Brian May News

The NIA will be rockin' along with the cosmos when Queen and Raul Rodgers roll into Birmingham.

I'd call this shit GAY, except if it were GAY like Freddie, it might actually be worth listening to! Fuck these old men and their fucking greed! Go back to Vegas and live off Freddie's songs some more you ...

Brian May, the guitarist and founding member of the legendary rock band Queen, earned his PhD in astronomy last year from Imperial College London.

The music was started off by Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon jamming in the studio in Montreux.

“I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other”

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET Jae C. Hong Brian May performs in Las Vegas in 2006. via National Public Radio

Posted at 10:30 am in Astronomy , Cool stuff Brian May, guitarist for Queen, one of the greatest rock bands of all time, has been formally installed as a Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. via Bad Astronomy Blog

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: Performance Footage Of New Song Available - Apr. 5, 2008 Video footage of QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS performing a new song, "C-lebrity" , on last night's edition of the UK's ITV "Al Murray's ... via BlabberMouth.net

“I don't know what triggered it, but I thought let's see if I can build one from scratch. I'm a bit of a guitar nerd I suppose and I knew about the construction of guitars and the materials used.”

WHEN the plug was pulled on Mike Lennon's dream of owning a Gibson Les Paul he took matters into his own hands. via Falkirk Herald

There's enough catchy riffs and melodies on the album "Hair" by The Lonely H to satisfy curious Terre Hauteans who drop in on their show at 9 p.m. March 29 at The Verve. via Tribune-Star

"Let me welcome you ladies and gentlemen/I would like to say hello/Are you ready for some entertainment?/Are you ready for a show?/Gonna rock you gonna roll you/Get you dancing in the aisles/Jazz you razzmatazz ... via DigitallyOBSESSED.com

By Stephen Thomas Erlewine Few bands embodied the pure excess of the '70s like Queen . via WHTQ-FM Orlando

“I hate perms and would never consider getting one myself. You see a few old people with them, but they never look good.”

The Echo's Ash Bolton gets in the spirit IT is the iconic hairstyle of the late 1970s and early 80s - sported by fashion icons, rock stars and footballers. via This is Hampshire

“New British groups like The Darkness have a lot of Queen influence in their sound and Queen were in my opinion the greatest of my time”

DEVOTION: Meshelle Zein, from West Auckland, was given a momento from the next best thing to her guitar-playing idol Brian May, impersonator Paul Green. via Manawatu Evening Standard

“We all were shy, but Freddie was probably shyer than any of us. His way of coping was to act like a god on stage”

From correspondents in London, England, 12:00 PM IST Queen guitarist Brian May says he had no idea his late band mate Freddie Mercury was gay and just thought he was flamboyant. via India eNews

QUEEN'S BRIAN MAY calls his new Red Special Signature pedal "Pure genius, for which I take no credit." May's humility is unlikely to sway anyone from appreciating his contribution to the pedal's creation: after ... via Guitar World

“My Heartache", and the bad-trip breakdown of "Party Crashin'”

In an interview with Pitchfork shortly after the release of Evangelicals' 2006 debut, So Gone , Josh Jones revealed that he was already plotting album no. via Pitchfork

By Matt Blackett Queen's Brian May holds court on homemade guitars, heavenly bodies, and how to layer dozens of guitar tracks in a three-minute pop song. via Guitar Player