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King quips about making ‘a mess of this planet’ at space sustainability event

Charles hosted guests including Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, British astronaut Tim Peake and Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Sir Brian May.

The Independent UK

Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time”

Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album

Louder

A royal birth: the real story of Queen's first album - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Tina Turner, Star Fleet Project, Scorpions, Billy Gibbons, Geezer Butler, Drive-By Truckers, Vintage Trouble, The Alarm, Luke Morley, Buckcherry and more

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The 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, as chosen by The Darkness' Dan Hawkins

Ahead of his band's BST Hyde Park show with Guns N' Roses, The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins selects his dream festival line-up. Scream for me Danington!

Louder

Unassuming guitar teacher goes viral after channeling Brian May and Eddie Van Halen in epic America's Got Talent audition

Under the handle @oldgreyguitarist, John Wines has amassed 1.3 million followers on TikTok

Guitar World

Crown Lands: the duo ushering prog’s illustrious past into a magisterial future

Canadian hopefuls Crown Lands on the "mathiness" of modern prog, world building, indigenous rights, and sounding a LOT like Rush

Louder

Watch Brian May enthuse about Star Fleet Project on kids' TV in 1983

'Yeah! We've done it! Great!' - Brian May on the recording sessions that bequeathed Star Fleet Project (featuring Eddie Van Halen) to The World

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Vox amPlug Brian May Special Edition Set review

Vox’s mini headphone guitar amp gets a royal ascent, courtesy of the Queen guitar legend

Guitar World

We Will Rock You review – Ben Elton stars as royally ridiculous Queen musical returns

Rousing songs but threadbare plot as Earth has been conquered, renamed iPlanet and – inexplicably – can only be saved by a band of rock’n’rollers

The Guardian - UK

Pink shares emotional message inside Bolton stadium as she teases "fantasy feat of a lifetime"

Her world tour kicks off in Bolton tonight - and it sounds like fans can expect something quite extraordinary

Manchester Evening News

Watch Brian May, James Burton, Arielle, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and 11-year-old Britain's Got Talent star Harry Churchill rock Johnny B. Goode

Albert Lee, Ronnie Wood, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter and Tommy Emmanuel were also on hand at the London Palladium for a tribute to Burton, a legendary guitarist most famous for his tenure as Elvis Presley's six-string sidekick

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt says the Rise solo opens with a mistake

The Extreme guitarist reveals his recent technical masterpiece starts with an error: “I miss the whole string completely, I was so excited”

Guitar World

11-year-old guitarist brings literal shred fireworks and Marty McFly-flavored tapping to Britain's Got Talent stage

Having already won plaudits from Brian May, young Harry Churchill further wowed viewers and judges alike with Johnny B. Goode á la Back to the Future, and Kiss-like theatrics

Guitar World

Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project mini-album is finally coming to streaming – with unreleased EVH solos

Among other never-before-heard gems, the reissued set will feature a dozen takes of Star Fleet, which together chart the course of a solo that May cites as "one of the greatest things" Eddie Van Halen ever did

Guitar World

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Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project to be reissued as massively expanded box set

The long-awaited reissue of Brian May + Friends' Star Fleet Project will arrive next month – listen to new mix of Star Fleet single now

The Guardian - UK

Mongolian Rhapsody? Newly unearthed writing draft reveals original title for Queen hit

Freddie Mercury’s draft lyrics, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, also reveals an early version of the ‘Mama, just killed a man’ verse

Louder

Six things you need to know about Arielle

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Arielle on choirs, clowning around, and heart-to-hearts with Brian May

Guitar World

11-year-old guitarist on Britain's Got Talent leaves Brian May in awe with Queen cover

Wielding an Epiphone Les Paul, Harry Churchill took on a medley of Brian May's guitar parts from the Queen catalog, and put on a heck of a show while doing so

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Britain's Got Talent 2023: One VERY famous fan rocks out for young guitar player!

Britain's Got Talent fans 2023 loved the Queen medley - and so did a celebrity viewer!

Guitar World

Tony Iommi trades guitars with Brian May and faces the struggle of all left-handers, as he wields the Red Special upside down

The two British guitar heroes and friends spent the afternoon trading licks – and instruments – as part of a forthcoming documentary on riffs

The Independent UK

Nothing is weirder than the Coronation Concert line up – Brian May, Kermit the Frog and Atomic Kitten…

As Katy Perry and Take That prepare to perform during Charles’s coronation weekend, Katie Rosseinsky salutes the chaotic and confusing tradition of incredibly divergent celebrities coming together to sing for royalty

Louder

10 revolutionary instrumentals that inspired the guitarists who invented rock music

Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and the rest: They all owe so much to the instrumental artists of the 50s and 60s

The Independent UK

Brian May, Kermit the Frog and Atomic Kitten… together at last!: Nothing is weirder than the royal pop concert

Louder

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

Guitar World

Freddie Mercury’s Martin D-35, reportedly used to write and record Crazy Little Thing Called Love, is going up for auction

The guitar will go under the hammer as part of a much larger Sotheby's auction of the late Queen frontman's private collection of art and music-related memorabilia

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