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“I had doubts about the Red Special – I knew it sounded different from what everybody else was using, from a Strat and a Gibson. But hearing it back was thrilling”: 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 Special’s first runout – and the perils of playing through Jimi’s Marshall stack

Guitar World

“People have slammed Bohemian Rhapsody but who can you compare it to? Tell me one group that’s done an operatic single?”: The epic story of A Night At The Opera, the album that turned Queen into superstars

Louder

"The thought of being in jail in tights didn't appeal to Freddie at all": Queen and the struggle to make Day At The Races

After A Night At The Opera, Queen had the world at their feet. But how on Earth do you follow such an album?

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Drunken shenanigans. MTV-upsetting videos. Furious Brazilians. Sun City: With The Works, Queen returned to their rock roots, and annoyed a lot of people

The Game dialled down Queen's hard rock, and Hot Space was such a departure that it confused their fan base. It was time for a rethink

Louder

“When the bass comes back in it’s like a punch in the face. Nobody plays like that anymore”: Listen to John Deacon’s isolated bassline on Killer Queen

John Deacon’s bass playing on Killer Queen is guaranteed to blow your mind

Guitar World

"I wasn't likely to upstage Brian or Freddie": Queen's John Deacon - a tribute to an elusive bass giant

Brian May: "He won't talk to me, so why the f**k would he talk to you?"

MusicRadar

"It was a labour of love": Brian May reveals his favourite Queen album

Queen guitarist Brian May on his favourite Queen album

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"John just looked at us and said, I can’t do this any more”: Brian May on why John Deacon walked away from Queen

"John is still very much part of Queen": Brian May on John Deacon's decision to put down his bass following Freddie Mercury's death

Louder

Brian May: ‘Nothing could ever top playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace with no safety net’

The Queen guitarist answers your questions, on regretting never playing with John Lennon, his love of Pink and Avril Lavigne, and his beef with Michael Eavis

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t think it was annoying enough’: how Spitting Image made The Chicken Song

‘It’s a piss-take of Agadoo by Black Lace, one of those mindless summer hits. Someone said “Hold a chicken in the air” and I went “Stick a deckchair up your nose”. We finished it in four minutes’

The Guardian - UK

Brian May and Roger Taylor once revealed their favourite Freddie Mercury songs

Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor look back on the songwriting genius of Freddie Mercury, the man who invented himself

Louder

Fans sing Brian May's praises after Queen legend becomes 'Sir Bri'

Ace guitarist knighted in New Year Honours and vows to 'behave in a way which benefits the country and rest of the population'

Wales Online

Rock band Queen release 'emotional' lost song featuring late frontman Freddie Mercury

Queen have released a previously unheard track featuring their late, great frontman Freddie Mercury - 30 years after his tragic death

Daily Mirror

Lewis Capaldi jokes he’ll ‘retire from public life’ if new single ‘flops’

‘I’ll be like John Deacon in Queen. No one’s heard of that c*** in ages,’ singer joked

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Lewis Capaldi to 'retire from public life' if new single flops after half-naked promo

Lewis Capaldi has stripped off to his pants in order to promote his new music and if it fails to sell well he may just quit showbiz for good - just like a forgotten member of a very famous band did many years ago

Daily Mirror

Rock band Queen made almost £200m from success of biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

Legendary rock band Queen have made almost £200 million from the success of the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) since the release of the film, which won a number of awards

Birmingham Post

Round up of appointments and promotions in the South West

We take a look at people on the move from across the West Country in recent weeks

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