Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Brian May

Science and music festival Starmus VII is about to rock Bratislava with a stellar lineup

The Starmus music and science festival heads to Bratislava, Slovakia for a multi-day event from May 12 to May 17. Here's what to expect.

Space

“People say, ‘You could afford Buckingham Palace by now if you’d stayed with Genesis.’ But music is its own currency”: Steve Hackett on creative liberation, recording with practice amps and why he used a Brian May Red Special

The British guitar icon discusses the tones and techniques behind new album The Circus And The Nightwhale –and reflects on the ’what-ifs’ of his time with prog greats Genesis

Guitar World

“Open the doors to versatility, creativity, and otherworldly sounds”: Red Witch aims to harness Frank Zappa and Carlos Santana tones with its new sample hold filter pedal – but it’s limited to just 59 units

The Euphemia offers the ability to alter the effect’s speed, aggression, velocity, and wet/dry mix while also unlocking the ‘notched’ EQ sounds of Brian May and Carlos Santana

Guitar World

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“It's thrilling that he played my homemade guitar, all those years later”: Brian May pens personal tribute to Duane Eddy, and reflects on the time Eddy played his Red Special

The Queen guitarist is one of the many who have championed Eddy's influence and “cutting-edge” attitude in the wake of the Rebel Rouser guitarist's death last week

Guitar World

How Brian May, Kendall Griffin guided Indiana women’s golf from the doldrums to a Big 10 title and NCAA postseason

Need a team to cheer for in the NCAA postseason? Why not Indiana

USA Today Sports Media Group

“Eddie Van Halen’s main solo is a greatest hits of all his best guitar licks”: Dweezil Zappa issues update for What the Hell Was I Thinking? – his ambitious mega-track featuring Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May and more

The track features solos from “at least 40” superstar guitarists, and its mastermind says finishing the 35-years-in-the-making mammoth is now a big focus

Guitar World

“This ‘notched’ guitar tone has been used by legends like Carlos Santana and Brian May. It’s a fantastic tone to have at your disposal”: Red Witch unveils Euphemia, an analogue sample hold filter with a twist

This doozy is inspired by classic sample hold filters but arrives with more controllable parameters for a wider range of sounds. But you'd best hurry, it's a limited edition run

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Duane’s sound was distinctive, original and completely cutting edge at the time”: Brian May pays tribute to late rock ’n’ roll pioneer Duane Eddy and remembers the night his hero played the Red Special

The King of Twang was one of May's idols as a young player and the pair finally met backstage in 2017. May describes Eddy's playing as “revolutionary”

MusicRadar

“I made Yngwie play on a really slow blues… He sounds even faster”: Dweezil Zappa reveals plans to finish epic all-star track featuring 40 players, including Brian May, and Eddie Van Halen playing a “greatest hits of all of his best guitar licks”

Zappa has been working on this instrumental piece for over 30 years and it features Joe Walsh, Eric Johnson, Angus and Malcolm Young and more, and two solos from Eddie Van Halen

MusicRadar

“One second you speak to the driver, and next, you are up there in the air”: It’s ‘Jean-Michel flying car’ as the French electronic music pioneer becomes the world’s first passenger in the KleinVision AirCar

Watch him taking a ride in Air Force Oxygene

MusicRadar

Drunken shenanigans. MTV-upsetting videos. Furious Brazilians. Sun City: With The Works, Queen returned to their rock roots, and annoyed a lot of people

The Game dialled down Queen's hard rock, and Hot Space was such a departure that it confused their fan base. It was time for a rethink

Louder

Graham Gouldman announces new solo album I Have Notes to be released in July

10cc man Graham Gouldman enlists Brian May, Ringo Starr, Hank Marvin, Albert Lee and more for I Have Notes

Louder

"He tackles wars, political turmoil, crime and weather, in another compelling affirmation of his irrepressible muse": Ian Hunter shows no sign of erosion on Defiance Part 2: Fiction

A weightier second helping of Defiance from Ian Hunter in a star-studded, covid-era purple patch

Louder

“When the bass comes back in it’s like a punch in the face. Nobody plays like that anymore”: Listen to John Deacon’s isolated bassline on Killer Queen

John Deacon’s bass playing on Killer Queen is guaranteed to blow your mind

Guitar World

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Louder

Jean-Michel Jarre to team up with Brian May for biannual Starmus concert

This year's free Starmus concert takes place in Bratislava on Mayy 12

Metal Hammer

"We've got maybe another 10, 15 years? Playing a Dragonforce set is not easy": Guitar hero Herman Li talks technique, helping popularise power metal and the next generation of shredders

We put your questions to Herman Li on everything from teaming up with Polyphia and Animals As Leaders to video-games, power metal and how long the band can continue

Louder

"It's been a rough road. I never got to the point ever where I thought I'd actually achieved anything": An epic Jeff Beck interview

Jeff Beck was the guitar hero everyone admired, yet throughout his career he shunned the limelight more than basked in it

Louder

"You have to manifest your destiny. You have to think about what you want to do, then do it": A celebration of the life of Taylor Hawkins

Two years on from the death of Taylor Hawkins, we remember and celebrate the life of the Foo Fighters drummer, natural showman and perennial 'Mister Fanboy'

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

WhatToWatch

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act documentary to air on TV tonight

The music doc Freddie Mercury: The Final Act digs into the life and legacy of one of the greatest frontmen in rock history

Metal Hammer

“He came up and said, ‘Hey Herman, how’s it going?’ That was a shocker!”: the encounter with a guitar legend that left Dragonforce’s Herman Li speechless

It takes a lot for Herman Li to be starstruck, but one iconic guitar hero managed it

MusicRadar

Clapton, Iommi, Bonamassa, Tedeschi, Trucks, Townshend, Slash... New video for Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes version of Going Home reveals who played what and when on the all-star charity single

Jeff Beck's final recorded solo opens a track featuring 50-plus guitarists and all the proof if needed that Guy Fletcher is a genius producer to be able to stitch all of this together

Guitar World

“An absolutely genius video presentation”: New video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single reveals who played what on the 50-guitarist-strong instrumental epic

The cleverly put together clip picks apart the many pieces of the nine-minute track, putting the spotlight on the track's A-list contributors

Louder

Watch the official video for Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes' charity remake of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero), featuring David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Brian May, Slash and more

Guitar legends assemble for the epic charity single benefitting the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

Guitar World

“It’s like Brian May walked over to his tone booth and just turned it up to 11!” Kirk Hammett names his favorite Queen song – and it’s a seriously deep cut

Metallica may have covered Stone Cold Crazy, but that’s not Hammett’s no. 1…

MusicRadar

“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.