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Freddie Mercury as he appeared on the cover of Mr Bad Guy
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.

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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 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

Buying guide
Singer Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991) performing with Queen, UK, November 1973.
Queen icon Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, according to a new biography

By Stef Lach Published

Book claims Freddie Mercury had a close relationship with his secret "daughter" until his death in 1991

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Queen posing for a photograph in 1978
The Freddie Mercury song that Queen’s Brian May never gets tired of playing

By Classic Rock Published

Spoiler: it’s not Bohemian Rhapsody!

Tracks & Singles
Brian May and Freddie Mercury of Queen
Brian May opens up about Queen's doubts on having Freddie Mercury as their frontman in their early days: "He did a lot of running around the place and screaming his head off. So we thought, ‘Is this going work?’"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Queen guitarist Brian May reveals how the band used to find working with Freddie Mercury "a little unnerving"

Interviews
Brian May on a sofa speaking with Sammy Hagar
Brian May says Adam Lambert is taking Queen's songs to places Freddie Mercury never did

By Fraser Lewry Published

Queen's Brian May talks to Sammy Hagar about Freddie Mercury, Adam Lambert, and curating Queen's legacy

Tracks & Singles
Freddie Mercury's London mansion
Freddie Mercury's famed London mansion is up for sale: offers over £30 million invited

By Fraser Lewry Published

Mercury's eight-bedroom West London home is on the market for the first time since he bought it

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Freddie Mercury, Sid Vicious
"Oi, Freddie! Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?": When Queen frontman Freddie Mercury met Sex Pistols bassist 'Simon Ferocious'

By Paul Brannigan Published

"It upset me when the Sex Pistols exploded" recalls Brian May, who was rather more taken with punk than Freddie Mercury

Interviews
Freddie Mercury onstage with his fist held out in triumph
"I've lived, I really have. I've done it all. I love the fact that I make people happy": The life and times of rock's most outrageous star, Freddie Mercury

By Jon Hotten Published

How a shy kid from Zanzibar helped propel Queen to superstardom

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