Queen Concedes Paul Rodgers Was Not a Good Fit

Back in 2004, world renowned rock band Queen announced that they would be joining with singer Paul Rodgers for a tour. This was considered quite unusual to many fans of both Queen and Rodgers. The group then not only did multiple tours together, but also released a live album Return of the Champions and a studio album of brand new work The Cosmos Rocks. Though the collaboration is over and has been for five years, the band is now preparing for a new summer tour with singer Adam Lambert taking the mic. In retrospect, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor concede that Rodgers may not have been the best fit for them.

Taylor recently said in an interview with the Toronto Sun, “Paul has one of the greatest rock voices but it’s more blues and soul orientated I would have thought. I would say, with all due respect to Paul, that Adam is more suited to a lot of our material and whereas we had great tours with Paul, I think Adam is more naturally at home with us.”

May concurred with Taylor by saying, “Yeah, I think the styles match more closely in a sense, but we had a great time with Paul no doubt about it and it kind of stretched it to a new place and I think a thoroughly good experience. But Adam is really, like us, he has many, many colors, so we can explore some of those strange excursions that Queen likes to.”

The tour with Lambert is set to get moving on June 19th at the United Center in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately, this may be one of Queen's last tours ever due to May and Taylor feeling their age creep up on them. May says, “We haven’t done it for a long time and I don’t know how long we’re going to be capable of doing this kind of thing. At the moment it is that feeling, yeah, ‘One last swing around, one last gallop,’ and we’ll see how it goes.”

“We haven’t done it for a long time and I don’t know how long we’re going to be capable of doing this kind of thing,” May continued. “At the moment it is that feeling, yeah, ‘One last swing around, one last gallop,’ and we’ll see how it goes.”

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