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Way Befriended Queen Star May Over Bad Gig Stories
Queen star Brian May agreed to join My Chemical Romance onstage at the Reading Festival on Friday night (26Aug11) after learning his classic rock group had inspired frontman Gerard Way to return to the event...
By WENN on 30 August 2011
Queen Members To Dress As Freddie Mercury
Surviving members of Queen are set to dress as Freddie Mercury in tribute to the late frontman. Guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and friends and family of the singer will don fake black moustaches...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 July 2011
Paul Rodgers To Tour With Queen Again?
Paul Rodgers may tour with Queen again. The former Free and Bad Company vocalist joined Brian May and Roger Taylor to tour as Queen + Rodger Taylor between 2005 and 2009, and while they have...
By Bang Showbiz on 31 May 2011
Sacha Baron Cohen Is Perfect Choice To Play Mercury
Sacha Baron Cohen is the perfect choice to play Freddie Mercury onscreen, according to Brian May. Although the Queen guitarist is apprehensive about a biopic of the band's legendary lead singer - who died from...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 April 2011
Baron Cohen Pushed Brian May Into Mercury Film
Queen rocker Brian May only decided to green-light a movie portraying his late bandmate Freddie Mercury after Sacha Baron Cohen spent years "pushing" the guitarist to agree.Last year (10) it was announced the Borat star...
By WENN on 27 April 2011
Dave Grohl Hangs Up May's Trousers
Dave Grohl has Brian May's trousers hanging on his wall.The Foo Fighters frontman - who has daughters Violet, four, and 22-month-old Harper with wife Jordyn - recorded his band's new album in his home studio...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 March 2011
Roger Taylor And Brian May Launch Queen Anniversary Exhibit
Rock icons ROGER TAYLOR and BRIAN MAY have marked QUEEN's 40th anniversary by opening a new London exhibition documenting the band's early years.Stormtroopers in Stilettos takes fans back in time to the group's first five...
By WENN on 27 February 2011
Mott The Hoople Taught Queen How To Rock
QUEEN stars BRIAN MAY and ROGER TAYLOR credit MOTT THE HOOPLE with inspiring them to embrace their flamboyance and become fully-fledged rock stars in the 1970s.The Bohemian Rhapsody hitmakers were Mott the Hoople's opening act...
By WENN on 21 February 2011
May Backs Residents' Protest Over Trump's Golf Course
QUEEN legend BRIAN MAY has thrown his support behind a campaign against DONALD TRUMP's controversial golf course resort in Scotland, insisting he's "disgusted" nearby residents may be forced to move out to make way for...
By WENN on 31 January 2011
May Working On We Will Rock You Movie
BRIAN MAY has confirmed he's planning to bring successful QUEEN musical WE WILL ROCK YOU to the big screen in a new movie.The stage show, based around the rock group's music and named after their...
By WENN on 12 January 2011
May Joins Monkey Campaign
QUEEN rocker BRIAN MAY is the latest star to sign up for a campaign to save baby monkeys from animal testing labs, calling on the U.K. government to "cut all ties" with the industry.Officials at...
By WENN on 15 December 2010
May's Hedgehog Warning
Animal-loving rocker BRIAN MAY has taken up a new cause - he's warning revellers across Britain to avoid setting fire to hedgehogs during an upcoming fireworks holiday.The Queen guitarist has been outspoken in his fight...
By WENN on 29 October 2010
May Planning New Musical
QUEEN star BRIAN MAY is planning to pen an original musical.The rocker's hits were the basis of stageshow We Will Rock You, which debuted in London in 2002 and went on to become a worldwide...
By WENN on 03 September 2010
May Courts Controversy With Fox Rant
QUEEN star BRIAN MAY has caused controversy with an online rant defending London's urban foxes just days after baby twins in the British capital were viciously mauled by one of the creatures.The nine-month-old girls, Lola...
By WENN on 10 June 2010
May Gets Political Ahead Of U.k. General Election
Animal-loving QUEEN star BRIAN MAY has teamed up with rockers TAYLOR HAWKINS, TONY IOMMI and FRANCIS ROSSI to beg Brits not to vote for the pro-hunting Conservative party in next week's (6May10) general election.May is...
By WENN on 30 April 2010
Foo Fighters Star Hawkins Lands Royal Guests On New Album
QUEEN stars BRIAN MAY and ROGER TAYLOR have given FOO FIGHTERS drummer TAYLOR HAWKINS' side project a boost - by agreeing to guest on the group's new album.The British rockers joined Hawkins' Foo Fighters bandmate...
By WENN on 14 April 2010
May Fights For Welsh Badgers
QUEEN star BRIAN MAY has launched a crusade to save badgers in Wales from a planned cull.The rocker is the brains behind the Save Me campaign, which aims to raise awareness about the plight of...
By WENN on 13 April 2010
Rodgers Keen To Be A Part Of Queen Again
FREE and BAD COMPANY star PAUL RODGERS is keen to rejoin QUEEN bandmates BRIAN MAY and ROGER TAYLOR again - for charity shows and one-off spectaculars.The rocker spent four years on the road with Queen...
By WENN on 03 March 2010
Brian May's Lego Hair Demands
Brian May demanded his hair was modelled perfectly for his 'Lego Rock Band' likeness. The Queen guitarist has been immortalised, along with the rest of his group, in the game as a Lego character, but...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 November 2009
May Is A Muse Fan
BRIAN MAY has heaped praise on MUSE after the rockers' new album RESISTANCE drew comparisons to the hits he wrote for QUEEN.Muse were lambasted earlier this year (09) following the release of single United States...
By WENN on 14 October 2009
May Snubbed By Paul
QUEEN rocker BRIAN MAY had mixed emotions after hearing about the death of LES PAUL - because he failed to impress the guitar great when they met.May went online after news of Paul's passing broke...
By WENN on 17 August 2009
May Devastated By Leaked Jackson & Mercury Tracks
BRIAN MAY is furious after "music thieves" exploited MICHAEL JACKSON's death by releasing previously unheard tracks by the King Of Pop and QUEEN's late frontman FREDDIE MERCURY on the Internet.Jackson, who passed away last week...
By WENN on 03 July 2009
Jackson & Mercury's Secret Tracks
A series of recordings MICHAEL JACKSON made with FREDDIE MERCURY have remained undiscovered for more than 20 years, according to the QUEEN frontman's bandmate BRIAN MAY.The King Of Pop, who passed away on Thursday (25Jun09),...
By WENN on 29 June 2009
Katy Perry Mad For May
Katy Perry "stalked" Brian May.The 'Waking Up In Vegas' singer was stunned when the legendary Queen guitarist came to watch her perform at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire this week and couldn't hide her adoration...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 June 2009
Britney Taken Out Of Spamalot's Lyrics
The lyrics in the hit musical SPAMALOT have been altered to avoid poking fun at BRITNEY SPEARS, it has emerged.The author of the West End and Broadway show, former MONTY PYTHON star ERIC IDLE, told...
By Contributor on 13 February 2008
American Idol Edit Brian May To Undermine Contestant
Brain May, the legendary guitarist from the equally legendary rock band Queen, has revealed that he may have been used by producers of 'American Idol' in order to undermine the potential of one of the...
By Stephen Caswell in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 April 2006
Mayall Gets Obe
British blues legend JOHN MAYALL has become the latest celebrity named in QUEEN ELIZABETH II's birthday honours list. The guitar great, who was a mentor to PETER GREEN and ERIC CLAPTON, has been named...
By WENN on 14 June 2005
Electric Six Upset Queen Fans With Radio Ga Ga Video
ELECTRIC SIX rocker DICK VALENTINE has defended his band's latest video after receiving threatening emails from enraged QUEEN fans accusing him of disrespectfully dancing on FREDDIE MERCURY's grave. Electric Six release a cover of...
By WENN on 24 November 2004
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