One of Brian May's most iconic guitar performances almost didn't make it on to one of Queen's most popular tracks.

Since Mercury's passing, May has performed Love of My Life solo (with the help of old footage of the vocalist) with a ...

Because of his deep-rooted love for his self-made Red Special guitar, it’s taken Brian May half a century of noise-making to ...

But when Queen recorded Don’t Stop Me Now for their 1978 album Jazz, May found himself sidelined by singer Freddie Mercury, who wrote the song and had very definite ideas about how it should sound.

Queen is one of the biggest bands in the world, but they never managed to crack America in the way they wanted to - and fans ...

In 1995, four years after the death of Queen singer Freddie Mercury ... tracks recorded in the last months of Mercury’s life, and as guitarist Brian May said: “I think it’s quite possibly ...

The youngster's project shares many similarities with May’s Red Special, while it bears the distinctive shape of Randy Rhoads ...

The Cure, an English rock band that toggled from post-punk to goth to alt-rock to some iteration of all three, produced an ...

Because of his deep-rooted love for his self-made Red Special guitar, it’s taken Brian May half a century of noise-making to get his first official signature guitar. His Gibson SJ-200 12-string ...

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