Possibly the world's biggest Brian May fan, Thomas Eisele, wrote on Brianmay.com to break the unfortunate news and May responded in part "Well, it is a shame, perhaps ... I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it.

"But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now." - more on this story

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