Queen's Roger Taylor and Brian May have told Capital Gold they did consider working with Robbie Williams on some projects at one time, but that in the end they decided not to go that route.
There was speculation when Robbie recorded a version of 'We
Are the Champions' for the 2001 movie 'A Knights Tale' that he might tour with Queen, but that never came off. Then, when
Taylor and May announced last year that they would tour again but with former Free frontman Paul Rodgers as a frontman, rumour had it Robbie was annoyed at being 'over looked' as a possible new vocalist for Queen.
Speaking to Capital, Rodger Taylor admitted they did consider touring with Robbie back in 2001: "I think America appealed to him and he... I think he was sort of quite keen on the idea at one point, and it did seem like a good idea, and then I think we all sort of drew back a little - thought about it a little harder, and then thought 'Maybe not', you know".
Brian
May continued: "We got close with Robbie... yeah. Absolutely.
Yeah, we talked to him, but not in an auditioning kinda way.
We just thought 'Wouldn't it be fun if we did something'. We kind of talked about it and talked about it and came close but..."
Talking about the up coming Queen tour, May explained that the third surviving member of the band - bass player John Deacon - would not be involved because he "doesn't want the stress of touring".