The Latest Breaking News from Brian May

Brian May reveals he suffered minor stroke and temporarily lost control of his arm

Rock legend shared a health update with fans after experiencing what he dubbed a ‘little health hiccup’

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

Long-term badger cull plan dropped amid legal challenge but thousands still to be killed this year

Exclusive: Government legal document shows minister scrapped proposal on day Brian May film showed how one farm defeated bTB

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

“I don’t think we’re a band that will last forever. We could break up any time”: On the road with Thin Lizzy in America in the late 1970s

Thin Lizzy hit their stride between 1977 and 1979 – and journalist Harry Doherty had a front row seat for their American tours

Louder · Aug 24, 2024

"Imagine how much money is being made here": Brian May slams the Countryside Alliance for criticising his badger culling documentary

The Queen guitarist has reacted after complaints to the BBC about his film, scheduled to be broadcast this week

Louder · Aug 20, 2024

"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?

Louder · Aug 15, 2024

"I now realise that to save the badgers, you have to save everybody": Brian May to host new BBC show The Badgers, The Farmers And Me

Brian May's show highlights the Queen guitarist's four-year battle to rid a farm of bovine tuberculosis without harming badgers

Louder · Aug 12, 2024

Brian May hits out at ‘morally indefensible’ badger cull

Queen musician compared practice to witches being burned at the stake

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024

“If I wanted to have a string sound, I had to change, unload and reload while I was playing, and that led to all kinds of problems”: Queen live keyboard player Spike Edney on ‘80s tech, streamlining his rig and using Freddie Mercury vocal samples

“I suppose what I think is that Queen is quite a demanding musical adventure, and there are lots of things that can be done to make their sounds more realistic for the audience,” he says

MusicRadar · Aug 7, 2024

Stars from across the world of rock pay tribute to Aerosmith after the iconic band announced their retirement from touring

Brian May, Slash, Sammy Hagar and more hail Aerosmith's legacy as Steven Tyler's vocal cord injury leads to retirement

Metal Hammer · Aug 3, 2024

“I don’t play flamenco at all – I just fake it on an acoustic with a guitar pick. But I’ve always loved that tonality”: Jake Dreyer might not be referencing Paco de Lucía on Witherfall’s new album – but he is thinking what Brian May might do

Sounds of the Forgotten is Witherfall at their best: musically ambitious, virtuosity swinging for the fences, and it came together by Dreyer chasing vibes and taking melodic metal bigger

Guitar World · Aug 2, 2024