Sir Brian May

The Queen guitarist fears that it is already "too late" to prevent AI from destroying the music industry as he hit out at the UK Government's plans to make changes to copyright laws.

May blasted the "monstrously arrogant billionaire owners" of AI and social media and thinks it will soon be impossible for artists to be able to "afford to make music".

Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, May said: "My fear is that it’s already too late – this theft has already been performed and is unstoppable, like so many incursions that the monstrously arrogant billionaire owners of Al and social media are making into our lives. The future is already forever changed."