Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood paints iconic Freddie Mercury at Live Aid – and you can buy a limited edition print
Ronnie Wood certainly knows a thing or two about classic moments in rock ‘n’ roll, having been The Rolling Stones’ guitarist for the past half-century. As well as playing with…
Queen’s Brian May says Freddie Mercury would not have liked queer label
Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor have opened up about Freddie Mercury’s sexuality in a new interview. On 19 June, music enthusiasts were treated to Adam Lambert’s new documentary,…
Freeze Frame: Queen’s Freddie Mercury and his platonic love story with Mary Austin
It’s rare that ex-partners will remain best friends for decades after their split. But for Queen icon Freddie Mercury and his first love, Mary Austin, their platonic love story was…
Anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death: A look at the Kensington home where he died and his lasting legacy
Freddie Mercury’s cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. On November 23, 1991, one day before he passed away, Freddie Mercury released a statement to the press about…
Brian May Admits Queen Questioned Freddie Mercury As Frontman: ‘Unnerving’
Freddie Mercury will go down as one of the greatest vocalists of all time, but during a recent interview Brian May admitted that Queen was unsure about him when they…
The final Queen song Freddie Mercury wrote and recorded before his tragic death
In the final Queen song he ever put to paper and recorded, Freddie Mercury was vulnerable about his painful battle with AIDS, though the world wouldn’t hear it until years…
Today in History: Queen singer Freddie Mercury dies
Today is Sunday, Nov. 24, the 329th day of 2024. There are 37 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 24, 1991, Queen singer Freddie Mercury died…
“Not everybody liked him. A lot of people found him kind of abrasive”: Brian May says it was “unnerving” working with Freddie Mercury at first
The guitarist also shares how the Queen members would regularly push each other to be better in the recording studio logo News “Not everybody liked him. A lot of people…
“I think Freddie would be happy, because I feel his spirit throughout the music”: How Queen + Paul Rodgers took Freddie Mercury’s spirit back to the stage
Before Queen + Adam Lambert there was Queen + Paul Rodgers. We spoke to them about the plusses and the minuses As Classic Rock wrote this story in mid-March 2005,…
‘A Lot of People Found Him Kind of Abrasive’: Brian May Recalls What Freddie Mercury Was Really Like Early on
When we first worked with him, it was a little unnerving, because he did a lot of running around the place and screaming his head off. So we thought, ‘Is…