Ah yes the other surviving member of Queen, conspicuous by his absence in the musicaal. The reason, says May, diplomatically, is that it's "just his choice. He's very much a family man. and he didn't want to get into day-to-day development of this and that's it. It's just his choice"

When May is asked whether Deacon has seen the show, there's a very long pause, perhaps telling in its uncomfortable silence. "Um... I don't think he has. Unless he's done it in secret."

Taking from classic Rock magazine july 2002,