Queen’s Roger Taylor announces new solo album, Outsider
The drummer will also be embarking on a UK tour this autumn

Queen’s Roger Taylor has announced a new solo album, as well as a supporting 14-date UK tour for October 2021. Outsider - Taylor’s sixth solo album - is set for release on 1 October, and is set around a theme of isolation having been written and recorded since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is dedicated “to all the outsiders, those who feel left on the sidelines”.
Taylor says: “I’ve had a bit of a creative spurt and suddenly found myself with an album, which was lovely. It was a surprise! I just found myself in the studio and they came out one after the other. It was a pleasure really.”
As mentioned, Taylor will be supporting the release with a UK tour, accompanied by Queen + Adam Lambert’s Spike Edney, guitarist Jason Falloon, drummer Tyler Warren, bassist Charlie Jones and keyboard player Angie Pollock as his band.
Roger Taylor 2021 UK tour
- Oct 02: O2 Academy, Newcastle
- Oct 03: Academy, Manchester
- Oct 05: Barbican, York
- Oct 06: St. David's Hall, Cardiff
- Oct 08: 02 Academy, Liverpool
- Oct 09: University East Anglia (UEA), Norwich
- Oct 11: Forum, Bath
- Oct 12: O2 Academy, Bournemouth
- Oct 14: Pavilions, Plymouth
- Oct 15: Rock City, Nottingham
- Oct 17: De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
- Oct 19: G Live, Guildford
- Oct 20: HMV Empire, Coventry
- Oct 22: London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
You can pre-order Outsider on vinyl, CD or cassette now via Roger Taylor’s website, and fans who place pre-orders before 16:00 BST on 7 June will receive early access to pre-sale tickets for the Outsider tour. Tickets for the Outsider tour go on general sale 8 June.
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