Brian May on reworking Queen’s regal debut, bad reviews, and Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Magic”
As the new Queen I boxset drags once lost songs into the daylight, May tells us about poverty, parental disapproval, the Red ...
Brian May’s Gibson 12-string has a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury that you might have missed
Since Mercury's passing, May has performed Love of My Life solo (with the help of old footage of the vocalist) with a ...
Brian May’s new signature Gibson JS-200 features a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury
Because of his deep-rooted love for his self-made Red Special guitar, it’s taken Brian May half a century of noise-making to get his first official signature guitar. His Gibson SJ-200 12-string is the ...
“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments”: How Brian May completed Freddie Mercury’s final song for Queen
In 1995, four years after the death of Queen singer Freddie Mercury, the band’s final studio album was released. Made In ...
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“We Didn’t Plan It”: Brian May Recalls the Iconic Freddie Mercury Moment That Was Completely Improvised
Queen's iconic performance at Live Aid in 1985 was completely improvised by Freddie Mercury, and it left Brian May absolutely stunned.
Sir Brian May’s heartbreaking confession about singing Freddie Mercury song
Sir Brian May says Freddie Mercury is ‘always with him’ but one Queen song in particular always makes him think of his late ...
‘Bijou’: The Queen song Brian May called “inside out”
A look into the Queen song 'Bijou', the way Brian May and Freddie Mercury wrote the song and the way that May wrote about writing the song over a decade later.
The Story Behind The Song: Freddie Mercury’s fitting farewell in ‘The Show Must Go On’
Freddie Mercury was never going to exit the stage without one last flourish, none more so evident in the story behind his farewell song, 'The Show Must Go On'.