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Laura Armstrong

Brian May pays tribute to Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury on 50th anniversary of debut

Fifty years on from Queen ’s debut album, Brian May reckons the band would still be rocking the world if ­ Freddie Mercury were still with us

And the guitar legend reveals he still “misses the butterflies” he would feel while watching the flamboyant frontman ­strut his stuff on stage.

“Freddie was a fantastic mate and a great brother,” he says. “I liked it when he broke the rules, what he said to the ­audience and the risk he took.

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