When breaking America, a lot of artists will want to start as they mean to go on. Except, if the first time Queen went Stateside was anything to go by, they would have always been destined to fail. Picture the scene: the year was 1974, and although the success of Queen and Queen II was […]
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It can be easy for someone like Brian May to get a little bit jaded with the idea of being a rock star. Queen might be one of the most seminal rock and roll bands of all time, but there are probably a few times when May doesn’t feel like he’s up for talking about […]
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It’s not hard to imagine a small, conservative, Midwestern American town where rock ‘n’ roll is illegal, a la the movie Footloose, but how about a big city in the north of England imposing an ordinance to limit how loud a rock band could be? In 1973! It might sound like a corny script idea […]
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Brian May has responded to President Donald Trump’s use of a Queen song in a social media post, which unveiled his new “MAGA Symphony” painting. Trump revealed the painting this week; it depicts the politician conducting an orchestra of pro-Trump figures, such as Charlie Kirk and Elon Musk. Trump celebrated Jon McNaughton’s painting on TruthSocial, […]
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It’s hard to think of any Queen song without looking at every member of the band. Even though not all of the songs were written by everyone, there wasn’t a single tune that would have sounded right without Freddie Mercury’s layers of vocal harmonies or even John Deacon adding the perfect bassline to tracks like […]
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Brian May is one of the most innovative guitarists out there; he was always looking for exciting new ways to push himself as a creative. For instance, when he first decided that he wanted to be an electric guitar player, he couldn’t actually play anything because his family couldn’t afford to buy him a six-string, […]
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Whenever Freddie Mercury had an opinion, he wouldn’t often shy away from sharing it. Once, when asked to describe himself as an artist, he said, “I’m just a musical prostitute, my dear.” The singer often had a way of saying the most artistically intelligent remarks with an air of crudeness like this, but this was […]
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Brian May has ruled out returning to the United States with Queen due to the current political climate, which he deemed “dangerous”. Queen, who have been touring with Adam Lambert as their singer since 2012, last visited North America for a run of shows in 2023. However, they have no plans to return anytime soon. […]
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Some songs don’t need to be read too much into because if we did, there’s a chance it might change our perception of them. Queen have so many universal hits that it’s hard to pinpoint their most famous one, but there is no doubt ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ would be up there. After David Beckham […]
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People always credited Queen as being a law unto themselves. And while Brian May is hardly going to stand and argue with them, the truth is he might be ever so inclined to disagree. That’s not because he’s not immensely proud of his band or trying to play down his own legacy in some bizarre […]
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