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Queen’s Sir Brian May says humanity does not need AI

The 79-year-old also questioned the cost of the technology on the UK.

Evening Standard · Aug 11

Dan Hawkins on the time he jammed “back to back” with Brian May onstage: “I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never done this before. If I move, he will fall over”

The Darkness shared the stage with the Queen guitar legend back in 2011

Guitar World · Aug 9

“In the very early ‘70s, he was in one studio, and I was in another. And we just hit it off”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s lead guitar cameo on his new solo album – and why the Queen guitarist is its only guest

Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

MusicRadar · Aug 4

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"I said to him, Do you want to play on something else? He said, No, no. Your solos are good." Why Queen's Brian May is the only guest musician featured on Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album

Tony Iommi's upcoming solo album From The Dark features his old friend Brian May on a song called Death Wake

Metal Hammer · Jul 31

“I did say to him, ‘Do you want to play on something else?’ He said, ‘No. Your solos are good. I don’t need to play’”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s role on his upcoming solo record

The Black Sabbath riffsmith recently announced the release date of his new album, From the Dark

Guitar World · Jul 31

Rocking the Iron Curtain: How Queen’s 1986 Budapest concert cracked the Soviet Bloc

On 27 July 1986, a concert by British rock band Queen in Budapest symbolically tore down the Iron Curtain. A crowd of 80,000 filled the People's Stadium to feel the first wave of freedom. The band's official photographer Denis O'Regan recalls that night in an exclusive interview with Euronews.

Euronews · Jul 29

"It’s going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us, Queen, in our glory days. I think people will get lost in it and even forget they're watching a film": A restored and remixed version of Queen's final filmed performance is on the way

Queen Budapest will be in cinemas and then released to watch and listen to at home

MusicRadar · Jul 28

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"I think people will get lost in it and forget they're watching a film." Queen Budapest, the film of the first Western stadium rock show to take place behind the Iron Curtain, to screen in cinemas worldwide

The last filmed live performance of the band with Freddie Mercury, Queen Budapest is of huge significance to fans and band members alike

Louder · Jul 27

“It’s the best album ever made! It’s so diverse it transcends any sort of rock boundaries. Even within the first two songs, you’re thrown straight into the unknown”: Why this Queen classic is hailed as the GOAT by The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins

“The whole album means so much to me. It blew my mind”

MusicRadar · Jul 22

Adam Lambert looks back: ‘I couldn’t pass up on joining Queen – even if the fans were protective of Freddie’

The singer and actor on the edgy artists of his youth, a controversial 2009 kiss, and his relationship with Brian May and Roger Taylor

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19

Adam Lambert says touring with Queen 'really put coins in the bank' and gave him once‑in‑a‑lifetime moments

Adam Lambert says performing with Queen has been both financially life‑changing and filled with “pinch‑me” moments from Buckingham Palace to Rock In Rio.

BANG Premier · Jul 15

Could Queen tour again? Here's what Roger Taylor had to say...

Roger Taylor says a future Queen reunion is “more down to” Brian May, as the guitarist continues to take things easier following his 2024 stroke.

BANG Premier · Jul 13

"I'm not going to be doing this forever." Watch a giddy Freddie Mercury warm up before his last ever show with Queen

Watch rare film of Freddie Mercury doing vocal exercises before his final show with Queen at Knebworth in 1986

Louder · Jul 6

Adele among celebrity spectators at British Grand Prix in Silverstone alongside Tinie Tempah, Lewis Capaldi and Hannah Waddingham

The superstar singer went to the event with her 13-year-old son who is just as as enthusiastic about all things F1

Evening Standard · Jul 5

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Evening Standard · Jul 5

Adele sports Lando Norris T-shirt at British Grand Prix in Silverstone

The singer and her teenage son have a shared love of F1 racing

Louder · Jul 1

Brian May and Rick Wakeman join stellar lineup at 2026 Starmus festival

The Starmus Festival celebrates astronomy, space exploration, music, art, and the natural sciences

Evening Standard · Jun 20

Former Hertfordshire home of Queen's first manager for sale for £3.5m

Norman Sheffield lived at the house in the 1970s during his short and turbulent time as Queen’s manager

The Conversation · Jun 19

The 11 best songs and albums about fatherhood – according to music experts

Songs about fathers and fatherhood range in tone from joy and celebration to absence, tension and grief. For Father’s Day, we asked 11 experts to share their favourite tracks and albums about fatherhood.

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MusicRadar · Jun 14

“I was looking for it and he said, ‘Oh that? I threw it away. It was crap.’ I couldn’t believe it”: How Tony Iommi found the secret to his Black Sabbath tone (and how he lost it)

A moment of madness from an amp tech and Iommi's secret weapon was gone, never to be seen again

MusicRadar · Jun 13

“This track is very much John Deacon world. I don’t think I was on it at all to start off with! He was much more into funk than we were. So it’s his rhythm guitar playing – not mine”: Brian May on the No 1 hit that made Queen the biggest band in the world

“Freddie absolutely adored it – he sang it until he bled!”

MusicRadar · Jun 9

“It was a crazy bizarro moment for me to be sitting there with Brian May as he's talking about Skeletor and Man-E-Faces. It was so weird and so cool": How Brian May ended up wielding his 'Sword of Power' Red Special on the Masters of the Universe theme

"He shows up and he's carrying two giant boxes of He-Man toys that he still had in his attic from his son," says director Travis Knight

MusicRadar · Jun 8

“He didn’t write that many but if you think about it the ones he did were big, big hits”: How John Deacon’s genius for pop songwriting was kickstarted with the follow-up to Bohemian Rhapsody

Following up Bohemian Rhapsody is no easy task, but the retro sensibilities of You’re My Best Friend secured Queen another major hit. We take a look at the song's timeless charm

Space · Jun 5

'Masters of the Universe' is spacier than we expected (and it's awesome)

Let's take a look at the movie's 10 spaciest moments

Louder · Jun 5

"Are you a guitarist too?" The day that rock legends Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jeff Beck met Queen Elizabeth II

"It doesn’t matter at all that she did not know who we are"

Louder · May 25

"He stopped and said 'This is where the opera section comes in!' Then we went out to eat dinner." How Freddie Mercury's "fevered brain" conjured up Queen's greatest song

Queen's record company didn't want to release Bohemian Rhapsody as a single, but history has proved them wrong several times

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