Brian May has admitted he is excited by Queen's new material, and can't wait to begin touring again.

Guitarist May and original drummer Roger Taylor have been in the studio recording new tracks, with former Free singer Paul Rodgers taking the vocal duties.

“We went into the studio to see what happens, because we’ve already tested it on stage and that works great," he said. "And we went in almost unprepared and came up with some tracks, which I think are really great."

He added that the new material has given the band a chance to try new things, with the results being quite a departure from the traditional Queen sound: “They’re very different, they’re unlike anything that we’ve done before, or anything Paul’s done.”

Now May is raring to start touring again, with the band expected to take to the road again in May: “It’s gonna be good, because next time we go out, we won’t just be nostalgia, we will be ‘This is show we are.’”