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Brian May rock band again Queen will never play Glastonbury Festival Due to his long-standing political differences with the founders Michael Eavis.
78 year old guitarist and drummer Roger Taylor76, Touring with American singer Adam Lambert In “The Queen and Adam Lambert” has been performing on stages around the world since 2012.
However, the band originally consisted of late freddie mercury – has never graced the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset and doesn’t look like it will be anytime soon.
Mei told daily mail: “I won’t be attending Glastonbury next year because of the political views of the organizers. Unless that changes, I won’t be attending.”
The long-term animal rights campaigner resigned as deputy chairman of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in 2024 after “shocking” welfare standards were exposed in the charity’s Safe Farms certification scheme. He said he was particularly opposed to Eavis’ stance on the badger cull.
“They love to hunt badgers and they think it’s for sport,” he claimed. “That’s something I can’t support because we’ve been trying to save these badgers for years and years and years and years they’re still being hunted, so that’s why we’re missing out on this opportunity.”
Eavis, 90, who is also a dairy farmer, has previously branded May a “threat to agriculture” and criticized his opposition to a badger cull aimed at preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
May is co-founder of the animal welfare group Save Me, which campaigns against fox hunting and badger culling.
the “We Will Rock You” musician said during an appearance on BBC Radio 2 in 2019 The queen can’t perform Unless “things change fundamentally.”
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“No we won’t [perform]there are many reasons for this. One is that Michael Eavis often insults me, which I don’t particularly enjoy,” he said.
“What bothers me even more is that he supports the culling of badgers, which I think is a tragedy and an unnecessary crime against wildlife.”
independent Glastonbury representatives have been contacted for comment.
Glastonbury is currently in its traditional fallow year, which allows the land at Worthy Farm to recover. The show is scheduled to return in 2027, with pop stars rumored to be Harry Styles could be one of the headliners. The British artist and former One Direction star announced his new album this week.
Mei told mail He’s not sure when Queen will return to the stage: “We’ll take it day by day.”
“It’s time to take a break, spend time with family and take stock,” he continued. “But never say never come back, Queen No. 2’s rebuild is coming back and there are some things you haven’t heard about yet.”