At 73, John Deacon Confirms the Rumors About His Queen Bandmates

[@laurencewaring8039]

Let me save you 10mins, Deacon confirms nothing in this video.

[@TheBlackcredo]

Yeah, that was pure clickbait.

[@chrisunjnown]

Thank you! Hate these things.

[@DLiberator78]

Thanks for the heads up

[@NewFalconerRecords]

You are the champion of the world. I have ten minutes to do other stuff. (Minus a few seconds typing this, but thanks).

[@AdrianLay-c5i]

Thanks

[@MirlitronOne]

Deacon was the only person who had the sense to realize that Queen ended with Mercury's death.

[@TheBlackcredo]

It was far more personal for him than that, otherwise he'd have continued his music career elsewhere.

[@johno4521]

John Deacon is arguably the most savvy member of former Queen. Receiving a nice royalty cheque every month for the hits he penned, plus 25% of every Queen record sold AND everything Roger and Brian are doing these days without lifting a finger!

[@alancrisp1582]

😂 Come on, like all the surviving members of Queen. John Deacon is worth millions of dollars 💵. So why would he need to now care about anything. Except counting his millions !...

[@TheBlackcredo]

Because being an artist is not something you can just retire from. He was affected deeply by the loss of one of his dearest friends.

[@judyaddison8114]

I think we may be very distantly related. My name was Deacon, and my grandpa Deacon's family came from Leicester, like John. There was a family Deacon in Went Road, Leicester in the 50s, and I think they had a John who would be much the same age. Unfortunately I can never be sure, as my dad's side of the family fell out with the rest of them. Pure speculation, but he does look like members of our family!

[@jamesheath7601]

Amazing bass player

[@johnlamon3397]

As a quiet person he found it difficult to go on stage and had to be encouraged and supported by Freddy. He may have found retirement from performing a relief.

[@paulmcleod8370]

Just another one of these ‘we don’t say anything new, because we don’t know anything new’ video’s. John came to Queen from obscurity and after Freddie’s death returned to obscurity. God bless you John, enjoy your life 🤘🤘

[@SteveB542]

Exactly. The contents of this video amount to this: John Deacon is a quiet person bit played a vital role in the band. He didn't want to carry on with Queen after Freddie died and now leads a quiet life, avoiding publicity. Could all have been said in about 15 seconds.

[@chrisrag1346]

I always thought he did the right thing.

[@andreichivu7653]

The March of the Black Queen !

[@Retroscoop]

"You're my best friend" and "In only seven days", Under pressure too is a good one. I "hate" Bohemian Rhapsody, far too pompous. And there's also a lot of rubbish on their albums. A "Best of" or Greatest Hits is more than enough. But then again, that can be said about many bands, including The Eagles, Dire Straits etc. Queen made some good songs, but I always felt "uneasy" with their stage acts and the whole press circus, it was so carnavelesque.

[@TheBlackcredo]

It's sad that he never used his unique talents ever again in other ventures. But I understand the great personal loss he felt with one of his closest friends dying. Grief affects people in different ways. I just wish the press would leave him alone.

[@markm-qf2fn]

Looks soooooooo old clint eastwood dyk von dyk over 90 Looks 90 not 73

[@graceygrumble]

How very unkind of you. I am quite sure that if I were photographed in the morning, coming home after grabbing a bottle of milk and a newspaper, I would not be at my best, either. But, I scrubbed up very nicely for my nephew's wedding the week before last.