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“Even today, that instrument is fascinating. I’ve passed it around and players of all sorts have all come to the same conclusion – there is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls of all time

All Gibson Les Paul Standards from 1959 are special but what is it about the ZZ Top frontman's Pearly Gates that makes it so unique? As Gibbons says, it might be something entirely supernatural

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“I would like to do it. We’re having conversations”: Brian May suggests a Queen Sphere residency could be on the cards

Guitarist is fed up with traditional touring

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Brian May says Queen are "having conversations" about a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere

Queen guitarist May wants to put on a "stupendous" run at shows at the revolutionary venue in Nevada

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“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

Louder

A Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden has opened in West London

The opening was attended by Queen guitarist Brian May and Freddie Mercury's sister Kashmira Bulsara

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“We were at the peak of our confidence. It felt like there wasn’t anything we couldn’t do”: Queen’s A Night at the Opera and Bo Rhap to get 50th anniversary reissues in October

“It was a watershed album for us” remembers Brian May

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“I missed a couple of things which I would have loved to get better”: Brian May suggests that he wasn’t completely satisfied with his Bohemian Rhapsody guitar playing at The Last Night of the Proms

But he and Roger Taylor still managed to cause quite the fandango

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Last Night of the Proms review – star turns, good-natured flag waving and a rich Rule, Britannia!

Bill Bailey played a mean typewriter, Brian May and Roger Taylor raised laughs with Bohemian Rhapsody and trumpeter Alison Balsom bid a poignant farewell at just 46

The Guardian - UK

Bill Bailey ‘proud to be British’ following Last Night Of The Proms performance

The comedian’s father watched on as he played Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Royal Albert Hall

The Independent UK

Bill Bailey ‘proud to be British’ after Last Night Of The Proms performance

The 60-year-old made his Proms debut in a performance of Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Royal Albert Hall.

Evening Standard

Bill Bailey pays emotional tribute to inspirational mother ahead of BBC Proms

Bailey will be joined by Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and rising West End star Sam Oladeinde at the Proms’ final night

The Independent UK

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more

Louder

“We’re analog animals living in a digital age”: From AI-driven stage design to collaborating with Brian May, we speak with electronic icon Jean-Michel Jarre

The synth pioneer reflects on his spectacular 2024 concert, Live in Bratislava, and his vision of the future of live performance

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“It took five years to really finish the song and define what it truly was about”: How My Chemical Romance created their classic rock anthem Welcome To The Black Parade

In its earliest form it sounded like the Frank Sinatra hit My Way

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"It's a classic... one of the best rock songs ever”: Which 2013 track could Brian May be talking about?

Queen man says: "I wish I'd heard it when I was a kid"

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"It's one of the best rock songs ever!" Queen's Brian May talks exclusively to Classic Rock about working with The Struts on their newly reimagined update of their debut single Could Have Been Me

"Working with Luke, I'm often thinking of Freddie."

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Rock legends Queen trademark band's crest for use on wine

Queen look set to follow in the footsteps of Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow by launching their own line of wine.

Guitar World

“I got a writeup in a guitar magazine, and a gentleman from the UK sent me ahandwritten letter in the mail saying, ‘Hello, my name is Guthrie’”: Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal on the unifying magic of the guitar instrumental

The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist's new solo album features Brian May, Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan – and, yes, it does not disappoint

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Watch Brian May and superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli sing Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever

"An astrophysicist, and an intellectual with a noble soul" - Andrea Bocelli

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“We pillaged a few things from Freddie’s solo work and refashioned them. It was a great labour love”: Brian May recalls how a Queen album was created after the loss of Freddie Mercury

Plus: the one thing that was 'sacrosanct' in Queen's songwriting process

Metal Hammer

"He's the Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart of the riff": Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series

Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more

Metal Hammer

“I didn’t take Lemmy’s advice and I got a beer glass in my face”: The wild story of the spoof heavy metal band who beat Spinal Tap by a year

Spinal Tap weren’t the first spoof heavy metal band

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“We came off stage and looked at each other in amazement, because all that singing from the audience was so extreme. And I said to Freddie, ‘Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems

“I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said

The Independent UK

Freddie Mercury’s closest friend throws doubt on ‘secret child’ claims as woman speaks out for first time

Mary Austin, who met Mercury when she was 19 and lived with him for years, questions veracity of claims by an anonymous woman who says she was conceived during an affair the Queen star had with his friend’s wife

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“Why Now?”: Freddie Mercury ‘Love Child’ Sparks Backlash Ahead Of Book Release

"For 34 years, the truth of Freddie's life has been distorted, twisted and rewritten, but she said nothing."

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