Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May say Geldof told Mercury: ‘Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025
"It made me feel empowered!" That time pop superstars Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Pink dressed up as gladiators and covered Queen's anthemic classic We Will Rock You now seems like a weird fever dream Look out for cameos from Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor in one of TV's most iconic adverts Louder · Jun 26, 2025
The unlikely encounter between a pre-fame Freddie Mercury and David Bowie at a London market The future Queen frontman encountered his eventual Under Pressure collaborator when working as a shop assistant at Kensington Market MusicRadar · Jun 19, 2025
"How many times do you say you're gonna give something up and you don't?": Aggression and anger on the road with Thin Lizzy across America and Europe With a new guitarist in their ranks, Thin Lizzy set off on an American tour with Queen, but trouble lay ahead Louder · Jun 15, 2025
Brian May shares unique insight into how his father supported Queen on their first European tour Fans called the musician’s touching post ‘a precious memory’ The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2025
Watch Ghost's Tobias Forge sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May and Roger Taylor look on The performance came as Queen were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf Metal Hammer · May 28, 2025
Roger Taylor and Brian May ‘so proud’ as they pick up Queen’s Polar Music Prize Previous winners of the Polar Music Prize have included Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. Evening Standard · May 27, 2025
“I didn’t really get the music, to be honest. It was a bit too prog for me”: The prog superstars who tried to steal drummer Roger Taylor from Queen The history of two hugely successful bands could have been very different Louder · May 24, 2025
Freddie Mercury 'had secret daughter from illicit affair', extraordinary new biography claims The Queen frontman’s secret love child speaks out 48 years after her birth: 'He adored me and was devoted’ Evening Standard · May 23, 2025
I Want It All: Queen drummer's former Surrey estate for sale for £8.95 million Roger Taylor lived in the property for 24 years, between 1979 and 2003 Evening Standard · May 10, 2025
“At last, we get our first album to sound as we imagined it should sound… Phew!”: 52 years later, Queen have finally got their debut album right, says Roger Taylor Despite already being ‘rebuilt’ only last year, Queen 1 is now getting a further full Dolby Atmos surround treatment too. So is this Queen 1.5? MusicRadar · May 6, 2025
Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025
“Every one of them said yes without hesitation": Hank Marvin and Roger Taylor have just remade a '60s classic for charity With a little help from Simon Phillips, Peter Erskine, Nick D’Virgilio, Eric Manegold, Vinnie Colaiuta, and more MusicRadar · Apr 12, 2025
Hank Marvin of The Shadows and Queen's Roger Taylor release charity cover of Let There Be Drums Hank Marvin and Queen's Roger Taylor have a new charity cover out. BANG Premier · Apr 11, 2025
Guitar World · Apr 9, 2025 “I don’t only think in barre chords – that’s a slightly arrogant statement to make”: Brian May and Roger Taylor disagree about their guitar contributions to Taylor’s Queen tracks The pair have offered a fresh insight into their songwriting partnership
MusicRadar · Apr 7, 2025 “How long did it take me to get over it? Oh, quite a while”: Brian May on the “supreme injustice” of Roger Taylor’s Queen B-side "making as much money as Bohemian Rhapsody" “It was a real sticking point for the band and it’s good we got through it,” he admits
Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025 Inside Duran Duran’s chicly bonkers immersive one-night only nightclub This week Duran Duran hosted a one night-only immersive experience which for a few hours, was the hottest nightclub in London
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025 Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love In her new book, music writer Kate Mossman looks back at her favourite type of encounter – interviews with charismatic, ageing, male rockers. Here she remembers the band – and specifically drummer – who electrified her as a girl growing up in Norfolk
BANG Premier · Mar 19, 2025 'I think it could happen': Queen legend Brian May hints at new music Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor are "constantly" working on new material and could put some new tunes out under the Queen moniker.
MusicRadar · Mar 19, 2025 "I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says that he and Roger Taylor are "constantly writing" "It’s whether that seed can grow," May says
Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025 Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan awarded 2025 Polar Music Prize The prize is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions for excellence in the world of music.
BANG Premier · Feb 15, 2025 Gary Brooker brought back to life on unique version of A Whiter Shade of Pale on Think Loud 4 Parkinson’s charity record New charity album ‘Think Loud 4 Parkinson’s’ contains a unique version of Procol Harum’s 1967 number one ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ along with Leo Sayer’s cover of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ set to the music of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’.
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025 Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor ‘fighting cancer as hard as he can’ Simon Le Bon said his former bandmate has ‘very late, fourth-stage metastasised cancer’
MusicRadar · Feb 13, 2025 “A nice fusion of synthesizers and epic pop”: Queen drummer Roger Taylor names the best song he ever wrote for the band - and the Queen song he hates! Plus: his biggest influences as a songwriter
Louder · Feb 9, 2025 “When Paul pitched into We Are The Champions, it wasn’t anything like Freddie would have done yet it carried the spirit of the song”: How Queen + Paul Rodgers resurrected one of rock’s most iconic bands The story of Queen + Paul Rodgers’ one-and-done album The Cosmos Rocks