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Queen Unveils Unheard Freddie Mercury Song Ahead of The Miracle Boxed Set
Queen went into its archives for The Miracle — Collector’s Edition, a massive, eight-disc boxed set due Nov. 18 featuring six previously unheard songs. The first of them, “Face It Alone” is out today and constitutes the first new Freddie Mercury-sung Queen track released in more than eight years. A lyric video can be viewed below, with a full clip expected Oct. 21. [embedded content][embedded content] The new version of The Miracle, Queen’s second-to-last album before Mercury’s 1991 death, includes an hour of unreleased studio recordings, including chatter during the work-in-progress. It also features a Blu-Ray/DVD of music videos from the era and Queen’s last interview as a full band, filmed on the “Breakthru” video shoot in June 1989. Bassist John Deacon has not given an interview ever s...
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one either. Because that isn’t possible — actually, it is, if you wanted some compilation of who sold the most records/concert tickets/has the most fans/got the most death threats, etc., and someone could come up with a bunch of very empirical metrics and create a “heat index” or something, and could deliver an actual scientific ranking! But we, um, didn’t do that. In fact we didn’t even, technically, do the “we...
Brian May Says Freddie Mercury ‘Loved’ Wayne’s World ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Scene
Wayne’s World was released after Freddie Mercury died, but the singer actually saw Queen’s iconic moment shortly before he passed away and “laughed and laughed” at the famous “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene. Queen guitarist Brian May revealed the tidbit during the premiere of Wayne’s World Reunited Apart – PARTY TIME! Many of the cast members, including Mike Myers, Alice Cooper, Dana Carvey and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, participated in the event. May said that Mercury saw the timeless car headbanging sequence featuring “Bohemian Rhapsody” shortly before his November 1991 death… and loved it. His revelation surprised the cast, who were unaware of Mercury’s blessing. So, how did it happen? Myers gave a VHS tape to May, who recalled, “I took it round to Freddie no...
Queen + Adam Lambert Share Live Performance of ‘The Show Must Go On’
Queen + Adam Lambert debuted their live version of Queen’s “The Show Must Go On” today (Aug. 27), which was captured at London’s O2 Arena on July 4, 2018. It was the last track on 1991’s Innuendo, Queen’s final album released during Freddie Mercury’s lifetime. Check out the performance below: [embedded content] Brian May spoke about the song in a statement. “Even though we were all aware of Freddie’s impending tragedy, we had some inspired and joyful times in the studio, making the Innuendo album. We didn’t speak much about Freddie’s illness — he just wanted to get on with ‘business as usual’ as far as possible. But already there was only a day or two per week when Freddie was well enough to come in and work with us. We grabbed those precious momen...
Queen Becomes Third Rock Band to Appear on UK Stamps
For the third time in history, the UK’s Royal Mail is honoring a legendary band by issuing a set of stamps. After the Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016, Queen will now be seeing their faces in mailboxes in July. The 13-stamp set — featuring eight legendary album covers, a classic photo of the group, and four live shots of the group — releases on July 9 and is now available for preorder. “It’s hard to put into words what I feel when looking at these beautiful stamps,” Queen guitarist Brian May said in a release. “Since we four precocious boys started out on our quest 50 years ago, our lives have been devoted to making our impossible dream come true. Sometimes it’s strange to wake up and realize the position in which we are now held – we have become a national institution! And noth...
