Set for bohemian rhapsody

Percussionist Roger Taylor at the 2016 Barcelona concert.

Besides the Shanghai concert, Queen band will play two shows at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan, the original site of their historic first concert in Japan in 1975.

They are also set to perform at the second night of the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore, as well as arena shows in Hong Kong and Bangkok.

One of the most influential rock bands in the world, which entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, they produced 15 gold and platinum records, including hits like We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You and the six-minute rock opera, Bohemian Rhapsody, which has been performed by many artists, including Chinese pop diva Faye Wong.

Queen's shows are big, emotional, heroic and have a lot of light, sound and elaborate sets, which are not always the way May is.

Sometimes, he likes to play intimate concerts, like he does with British singer Kerry Ellis.

"If you saw us in 1976 or 1984 or 2016, you know what Queen is. And, even for me, it's something that I respect. It's like we built something, like an amazing racing car or a jet plane. And it still runs. And it runs in some ways even better than I can ever imagine," he says.

What's amazing for the British rock band, which celebrates its 46th anniversary this year, is that they can still do it because they have found new energy in Adam Lambert, the "wonderful boy" as May calls him.