May to appear in Queen musical

Brian May has promised to appear in the Queen musical We Will Rock You in honour of the show setting a new West End admissions record.

The musical achieved the highest number of paid admissions in one week for any production last year, attracting more than 20,000 ticket buyers in the week starting December 29.

The guitarist confirmed on his official website that he will be making an appearance onstage this weekend, but only in a cameo role.

"I will be there Saturday 10, and I will be making a small appearance (or is it 'apparition'?) in the matinee and evening shows. It's not an advertised part of the show - it's just a fun bonus, which happens about once a year ... but it's always a blast," he wrote.

"It will be doubly exciting this time, since the last time I tried it, the lift got stuck, and I ended up in a very dark smoky cage under the stage for the whole of the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody. So we will be trying not to repeat that effect!"

We Will Rock You opened in 2002 and has since become the longest-running musical at the Dominion Theatre.