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How Freddie Mercury's "fevered brain" conjured up Queen's biggest song
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Queen's record company didn't want to release Bohemian Rhapsody as a single, but history has proved them wrong several times

The tragedy and triumph of Queen’s final album and Freddie Mercury’s last goodbye
By Henry Yates published
How Queen made Innuendo and Made In Heaven against the odds

"We like going places where it's a challenge." How Queen helped tear down the Iron Curtain
By Mark Blake published
In July 1986, Queen became the first band to play a stadium show in the communist Eastern Bloc. Cue armed soldiers and genital-related insults

"My god, we were such impatient boys." How a David Bowie screw-up and some dramatic miming on British TV helped Queen secure their first hit single
By Paul Brannigan published
The story behind Queen's first Top 10 single

Queen Quiz: How much do you know about A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races?
By Fraser Lewry published
Test your knowledge of A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races, the twin pillars of Queen's imperial phase

Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

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

Every Queen album ranked, from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome last updated
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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