Brian May and Roger Taylor have opened the door to the possibility of a hologram-based Queen reunion, inspired by the success of the ABBA Voyage show. Speaking to Big Issue, the pair discussed how modern immersive technology could allow fans to experience something close to the original line-up performing together again.
Asked about the chances of a virtual reunion with the late Freddie Mercury and retired bassist John Deacon, who stepped away from the band in 1997, Brian said: “Freddie is still alive through the music that we listen to all the time. In a sense, John is still with us in the same way, but now we have so many other opportunities.”
Expanding on what those opportunities might look like, he added: “I mean things that are immersive, like The Sphere in Las Vegas, it will be possible to give people the experience very closely of what things were like for us when we were Freddie, John, Brian and Roger. And that really appeals to me.”
Brian also reflected on how they already include Freddie in their current live shows: “In our Queen shows for a very long time I’ve been doing ‘Love of My Life’. And in the end, Freddie comes in and joins me as on video. It was just quite simply done, but it’s a way of involving Freddie, and I think we can basically take that a lot further.”
Looking ahead to the potential of a full hologram production, he continued: “It wouldn’t be just playing old footage or whatever. it would be creating Queen as if we were creating it today. I’m very taken with the idea that we can be the original Queen again.”
