Brian May confirms US Queen tour

The Queen + Paul Rodgers tour that was expected to hit North America later this summer or in early autumn has now been officially bumped into next year.

Queen guitarist Brian May confirmed that the Western Hemisphere will get a few key shows in 2005, but the bulk of the road work on the American continent will be in the early part of 2006:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "The current plan is to come and do Aruba, which is a long story - don't even ask! (laughs) - and, and then to do New York and LA and make a little noise, and then hit Japan, where we have an offer to do some fairly big stuff, and then get back to the States to do the main stuff in the spring."

Queen + Paul Rodgers have a couple of shows left in Europe in early July. They've already announced shows in Aruba on October 8 and Tokyo on October 26, 2005.

A live album, reportedly called Queen + Paul Rodgers Rock Live will come out on September 13, 2005. The first single is believed to be "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Reaching Out"/"Tie Your Mother Down."