From his last solo release in 1998 May has been performing as a solo artist, as part of an ensemble, and infrequently as Queen with Roger Taylor. On 22 October 2000, Brian May made a guest appearance at the Motörhead 25th Anniversary show at Brixton Academy along withEddie Clarke (former Motörhead guitarist) for the encore song „Overkill”. In the Queen’s birthday honours list of 2005, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire „for services to the music industry”.May is a friend of singer and musician Phil Collins and was a special guest at the Genesis reunion concert at Twickenham Stadium in 2007. The two had worked together at the Prince’s Trust Rock Gala in 1988.