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Roger Taylor hints Queen are considering an ABBA Voyage-inspired show

Roger Taylor has teased that Queen may be considering a high‑tech live experience inspired by ABBA Voyage, with new digital ways of bringing Freddie Mercury into future shows now firmly on the table.

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In 2013, Queen guitarist Brian May began turning 157 acres of Dorset farmland into woodland; 9 years later, its trees and wildflower meadows were attracting more birds and small mammals

Brian May initiated a woodland and wildlife reserve project in Dorset. He planted the first tree in September 2013, aiming for 100,000 trees. This initiative transformed former agricultural land into a significant ecological habitat. Local residents actively participated in planting efforts and named the wood.

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“I thought it was a terrible name. But Brian was my friend. I’d just met Freddie”: How Queen almost became Build Your Own Boat

Name was Brian May’s idea, says Freddie Mercury’s ex, Mary Austin

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The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life

He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond

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The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, a kids’ TV theme and the most unlikely collaboration of the 1980s: “It was like going down a really challenging ski run. I was very much conscious of his talent and his incredible aura”

What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

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Brian May and Billy Gibbons hook up on posthumous Steve Cropper single My Angels Are Calling

My Angels Are Calling comes from the late Steve Cropper's poignantly titled album Watching The Tide

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How Brian May ended up playing on Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album: “I said to him, ‘Play on some other tracks,’ but he went, ‘Oh no, it's your album’”

The two legends have been friends for over five decades and previously collaborated on a Black Sabbath and solo Iommi track

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“He and Eddie Van Halen were the only two I really stayed in touch with”: Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on collaborating with Queen guitarist and “best friend” Brian May for new solo album From The Dark

May contributes to the song Death Wake on Iommi’s long-awaited solo comeback

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“The closest to my feel in that solo anyone ever got”: Brian May hails 17-year-old for his uncanny Queen guitar covers

The guitarist fell in love with Queen through the Bohemian Rhapsody film, and now has a fan in the man himself

Guitar World

How a Fender Strat anniversary event led to Queen’s first world tour since Freddie Mercury’s death: “Brian May got on the phone to me and said, ‘You have to look at what we just did’”

May shared the Strat Pack stage with a singer whose performance convinced him to get the Queen machine up and running again

Guitar World

“I was a session guitarist for a bit, which is unbelievable because I can’t read music. I used to pretend to flip the music sheets during sessions!” Dan Hawkins says it’s a miracle The Darkness have survived so long

His most prized Gibson was made for Jimmy Page and contains an Angus Young pickup. He knows the difference between opening for Metallica and Iron Maiden. He knows kids hate AI. And there’s one thing that he can’t tell you for legal reasons

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Sir Brian May left blown away by ‘eerie and strange’ solar eclipse in Spain

Sir Brian May has captured the "moment of totality" after watching the solar eclipse during a trip to Spain.

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Brian May asked AI to recreate the cover of Queen's The Game. He wasn't happy with the results: “So this is the kind of intelligence that will soon be ruling the world??!”

The guitarist also made a serious environmental plea

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Brian May captures ‘moment of totality’ as he watches solar eclipse from Spain

The 79-year-old watched the natural phenomenon from an observatory site on Wednesday and shared the moment on social media.

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Queen’s Brian May outraged by AI version of album cover and tells UK PM Andy Burnham: ‘You must stop it now’

"Maybe this is the time to realise WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED AI," Brian May declared when posting a ridiculously poor version of what AI thinks one of Queen's albums looks like. He has urged UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to block AI "before it's too late".

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Queen star Sir Brian May infuriated by AI image of Freddie Mercury

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Spotify to label AI-generated artists and remove them from playlists

It said the AI Persona badge ‘signals to listeners that an artist’s identity may be AI-generated and does not represent a real person’.

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Queen’s Brian May outraged by AI-generated image of Freddie Mercury: ‘You must stop it now’

‘Maybe this is the time to realise WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED AI,’ angry musician declared

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Sir Brian May gives Queen fans a fright with bizarre AI tribute band

The guitar legend wants AI to bite the dust.

Evening Standard

Queen’s Sir Brian May says humanity does not need AI

The 79-year-old also questioned the cost of the technology on the UK.

Guitar World

Dan Hawkins on the time he jammed “back to back” with Brian May onstage: “I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never done this before. If I move, he will fall over”

The Darkness shared the stage with the Queen guitar legend back in 2011

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“In the very early ‘70s, he was in one studio, and I was in another. And we just hit it off”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s lead guitar cameo on his new solo album – and why the Queen guitarist is its only guest

Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

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"I said to him, Do you want to play on something else? He said, No, no. Your solos are good." Why Queen's Brian May is the only guest musician featured on Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album

Tony Iommi's upcoming solo album From The Dark features his old friend Brian May on a song called Death Wake

Guitar World

“I did say to him, ‘Do you want to play on something else?’ He said, ‘No. Your solos are good. I don’t need to play’”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s role on his upcoming solo record

The Black Sabbath riffsmith recently announced the release date of his new album, From the Dark

Euronews

Rocking the Iron Curtain: How Queen’s 1986 Budapest concert cracked the Soviet Bloc

On 27 July 1986, a concert by British rock band Queen in Budapest symbolically tore down the Iron Curtain. A crowd of 80,000 filled the People's Stadium to feel the first wave of freedom. The band's official photographer Denis O'Regan recalls that night in an exclusive interview with Euronews.

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