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"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

Bands & Artists
Brian May on Pop Quest, 1976
"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

Interviews
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"The potential for AI to cause evil is, obviously, incredibly huge... the whole thing is massively scary": Queen guitarist Brian May warns of dark days ahead for humanity

By Paul Brannigan Published

Queen's Brian May has a vision of how an AI-dominated world could look in the future, and its not pretty

Bands & Artists
Freddie Mercury auction
"I can't look... it's too sad": Queen's Brian May expresses dismay as Freddie Mercury's personal possessions go under the hammer in London, with his Bohemian Rhapsody video 'snake bangle' selling for £698,500

By Paul Brannigan Published

As Freddie Mercury's garden door sells for over £400,000 at a London auction of his personal effects, Brian May admits that, for him, it's "too sad" to watch

Bands & Artists
Brian May of Queen
Brian May: "Humans are pretty much eliminating all species except the ones that we think are useful to us"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Queen's Brian May elaborates on a previous comment in which saw him argue that humans should not travel to space until they "sort out how to behave on their own planet"

Bands & Artists
A composite photo of Eddie Van Halen and Brian May playing live
“It was exhilarating – it felt like an illicit liaison”: the true story of Brian May and Eddie Van Halen’s Star Fleet Project collaboration

By Dave Everley Published

How a kids’ TV show inspired a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of rock’s greatest guitarists

Interviews
Brian May
"I find the world a very strange and screwed up place. I don’t feel comfortable in the world as it is now": Queen's Brian on why Britain's political landscape makes him depressed

By Liz Scarlett Published

Queen legend Brian May slams the UK government for "wrecking" Britain, discusses how he copes with his depression

Bands & Artists
Brian May + Friends - Star Fleet Project album sleeve
Brian May + Friends’ Star Fleet Project mini-album is the sound of two guitar giants having the time of their lives

By Dave Everley Published

Album review: Queen guitarist Brian May’s long-lost 1983 Star Fleet Project collaboration with Eddie Van Halen gets lovingly dusted down

Albums
Eddie Van Halen and Brian May together
Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time”

By Classic Rock Published

Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album

Bands & Artists
Brian May on TV
Watch Brian May enthuse about Star Fleet Project on kids' TV in 1983

By Fraser Lewry Published

'Yeah! We've done it! Great!' - Brian May on the recording sessions that bequeathed Star Fleet Project (featuring Eddie Van Halen) to The World

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