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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We paid him very, very well for what he did for us. His dependents became incredibly greedy”: Queen are being sued by the relatives of late photographer Mick Rock, says Brian May ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ And May and Taylor are at odds over another Queen tour ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4rmrZkT66MuduPzS9HDCba-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The single biggest leap we ever made. That's when we really started making music the way we wanted to”: Brian May reflects on Queen II, as it's confirmed that the 1974 album is about to get a lavish reissue ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Its five CDs will include demos, BBC sessions, outtakes and more ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NMyjvzqKYt5WVF6Byj4hz5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/it-says-on-the-record-no-synthesizers-thats-so-cool-and-i-love-ogre-battle-danga-danga-waaaaah-red-hot-chili-peppers-drummer-chad-smith-names-his-favourite-queen-album</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing” ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BeB6p9kAVyYVb68o6VrwjW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A classic black-and-white portrait of Queen: [left to right] Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A classic black-and-white portrait of Queen: [left to right] Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “America is a dangerous place at the moment… Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment”: Brian May on why Queen won’t tour the US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ And Glastonbury is a no-no due to… badgers ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gigs &amp; Festivals]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bVEMq3coVKfS5PRDdNF48V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Brian May just got Tony Iommi the best Christmas present ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Talk about doing Christmas shopping early? May's gift was two years in the making, and it's a big one – Queen meets Black Sabbath on a Red Special replica with a signature Iommi twist ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:25:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ziKd5NZcjGREe5YJwjR8A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Brian May performs live with his Red Special, and on the right, his old pal, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, plays the custom-built Red Special replica that Iommi got him as a festive gift.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Brian May performs live with his Red Special, and on the right, his old pal, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, plays the custom-built Red Special replica that Iommi got him as a festive gift.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “These were both huge British bands with international followings so we’re expecting considerable interest”: How the “fingerprint” wood grain of this Warwick bass revealed a connection to not one but two British rock legends (and tripled its value) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Incredibly, this bass, co-designed with John Entwistle, changed hands in 2003 without anyone noticing its regal connection. Now wood grain analysis reveals it was owned by John Deacon ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HrD2xyBGrnkvG7LhC8YPRf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Queen perform live in 1986, with Freddie Mercury wearing a yellow basketball vest over a blue T-shirt, Brian May wearing an open collared white shirt, and John Deacon playing a prototype Warwick Buzzard bass, which was designed by John Entwistle and is up for auction in December 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Queen perform live in 1986, with Freddie Mercury wearing a yellow basketball vest over a blue T-shirt, Brian May wearing an open collared white shirt, and John Deacon playing a prototype Warwick Buzzard bass, which was designed by John Entwistle and is up for auction in December 2025.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Who Wants To Live Forever? Brian May says Queen are looking at a possible hologram show: “I’m very taken with the idea that we can be the original Queen again” ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He says it “wouldn’t just be playing old footage” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:45:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nXsSG7a4TAKSRX2LgpNjpf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Queen in their pomp, 1977]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Queen perform in concert with Freddie Mercury wearing black leotard at the Forum on December 22, 1977 in Inglewood, California]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "It’s a lot more complicated in many ways than Bohemian Rhapsody": Queen's most celebrated song marks its 50th anniversary today, but Roger Taylor and Brian May say that several songs they released in the years beforehand were arguably even more ambitious ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pair have been speaking on a new YouTube series dedicated to Bohemian Rhapsody ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singles And Albums]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ofHL2WpqDBHDoWnXNwtmb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "I had to learn so many songs so quickly, and I don’t think I ever really did learn them properly”: Paul Rodgers opens up about his time fronting Queen, and why he decided to leave ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He also says he’s likely to perform with Bad Company when they're inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame next month ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/43fii6Gqygipukne2SCux4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Queen, Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 20th April 2005. (Photo by Goedefroit Music/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Queen, Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 20th April 2005. (Photo by Goedefroit Music/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You’d get the chart positions. ‘Oh, we're Number One again!’ It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the making of Queen’s masterpiece A Night At The Opera ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k8bqddFzdkD8spyAy8AtFB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “A testament to their expansive and much-loved music catalogue that they continue to mean so much to UK audiences to this very day”: Which 20th-century band are the top ‘rock’ act in 21st-century Britain? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ According to PPL, anyway ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2HnJbCWZXzseYtMoV4iWe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You actually had to be good at your instrument – that doesn’t seem to be a necessary requisite these days”: Roger Taylor and Brian May remember Bohemian Rhapsody ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We were taking up “where the Beatles left off”, says May ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rw8auCkLsaSAWZXfUZJHd9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I would like to do it. We’re having conversations”: Brian May suggests a Queen Sphere residency could be on the cards ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Guitarist is fed up with traditional touring ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:59:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vbt73suDixgLoCLgZB9S5U-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[ Brian May of Queen performs during the Platinum Party At The Palace at Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ Brian May of Queen performs during the Platinum Party At The Palace at Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We were at the peak of our confidence. It felt like there wasn’t anything we couldn’t do”: Queen’s A Night at the Opera and Bo Rhap to get 50th anniversary reissues in October ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “It was a watershed album for us” remembers Brian May ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:28:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:34:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QrdCYEuWzQzrUxLS3hctmW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We pillaged a few things from Freddie’s solo work and refashioned them. It was a great labour love”: Brian May recalls how a Queen album was created after the loss of Freddie Mercury ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plus: the one thing that was 'sacrosanct' in Queen's songwriting process ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:14:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:47:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ovuJgEEjaqGboL55dwSSYZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We came off stage and looked at each other in amazement, because all that singing from the audience was so extreme. And I said to Freddie, ‘Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SWAipdRPyyauPobD7bLWhh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Queen on stage in Los Angeles in 1977. Left to right: John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Queen in 1977]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I have none of that high-speed technical skill of a Steve Vai or a Joe Satriani. What I have is a connection between the mind and the fingers”: How Brian May plays off instinct – and how he and Freddie Mercury battled over a Queen classic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Freddie was pushing up the guitar more and more” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:44:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCgLy8vi2sf5pmciNy2JBe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Freddie rose to the occasion. When we did Radio Ga Ga and the whole audience did the double handclap thing, I remember getting chills in that moment”: Brian May recalls the power and the glory of Queen at Live Aid ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "When you watch it now, it's not without its tense moments" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:50:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dx8Nk4NsaHZruVSrVVFHef-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It came off the rails quite significantly at the end of Hammer to Fall”: Brian May reveals Queen's Live Aid doubts, and how the band were "lacking oil" ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Guitarist recalls “flaws” in their performance that day ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:24:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gigs &amp; Festivals]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QVF4emZDhTdzBfCgW6Wggj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “If they were ever going to do the story of Nero, probably the most decadent of all the emperors, they would have to use Roy Thomas Baker”: Tributes to the legendary producer of Queen, Alice Cooper, Journey and more, who has died aged 78 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ RTB produced Bohemian Rhapsody and other landmark songs ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:30:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:00:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jJwfcwDN4rXefVyaUZQ82J-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Curse of Coachella: Bad sound, bad gigs and even worse audiences -  Is Coachella now the worst festival in the world? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the big gig in the middle of nowhere wraps with the usual storm of complaints and controversy, we take a look at why it's become the place where gigs go wrong ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daniel Griffiths ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VabBrLVvAH6NDgtt2E9Ckh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "It's a little over-heroic. But it's fun. It's colourful. And there is also a little undercurrent of something deeper in the lyrics”: Brian May reveals the inspiration for one of Queen’s greatest hits ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It was the movie theme that almost got rejected ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:31:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:35:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UA728eJ5i3oRHbVqHRkdhi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says that he and Roger Taylor are "constantly writing" ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It’s whether that seed can grow," May says ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PsZhBtLY6E7iuz997cTiG6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It was that fusion of funk and rock. It gave birth to Michael Jackson doing his incredible stuff!”: Brian May on a killer Queen song that blew away the King of Pop - and Kirk Hammett! ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “It was designed to be uniquely a dance track" ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCgLy8vi2sf5pmciNy2JBe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I played lots of rhythm guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no, no - it’s a piano song!’”: How Brian May had to fight to get himself heard on a Queen classic  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ May calls it “a massive Queen song” ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hnNLXSw86pdrMzgDQKtCpG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Freddie Mercury got me in a half-nelson. I couldn’t move!”: A rock legend’s backstage antics at Live Aid - and his beef with a fellow star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bowie was “a nice guy”. Elvis Costello, not so much… ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:09:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:10:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EgHH5JEhXsKe3nJmLyk2oi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments, even though this was happening long after he was gone”: How Brian May completed the last Queen song that Freddie Mercury wrote alone ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mercury recorded his vocal part just a few months before his death ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:36:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qALGDqggZLrrBnhxSmKcKV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury with Roger Taylor and Brian May at the Brit Awards in 1990. It was Freddie&#039;s final public appearance]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You would get suspended for even having a guitar”: Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school – but he and his friends played during lunch hour anyway ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:10:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vtpSLsEoUJvtZeZFNWXGLc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Gibson was able to put the universe on it… the planet Mercury is here, and that is a little nod to a friend of mine”: Inspired by the stars and co-designed by the Queen guitarist, Gibson unveils exquisite Brian May SJ-200 12-String ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Just look at those stunning agoya shell star inlays and that planetary-themed pickguard ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ENP9RsG3pXrULWHtz7Rs6Y-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “A nice fusion of synthesizers and epic pop”: Queen drummer Roger Taylor names the best song he ever wrote for the band - and the Queen song he hates! ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plus: his biggest influences as a songwriter ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:36:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VxEBCiCsPAwfXCoiYJQkNQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I didn’t know what to do. It sounded like an angry wasp”: Brian May recalls the time he played live through Jimi Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:46:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ye3gqhe7zRdAwZFGGoy59-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You’re Slash! From Stoke! I’m from Stoke!”: How the Guns N’ Roses legend bonded with Robbie Williams by covering Queen classics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plus: Slash on his new TV series - based in Bristol! ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XjmvEPqGXmYeDdK2QxNvk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "He’s stabilised now, which is brilliant": Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson gives fans a fresh update on his progress ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Following a stroke in September fans of the Queen star have been eagerly eyeing updates ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daniel Griffiths ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k6DUUeyR6b8b5cvsreBMpk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-have-never-heard-a-better-rock-piano-from-the-beatles-to-bowie-queen-to-elton-john-how-the-rich-distinctive-tone-of-the-trident-studios-house-piano-graced-the-grooves-of-some-of-the-finest-songs-ever-recorded</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:26:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:52:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bv2ZNxp749BzCYkZfRLZJc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I had moments where I thought, ‘I am in a great place. I can make music… then somehow, everything would fall apart. That’s what the song was about”: Brian May on how The Night Comes Down was born of depression – and the desire to prove people wrong  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/awE6zGsgkU8J2W4tiKhHtZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                            <![CDATA[ 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 ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LT5fXPYFfVTFFpLvUaD3Ya-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Queen live onstage in 1974, just after the release of their debut album. Brian May wears a white shirt and takes a solo on his Red Special electric guitar, John Deacon is holding it down on the P-Bass, while Freddie Mercury wears an all-white suit and waits to come in on vocals again.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Queen live onstage in 1974, just after the release of their debut album. Brian May wears a white shirt and takes a solo on his Red Special electric guitar, John Deacon is holding it down on the P-Bass, while Freddie Mercury wears an all-white suit and waits to come in on vocals again.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I still have the guitar. It still buzzes”: Brian May reveals the radical mods he made to his £10 acoustic for Queen’s debut album, all to make it buzz ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:06:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6iSLPiq2DzfXdEyZKf3YrT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A black-and-white photo of Brian May of Queen playing his Red Special onstage in 1974 as the band tour their sophomore album Queen II. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black-and-white photo of Brian May of Queen playing his Red Special onstage in 1974 as the band tour their sophomore album Queen II. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He was playing this kit that had cushions in it and tape all over it. It didn’t sound like Rodge”: Queen hated Roger Taylor’s drum sound on their debut album so much that they “augmented” every beat for its reissue ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:39:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:05:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kVsNoyMkwPPEsqd5eVeDDS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “My original guitar hero has always been Brian May”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts on her new (red) special friend ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ She loves a guitar solo you can sing along to ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:37:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZLd5QnYxF6BrYguCAZurX-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Brian and myself were talking the other day, and we both said that if we feel we have some good material, why not?”: Roger Taylor teases possibility of new Queen music ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Could there be a new Queen album? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:35:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:57:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bc9wzZyPh42dVLafcZ8Xb4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "This is not just a remaster, this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album": Brian May heads up a new stereo mix project so ambitious, they've given the album a new title  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:04:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:20:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rob Laing ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z7kyhEos8PprEjDC2G7ca6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Are you not entertained?”: Megan Thee Stallion and Queen combine for a new version of We Will Rock You ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It features in a new Gladiator-themed Pepsi ad that pays homage to Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink’s Roman epic from 2004 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:27:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zP2bMvdWzkdN7Y35cKNS4N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "Out of the blue, I didn't have any control over this arm": Brian May reveals he's suffered a stroke that left him unable to use his left arm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Queen reveals 'health hiccup' on his website ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:53:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:57:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ will.groves@futurenet.com (Will Groves) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Groves ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/knFxjb5qWh5ZCsyoCN6AxX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “If I wanted to have a string sound, I had to change, unload and reload while I was playing, and that led to all kinds of problems”: Queen live keyboard player Spike Edney on ‘80s tech, streamlining his rig and using Freddie Mercury vocal samples ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I suppose what I think is that Queen is quite a demanding musical adventure, and there are lots of things that can be done to make their sounds more realistic for the audience,” he says ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ymKxXUDvnLYY7WPuKjnxi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "When it comes down to chords, we don’t often spend much time talking about Brian May – until now": learn 4 from his Queen classics  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A crazy little thing called Dsus4 ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leigh Fuge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uqF5Rhjakz6yreohKYAeGT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "You can sing it, you can hum it – you can play it": Jared James Nichols teaches you Mississippi Queen by Mountain  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fire up the P-90 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:35:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rob Laing ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BU7YW2FowGJrqDbGqrcmu9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ I Want It All: Sony snaps up Queen back catalogue for over $1 billion ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sony buy Queen back catalogue ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:14:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:04:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PdSBjhyDxMJpACsSQWbbde-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury at the Queen concert at Wembley stadium during the Magic tour on July 11, 1986 in London]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury at the Queen concert at Wembley stadium during the Magic tour on July 11, 1986 in London]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Queen guitarist reveals he is talking to Gibson and says it would be “wonderful” to have a US-made version of his iconic Red Special ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jDbGwdkwnWxcYxz5zXwqkN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Brian May live onstage with his iconic Red Special]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Brian May live onstage with his iconic Red Special]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Brian May has officially teamed up with Gibson – but what will their collaboration involve? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/news/brian-may-is-collaborating-with-gibson</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ No, the Queen guitarist is surely not going to start playing Les Pauls but a signature acoustic might not be beyond the realms of the imagination, nor would a Gibson-built Red Special ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:40:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/75Mq9iDQqLXiMxbg4nZtGn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Brian May playing a Gibson Flying V onstage during the Hot Space Tour 1982]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Brian May playing a Gibson Flying V onstage during the Hot Space Tour 1982]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I never liked it, to be honest, the way it was mixed. But I do recognise that it works”: Brian May says Under Pressure sounded like The Who before David Bowie took out the heavy guitar parts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vRWCxKZacRw6mmVWUqzmBf-1280-80.jpg">
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