Roger Taylor

English musician

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November 2023 Taylor's bar The Wild, a collaboration with his wife Sarina Taylor, Adam Lambert, Bryan Patrick Franklin, and Michael Solis, opened in West Hollywood, California.
January 2023 The Queen single 'Radio Ga Ga' was sampled on singer Che Lingo's single 'My Radio', with Taylor and Queen credited as co-lead artists on the song.
2022 Roger Taylor released 'Outsider Tour Live,' capturing performances from his solo tour.
October 2 2021 Taylor embarked on a 14-date solo tour called Outsider Tour in the UK, which lasted from 2 to 22 October.
October 1 2021 Taylor released his new solo album 'Outsider', which debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart.
June 21 2020 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor released a new single 'Isolation', which debuted at the top of the UK iTunes Rock chart.
May 10 2019 Roger Taylor collaborated with Czech Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Čech to release a song titled 'That's Football', which Čech wrote for his retiring football career.
April 8 2019 Taylor released a more rocking version of his single 'Gangsters Are Running This World', called 'Gangsters Are Running This World-Purple Version'. Both versions became available for streaming on this date.
April 1 2019 Roger Taylor released a new single titled 'Gangsters Are Running This World'.
September 5 2015 On 5 and 6 September, Taylor joined Foo Fighters on stage in Milton Keynes, performing a cover of the Queen and David Bowie song 'Under Pressure' along with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.
November 15 2014 Roger Taylor joined the charity group Band Aid 30, playing drums alongside current British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa.
2013 Roger Taylor served as an executive producer of the film Solitary, directed by Sasha Krane, and provided original music including the song 'When We Were Young' and three instrumental tracks.
2013 A newly discovered species of Heteragrion damselfly from Brazil was named Heteragrion rogertaylori in honor of Roger Taylor, as part of a tribute to Queen's 40th anniversary, recognizing his powerful sound, wonderful lyrics, and raspy voice.
November 11 2013 Taylor released the album 'Fun on Earth' and his compilation album 'The Lot', which includes all of his work outside of Queen.
August 12 2012 Taylor performed in the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics held in London.
April 26 2012 The day following their performance on American Idol, Taylor performed 'Somebody to Love' with the Queen Extravaganza band.
April 25 2012 Taylor appeared on American Idol, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists.
November 6 2011 At the MTV Europe Music Awards, Queen received the Global Icon Award, and Taylor closed the ceremony performing alongside Adam Lambert.

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