Latest about Brian May
“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments”: How Brian May completed Freddie Mercury’s final song for Queen
Mercury recorded his vocal part just a few months before his death
Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school but played during lunch hour anyway
May was reminiscing about the early days of learning on acoustic as he presented his new signature SJ-200 12-string at the Gibson Garage London and performed with Arielle
Inspired by the stars, co-designed by the Queen guitarist, Gibson unveils Brian May SJ-200 12-String
Just look at those stunning agoya shell star inlays and that planetary-themed pickguard
Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well
Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord
"He’s stabilised now": Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson gives fans a fresh update on his progress
Following a stroke in September fans of the Queen star have been eagerly eyeing updates
Brian May on how The Night Comes Down was born of depression – and the desire to prove people wrong
With a radically-modded cheapo classical guitar, a head clouded by darkness, May wrote a great Queen epic and tore up the production rulebook that said you can’t mix electric and acoustic
Brian May and Roger Taylor on Freddie Mercury using the studio to become rock's greatest frontman
The making of Queen’s debut album was a learning process for all, none more so than Mercury who used the studio as a tool for radical self-improvement and take full command of his instrument
“It still buzzes”: Brian May reveals the mods he made to his £10 acoustic for Queen’s debut album
Recently reissued and “rebuilt”, Queen’s 1973 debut was a time of learning and experimentation for the band, with May customising a cheapo acoustic for one of the coolest tones on the record
Queen hated the drum sound on their debut so much that they “augmented” every beat for its reissue
Their eponymous debut is a stone-cold rock classic but Queen have never been happy with its sound, especially Taylor’s drums. For its “rebuilt” and renamed reissue, they forensically applied digital tech to transform the sound of each individual drum hit
