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“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

By Jonathan Horsley published 15 March 24

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

Brian May playing a Gibson Flying V onstage during the Hot Space Tour 1982

Brian May has officially teamed up with Gibson – but what will their collaboration involve?

By Jonathan Horsley published 23 February 24

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

Brian May of Queen performs at Chase Center on November 08, 2023 in San Francisco, California.

"I have no idea what I'm going to play when I get to that solo" – Brian May reveals the classic Queen song he improvises most live… and the track he takes the opposite approach with

By Rob Laing published 21 February 24

"Every time the solo comes up live, I think, well, actually I can’t do much better than that"

“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

By Jonathan Horsley published 13 February 24

Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not

Brian May of Queen attends the press conference ahead of the Rhapsody Tour at Conrad Hotel on January 16, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. The band Queen is in Seoul for their Asian leg of 'Rhapsody' tour, and is scheduled to perform on January 16 and 18 joined by Adam Lamber

"I don't think it ever really goes away" – Brian May admits he still suffers with imposter syndrome

By Rob Laing published 5 December 23

The Queen legend is candid on Rosie Bennet's new podcast

Brian May’s guitar tech Pete Malandrone reveals that the Queen guitarist has added a mastering EQ to his 2023 live rig to cut out “spurious, horrible RF noise”

By Jonathan Horsley published 3 October 23

In a new rig tour video, Malandrone reveals that he has opened up a new front in war against RF noise with the deployment of the Bettermaker mastering EQ unit

10 famous rock guitar solos and what you can learn from them

By Leigh Fuge published 21 September 23

From Queen to Cream and Hetfield to Harrison

“We might look back on 2023 as the last year when humans really dominated the music scene”: Brian May warns of AI threat to musicians

By Jonathan Horsley published 4 September 23

The Queen guitarist says music is probably the least of our worries when it comes to worst case AI scenarios but voices concern over authorship in a industry transformed by tech

"It was the antithesis of Bohemian Rhapsody and on the same album" – Brian May on the Queen deep cut that doesn't get the love it deserves

By Rob Laing published 20 July 23

"It just sits on an album there, and people who really want to get into Queen are aware of what that was and what it is"

Brian May of British rock band Queen in concert in London, 1974

"I don’t think anyone else had ever attempted something like that" – Brian May chooses his best performance from the Queen back catalogue

By Rob Laing published 18 July 23

And it's not Bohemian Rhapsody