Legendary queen songwriter, drummer and singer Roger Taylor today announces a new tour and album for autumn 2026 - and it's coming to Birmingham.

The Violence Insane in a Beautiful World tour will see Roger perform with his extraordinary band featuring keyboardist Spike Edney, supporting drummer Tyler Warren, multi-instrumentalist Tina Keys, Neil Fairclough on bass, and Christian Mendoza on guitar. The tour will also visit Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester, Swansea, and the legendary Roundhouse in London, where Roger performed as a guest of Foo Fighters in 2011.

Violence Insane in a Beautiful World is Roger’s seventh album in a solo career stretching back to 1977 and is his first since 2021’s critically and fan-acclaimed top 3 album Outsider.

Roger wrote, with the exception of an exquisite cover of Jealous Guy, which he describes as “one of the greatest, ballads ever written”, produced, sang and performed all the songs on Violence Insane in a Beautiful World himself, with help from long-time collaborator Joshua J.Macrae, members of his live band and on three extraordinary tracks, The Ndlovu Youth Choir from Limpopo, South Africa.

Roger Taylor plays The Alexandra, Birmingham, on Thursday 24 September. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 17 June here.