Classic Rock

Roger Taylor London Shepherd’s Bush O2 Empire

‘A glorious Under Pressure burns the building down.’

“It’s my brother from another mother!” Roger Taylor exclaims as a gold-shirted Brian May blitzes his umpteenth ridiculously dexterous solo on an exuberant version of Little Richard’s that has lasted longer than it needed to but not long enough for a totally-losing-their-shit audience. This is, realistically, as close as we’re going to get is a bit of a moment, tugging at sentiment while raising the roof. People in the audience beam, weep, clutch their face in disbelief. Some are even so swept away that they forget to use their camera-phone to take them out of the historic hysteria.

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