Editing Brian May (section)

===2000–2010===
[[File:Queen 2005 1010016.JPG|thumb|May performing in Frankfurt in 2005]]
From his last solo release in 1998, May has been performing as a solo artist, as part of an ensemble, and infrequently as Queen with Roger Taylor. On 22&nbsp;October 2000, he made a guest appearance at the [[Motörhead]] 25th Anniversary show at [[Brixton Academy]] along with [[Eddie Clarke (musician)|Eddie Clarke]] (former Motörhead guitarist) for the encore song "[[Overkill (Motörhead song)|Overkill]]". As part of the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] celebrations on 3&nbsp;June 2002, May performed a [[guitar solo]] of "[[God Save the Queen]]" from the roof of [[Buckingham Palace]], with the performance appearing on the 30th Anniversary DVD edition of ''A Night at the Opera''.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2024971.stm "Palace party draws 15m viewers"]. BBC. Retrieved 27 September 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-at-the-opera-30th-anniversary-cddvd-r811132|title=A Night at the Opera, 30th Anniversary CD/DVD|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327103207/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-at-the-opera-30th-anniversary-cddvd-r811132|archive-date=27 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> May played guitar on the song "Someone to Die For" on the ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' [[Spider-Man 2 (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r694754|pure_url=yes}}| title= Billboard Albums: Spider-Man 2| website=[[AllMusic]]| access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref>

On the Queen's birthday honours list of 2005, he was made a [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] "for services to the music industry and for charity work".<ref name=gazette>{{London Gazette|issue=57665 |date=11 June 2005 |page=8 |supp=y }}</ref> In the same year he played the guitar on the song ''Il mare...'' for Italian singer [[Zucchero Fornaciari]], on his album ''[[Zu & Co.]]'', and he took part in the concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London held in May 2004, with the other guests of the Italian bluesman. May was a celebrity guest at the Genesis reunion concert at [[Twickenham Stadium]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://worldofgenesis.com/TheMusic-MichaelHobson-Interview2007.htm | title= A Conversation With Michael Hobson From The Music.Com | publisher= World of Genesis | first= David | last= Negrin | access-date= 29 July 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110354/http://worldofgenesis.com/TheMusic-MichaelHobson-Interview2007.htm | archive-date= 4 March 2016 | url-status= live }}</ref> May and Genesis frontman [[Phil Collins]] worked together on two previous occasions, at [[The Prince's Trust]] Rock Gala in 1988 and the [[Party at the Palace]] in 2002, when Collins had played drums with Queen. In 2011 he contributed to a feature about Collins for ''[[FHM]]'', praising him as "a great guy and an amazing drummer".<ref>Fitzpatrick, Rob. "'I'm The Antichrist of Music' Immensely popular for decades, yet a permanent resident on music's outermost fringes of fashionability, Phil Collins would like to apologise. Are you ready to forgive?". ''[[FHM]]''. April 2011.</ref>

During the late 1960s, May became an enthusiast of stereoscope photographs, as a child, and first encountered the work of [[Thomas Richard Williams]]. In 2003, May announced a search to identify the actual location of the ''Scenes in Our Village'' images. In 2004 May reported that he had identified the location as the village of [[Hinton Waldrist]] in Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brianmay.com/brian/magsandpress/SWvol30no1_04/villagefound.html |title=New light on T.R. Williams: "Our Village" found at last! |author=Brian May |date=1 April 2004 |work=Stereoworld magazine |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802162459/https://www.brianmay.com/brian/magsandpress/SWvol30no1_04/villagefound.html |archive-date=2 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with [[Elena Vidal]], May released a historical book in 2009 titled ''[[A Village Lost and Found|A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village]]''.<ref name=lostandfound>{{cite book |last1=May |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian May |last2=Vidal |first2=Elena |title=A Village Lost and Found |url=http://www.londonstereo.com/book.html |format=book with stereoscopic viewer |publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers|Frances Lincoln]] |isbn=978-0-7112-3039-2 |date=22 December 2009 |access-date=15 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823094230/http://www.londonstereo.com/book.html |archive-date=23 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book is an annotated collection of [[stereoscopic photograph]]s taken by the [[Victorian era]] photographer [[Thomas Richard Williams|T. R. Williams]]. It included a focusing [[stereoscope]].<ref name="youtube=EqdysAwevrc">{{cite web |author1=Brian May Official |title=BRIAN MAY ON HIS LATEST STEREOSCOPIC CREATION: THE STEAMPUNK OWL |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqdysAwevrc |via=YouTube  |date=18 November 2020 |access-date=24 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="arstechnica/2016/12/may-owl-vr">{{cite web |last1=Anthony |first1=Sebastian |title=Queen's Brian May unveils Owl VR: His Victorian take on Google Cardboard |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/brian-may-owl-vr-details-price-bohemian-rhapsody/ |website=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=24 March 2023 |language=en-us |date=26 December 2016}}</ref> May used a 3D camera to document the history of Queen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Experience life in 3D with the Owl Sterescopic viewer |url=https://the-gadgeteer.com/2018/01/24/experience-life-in-3d-with-the-owl-sterescopic-viewer/ |website=The Gadgeteer |access-date=24 March 2023 |date=24 January 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Brian May.JPG|thumb|left|180px|May performing in Chile, November 2008]]
May worked extensively with stage actress and singer [[Kerry Ellis]] after he cast her in the musical ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]''. He produced and arranged her debut studio album ''[[Anthems (Kerry Ellis album)|Anthems]]'' (2010), a follow-up to her extended play ''[[Wicked in Rock]]'' (2008), as well as appearing with Ellis at many public performances—playing guitar alongside her. He also contributed a guitar solo to [[Meat Loaf]]'s ''[[Hang Cool, Teddy Bear]]'' album in exchange for the use of drummer [[John Miceli]].

On 20&nbsp;May 2009, May and Queen bandmate Roger Taylor performed "We Are the Champions" live on the season finale of ''[[American Idol]]'' with winner [[Kris Allen]] and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet.<ref name="AIdol">{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611896/20090520/queen.jhtml |title=Kris Allen, Adam Lambert Tear Up Queen's 'We Are The Champions' |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=20 May 2009 |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401155919/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611896/20090520/queen.jhtml |archive-date=1 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2009, May appeared with Taylor on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'', with Queen mentoring the contestants, then later performed "Bohemian Rhapsody". In April 2010, May founded the "Save Me" 2010 project to work against any proposed repeal of the British fox-hunting ban, and to promote animal welfare in Britain.<ref name="save-me.org.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.save-me.org.uk/ |title=Save Me 2010 &#124; Home – Welcome |work=Save-me.org.uk |publisher=Duck Productions |access-date=24 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102000931/http://www.save-me.org.uk/ |archive-date=2 November 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2011, it was announced that May would tour with Kerry Ellis, playing 12 dates across the UK in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/live/brian.htm#2011kerryellistour|title=2011 Brian May Concertography: Kerry Ellis 'Anthems' Tour|publisher=Ultimatequeen.co.uk|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928215832/http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/live/brian.htm#2011kerryellistour|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>