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Watch: Brian May sheds a tear after performing alongside Freddie Mercury’s hologram

Queen has been performing with the 'hologram' for their Rhapsody tour.
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Brian May says Brighton Rock was not inspired by Quadrophenia: “As much as I love The Who, I couldn’t sing you a note of...

“Me and Roger went down to Brighton and met two girls in our very, very early days,” the guitarist confessed.
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Brian May on Freddie Mercury’s “fantastical” songwriting: “Underneath, I think he was really pouring his heart out”

"Freddie was struggling with various things at various times... It was hard for him to express," May said.
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Queen to open ‘Platinum Party at the Palace’ concert for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Diana Ross, Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers are just a few of the other musicians also set to perform at the celebration.
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Brian May names Queen “mentors” that “would have been as big as the Stones”

“I remember watching Mott The Hoople burst onto the stage and the whole audience would erupt because it was just engineered that way,” May said of his memories of the band.
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Brian May says working on Freddie Mercury’s vocals after his death was “difficult” and “traumatising”

“I’d have moments thinking, ‘This is great… this sounds great Fre… Oh, you’re not here,’” May said.
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The story of Brian May’s Deacy amp, the little amp that could

We trace the lineage of Brian May’s legendary Deacy amp, integral to Queen’s huge studio tone.
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Watch the new video for Brian May’s On My Way Up

The video shows the Queen guitarist taking a trip down memory lane and reflecting on his iconic music career.
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Brian May says working with “recluse” Axl Rose on Chinese Democracy was an “odd” experience

May originally featured on the track Catcher In The Rye
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Queen’s Roger Taylor on the band’s difficulty writing new music: “Brian suddenly lost interest and I don’t really know why”

Whilst trying to write a new track in Nashville, the drummer discussed how the band struggled to complete any new material.
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