Brian May is furious after he's kicked off Instagram

Adam Lambert and Queen in concert - New Jersey
Adam Lambert and Queen in concert - New Jersey

Queen rocker Brian May has hit out at woman named Barbara Kremer who got him kicked off Instagram.

The guitarist had shared a photo of himself onstage on his social media website, only for him to be reported by the woman for 'copyright violation'.

After getting his account restored, May shared a screen grab of the Instagram notification, alongside a lengthy rant at the woman in question.

He wrote: "Well this is what I woke up to. How RUDE! I'm usually very careful to credit anyone whose photos I post – but in this case, at the end of the day, I must have forgotten.

"So, rather than write to me and say 'dear Brian – you seem to have forgotten to credit me on this picture', this person reported me to Instagram and they not only took the picture down but disabled my whole account until I'd dealt with the issue."

May then accused Kremer of exploiting his likeness to make money: "You not only took my picture and are evidently exploiting my image, and making money off me without so much as a 'by your leave' – but you actually stop me using a picture of myself."

The musician vowed to throw Kremer out of any future Queen concert.

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