Queen legend Brian May, 77, suffers stroke in ‘scary’ emergency-Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro

Queen legend Sir Brian May has revealed he recently suffered a stroke and was rushed to hospital.

The guitarist explained how he lost control of his left arm and was taken to hospital in an ambulance, as he reflected on how it was a ‘scary’ experience.

However, Sir Brian reassured fans that he can still play guitar and he’s recovering – or ‘grounded’ as he put it – and not allowed to travel or do anything that could raise his heartrate.

Taking to social media with the news the We Will Rock You hitmaker, 77, said: ‘I’m here to bring you some good news I think – I can play guitar after the events of the last few days.

‘And I say this because it was in some doubt because that little health hiccup I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke.

‘All of the sudden out of the blue I didn’t have any control over this arm,’ he explained, gesturing with his left arm.

Sir Brian described the moment he lost control of his arm as ‘scary’ (Picture: Peter Fox – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

He continued: ‘So it’s a little scary I have to say, I had the most fantastic care and attention. Blue lights flashing, the lot, very exciting.

‘I might post you a video if you like, I didn’t want to say anything at the time because I didn’t want anything surrounding it. I really didn’t want sympathy. Please don’t do that because it will clutter up my inbox and I hate that.

‘So the good news is I’m okay, I’m just doing what I’m told which is basically nothing. I’m grounded, I’m not allowed to drive, get on a plane, not allowed to raise the heartrate too much, but I’m good.’

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