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Queen drummer Roger Taylor has hinted he would like to work with the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins for a tour. The two drummers collaborated back in 2007 in the UK when the surviving members of Queen joined Foo Fighters onstage to perform "39" at London's O2 Arena.
"I've been thinking about doing a tour next year - a very quick tour - with Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters," enthused Taylor. "He’s like one of my best blood brothers...He's got such a great, open approach to life."
Taylor's comments have raised a few eyebrows in the light of The Foo Fighters' much-publicised support for the organisation Alive and Well, which denies the link between HIV and AIDS, questions the validity of HIV tests, and even advises against taking medication to counter the disease.
Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury died in 1991 at the age of 45 from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
Source: Ultimate Guitar 
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Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949), known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of the most influential rock drummers of the 1970s and '80s. As a songwriter, Taylor...
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