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THE FREDDIE I KNEW AND LOVED

As a new version of their classic album Barcelona is released, soprano Montserrat Caballé remembers the Queen legend. When Freddie Mercury announced he wanted to record with the Spanish soprano Montse…

Live At Wembley Stadium 25th Anniversary: Spike Edney Interview

How did you get the Queen gig? Some years before, in the 70’s I met Chris Taylor (Crystal), back then he was a lighting tech. In the early 80’s I bumped into him again, by now he was working for Queen…

THE 100 GREATEST SINGLES OF ALL TIME

No 3 - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) Freddie Mercury coquettishly referred to it as "my rhapsody". And, according to Brian May, "Freddie knew exactly what he wanted. It was just a question of doing it." J…

Brian May transcript Capital Radio 25/2/85

On Monday 25th February 1985 at 3pm, Brian presented a two hour show on London's "Capital Radio" as a guest DJ. BM: Hello, nice to see you Roger Scott: This is a new role for you, have you ever done t…

Queen's Brian May Addresses 'Idol Fallout'

After Queen appeared on this past Tuesday's episode of American Idol to coach the remaining eight contestants--who all sang Queen songs this week, with varying degrees of success--many assumed the ban…

Brian May's "Star Fleet Project" with Eddie Van Halen

Star Fleet Project, a three-cut mini-album credited to Brian May &Friends, documents the rare airing of two rock's foremost guitarist in aninformal jam setting: Brian May of Queen and Eddie Van Halen,…

Roger and Brian on VH1 in 1997

Roger Taylor: He was very much his own creation. He made himself and he just got betterand better. At first we thought "he'll never get away with this" but he justdeveloped and became a better singer,…

Roger Taylor Interview - The Cross

Roger Taylor: I think it's a very impoRoger Taylorant thing that any group has to be good in liveperformance, so we attach a lot of impoRoger Taylorance to that. I: I remember when your first album ca…

Roger Taylor Interview

A big part of any successful interview is the preparation that's done before theactual interview takes place. It's during this stage that the interviewer gets afix on the interviewee. But trying to si…

Freddie satanist

Gigi Becali, the owner of Romanian football club Steaua Bucharest, have launched a very dirty attack on Freddie Mercury and the gay community. In a press conference on 5th of June, he commented on the…

Panchgani's Wild Strawberry

Freddie mercury — lead singer of the group Queen — learnt to play the piano and perform on the stage of St Peter’s boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra. He also had his first homosexual relations…

Nirvana bassist reveals Brian May helped him after bass-throwing injury

Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com , I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my b…

Freddie's Trousers

FUNNY HOW times change. Seems like only yesterday that people were taking the mickey out of Queen. Of course, there were some who reckoned they had a genuine talent which would come to the fore, but f…

Living with Freddie

Only one year after Freddie´s death I wished secretly that something miraculous would happen. I remember me, sitting alone in the room and praying to God, if he could talk to Brian (as I considered hi…

I couldn't bear to see Freddie wasting away

This week, Freddie Mercury would have been 60. His lover, Jim Hutton, was with him for the final six years Tim Teeman div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c;…

'We Are The Champions' voted world's fave song

Zanzibar angry over Mercury bash

A Muslim group in Zanzibar has protested about plans to mark the 60th birthday of the late rock legend and Queen front man Freddie Mercury. The Zanzibar-born singer who was openly gay was renowned for…

Queen win greatest live gig poll

Queen's iconic performance at Live Aid in July 1985 has been named the world's greatest rock gig in an industry poll. Jimi Hendrix's appearance at Woodstock in August 1969 came second, followed by the…

Dance: Deux the fandango

Queen’s lush music is the unlikely inspiration for a new show, writes Christie Taylor div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Anyone who can remember the a…

Is This Man A Prat?

There’s a story about him, dating back to his days as an impoverished student, which illustrates that even at that time he had grand aspirations for a luxurious existence. It was before Queen were for…