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Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May

“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments”: How Brian May completed Freddie Mercury’s final song for Queen

By Paul Elliott published

Mercury recorded his vocal part just a few months before his death

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Brian May holds his new signature SJ-200 12-string as he addressed the audience at the Gibson Garage London

Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school but played during lunch hour anyway

By Jonathan Horsley published

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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Gibson Brian May SJ-200 12-String

Inspired by the stars, co-designed by the Queen guitarist, Gibson unveils Brian May SJ-200 12-String

By Jonathan Horsley published

Just look at those stunning agoya shell star inlays and that planetary-themed pickguard

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Roger Taylor and John Deacon

“A nice fusion of synthesizers and epic pop”: Queen's Roger Taylor names the best song he ever wrote for the band

By Paul Elliott published

Plus: his biggest influences as a songwriter

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Freddie Mercury and Brian May onstage in the early 1970s; May is wearing a white patterned cape and plays his Red Special electric guitar while Mercury strikes a pose with his mic stand.

Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well

By Jonathan Horsley published

Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord

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Slash

“You’re Slash! From Stoke! I’m from Stoke!”: How the Guns N’ Roses legend bonded with Robbie Williams

By Paul Elliott published

Plus: Slash on his new TV series - based in Bristol!

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Brian May and Anita Dobson

"He’s stabilised now": Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson gives fans a fresh update on his progress

By Daniel Griffiths published

Following a stroke in September fans of the Queen star have been eagerly eyeing updates

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney

“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: The famous Trident Studios piano used by The Beatles, Bowie, Queen and more

By Neil Crossley published

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

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Brian May plays the modded classical that he used to write and record Queen classic The Night Comes Down

Brian May on how The Night Comes Down was born of depression – and the desire to prove people wrong

By Jonathan Horsley published

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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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.

Brian May and Roger Taylor on Freddie Mercury using the studio to become rock's greatest frontman

By Jonathan Horsley published

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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