Freddie Mercury’s Darth Vader on how Star Wars’ George Lucas shut down stunt | Music | Entertainment

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

Brian May on Freddie Mercury’s ‘anger’ in new Queen IMAX film ‘He went berserk’ | Music | Entertainment

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

Brian May unveils how he turned Freddie Mercury classic into Queen live track | Music | Entertainment

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

Queen share Freddie Mercury We Will Rock You live montage across four epic shows | Music | Entertainment

The latest episode of Queen The Greatest Live continues the exploration of the band’s iconic encores. For over 40 years the original foursome, through to the collaboration with Adam Lambert today, have concluded their shows spectacularly with a double-bill whammy of We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. In the new video below, … Read more