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"I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says new Queen music is possible
By Paul Elliott published
"It’s whether that seed can grow," May says

“It was that fusion of funk and rock”: Brian May on the Queen banger that blew away Michael Jackson - and Kirk Hammett!
By Paul Elliott published
“It was designed to be uniquely a dance track"

“I played lots of guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no!’”: How Brian May fought to be heard on a Queen classic
By Paul Elliott published
May calls it “a massive Queen song”

“Brian May was a huge inspiration for this project”: Teenager constructs guitar from scrap wood
By Will Simpson published
Sam Golder has built his own Red Special

“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments”: How Brian May completed Freddie Mercury’s final song for Queen
By Paul Elliott published
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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
By Daniel Griffiths published
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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
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