Brian May hasn't ruled out the possibility of Queen making new music with Adam Lambert.

The band toured with the US singer last year to high critical acclaim.

This prompted speculation that the veteran Brits could work with the vocalist in the studio on fresh tunes.

Guitarist May was asked by Gigwise at the Ivor Novello Awards in London on Thursday (May 21) how possible new material with Lambert was coming along.

He replied: "It's not coming along, no we're not doing that. Not at the moment anyway, we might do.

"At the moment we're watching with interest while Adam pursues his solo career, and it seems to be going very well. He's an amazing, amazing artist, and there's no getting away from that. It's very interesting to watch him develop.

"We're very conscious that he doesn't want to be with us all the time - that would be so wrong, for us to just envelop him and never let him go off and do anything else, so it's very important that his own career is progressing now.

"We're looking forward to being back together in September to do Rock In Rio, and some dates in Argentina and Venezuela I believe."

Lambert will release his new album 'The Original High' in the UK on June 15.

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Watch Queen perform with Lambert below: