"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 By Leigh Fuge published 14 July 24 A crazy little thing called Dsus4
I Want It All: Sony snaps up Queen back catalogue for over $1 billion By Will Simpson published 20 June 24 The deal has finally been done
A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May By Jonathan Horsley published 11 June 24 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
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
“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
"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
Freddie Mercury’s Yamaha C2 baby grand piano sells for £1.74m at auction, but Brian May says he “can’t look” By Ben Rogerson last updated 7 September 23 Handwritten Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics fetch £1,370,000
“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