Brian May.Photo:Miikka Skaffari/Getty
Miikka Skaffari/Getty
Brian Mayis expressing concern over fans who’ve said their videos ofQueenandAdam Lambertare getting deleted for copyright on social media.
On Monday, the guitarist shared a screenshot of a fan’s post, claiming she received a strike from Universal and YouTube over videos she posted from a Queen concert on the platform.
“Hi guys, it looks like Universal and YouTube are now coming for everyone who posts concert videos of Queen and Adam [Lambert]. I got a strike and deleted most of my concert videos. If you get multiple strikes you may lose your channel. Be careful!,” she wrote,according to May’s screenshot.
“I’ve asked our management to look into it, and try to figure out if there is a reason for Instagram and Universal suddenly becoming so Draconian,” he said. “The decision to take these videos down certainly hasn’t come from us, the band. Hopefully we will get an answer soon."
“Meanwhile, be extra careful and I’m sorry you good folks of good intentions have been put in this position. Wishing you a happy Christmas season. In common with many of you, I don’t find it easy to come up to the level of frenetic joyfulness that is portrayed in the media as requisite for this time of year,” he continued. “But let’s all look around us, and look for ways to make other people’s Christmases as Jolly as possible. Apart form anything else, it’s good therapy! Cheers all ! Bri”
In November, Queen closed out the2023 Rhapsody Tourat BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The shows marked the end of Queen’s 22-show North American Tour — their first tour in four years — which kicked off in October in Baltimore.
While addressing the crowd during the show, Lambert, 41, spoke about how fortunate he was to tour with the rock legends over the past 10 years. He also made sure to pay tribute to Mercury, who died at age 45 in 1991.
Adam Lambert and Brian May.Corine Solberg/Getty
Corine Solberg/Getty
Though Lambert is assuming the lead singer role that Mercury once had, theAmerican Idolalum and his bandmates have previously made it clear that he’s not trying to be the late iconic singer.
“He doesn’t try to be Freddie, which is wonderful,” Maytold PEOPLE in March. “He always pays tribute to Freddie, which we love. We all do. Freddie’s with us, but Adam interprets, he finds new ways to go and we are very much a team now. We discuss everything, we build, we rebuild and it’s fun.”
Lambert agreed, calling his partnership with May and Taylor, 74, a “team effort,” and acknowledging that Mercury “laid the groundwork” for all that they’ve accomplished together.
“He’s the originator. He can’t be replaced, but it gives me so much freedom to just exist in a playful, kind of silly place,” he said. “Freddie had a great sense of humor, from what I hear and what I’ve seen, and he was sort of limitless.”
source: people.com
