However, Sony Music fully consolidated global digital distribution rights in mid-August 2026, and copyright notices for Queen releases now mention both Queen Productions (a Sony-owned international holder of Queen recording copyrights) and Hollywood Records in all territories.
Sony Music assumed international distribution rights on 1 July 2026, with new physical re-releases bearing the Columbia Records logo.
On 13 September 2025, May and Taylor performed “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the Last Night of the Proms in celebration of the song’s fiftieth anniversary, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and with theatrical tenor Sam Oladeinde providing the lead vocal.
On 19 June 2024, it was reported that Sony Music would acquire Queen’s catalogue for approximately £1 billion (around $1.27 billion). Under the deal, Sony would acquire the publishing and recording rights to the entire Queen catalogue outside of the US and Canada. Similarly, the group’s distribution deal, which is…
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five more songs — “You Know You Belong to Me”, “When Love Breaks Up”, “Dog With a Bone”, “Water”, and “I Guess We’re Falling Out” — were released on 18 November 2022 as part of The Miracle Collector’s Edition box set.
A previously unheard Queen song with Mercury’s vocals, ” Face It Alone “, recorded over thirty years previously and originally thought “unsalvageable” by May and Taylor, was released on 13 October 2022;
On 4 June 2022, Queen + Adam Lambert opened the Platinum Party at the Palace outside Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee . Performing a three-song set, they opened with “We Will Rock You” which had been introduced in a comedy segment where Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington…
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In 2021, Queen received the Japan Gold Disc Award for the fourth time (having previously won it in 2005, 2019 and 2020) as the most popular Western act in Japan.
In 2021, Taylor voiced his regret for the decision to perform at Sun City, saying that “we went with the best intentions, but I still think it was kind of a mistake.”
On 31 December 2020, Queen performed on the Japanese New Year’s Eve television special Kōhaku with composer Yoshiki and vocalist Sarah Brightman .