Although the band were told the song had no hope of getting airplay, Capital Radio DJ Kenny Everett, who was a friend of Freddie's stepped in and played it 14 times in one weekend. This started the ...

When Von Hertzen Brothers’ Mikko Von Hertzen has control of the playlist, these are the songs you’re going to hear ...

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 is the ...

Oasis and theatrics are two things that don exactly go hand-in-hand, but there was one song Noel Gallagher considered as his version of a rock magnum opus.

What their earliest albums lacked was a big single, but plenty were on the way. "Killer Queen" became Queen's first-ever U.S.

At first glance, an opera singer and a rock guitarist might seem like an odd musical pairing. Surely, such a collaboration would be a disaster, right? But legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli and Queen’s ...

From George Michael and The Beach Boys to Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin, these are Freddie Mercury's 25 favourite songs of all time.

"Morgiane" is believed to be the oldest existing opera written by a Black American — but despite its historic significance, the show was only performed for audiences for the first time in 2025.

The new guitar, priced at £6,899, features a touching tribute to Freddie Mercury with the planet Mercury incorporated into its intricate design. May, who originally studied astronomy, chose to include ...

Sir Brian May says Freddie Mercury is ‘always with him’ but one Queen song in particular always makes him think of his late friend. The rocker — who is now ‘stable’ after recently suffering a stroke — ...

British conductor Edward Gardner has said he “regrets” and apologises for making comments about the singers of an Italian opera house. The London Philharmonic Orchestra principal conductor was ...