Queen guitarist Brian May: First performance after his stroke

Queen guitarist Brian May: First performance after his stroke

Brian May suffered a mild stroke about a week ago. Now the Queen star has been seen in public for the first time again.

Brian May (77) has calmed his worried fans by attending a cricket match in London. On September 4, the guitarist of the band Queen made it public that he “had […] He said he had suffered a “mild stroke” and had lost control of his left arm for a short time. Three days later, however, May was in good spirits again at the English cricket team’s third Rothesay Test match against Sri Lanka.

Not too much excitement for Brian May

show the musician and his wife Anita Dobson (75) in the stands at the Kia Oval. May watched the game in a visibly good mood and his face was beaming. At the end of the second day of play, he was happy because England also ended this day with a win.

Too much excitement would not have been good for Brian May after his “little health hiccup”. In , in which he spoke about his stroke, he explained that he had to take it easy at the moment. “I do what I’m told, which is basically nothing, I’m under house arrest. I’m not allowed to go out, drive a car, get on a plane, I’m not allowed to get my heart rate up too much. But I’m fine,” said May. He apparently made an exception for cricket.

After the stroke, May was afraid that he would never be able to play the guitar again because of the paralysis of his arm. The ultimate punishment for the full-blooded musician who founded the band Queen in 1970 together with Freddie Mercury (1964-1991), Roger Taylor (75) and John Deacon (73). Even today he still tours as Queen + Adam Lambert and most recently played several concerts in Japan in February.

Source: Stern

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