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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
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 has officially teamed up with Gibson – but what will their collaboration involve?
By Jonathan Horsley published
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

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

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