Will Lady Gaga be the new voice of Queen?
The iconic British rock band’s guitarist, Brian May, recently said he wants to recruit the songstress as the band’s lead — Queen has been without a singer since 2009, when touring vocalist Paul Rodgers departed the group. The band’s original frontman, Freddie Mercury, died in 1991 and Rogers stepped in for only five years, from 2004.
“We talk about going out on the road all the time but there’s a bit of a singer problem, to put it mildly,” May told the Daily Express. “We get a lot of offers to work with other people. I worked with Lady Gaga and she’s very creative and is someone we’ve talked about singing, fronting the band with. She’s not just a singer, she writes her own material.”
But Gaga, 25, isn’t the only one being considered for a collaboration. “We have talked about doing duets with other people and in a strange way I almost pressed the yes button,” May said. “We were debating the idea of a TV show where we have all these guest stars. We didn’t press it today but we are still looking at it. Lady Gaga has said she would like to do something with us.”
May and Gaga recently collaborated on the latter’s latest single, You and I.
Sources
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/06/lady-gaga-may-become-the-new-singer-of-queen/
http://popdust.com/2011/10/06/lady-gaga-lead-singer-queen-brian-may/
