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He Wrote 'Another One Bites the Dust'—Then Quit Forever: Inside the Disappearing Act of Queen's John Deacon

John Deacon, Queen's bassist and songwriter behind hits like 'Another One Bites the Dust,' quietly withdrew from music and public life at 46 and has lived privately with his family ever since.

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Rami Malek: Stories like Nuremburg can ‘inch’ society closer to being united

The 44-year old actor stars alongside Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon in the historical drama about the Nuremberg trials.

Evening Standard

70 Rare And Powerful Photos From This History-Focused Online Community (New Pics)

History is full of powerful, emotional, and interesting snapshots from people’s lives. However, many old photos are quite rare and niche. They’re not something that you’d find when you flip open your old school books. The members of this online community share some of the most intriguing and unique vintage…

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“I’m not sure why the tour ended so abruptly. I never got a bunch of my gear returned. People don’t get sacked from Sabbath – they just don’t get spoken to again!” Ask Jo Burt about Freddie Mercury, Brian Setzer and The Troggs – just not Black Sabbath

The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s smile when Geezer Butler’s Ampeg rig made a bass feel like an animal

Guitar World

The Guide #215: Why we can’t get enough of Bohemian Rhapsody

In this week’s newsletter: Fifty years after its release, the Queen classic shows no signs of biting the dust. So what makes it such a timeless tune?

The Guardian - UK

'Bohemian Rhapsody' turns 50: Here are five surprising covers of Queen's smash hit single

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ came out 50 years ago today. Euronews Culture picks its favourite and most surprising renditions of Queen's legendary single.

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Stranger Things' New Season 5 Trailer Has Tons Of Dead Bodies And Freddie Mercury, But Vecna And Will's Big Moment Has Me The Most Hyped

Nancy in Sarah Connor mode? Yes, please.

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Jeremy Allen White Is Great As Bruce Springsteen, But There's Another All-Time Music Biopic Performance That Doesn't Get Enough Credit

He just wasn’t made for these times

Cinemablend

Dua Lipa appears on Thank God For Immigrants billboard in London

It was put up by a campaign group behind a similar board in Liverpool which features Queen’s Freddie Mercury

Evening Standard

50 Fascinating Photos That Prove The 1980s Were Wild

Are you still rocking a scrunchie and fanny pack?

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What’s the story? British peer says Oasis will play Knebworth – then rows back

Exclusive: Lady Taylor of Stevenage says suggestion band would perform over five days in July 2026 was ‘hypothetical’

The Guardian - UK

98 Amazing Kids’ Halloween Costume Ideas That Worked Like Magic (New Pics)

Trick or treat?

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Are these the most famous moustaches in history?

Meet the men who made the statement facial hair fashionable

The Independent UK

“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us”: These are the two early Queen songs that Brian May says paved the way for Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t appear out of nowhere

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Wayne Rooney dressed as Freddie Mercury in sexy leather skirt and heels at his early 40th birthday party

Wayne Rooney dressed as the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury's look in the band's 1984 video for I Want to Break Free, at his early 40th birthday celebrations in the Cotswolds.

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Famous Gay Stars Who Tragically Passed Away—and What Led to Their Deaths

When a public figure dies, fans often focus on what made them famous—the music, the talent, the spotlight. But behind the acclaim are real human stories. For gay celebrities, living under the glare of both fame and social stigma can bring extra pressures. Their deaths often reflect not just personal…

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Keith Urban forced to cancel concert over health issue amid Nicole Kidman divorce

Urban is expected to continue his tour Friday in Nashville

MusicRadar

“I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' And he went, 'I'll do it, darling’ - downed a vodka, and went in and killed it”: How Freddie Mercury took on death itself for Queen’s majestic final single

It was sadly to be Freddie’s last single with Queen before he passed away just six weeks after its release

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Britney Spears slams ex Kevin Federline’s ‘constant gaslighting’ after alarming memoir claims

In his forthcoming memoir, ‘You Thought You Knew,’ Federline details Spears’s allegedly erratic behavior around their children

The Independent UK

Freddie Mercury’s ‘alternative versions’ of Queen hits revealed in new book

Handwritten notes offer window into the Queen frontman’s ‘brilliant, creative mind’, his closest friend Mary Austin says

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"We’ve decided not to count drummers anymore, it got depressing when we got to two figures." An audience with Spinal Tap legend David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap singer/guitarist David St. Hubbins on beefing with Metallica, hanging with Ronnie James Dio and why they could never be Slipknot

The Guardian - UK

Unseen Bohemian Rhapsody verses to feature in Freddie Mercury lyric book

Drafts of other Queen hits and photos from singer’s private archive will also feature in A Life in Lyrics

Evening Standard

Book by Freddie Mercury’s former fiancee to feature lyrics to unreleased songs

Unpublished material in the book also includes alternate lyrics and abandoned verses for Bohemian Rhapsody and multiple drafts of Don’t Stop Me Now.

Louder

“It’s light-hearted, sexually ambiguous – I love it!” Justin Hawkins chooses the 10 best Queen songs you might have missed

Cat suits, mega-mullets and time travel: The Darkness frontman on Queen’s deepest cuts

MusicRadar

“You’d get the chart positions. ‘Oh, we're Number One again!’ It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the making of Queen’s masterpiece A Night At The Opera

“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says

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