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The Latest Breaking News from Freddie Mercury

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught with moral peril

“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the same name.

The Conversation

“It was carnage. We partied on the road, then I’d get home and start the party all over again. I thought, ‘If this carries on, I might die’”: The explosive story of The Darkness’ OTT hard rock masterpiece Permission To Land

How an unfashionable band from the UK defied the critics to become the biggest British hard rock stars of the mid-2000s

Louder

“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments, even though this was happening long after he was gone”: How Brian May completed the last Queen song that Freddie Mercury wrote alone

Mercury recorded his vocal part just a few months before his death

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“You would get suspended for even having a guitar”: Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school – but he and his friends played during lunch hour anyway

May was reminiscing about the early days of learning on acoustic as he presented his new signature SJ-200 12-string at the Gibson Garage London and performed with Arielle

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Gibson partners with Sir Brian May to release the Brian May SJ-200 12-String guitar

Iconic instrument brand Gibson have teamed up with Queen legend Sir Brian May to release the limited-edition Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar.

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Oscars 2025: best picture nominees – reviews, awards and where to watch

What to know about the 10 films nominated for the Academy Award’s biggest prize, along with the reviews, interviews and the big prizes earned so far

The Guardian - UK

“Gibson was able to put the universe on it… the planet Mercury is here, and that is a little nod to a friend of mine”: Inspired by the stars and co-designed by the Queen guitarist, Gibson unveils exquisite Brian May SJ-200 12-String

Just look at those stunning agoya shell star inlays and that planetary-themed pickguard

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“A nice fusion of synthesizers and epic pop”: Queen drummer Roger Taylor names the best song he ever wrote for the band - and the Queen song he hates!

Plus: his biggest influences as a songwriter

MusicRadar

“It took me a long time to feel confident about being the only guitar on stage. I always felt like I needed a rhythm guitar”: Brian May fought to add a rhythm guitarist to Queen in their early years – and several players would eventually grant his wish

While May got into the habit of playing lead and rhythm at the same time, he did sometimes get the extra helping hand he had envisioned – including from Freddie Mercury himself

Guitar World

“When Paul pitched into We Are The Champions, it wasn’t anything like Freddie would have done yet it carried the spirit of the song”: How Queen + Paul Rodgers resurrected one of rock’s most iconic bands

The story of Queen + Paul Rodgers’ one-and-done album The Cosmos Rocks

Louder

Princess Diana Once Wore an Unbelievable "Disguise" for a Secret Night Out With an A-List Singer

"We were nudging each other like naughty schoolchildren."

Marie Claire

"The demos we made were closer to what we dreamed of than our later sessions": Queen are releasing their De Lane Lea demos on vinyl for Record Store Day

Queen's De Lane Lea demos were recorded before the band were signed and have never been available on vinyl before

Louder

Oedipus review – delirious dancers and booming soundtrack shake the plasterwork

Rami Malek’s outsider vibes enliven seamy, superb new staging of Sophocles’ family tragedy

The Guardian - UK

“I didn’t know what to do. It sounded like an angry wasp”: Brian May recalls the time he played live through Jimi Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well

Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord

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“I plugged into a Marshall stack – and it sounded awful. I could hardly play... Jimi Hendrix came onstage, plugged into the same amp – and it sounded like a cataclysm”: Brian May on the one time he experimented with a Marshall stack

The Vox AC30 amp/Red Special guitar combo is one of the most iconic in rock, but the Queen guitar hero didn't solidify that setup straight away

Cycling Weekly

If exciting bike racing is about unpredictability, then the less we know, the better

The One Cycling project is in danger of killing the fun with facts

Louder

“They explained about this movie called The Breakfast Club. They apparently had a song for us. We said: ‘No chance!’”: How Simple Minds went from punk to stadium rock, via an 80s Brat Pack classic

The epic story of Simple Minds, the Scottish rock band who conquered the world

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This Journalist Collects Vintage Cat Photos That Might Melt Your Heart (20 New Pics)

Thanks to Paula Leite Moreira, a Brazilian journalist and the creator of the Instagram account "All Vintage Cats," these charming snapshots of cats from the past are now reaching a whole new audience. The post This Journalist Collects Vintage Cat Photos That Might Melt Your Heart (20 New Pics) first…

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Flintoff fever grows with Rocky robbing his famous father of records

Andrew Flintoff is the England Lions coach, but nepotism is not a factor in view of his son Rocky’s prodigious talent

Inverse

30 Years Ago, The Follow-Up To The Worst 'Highlander' Sequel Was Somehow Worse

Must 'Highlander' sequels outright suck? Or can they be merely bad? In 1995, the third 'Highlander' film split the difference and somehow failed more than it should have.

The Guardian - AU

The last gasp of theatre restaurants in Melbourne? Witches in Britches prepares to take a final bow

With the curtain set to fall on a Melbourne landmark, actors and guests toast 35 years of fun and frivolity

The Guardian - UK

10cc’s Graham Gouldman: ‘Every West Indian person I’ve spoken to loves Dreadlock Holiday – but I wouldn’t write certain lines now’

As the 78-year-old star tours his latest solo LP, he answers your questions on his Everton terrace anthem, the making of I’m Not in Love and hosting Joey Ramone in Stockport

The Conversation

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes

In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a generation.

The Conversation

When does an actor stop, and AI begin? What The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez tell us about AI in Hollywood

The Brutalist has drawn attention this week for its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to refine some of the actors’ dialogue.

Evening Standard

Rami Malek praises 'fascinating' partner Emma Corrin in rare comments about relationship

The Oscar-winning actor and Nosferatu star are notoriously private about their love

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