Freddie Mercury

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Queen, Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 20th April 2005.
How a Fender Strat anniversary event led to Queen’s first world tour since Freddie Mercury’s death

By Matt Owen Published

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

From The Archive
Jo Burt
Bass journeyman Jo Burt on playing with Freddie Mercury, Brian Setzer and The Troggs – and getting booted from Black Sabbath

By Andrew Daly Published

The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s smile when Geezer Butler’s Ampeg rig made a bass feel like an animal

Bassists
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt recalls Extreme’s rebellious Queen medley at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

By Phil Weller Published

All bands were banned from playing Queen songs, but Bettencourt wanted to pay tribute to “one the greatest composers of all time” in his own way

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Brian May Gibson SJ-200
Brian May’s Gibson 12-string has a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury that you might have missed

By Phil Weller Published

The artistic easter egg helps carry the singer’s spirit into future live shows

Acoustic Guitars
Brian May playing live onstage with Queen + Adam Lambert
Brian May fought to add a rhythm guitarist to Queen in their early years – and several players would eventually grant his wish

By Janelle Borg Published

While May got into the habit of playing lead and rhythm at the same time, he did sometimes get the extra helping hand he had envisioned – including from Freddie Mercury himself

Guitarists
Brian May of Queen performs on stage on the 'Queen II' tour, Rainbow Theatre, London, 31 March 1974
Why Brian May and Queen were unhappy with their debut album – and how the newly revamped version fixes the “very dry” guitar parts

By Janelle Borg Published

Queen just released a remixed version of their iconic 1973 debut, and Brian May reveals that “every instrument has been re-examined from the bottom up”

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Freddie Mercury performs onstage with Queen in 1977 (left), a Martin D-35 acoustic guitar once owned by Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury’s Martin D-35, reportedly used to write and record Crazy Little Thing Called Love, is going up for auction

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The guitar will go under the hammer as part of a much larger Sotheby's auction of the late Queen frontman's private collection of art and music-related memorabilia

Acoustic Guitars
David Bowie Performing At Radio 2 Live And Exclusive, London, Britain - 18 Sep 2002
Gail Ann Dorsey: “David Bowie asked me to sing Under Pressure – I was terrified!" 

By Nick Wells Published

Gail Ann Dorsey on the genius of David Bowie, her fears following Freddie Mercury and her moment in the spotlight on Bowie's Reality Tour

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Queen's Brian May on Freddie Mercury's guitar skills, Bohemian Rhapsody actors and the most difficult song to play live

By Joe Bosso Published

Dr. Brian May talks all things Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and gear in our June cover story.

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Watch Queen Rehearse "We Are the Champions" In the Studio

By Richard Bienstock Published

The newly unearthed footage was shot while the band was recording their 1977 album, 'News of the World.'

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