The Latest Breaking News from Brian May

“We think of Jimmy as an ambassador emeritus of guitars and a music trailblazer in the birth and evolution of rock!” Gibson and Jimmy Page are teaming up for a “multi-year partnership”

The news broke as the Led Zep legend appeared the Gibson Garage London launch event, with the epic signature collaboration to kick off with a repro of Page's iconic EDS-1275 Doubleneck

MusicRadar · Feb 23, 2024

“It is going to become a hangout place, a destination, and I truly want to make it the most welcoming place in music”: Cesar Gueikian on what guitarists can expect at the Gibson Garage London

Live music, a gallery, everything Gibson under one roof and a made-to-measure Custom Shop service. The Gibson president/CEO tells us why the new London Garage is an immersive experience retail experience like no other

MusicRadar · Feb 23, 2024

"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

Metal Hammer · Feb 22, 2024

"The camera pans across, and you realise there are 60,000 people throwing bottles of piss at us. It was terrifying": Nigel Planer looks back at hapless metal heroes Bad News

Nearly 40 years after their infamous Donington set, 25% of fictional rockers Bad News returned last year as Almost Bad News

Louder · Feb 21, 2024

“I still don’t find it easy! It’s one of the most unnatural riffs to play you could possibly imagine”: Brian May finds Bohemian Rhapsody difficult to perform – and he points the blame at “riffmeister” Freddie Mercury

The Queen guitarist has called it “the most unnatural riff to play” and says even now he has to battle with adrenaline when he plays it live

Guitar World · Feb 21, 2024

"I have no idea what I'm going to play when I get to that solo" – Brian May reveals the classic Queen song he improvises most live… and the track he takes the opposite approach with

"Every time the solo comes up live, I think, well, actually I can’t do much better than that"

MusicRadar · Feb 21, 2024

All The Way To Memphis on The Midnight Special is peak Mott The Hoople and peak Ian Hunter hair

As Ian Hunter announces the all-star sequel to 2023's acclaimed Defiance Part 1, some 50-year-old footage of his old band has briefly brightened the internet

Louder · Feb 21, 2024

“They said, ‘We did a little thing for you, but we don’t know if it will make the album. I said, ‘You’re crazy – this is the single!’” the epic life of ‘Funky’ Claude Nobs, the man who inspired Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water

Claude Nobs was the man who co-founded the Montreux Jazz Festival – and crossed paths with Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa and Deep Purple

Louder · Feb 17, 2024

Brian May Reflects on Recorded Version of Under Pressure

Discover the story behind Queen and David Bowie's hit song Under Pressure. Brian May reflects on the collaboration and the challenges they faced in the rec...

Top News · Feb 14, 2024

“I never liked it, to be honest, the way it was mixed. But I do recognise that it works”: Brian May says Under Pressure sounded like The Who before David Bowie took out the heavy guitar parts

Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not

MusicRadar · Feb 13, 2024