Ex-Queen guitarist Brian May, who just announced a fall tour, has been spending the past week auditioning drummers to replace the late Cozy Powell. Powell died in a car accident earlier this year.

May kicks off a 37-show, 16-country trek, his first in five years, starting September 9 in Dublin, Ireland. There's only one American date on the calendar -- a Chicago radio station concert September 12.

May's album, "Another World," is already out in Europe. According to "Ice" magazine, it drops in the U.S. August 4.