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Queen posing for a photograph in 1973
Listen to the unreleased Queen song that Brian May gifted fans

By Paul Brannigan Published

Brian May teases 2026 re-issue of Queen's second album with broadcast of unreleased song dating back to 1969

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Iommi and May
Brian May gifts best friend Tony Iommi a special present

By Paul Brannigan Published

The five decades-plus friendship between Brian May and Tony Iommi is a rare and precious thing

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The cover of Classic Rock 346, featuring Queen
50 years on: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen's operatic masterpiece A Night At The Opera

By Siân Llewellyn Published

Also in this issue: Heart, Scorpions, Eric Gales, Creeper, Tom Petty, UFO, David Bowie, Zakk Wylde, Devon Allman, Counting Crows and more

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Adam Lambert and Brian May of Queen perform during a concert of Queen & Adam Lambert at the Ziggo Dome on July 1, 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Brian May says Queen are "having conversations" about a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere

By Stef Lach Published

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

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Brian May and Kashmira Bulsara at the opening of the Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden in West London
A Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden has opened in West London

By Fraser Lewry Published

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

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Queen in 1975 (studio portrait)
Queen detail 50th anniversary editions of A Night At The Opera and Bohemian Rhapsody

By Fraser Lewry Published

"It's such an eclectic album. It's mad and it's wonderful and it's got a bit of everything in it" - Roger Taylor

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The Struts with Brian May
"It's one of the best rock songs ever!" Queen's Brian May on working with The Struts

By Paul Brannigan Published

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

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

By Fraser Lewry Published

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

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Queen studio portrait
Every Queen album ranked, from worst to best

By Malcolm Dome Last updated

Buying guide Queen albums, like the band, were brilliant, flamboyant and preposterous, and the work of a band who lit up the 70s and 80s and remain a juggernaut today

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Tobias Forge onstage
Watch Ghost's Tobias Forge sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May and Roger Taylor look on

By Fraser Lewry Published

The performance came as Queen were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf

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