Queen guitarist Brian May injured in bizarre gardening accident. (Spinal Tap, anyone?)

Brian May landed in the hospital this week, but not because of anything coronavirus-related.

On Wednesday, the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist shared an Instagram post from the hospital wearing a face mask revealing that he tore his butt muscles "to shreds" while gardening.

"The Virus didn’t get me yet - thank God," May, 72, wrote in the caption. "I managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening. So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find out exactly how much I’ve actually damaged myself. Turns out I did a thorough job - this is a couple of days ago - and I won’t be able to walk for a while ... or sleep, without a lot of assistance, because the pain is relentless."

May says that he needs "to go dark for a while, getting some complete rest, at home" due to his injury. "Please, please don’t send me sympathy - I just need some healing silence for a while," he says. "I’ll be back - but I need the complete break."

https://ew.com/music/queen-brian-may...-butt-muscles/

Now May says he had a compressed sciatic nerve, not a butt problem, as he was still in severe pain. Shortly after that, he had chest pains, which turned out to be a heart attack and had to get 3 stents put in his heart. Gettin' old sucks, I tell ya!
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/enterta...-arts-52796964

And he's not even a drummer!