John Deacon will not return to the Queen

The voices that insinuate a return of the bassist John Deacon in the Queen They are completely unfounded, the musician will not take part in the future projects of the band founded in 1970 by Brian May, Freddie Mercury And Roger Taylor. This was stated by the biographer Alexander Galiano who tells: “I met John Deacon on August 17 in London. John is also reluctant to be photographed, or to release an autograph, I don’t think he is interested in returning to the stage or in the studio”.

After retiring to private life after the disappearance of Freddie Mercury, occurred on November 24, 1991, the bassist appeared in public only on three occasions, playing live at Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, at a charity concert organized by Roger Taylor in Midhurst, in the West Sussex, in 1993, and at the ‘Ballet for Life’ event, promoted by Maurice Béjart in Paris in 1997. Since then Bassista has officially abandoned i Queenleaving May and Taylor the task of managing the name and legacy of the English band.

Alexander Galiano explains again: “I read that many newspapers have mentioned the” return of Deacon “, referring to the fact that John had autographed together with May and Taylor a copy of” A Night at the Opera “, on the occasion of the charity auction to be held in Montreux on September 6th. The autograph is certainly authentic, and is guaranteed by the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the fund created in 1991 to support the research against HIV: but this has nothing to do with the return to Deacon’s scenes.

On the net actually there are very few photographs that portray the bassist of Queen After 1991: “Publishing the current photo of John would be to violate the word given, I keep it here with me among the dearest objects I have, together with some Queen memorabilia,” says Galiano.

Over the years, the bass player has not given public interviews or participated in the band’s new documentaries, however it remains involved in Queen From an administrative point of view, continuing to receive the rights for its compositions. “John was very kind, he accepted with pleasure a small birthday gift that my friend Antonella had brought from Italy: John was born on August 19th then, the same day of my mother, perhaps the date brought me luck. John thanked us several times, he did not want to talk about music, and it is right that his silence and his choices are respected: he offered us a great lesson of life, I will never forget the sweetness of his life. Look, the greatness of Deacon is precisely the simplicity he has shown in life after retiring from the scenes “.