Queen and Adam Lambert are now in Japan for four concerts starting this week, as part of their Rhapsody tour. And in the lead-up, guitarist Brian May has spoken of what Freddie Mercury would think of the band continuing today, as he remembers his dearly missed bandmate, friend and brother. Speaking with Japanese outlet Asahi Shimbun , the 72-year-old said: “Yes, it’s something we all feel, certainly Roger [Taylor] and I feel it, yes.”

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May continued: “Sometimes when people ask you a question, we have a feeling we’d know what Freddie would say.

“It’s not because he was predictable, but we kind of know his unpredictability.

“And, of course, he was like a brother to us, so we know him very, very well.

“We created this whole scenario which is Queen; this whole genre, this whole oeuvre if you will of Queen music.”

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