Brian May furious over Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury demo leaks on YouTube

Brian May is up in arms over some die-hard fans who've posted homemade videos to Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson's unreleased early-'80s tracks on YouTube.com. Musicradar.com reported that May is "furious" with the leak of two demos that Mercury and Jackson worked on together in the early '80s. The tracks include the pair tackling an early version of the Jacksons/Mick Jagger duet of "State Of Shock" and presumably a Mercury original called "There Must Be More To Life Than This."

May, who's obviously unaware that these tunes have not only been bootlegged but been up on You Tube for years, called the posters "music thieves," and said, "(Michael Jackson) used to come and see us when we were on tour in the States. He and Freddie became close friends, close enough to record a couple of tracks together at Michael's house, tracks which have never seen the light of day."