Freddie Mercury’s home is for sale: The elegant hallway (Image: KNIGHT FRANK) Freddie Mercury barely had a decade in the home of his dreams. He lost his life on November 24, 1991, in bed at Garden Lodge with his dearest friends and beloved cats around him. Last September, the Queen legend’s ex-girlfriend Mary Austin auctioned … Read more
It’s been over four decades since Queen released their experimental and funky Hot Space album. And now one of its hidden gem B-sides is due to be launched as a single for the very first time. The limited edition 7-inch pink vinyl of Cool Cat is set to go on sale for Record Store Day … Read more
Queen and Adam Lambert have now arrived in Sapporo for their third show on the Japanese tour tomorrow night. Sir Brian May has been posting highlights from the trip on his Instagram including his daily fitness regime. The sprightly rocker who turns 77 this year shared a video of himself on an exercise bike from … Read more
Since Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991, the singer has continued to remain in the hearts and minds of the band in every Queen show. The penultimate episode of Queen the Greatest Live dives into two specific tributes to the rock icon in their live concerts As shared by the band: “First, we join a Queen … Read more
Queen and Adam Lambert kicked off their 2024 Japanese tour last night in Nagoya’s Vantelin Dome. In the run-up to the band’s first show since last year’s trek across North America, Sir Brian May documented rehearsals, his excitement and worries on social media. Being driven to the concert venue he also shared a little-known Freddie … Read more
Queen’s back catalogue is full of household name hits, but some of them almost didn’t happen. Back in the early 1980s, Roger Taylor heard his son utter the words “radio ca-ca” while listening to a bad song on the radio. The drummer then spent three days in the studio, locked away working on what would … Read more
Express.co.uk recently spoke with Walt “Wally” Versen, Queen’s Head of Security during their US tours of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Fans will know him for being the strapping young man who famously dressed up as Darth Vader, carrying Freddie Mercury on his shoulders for a rendition of We Will Rock You during concerts. … Read more
During Queen’s US tours of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the band recruited hulking great big members of the Northwestern American football team to be their security. Becoming Head of Security at just 22, Walt “Wally” Versen admitted it was “a bit like hiring the Cambridge rowing team to be your security staff!” During … Read more
Last night, Express.co.uk attended the premiere of Queen Rock Montreal at the BFI IMAX. The newly remastered concert movie, which is in IMAX globally January 18-21, captures Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon at the Montreal Forum in November 1981. Before heading into the auditorium containing Britain’s biggest screen, fans lucky enough … Read more
This week’s episode of Queen The Greatest Live looks back at Queen and Adam Lambert’s 2014 live performance of I Was Born To Love You in Japan. Freddie Mercury penned the track for his first solo album, 1985’s Mr Bad Guy, before Queen turned it a song for the band on 1995’s Made In Heaven. … Read more
