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Queen’s Brian May has taken to social media to hit out at the ongoing badger cull in England, describing it as a “blood bath”.The comments came in light of the way that the English government is working to end the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, which has led to a widespread cull of badgers.Taking to social media, the iconic guitarist revealed that he is currently working on a new documentary in partnership with the BBC, investigating the spread of the disease across UK farms.In the footage, May shared that he had visited a farm in South Wales in a “search for the truth” on whether the root of the issue is predominantly due to badgers spreading Bovine TB to cattle – and whether killing badgers will reduce the spread or not.“And so returning home with another piece of the jigsaw puzzle,” he said, travelling home after visiting the farm. “But at least hats off to Wales for looking for a humane solution.

Queen‘s Brian May says he regrets never having managed to collaborate with John Lennon.Across his career both as a solo artist and with his band, May has worked with a host of artists including David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Status Quo and more.In a new piece with The Guardian where fans asked May questions, one wanted to know which artist he regretted not having the chance to work with.May responded: “I very seldom turn down a collaboration. A regret is that I didn’t get the chance to work with John Lennon.”He added: “The Beatles didn’t always agree, they were always pulling and pushing – a bit like us and Queen – and I think John would be such a stronger pusher and puller.

Queen have become the latest act to receive a BRIT Billion Award for surpassing one billion streams in the UK. The band accepted the trophy just as they reached the 50th anniversary of their debut album, which was released in July 1973, the same year that BRIT Billion Award giver the BPI was formed. Which is all very convenient.“Thank you for presenting Queen with a BRIT Billion Award”, says guitarist Brian May.

Naman Ramachandran Rock group Queen have been presented with a Brit Billion Award by the BPI, the industry body for U.K. record labels and music companies, which is also home to the Brit Awards. The Brit Billion Award celebrates the band’s achievement in surpassing the landmark of 1 billion career streams in the U.K., as calculated by the Official Charts Company. Queen’s most-streamed hits include classics “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “Under Pressure,” “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You.”

Queen guitarist Brian May has said that their former bassist John Deacon is still “very much part of” the band.Deacon joined Queen in 1971 and contributed to all of the band’s albums. The bassist departed the music industry in 1997 after recording the Queen single ‘No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)’.

Queen guitarist Brian May has said that it’s “not impossible” that the band could discuss playing Glastonbury Festival.Back in 2019, May explained why the band would “never” play the festival, before doubling down on the comments this year.Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis previously called May a “danger to farming” and criticised the guitarist’s opposition to the controversial badger cull –  arguing that the process is a fight against the impact that bovine TB can cause when cattle become infected.May then said the band will never play Worthy Farm because “Michael Eavis has frequently insulted me, and I don’t particularly enjoy that. What bothers me more is that he’s in favour of the badger cull, which I regard as a tragedy and an unnecessary crime against wildlife.”In a new interview with The Guardian, May was asked once again about Glastonbury and whether he and Eavis could settle their differences.He said: “You can never say never, but it’s a very big matter of principle to me.

Since 2011, two of the three remaining core four band members - Brian May and Roger Taylor - have continued to tour with American Idol alumni Adam Lambert taking over from Freddie - but according to Spike, this wasn't always the plan. 

Kate Garraway was left in tears by Sam Ryder on Friday's Good Morning Britain as the singer performed live in the studio.The TV presenter had been chatting to Eurovision Song Contest runner-up Sam earlier in the show as he promised he would come back to perform before the episode ended. Switching from an interview where she grilled Health Secretary Steve Barclay on radical plans to boost NHS staffing, Kate went from tough journalist mode to wiping away tears as she was so moved by Sam's voice.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In the penultimate episode of “Ted Lasso” season 3, “Mom City” features Sam Ryder’s song “Fought & Lost,” a collaboration with Queen’s Brian May. Playing toward the end of the episode, the song acts as a bridge as Ted (Jason Sudeikis) as he has a heartfelt confrontation with his mother Dottie (Becky Ann Baker). The next day, he’s in his office to reveal a “truth bomb” to Rebecca, but the end credits roll before audiences get an answer. Ryder performed the piece in front of an audience at the Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles at a special event with the show’s star Hannah Waddingham joining him.

Sabrina Elba and Myleene Klass were among the star-studded arrivals for the gala night of We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum on Wednesday. Enjoying a low-key date night, the model, 52, was accompanied by her husband, music legend Rod Stewart. Penny cut a glamorous figure in tight gold trousers, a chic white blouse and a matching blazer as she posed with the rock icon.

Tatiana Siegel In October 2017, Bryan Singer appeared energetic and in control as he welcomed Olympic diver Greg Louganis and Queen guitarist Brian May on the London set of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” But behind the scenes, chaos reigned. The onetime Hollywood wunderkind’s career was about to unravel, as Fox executives were growing weary of Singer’s pro- longed absences and erratic behavior. On Dec. 4, Fox pulled the trigger and fired Singer, replacing him with Dexter Fletcher. As Louganis and May smiled for photos with the acclaimed director, it marked one of Singer’s last known days on a film set. Getting fired from “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a public humiliation for a filmmaker who had racked up hit after hit. But a series of personal scandals would dwarf that professional setback. Over the ensuing five and a half years, Singer tried to reenter the fray with an $80 million remake of ’80s action film “Red Sonja” for Millennium Films. Then a 2019 Atlantic exposé that detailed allegations that Singer sexually assaulted four men when they were underage derailed those plans. (Singer categorically denied ever having sex with, or a preference for, underage men.) Millennium CEO Avi Lerner initially stood by Singer, dubbing the report “agenda-driven fake news,” but dropped him when he couldn’t find a domestic distributor. Though the once in-demand helmer made studios billions thanks to four “X-Men” movies and “Superman Returns,” he had become persona non grata in the post-#MeToo landscape.

READ MORE: Brian May 'highly emotional' as announces special edition of album with Eddie Van HalenAs Hucknall, 63 on Thursday, is for a generation weaned on timeless soulful hits like Stars, Fairground and Holding Back The Years - a hauntingly emotional number, about the mother who deserted him, delivered in a voice like honey oozing through silk. Sinatra adored it. How are your fans with you?"My wife jokes about this, perfectly normal people behave completely weirdly around you.

Yard Act took to the stage in their Leeds hometown last night (May 9), and were joined by the likes of Nish Kumar, CMAT and Phill Jupitus. Check out footage from the show and the full setlist below.The show came as part of the ongoing five-night residency slots at the Brudenell Social Club, in the band’s hometown of Leeds — set to take place from May 8 until May 12.At last night’s show (May 9), fans were thrilled to see the four-piece joined onstage by some famous faces from the world of comedy.

Queen have said that they are considering releasing new music with Adam Lambert.The music would be the first the band have released since the death of frontman Freddie Mercury in 1991. In 2004, the band first toured with singer Paul Rodgers and since 2011, Lambert has sung live with the band.Speaking on US Radio, Queen’s Brian May said: “We have dabbled a little.

Queen + Adam Lambert will be hitting the road this fall as the band continues its Rhapsody tour.

Katherine Turman “These are kind of new glory days for us,” said Queen guitarist and founding member Brian May, who was literally knighted by King Charles III earlier this month. “It’s nice to think that hopefully there will be the demand for that.”  But the guitarist, along with founding drummer Roger Taylor and singer Adam Lambert, was on the other side of the Atlantic in Thursday, in New York to announce the group’s 14-show North American leg of its “Rhapsody” tour — its first since 2019 — which runs from Oct. 4 through Nov. 11. “Every time I get the call we’re going to do another [tour], Whoo! I get excited!,” Lambert enthused. “Our audiences are unbelievable. They keep getting younger, with multi generations at the show, which is amazing.”

Queen guitarist Brian May was knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace today (March 14).May was included in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list alongside the Lionesses and more, both for his work in music and his history as an animal rights activist.The first Honours list from the new King also features national treasures including Stephen Graham (OBE for services to drama) and Frank Skinner (MBE for services to entertainment), the latter of whom said he refrained from telling his family of the honour due to believing it was “some sort of administrative error”.England captain Leah Williamson is made an OBE. MBEs have been awarded to teammates Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Ellen White.Sharing a photo of himself being knighted, May simply wrote: “No words! Bri”.See the moment below.A post shared by Brian Harold May (@brianmayforreal)Discussing the honour, May told BBC News: “This is a kind of licence, a kind of commission to carry on doing what I’m doing, and it gives me a bit more power to my elbow.

Sir Brian May will be among those recognised at Buckingham Palace later after he was given a knighthood in the New Year Honours. As the virtuoso guitarist in rock band Queen, the 75-year-old is responsible for some of the biggest riffs in popular music, from the solo on Don’t Stop Me Now to the melodic strums of Somebody To Love.

Adam Lambert has often thought about what Freddie Mercury might think. “I often wonder, ‘Is Freddie’s spirit aware that we’re still celebrating him and singing his music? Would Freddie like the way I sing?’ And I hope, with all my heart, that he would approve of everything that we’ve been doing with these songs,” Lambert, 41, told The Post. “For me, a ghost is the memory of somebody that’s existing collectively in a group of people.

Regardless of all of the twists and turns that EastEnders has to give, one thing will always remain constant - the Queen Vic. As a popular location on Albert Square, the Queen Vic has been the backdrop to its fair share of drama throughout the years, whether that be in the form of fights or relationship break-ups. As a result, it takes some pretty iconic characters to call themselves the landlord or landlady of the Queen Vic.

Queen founding member and guitarist Brian May received a knighthood as part of the UK’s New Year Honours List, the annual compendium of awards handed out by at the end of each year by the reigning monarch.

Queen have released "Face It Alone," a previously unheard song the English rock band recorded with Freddie Mercury in 1989. The song was one of 30 tracked for The Miracle, Queen's second-to-last album with Mercury before the singer died in 1991 of AIDS complications.

Queen released a new song featuring the band’s late, legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury, on Thursday. News about the single "Face It Alone" was confirmed this past summer, as Queen’s guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor made the announcement during an interview in June.  "Face It Alone" is a "little gem from Freddie," Taylor remarked.

Freddie Mercury may be gone but Queen lives on.

“Face It Alone” — a lost track from the sessions for 1989’s “The Miracle” — has been unearthed 33 years later and was released Tuesday.The track finds the unmistakable Mercury — who died, at 45, from AIDS-related complications in 1991 — reflecting on his life in typically dramatic fashion.“Your life is your own/You’re in charge of yourself/Master of your home/In the end, in the end/You have to face it all alone,” he sings in the chorus amidst the eerie atmosphere.With its mournful piano set against a funereal drum beat, the somber mood can’t help but make you think that Mercury is facing his own death — and facing it alone.“When something so near and dear to life explodes inside/You feel your soul is set on fire,” Mercury sings at the beginning of the song, as if he himself is being burned alive.And the tune comes to a bleak ending with the singer repeating the line, “When the moon has lost its glow.” “We Will Rock You,” this is not.“We’d kind of forgotten about this track, but there it was, this little gem,” said Queen drummer Roger Taylor in a press release. “It’s wonderful, a real discovery.

Thania Garcia Queen has shared a previously unreleased song titled “Face It Alone,” featuring unearthed Freddie Mercury vocals. The single, recorded during sessions for “The Miracle,” will be included in the 1989 album’s collector’s edition due on Nov. 18. News of the track started trickling out earlier this June when founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor announced its release in an interview following their performance at Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee concert. “We did find a little gem from Freddie, that we’d kind of forgotten about and it was — It’s wonderful,” Taylor told BBC Radio 2. “It was kind of hiding in plain sight,” May added. “We looked at it many times and thought, oh no, we can’t really rescue that. But in fact, we went in there again and our wonderful engineering team went, ‘OK, we can do this and this.’ It’s like kind of stitching bits together. But it’s beautiful, it’s touching.”

Queen have shared a rediscovered track featuring Freddie Mercury – listen to ‘Face It Alone’ below.Over the summer, Roger Taylor and Brian May revealed that they had unearthed a previously unreleased song by the band that had been sung by their late frontman.“And it’s wonderful,” Taylor told Zoe Ball during an interview on BBC Radio 2. “Actually, it was a real discovery.

The Beatles star and founder, John Lennon. The star was born on October 9, 1940, and spent the best part of his early years in Liverpool, England. Just before his assassination in 1980, Lennon was approached by an old friend from Liverpool who wanted to rekindle their relationship and do some work together.

Queen will release a rediscovered track with Freddie Mercury titled 'Face It Alone' today on Thursday 13 October.The existence of the song was unveiled back in June when bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor spoke out about its possible release while chatting to Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2. Now, just four months later, the "lost" track will be heard worldwide at at 11:15am BST today – marking the first new single with Freddie Mercury in over eight years. On 2014’s Queen Forever album, the band included three previously unheard tracks with Mercury, including ‘Let Me in Your Heart Again,’ ‘Love Kills’ and ‘There Must Be More to Life Than This.’ Previously unheard track 'Face It Alone's arrival as a single leads in an 18 November release of a new revisiting of the band’s 13th album, The Miracle – the band’s penultimate to be released in Mercury’s lifetime.The 8-disc set includes an hour-plus disc of further unreleased recordings, including six unpublished songs.

Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, she was also the leading lady, Jessica Fletcher, in Murder, She Wrote for more than 15 years. But she was not always happy throughout her career. In 2013 she revealed how she struggled to deal with her newfound widowhood.