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Adam Lambert has unveiled new single “Under The Rhythm”, the second track from his upcoming sixth studio album Adam, due for release on July 10. The song arrives with a visually ambitious music video and offers the clearest indication yet of the album's electronic and alternative influences.

Queen's A Kind Of Magic reaches its 40th anniversary on 2 June, marking four decades since the band's Highlander-inspired album became a global success and unknowingly set the stage for the end of Queen's touring years with Freddie Mercury.

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour will release Watching The Tide on August 28, a final studio statement from Steve Cropper completed before his passing in December 2025, featuring Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons and Ronnie Wood among a wide cast of collaborators.

Adam Lambert says new solo music is “on the horizon” while Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor take time off following the end of The Rhapsody Tour.

Queen have once again opened the vaults, with Brian May confirming that an unreleased track titled Not For Sale (Polar Bear) will finally receive an official release as part of a major 2026 reissue of Queen II. The song, shared publicly for the first time in a rough, work-in-progress form late last year, predates the formation of Queen itself and reaches back to the band's earliest creative roots.

The Struts have dusted off their breakout 2013 single, “Could Have Been Me,” and injected a re-recording with a riff-powered shot of Sir Brian May on lead guitar.

Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen have been awarded the 2025 Polar Music Prize by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf.