Brian May confesses death-defying Queen stunt ‘We’d have been dead’

The Queen foursome achieved an amazing amount in their two decades together before Freddie Mercury’s untimely death. Amid their many hit No 1s and record sales of as much as 300 million, the band were always up for trying out creative new ideas for their latest albums. Following the singer’s AIDS diagnosis, which had not been made public, the group decided to stop live shows after the 1986 Magic Tour. However, Queen continued recording albums right up to Freddie’s death in 1991. One of these was their 1989 album The Miracle, which included the single Breakthru.The track was written by Freddie and Roger Taylor, but credited to Queen as was the band’s agreement on all their songs.Brian May previously commented: ‘I very much like the track, this is a Roger track, full of energy, and the track speaking lyrically is about breaking through to the next part of your life.’ Brian May confesses death-defying Queen stunt with Freddie Mercury ‘We’d have been dead’ (Image: GETTY/BRIAN MAY) The Miracle was released in 1989 (Image: GEORGE CHINN)In a new unboxing video for the upcoming The Miracle Collector’s Edition, Brian said: ‘We had a great day on the Miracle Express. I’ll never forget that. Going up and down the train having great trust that it wouldn’t suddenly stop, because we’d have been dead. We weren’t anchored, we were loose on top of that train. It was a lot fun!’DON’T MISSJohn Deacon replaced Freddie Mercury in new movie after Queen blocked [JOHN DEACON]Brian May posts ‘genius’ Freddie Mercury video – ‘Incredible’ [BRIAN MAY]Freddie Mercury – Six unheard Queen songs to be released by Brian May [QUEEN SONGS]Considering how risky the Queen music video stunt was aboard that train, the band insured themselves for £2 million against bodily damage. All in all, the clip cost £300,000 which would be almost £750,000 in today’s money.Queen The Miracle Collector’s Edition will be released on November 18 as an 8-Disc Book Set: Vinyl LP/5CD/DVD/Blu-ray and can be pre-ordered here.