Brian May News

King Charles has released the annual New Year Honours List, which features notable members of the theatrical community Sonia Friedman, David Harewood, Stephen Graham, and more.

21 years after it first exploded into the West End, Queen and Ben Elton’s smash hit show ‘We Will Rock You’ returns to London next year for an historic, strictly limited 12-week residency at the London Coliseum – the same iconic stage which saw Freddie Mercury’s Royal Ballet gala performance in 1979.

Jeremy Jordan and his band AGE OF MADNESS have announced that George Maguire and Rachael Wooding with their band, THE LONESOME FRETS and singer-songwriter SAMMIE JAY will be joining them at their debut UK shows HERE at Outernet on Sunday 13 November 2022 at 7.30pm.

The Family Band brings you their hit show, 'The Family Band – a QUEEN Experience”.  The Family Band, consisting of 8 members, have garnered a reputation for being one of the best tribute bands in South Africa, with a line-up of seasoned musicians and a dynamic, professional frontman. 

KILLER QUEEN - A Tribute to Queen will be presented by the FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by VyStar Credit Union, on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Times-Union Center).

Having generated a media firestorm back in the summer when band members Brian May and Roger Taylor first leaked news of a rediscovered Queen song featuring Freddie Mercury being considered for possible release, the highly anticipated ‘lost’ track, “Face It Alone,” drops as a simultaneous worldwide single release.

La nueva producción se puede ver en el Gran Teatro La Estación Príncipe Pío.

Taylor is to release a live album recorded during his hugely successful October 2021 Outsider UK tour which saw the Queen founding member perform a series of shows: “my modesty tour, I just want it to be lots of fun, very good musically”, said Taylor at the time of announcing his first live performances outside of Queen in over twenty years.

Since 2017, CAMA first produced and presented Ultimate Queen Celebration with vocalist Marc Martel, the voice of Freddy Mercury in the Academy Award film, Bohemian Rhapsody. CAMA grew the brand of UQC to perform in the most prestigious venues worldwide. CAMA has announced a dynamic new company of UQC which will tour worldwide in 2023.

Acclaimed record producer, songwriter, musician, and educator Rick Beato is well-known for his YouTube videos on Everything Music. Rick worked closely with Gibson luthiers to create the Les Paul Double Cut to his exact specifications. A striking new model in TV Blue Mist, the Gibson Rick Beato Les Paul Special Double Cut is available now.

Sun King Rising is the professional moniker of singer/songwriter/piano player John Blangero who hails from Port Isabel, Texas. Peac*cksunrise Records is the Americana/Rock label spinoff of Nick Katona’s successful Progressive Rock label, Melodic Revolution. As with his debut album, Delta Tales, Pittsburgh’s Ace Acker served as producer.

Status Quo will release of Quo'ing In — The Best Of The Noughties, an era-spanning compilation taking in their greatest hits, which includes 5 Top Ten studio albums, and many fan favorites. Along with this news comes the release of the first single 'Caroline,' one of the band's biggest hits, in a brand-new studio version recorded in 2022.

Drumology, Volume II will be released by Autumn Hill Records, features drum greats from jazz, fusion, prog and rock including Billy Cobham, Mike Mangini and Todd Sucherman, along with an all-star band including keyboardists Michael Silverman and Jay Oliver, guitarist Dweezil Zappa and bassist John Patitucci.

Queen break Official Chart records as they surpass the 7 million milestone with their 1981 Greatest Hits album. The Official best-selling album of all time in the UK, the record includes classic tracks We Will Rock You, Don’t Stop Me Now and the group’s top-selling behemoth Bohemian Rhapsody. Watch a new video from Brian May and Roger Taylor now!

The concert was filmed during the band’s sold-out 10-day run at The O2 Arena, London in early June. Having been attended by over half a million concert goers during the 2022 36-date European tour, Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody Over London live concert film is set to reach a worldwide audience of millions more.

A Tribute to Queen will be presented by the FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by VyStar Credit Union, on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Times-Union Center).

El gran musical WE WILL ROCK YOU cumple 200 funciones y 19 años después llega al nuevo icono turístico de Madrid, el Gran Teatro CaixaBank Príncipe Pío.

Jim Breuer, brings his clean form of comedy for audiences of all ages to bergenPAC on Friday, December 16 at 8:00 p.m. Coming in the spring, Gary Mullen and The Works will deliver their popular two-hour tribute show, “One Night of Queen,” on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m., celebrating the stage theatrics and showmanship of one of the greatest Rock & Roll bands of all time, Queen. 

The Queen musical is not entirely at ease with being brought into the social media age, but is nonetheless an evening of riotous good fun that is sure to delight audience members with even the most limited knowledge of the band's work. Read our critic's review.

All new video has been released of West End star Kerry Ellis performing Lady Macbeth’s ‘What Must Be Done’ from the new musical LADY M.