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UNCOVERED: Freddie mercury | History Defined

Michael is a highly selective version of the singer’s life, and that suits more people than you might think

It’s not just the money-making studio execs – fans, too, are often happy for the darker parts of a subject’s life to be ignored, says Guardian arts correspondent Nadia Khomami

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Bad movies, good business: how sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple

As interest in the lives of celebrities has intensified, we have become acclimatised to them curating and mercilessly monetising their image

The Guardian - UK

From Michael to Back to Black, many authorised music biopics are becoming bland propaganda. Fans deserve more

Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the viewers?

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Michael' - It's bad. It's really, really bad

The King of Pop is back... And whatever you think of him, you’ll wish he wasn’t.

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NCIS Showrunner Shares The Two Character Deaths He Regrets, And I Agree With One Of Them

If only we could go back and change things...

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“The amount of songs that were coming out of him is almost unprecedented”: Noel Gallagher's workhorse Epiphone – featured in the Wonderwall music video – is expected to exceed expectations at auction

The Epiphone EJ-200, used during the writing sessions of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, is currently subject to an online bidding war

Guitar World

'He could eat an apple through a tennis racket...' Nell Campbell was shocked by Freddie Mercury's titanic teeth

The Rocky Horror Picture Show star Nell Campbell became friends with Freddie Mercury when they both sold clothes in Kensington Market in the 1960s, and she used to joke with him about his famous teeth.

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"The band's accountants possibly didn't figure in the cost of their eccentric new guitarist insisting upon recording his parts inside a bespoke chicken coop." The 10 most eye-wateringly expensive rock albums ever recorded

The rock albums that almost bankrupted the music business

Louder

A limited vinyl pressing of Queen's most iconic track is up for auction – and it isn't going cheap

Is this the real price? Is this just fantasy?

What Hi-Fi?

Eminem’s 8 Mile helped me survive abuse – and opened my eyes to a world outside of orthodox Judaism

My upbringing denied me access to the arts and led to me bottling up my feelings about what was happening to me. Then I saw Eminem taking control of his destiny, and decided I needed to do the same

The Guardian - UK

"We like going places where it's a challenge." How Queen helped tear down the Iron Curtain

In July 1986, Queen became the first band to play a stadium show in the communist Eastern Bloc. Cue armed soldiers and genital-related insults

Louder

One of Slash's Guns N' Roses reunion tour Les Pauls expected to fetch up to $400k at auction

The Sunburst ‘59 Custom played a role in the band’s history-making, 175-date run

Guitar World

Bindi Irwin's 'Invisible Disease': 10 Photos of Steve Irwin's Daughter as She Battles Endometriosis

Bindi Irwin has opened up about her decade-long battle with endometriosis, revealing the pain, delayed diagnosis, and her mission to raise awareness.

International Business Times UK

Freddie Mercury's '70s Living Room Proved That Floral and Tartan Will Always Be The Perfect Pair – Here's How He Made Pattern Drenching Easy

Pattern mixing has become cool again, raising dozens of questions of how to style them – the musician's 1969 London flat had the answer

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The Independent UK

Slash sale: Guns ‘n’ Roses star’s guitar to fetch up to £300,000 in music auction

Exclusive auction will see rare Slash, Queen, and Beatles memorabilia go up for sale in April

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Iconic guitar used by Slash of Guns N’ Roses heads to auction

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Guitar used by Slash of Guns N’ Roses during iconic tour set to fetch up to £300,000 at auction

The instrument is due to go under the hammer at Propstore auction house in London next month

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Freddie Mercury Perfected Clashing Back in the 1970's – Designers Say 'Contrast, Rhythm and Restraint' Are the Secret to Making it Chic in 2026

A clear color palette and attention to scale will ensure your pattern-adorned space looks cohesive, not cluttered

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35 Times Fate Intervened In Someone’s Life In The Most Unexpected Way

We have plenty of words for the strange things that happen in life but are hard to explain, from karma and luck to gut feelings and even the occasional “glitch in the matrix.” Whatever you call them, these moments remain just as mysterious as they are fascinating. So when one…

International Business Times UK

'My Light is Starting to Fade': Mel Schilling, 'Married at First Sight' UK Star to Exit the Show Amid Cancer Battle

Mel Schilling steps down from MAFS UK as she battles cancer. Her emotional journey and John Aiken's new role.

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“I remember David reaching over to John and saying, ‘No, don’t do it like that’, and John going, ‘Excuse me? I’m the bass player, right? This is how I do it!’”: The tense night David Bowie and Queen spontaneously came up with a classic

When Bowie went for a hang with Queen, a song for the ages was born. But assembling it was fraught with no short supply of pressure

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Bon Jovi set to be subject of new feature film

As part of the music-themed biopics being churned out by Hollywood, Bon Jovi is set to be the subject of a new feature film.

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1976 changed music forever – and these 10 tracks still sound phenomenal today

Like us, these great songs are turning 50 this year

Inverse

40 Years Later, One Epic Fantasy Flop Remains Immortal

In 1986, 'Highlander' claimed that there could be only one. Here's why it remains a fantasy cult classic.

The Guardian - UK

The RSC’s music cuts fundamentally diminish our experience of theatre

From Mendelssohn’s scherzo in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Grieg’s Morning Mood from Peer Gynt, music composed for the theatre was never just ‘incidental’

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