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Watch Brian May perform with Jean-Michel Jarre in Bratislava for 30,000 fans
By Fraser Lewry published
May's performance came at this year's Starmus, the science and arts festival co-founded by the Queen guitarist

Jean-Michel Jarre to team up with Brian May for biannual Starmus concert
By Jerry Ewing published
This year's free Starmus concert takes place in Bratislava on Mayy 12

Watch the official video for Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes' charity remake of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero), featuring David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Brian May, Slash and more
By Paul Brannigan published
Guitar legends assemble for the epic charity single benefitting the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage
By Paul Brannigan published
Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

“It just brings you to tears”: David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Slash and more join forces for epic new recording of Mark Knopfler's Going Home
By Paul Brannigan published
The new all-star recording of Mark Knopfler's debut solo single will raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

"It's basic. It's not technical by any means": Watch Brian May solo while Tony Iommi plays the riff from Paranoid
By Fraser Lewry published
Queen's Brian May "commits sacrilege" by playing a solo over the top of the riff of Black Sabbath's Paranoid

There's a problem on Planet Rock and only Brian May and Nandi Bushell can help: the future of rock depends on it
By Fraser Lewry published
Nandi Bushell has shared some behind-the-scenes action as she jams with Brian May on BBC kids TV show Andy And The Band

11 iconic guitars and the legendary guitarists who played them
By Jenna Scaramanga published
From Jimmy Page’s double-necked Gibson to Brian May‘s Red Special, these are the guitars that became legends in their own right

"We Will Rock You can be good for your health. I’m happy about that. But not at all happy that scientists tortured mice to find that out": Brian May hits out at researchers who've discovered that a Queen classic contains unexpected medical benefits
By Paul Brannigan published
Queen's We Will Rock You may help cells release insulin, but Brian May isn't happy about how scientists tested this

"You can get in a terrible mess if you play the wrong things": Watching Queen's Brian May discuss his Red Special guitar, his sixpence 'plectrums' and secret "tasty guitar techniques" in this rare British TV interview from 1976 is guitar nerd nirvana
By Paul Brannigan published
Back when television actually had music shows, Queen's Brian May was able to talk about his guitar technique in geeky detail on prime-time TV
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