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Following Mercury’s death, the band were faced with the dilemma of how to replace such an iconic frontman. After bassist John Deacon quit the band in 1997, Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor went on to team up with Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers in 2004. Touring as Queen + Paul Rodgers until 2009, the collaboration ultimately divided fans, with their only studio album ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ (2008) receiving less than favourable reviews.

However, the same year that Queen stopped touring with Paul Rodgers also saw Adam Lambert audition for American Idol, performing two Queen songs (‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’). Queen performed with him in the Season 8 final, with Lambert eventually finishing runner-up. They would later tour as Queen + Adam Lambert from 2014 to 2018 to widespread commercial and critical acclaim.

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