Brian May suffers minor stroke

I hope he is better now. Isn't it time for them to stop? In my opinion, they have already provided for themselves and their loved ones until the end of their days.
By the way, I noticed that the guitarist’s health attracts more attention in the media now, but the drummer seems to remain on the sidelines.

Apparently he's well now, but had temporarily lost the use of his left arm.

Source: www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/04/queen-guitarist-brian-may-reveals-he-recently-had-minor-stroke

Sorry, I hadn't seen this topic!

Ugh, so upsetting. It's inevitable, but still. =(

He'll need to take things easy as one of these mini-strokes can lead to another, more serious one. He'll be receiving good medical care and as long as he does as the doctors advise, hopefully he'll make a full recovery.

I fully support your words and also consider jokes about health to be inappropriate.

Has anyone thought about the great void that Brian will leave in all of us who love him and the rest of the band members, when he is no longer here?

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Brian has announced he has had a minor stroke but thankfully he is on the mend. It did affect his left arm but that has got better in the past few days.


Brian's Minor Stroke News

Yes.  I was pretty upset last night thinking about this very thing.

NGL, I'm kind of suprised the most active, relatively sober one who never did drugs and has been a vegetarian for 50-odd years is having trouble with heart attacks and strokes.  I guess at some point age just catches up with you regardless.

This has been discussed a couple of times in other threads, but anyway: at this point, it's obvious to everyone that neither Brian nor Roger (and countless other equally successful rock stars from that era) need the money. They definitely won't live enough to spend all of that, and at least the first two generations of heirs should have very comfortable lives regardless of the lifestyle they choose. And if it's obvious for us staring from the outside, it most definitely is obvious for them as well, and I'm sure every once in a while each of them hears a mouthful from their families and close friends for working so hard past their 70s without even needing the cash.

These guys do it because they really like it. Roger's most recent solo album and tour probably didn't make any meaningful cash for him, but he still had a few songs in him and probably missed the feeling of leading a band.

While we often talk about how Queen, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones etc seem to be doing well at such an advanced age, we've got Ozzy and Steven Tyler on the other end of the spectrum. Aerosmith's decision to retire doesn't seem to have been easy, and Ozzy's struggle to be able to climb onto a stage at least one last time even if it's just for a few songs is remarkable and kinda heartbreaking. He doesn't need the money, but he needs to feel alive, and he clearly feels more alive on stage than sitting at home recording podcasts with Sharon and his kids.

I'm sure Brian's got better medical care than all of us here and he certainly is intelligent enough to follow whatever advice he gets from his doctors, and if that means skipping all the long flights and hotels, so be it.

But should he still desire to tour, then I really hope his health will allow him to do it - not only because I (and many others) still desire to see him one more time, but also because I think after all the joy he's brought to so many people and all the good he's been trying to do both as an astrophysicist and as an activist, he most certainly deserves to do whatever makes him happy.


I guess age is catching up with Roger, as he's been playing with extra drummers for over 10 years now, not to mention the slowed down songs (such as Stone Cold Crazy) or simplified ones (such as I'm In Love With My Car). Luckily it seems in his case, unlike Bill Ward's, it's more of a matter of not being as fit for such a physical role anymore rather than being actually ill.

Meanwhile Keith Richards still has a pulse.

It's official - nothing makes sense anymore.

Thanks, Lord, I saw the reactions on a device I wasn't logged in to, and wouldn't have been able to go in and delete until now.  Apologies to everyone.  I went from terror after hearing a news report, to a (relative) high to see Brain moving his hand in videos and being in a far better state than I'd thought he'd be.