
When they leave the stage, even the greatest musicians have a habit of focusing on what they could have done better rather than what went well, and so it was for Queen guitarist Brian May over the weekend when he and Roger Taylor guested at the Last Night of the Proms during a special orchestral version of Bohemian Rhapsody at London’s Albert Hall.
The headline-grabbing turn at the traditional end-of-season bash came in honour of the song’s 50th anniversary, with tenor Sam Oladeinde having the honour of taking Freddie Mercury’s place on lead vocals.