Brian May says Adam Lambert is a 'gift from God'

Queen star Brian May says Adam Lambert is a heaven-sent gift for the band.

The group have been performing live with the singer for the last few years having met on American Idol in 2009.

Ahead of a series of massive summer shows in Europe, Queen and Lambert sat down for a new interview which has been uploaded on their YouTube account.

Guitarist May says Lambert has given the band a new lease of life.

He said: "I feel so privileged that we can still do this. We spent half our live building this legacy of songs and contact with an audience, and we can still be out there and doing it.

"And it's wonderful that we have Adam, because without Adam…You need an extraordinary figurehead, and we do have it in Adam. So it's a gift from God."

Lambert added: "These guys play their butts off. I mean, it's pretty incredible...I get up on stage and I'm, like, 'It's like the record. It's amazing."

Drummer Roger Taylor meanwhile said: "I didn't even think we'd ever get to this age. You don't think about it. I'm still kind of 35 inside".

Watch Queen and Lambert being interviewed below: