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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

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“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

"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'

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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

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"Vince Neil tried to fight me and my bodyguards had to sort him out": Andy Taylor is best known as Duran Duran’s guitarist, but he's a real rocker at heart

Andy Taylor looks back on his early days with AC/DC's Brian Johnson, life as a guitar-wielding pop star, forming the Power Station and discovering Thunder

Louder

Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut

Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move

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“Forget the luxuriant moustaches and sawn-off mike-stands that would come to define them: if the prog ethos meant avoiding the expected, they were definitely a prog band”: You’ve always known the truth about Queen

Mike Portnoy and Steve Howe provide supporting evidence that Bohemian Rhapsody is only the tip of the band’s boundary-pushing iceberg

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"I've lived, I really have. I've done it all. I love the fact that I make people happy": The life and times of rock's most outrageous star, Freddie Mercury

How a shy kid from Zanzibar helped propel Queen to superstardom

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“No Synthesizers”? No way! How Queen backtracked on a boast, embraced synths and went stratospheric

The real story of Queen’s much misunderstood love/hate relationship with electronic instruments

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"Thank you lovely DCC ladies. What a blast!": watch Queen perform Fat Bottomed Girls with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

Queen and Adam Lambert share the stage of the American Airlines Center in Dallas with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

Louder

Moon landings, light-minutes and Duran Duran’s three Taylors – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor says prostate cancer is ‘asymptomatic’ after end-of-life diagnosis

Guitarist called the scientist who recommended the treatment ‘the Elon Musk of cancer’

The Independent UK

Queen were poor. Their singer sounded like a "bleating sheep". Their music was greeted with indifference. But they believed in themselves, and their debut album would make the years of pain worthwhile

One minute Queen were taking the bus and watching their Top Of The Pops performance in a shop window: the next they had the world at their feet

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Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor discusses shock U-turn after receiving end-of-life care for cancer diagnosis

The guitarist is now gearing up for the release of his first solo album in decades after seeking alternative treatment

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Duran Duran star Andy Taylor rubbishes rumour that he ‘can’t stand’ former bandmate Nick Rhodes

Former band guitarist has denounced rumours of a feud with ex-bandmates

Metal Hammer

The Darkness: Every album ranked from worst to best

Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness- and here’s where to start with their back catalogue

Louder

“Thanks to everyone who has extracted a morsel of enjoyment from our music”: Queen receive a BRIT Billion Award

The award from the BPI is to commemorate Queen surpassing one billion streams in the UK

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"I wasn't likely to upstage Brian or Freddie": Queen's John Deacon - a tribute to an elusive bass giant

Brian May: "He won't talk to me, so why the f**k would he talk to you?"

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 23-29

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 23-29 include actor-singer Jennifer Lopez, movie director Patty Jenkins and drummer Roger Taylor of Queen

Daily Mirror

Brian May pays tribute to Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury on 50th anniversary of debut

The guitar legend reveals he still 'misses the butterflies' he would feel while watching the flamboyant frontman strut his stuff on stage

The Independent UK

The 81-player boycott at Wimbledon that changed tennis forever

Top stars including Stan Smith, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe and Ken Rosewall turned their backs on the most gilded event in tennis 50 years ago

The Independent UK

50th anniversary of 81-player boycott at Wimbledon that changed tennis forever

Top stars including Stan Smith, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe and Ken Rosewall turned their backs on the most gilded event in tennis.

MusicRadar

10 famous father/son drumming duos

The dads who raised successful sticksmen

The Guardian - UK

Mongolian Rhapsody? Newly unearthed writing draft reveals original title for Queen hit

Freddie Mercury’s draft lyrics, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, also reveals an early version of the ‘Mama, just killed a man’ verse

Louder

Foo Fighters' new album But Here We Are is a cathartic tribute to a fallen friend

For the second time, Dave Grohl lost a bandmate. And for the second time, he's picked up the pieces and carried on

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