Queen’s Roger Taylor has revealed that the band have been working on unreleased Queen material, including tracks Freddie Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson.
In conversation with Nicky Horne for tomorrow’s Classic Rock Magazine Show (Oct 24), 6-9pm on www.teamrockradio.com, Taylor comments:
“Brian especially has been active working on old tracks. A couple of tracks that Freddie did with Michael Jackson… They’ve been hanging around for years and years and Michael’s estate haven’t really been able to make their mind up about what to do with them. So we suggested we finish them and see. They’re pretty good – one of them is great.”
The tracks were recorded at Jackson’s home studio in 1983.
Hear a clip of the interview below. The full interview is broadcast on tonight’s (Oct 24) Classic Rock Magazine Show, from 7.30pm on www.teamrockradio.com.
The surviving Queen bandmates are hoping Whishaw will take on the role which was originally to be played by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, until he pulled out after reported creative differences.
Various actors - including Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe - were tipped to take on the starring role.
But on Friday, Queen drummer Roger Taylor told Chris Evans and Alex Jones on the One Show on BBC1 that the actor they hoped would replace Baron Cohen has the initials BW.
When Jones suggested Whishaw's name, Taylor said: "Well, we hope so."
Whishaw is probably best known for his portrayal of Q in last year's James Bond film Skyfall.
His other film roles include Rolling Stones star Keith Richards in Stoned, musician Bob Dylan in I’m Not There, and poet John Keats in Bright Star.
The Mercury biopic is backed by Robert De Niro's production company Tribeca, which co-financed the stage musical We Will Rock You.
The film, with a script prepared by Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan, is said to focus on the period leading up to the group's performance at Live Aid in 1985.
