Wednesday 2nd October 2013 by Andrew Trendell

Tags: Queen

Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor have spoken out in praise of singer Adam Lambert, calling him 'a gift from heaven'. Watch the interview below. 

Lambert has been performing with May and Taylor as 'Queen + Adam Lambert' for a number of years, filling the shoes of the late, great Freddie Mercury. 

Now in a new interview with iHeartRadio, the band hail The American Idol star as 'a voice in a billion'.

“He’s extraordinary,” said May. “It speaks for itself, his voice. That’s one voice in a billion. Adam can do things which really I have never heard anyone else ever do in my life.

"We have a chance to do great things with Adam Lambert. He really is a wonderful foil for us, so it's a kind of gift from heaven, really. It's a lot of fun, too. He's nice to work with. He's fun and light and he doesn't have any airs and graces, and you know, he just gets on with it with us, and we seem to just, we feel like a family. It's nice."

Watch the interview with Brian May and Roger Taylor below

May continued: "It wouldn't happen with, you know, a billion other people, but it just works with him. It feels comfortable and nice, and challenging, also, because he puts different interpretations on the songs, so it gets us to play a little differently. So, it's nice, it's alive."

Drummer Roger Taylor added: "I think even since we did a short tour of Europe last year with Adam, and even since then, he's just come on, he's just amazing. He's such a great interpreter of our songs and he has a great stage presence and we really enjoy working with him."

Queen has worked with a number of other singers since Mercury died of an AIDS-related illness, notably Paul Rodgers of Bad Company. 

Rumours are now rife surrounding who will play Mercury in an upcoming biopic of his life, following the departure of Sacha Baron Cohen from the project and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe denying that he was in line for the role. 

 Below: The secret life of Freddie Mercury