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Freddie Mercury at the Queen concert at Wembley stadium during the Magic tour on July 11, 1986 in London
I Want It All: Sony snaps up Queen back catalogue

By Will Simpson Published

Sony buy Queen back catalogue

Guitarists
Brian May live onstage with his iconic Red Special
A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May

By Jonathan Horsley Published

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

Electric Guitars
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

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

Guitarists
Brian May and David Bowie
“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

Guitarists
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

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

Guitarists
Brian May
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

Guitar Amps
Guitarist playing onstage
10 famous rock guitar solos and what you can learn from them

By Leigh Fuge Published

From Queen to Cream and Hetfield to Harrison

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Freddie Mercury Yamaha C2 baby grand piano
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

Handwritten Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics fetch £1,370,000

Keyboards & Pianos
Brian May
“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

Music Industry
Funny Little Boxes Skeleton Key
Unlock Josh Homme’s QOTSA tones with the Skeleton Key, the new £99 drive pedal from Funny Little Boxes

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Is this the pedalboard solution that Queens Of The Stone Age fans have been waiting for?

Guitar Pedals
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