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View of musicians including, from third left, Bono, Paul McCartney, and Freddie Mercury as they perform onstage during the Live Aid benefit concert, Wembley Stadium, London, 7/13/1985
Who is the greatest of all time: The Beatles or Queen? Producer Steve Lillywhite has an interesting take

By Rob Laing Published

"I would never say anyone is better than The Beatles, but…"

Producers & Engineers
Queen A Night At The Opera album cover
"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

"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"

Guitarists
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

And it's not Bohemian Rhapsody

Guitarists
Brian May
Brian May explains how Queen rewrote the guitar recording rulebook when tracking their self-titled debut – but they were not happy with the album's sound

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The sessions found an ascendant band learning to make their own rules but May admits too many overdubs and a "dead" studio detracted from his eureka moment for recording guitar harmonies

Singles And Albums
Graham Gouldman and Brian May 'Floating in Heaven' cover art
Watch Brian May and Graham Gouldman’s cosmic Floating in Heaven music video

By Rod Brakes Published

Video The Queen guitarist and 10cc founder celebrate first historic images from newly operational James Webb Space Telescope

Video
Brian May
"I get so sick of people trying to change things without thinking of the long-term consequences” – Brian May blasts the Brit Awards’ decision to switch to gender neutral categories

By Rob Laing Published

May also offered his thoughts on whether Queen would have struggled in today’s PC culture: "I find it frightening that you have to be so calculating about everything"

Guitarists
Queen at Live Aid
Queen‘s 1985 Live Aid set is the world‘s most popular live performance

By Jonathan Horsley Published

According to data collated by TicketSource, over 4.8m people searched for the iconic Wembley show on YouTube

Gigs & Festivals
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This note-for-note recreation of Bohemian Rhapsody is worthy of Queen’s original

By Ben Rogerson Published

A group of musicians re-records the track using modern studio technology

Artists
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Brian May says that critics made a mistake as Bohemian Rhapsody triumphs at the Golden Globes

By Ben Rogerson Published

Film picks up Best Motion Picture and Best Actor awards

Guitarists
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Queen 'Fat Bottomed Girls' lesson (TG216)

By Matthew Parker last updated

Brian May talks exclusively to TG about the making of 'Fat Bottomed Girls' this issue (216).

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
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