Queen to Release New Album With Unheard Freddie Mercury Songs

May 26th, 2014

Nina Corcoran

There seems to be quite a bit of music coming from the grave these days. Queen have just announced that a new posthumous album will come out before the end of this year that features unreleased songs sung by Freddie Mercury.

In an interview with BBC Radio, guitarist Brian May said that the compilation would likely be titled Queen Forever and will include material from the 1980s. “It is quite emotional,” he said. “It is the big, big ballads and the big, big epic sound.” He and bandmate Roger Taylor are taking care of the restoration process themselves on this album, starting with scraps and moving forward with modern technology to make the material sound as it should by “knowing how it would have happened if we had finished it.” Unreleased collaborations between Mercury and Michael Jackson are also possibly lined up to be released, although it may not be a part of Queen Forever.

Additionally, for the first time in almost a decade, the two will tour with Adam Lambert for Queen’s first full North American tour. See the list of dates below: Queen with Adam Lambert 2014 Tour Dates:

06/19 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
06/21 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
06/23 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
06/24 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
06/26 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
06/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
07/01 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
07/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
07/05 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
07/06 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
07/09 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
07/10 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
07/12 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/13 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
07/14 – Montreal, QC 2 Bell Centre
07/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
07/17 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
07/19 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
07/20 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/22 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
07/23 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
07/25 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
07/26 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
07/28 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
08/22 – Perth, AU @ Perth Arena
08/26 – Sydney, AU @ Allphones Arena
08/29 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
09/01 – Brisbane AU @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre