 via Columbia Records. The LP is Roger's seventh album in a solo career stretching back to 1977 and is his first since 2021's critically and fan-acclaimed Top 3 album "Outsider".

Taylor formed the band SMILE with May in 1968. Within three years, that band had transformed into QUEEN with the addition of singer Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon, embarking on one of the most successful careers in the history of popular music.

Roger was an integral part of the alchemy that made QUEEN so unique, bringing his own distinct songwriting and playing to each of the band's 15 albums. He launched his solo career in the late 1970s, subsequently releasing six albums under his own name and another three with his side project THE CROSS.

QUEEN's story was immortalized in the Oscar-winning 2018 movie "Bohemian Rhapsody", on which Roger was co-executive music producer. The film would go on to gross almost $1 billion worldwide, making it the most successful music biopic in history.

In 2011, Roger and Brian relaunched QUEEN with singer Adam Lambert, embarking on a series of hugely successful international tours. In recent years, he has balanced QUEEN with his own career, releasing the widely acclaimed solo album "Outsider" in 2021. In 2020, Roger was awarded an OBE for services to music.

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