Brian May says Queen won’t tour the US again: “It’s not what it was. Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment”
Queen wrapped their last US tour back in 2023, but guitarist Brian May says they have no plans to head stateside again any time soon on account of it being too “dangerous” to do so.
In a new interview with the Daily Mail, May explains the band’s decision not to tour America again for the foreseeable future.
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“America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account,” May says. “It’s very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America and we love it, but it’s not what it was.”
Queen have toured extensively in America throughout their career, performing hundreds of times in the mid-to-late-‘70s and early-80s, and with singer Adam Lambert since 2014.
But, Brian May adds: “Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.”
May’s comments come amid heightened tensions in the US as thousands protest against ICE – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement – following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE agents.
Many musicians have spoken out against ICE and Donald Trump in recent weeks, including Green Day, Neil Young, Moby, Duran Duran, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Bruce Springsteen, the latter of whom recently released a new single, Streets of Minneapolis, in protest against ICE and Trump.
Elsewhere, Brian May recently commented on the state of things, saying if people spent more time being creative, the world would be a better place.
“I feel despondent about the world of humans,” he said. “It keeps me awake at night. The cruelty, the ignorance, the lies, the rewriting of history. I think an understanding and love of art and music make it impossible to be the kind of person who wants to go out and be cruel to others.
“There’s so much suffering in the world, why would we want to add to it? We’ve lost the ability to discuss things and respect other people’s point of view, we have a horrendous polarisation. If people spent more time looking at the stars and making music, none of this would be possible.”
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