02-06-1988 – Sounds
Nailed To The Cross Queen’s ROGER TAYLOR steps from the drum stool to front THE CROSS, but they’re not Taylor’s
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XX-XX-1985 – The Hit
Submitted by: Sarvitri Esa Bored? Depressed? Lonely? Cheer Up. So is John Deacon of Queen and he’s a millionaire… INTERVIEW
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08-26-1982 – The Daily Oklahoman
Beguiling variety crowns Queen’s divergent efforts When a teacher holding a doctorate in astronomy, a graphic arts designer, a trained
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XX-XX-1977 – Innerview
Transcribed by Champs Interviewer: Jim Ladd This is Innerview. An inside look at the people whose music has changed our
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08-24-1974 – Music Star
Is it easy to be happy when you’re speeding to success? We asked John Deacon to tell us about the
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XX-XX-1984 – Jim Ladd “Innerview”
Transcribed by Champs Jim Ladd “Innerview” with Roger Taylor – Series 29 Show 9, 1984 Jim Ladd: Good evening everybody.
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10-XX-1984 – Modern Drummer
by ROBERT SANTELLI A big part of any successful interview is the preparation that’s done before the actual interview takes
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08-06-1982 – Detroit Free Press
KING’S RANSOM VARIETY BRINGS THE BIG MONEY TO QUEEN Queen and Billy Squier will perform at 8 tonight at Joe
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06-XX-1981 – Popcorn
Fun In Space Roger, you just released a solo album called Fun in Space. Why this ego-trip? Roger: In the
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XX-XX-1980 – Sounds
MR TAYLOR OF QUEEN GRACIOUSLY GRANTS AN HOUR-LONG AUDIENCE TO ROBBI MILLAR STEPPING INTO the Queen world is a bit
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04-XX-1978 – Creem
Queen’s Royal Flush by Penny Valentine Roger Taylor: We Will Trump you! “Blokes in the audience…think he (Freddie) is just
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XX-XX-1977 – Interview in Boston
Transcribed by DQ from Queenonline Interview with Roger – Boston 1977 Roger: I haven’t done an interview for a long
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09-XX-1975 – Circus
Queen’s Roger Meddows-Taylor – His hands are soft but his beat is hard By Frank Rose If Freddie Mercury identifies
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05-24-1975 – Record Mirror
Queen of the Orient Interviewer: Ray Fox-Cumming A few months ago Queen were the band everyone was talking about and
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09-08-2005 – Return Of The Champions – 2CD/DVD Releases
RETURN OF THE CHAMPIONS QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS LIVE ON TOUR 2-CD SET SEPTEMBER 19 WITH DVD TO FOLLOW It
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08-05-1998 – Electric Fire
Roger Taylor, multi-instrumentalist and Queen’s drummer, resumes his solo career in September with his long awaited fourth album, Electric Fire,
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XX-XX-1996 – Brian May Gives to Cancer Research
Brian May, formerly of rock group, Queen has presented a personal cheque to the Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Trust
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11-21-1996 – The Freddie Mercury Statue
25TH NOVEMBER, 1996 AT 15.00 SOUTH OF THE MARKET PLACE THE MAYOR’S SPEECH – MR. P. SALVI Some 18 years
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XX-XX-1996 – Queen Phonecards
After the success of the first two official Queen phonecards “Made In Heaven” & “Innuendo” that were released in December
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7-22-12 – Kiev – Antiquiet
It’s As Bad As We Feared: Adam Lambert Joins Queen in Kiev Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. Adam
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03-29-2005 – Evening Standard – Brixton
ONE couldn’t help wondering what Freddie Mercury would have made of this. Front of stage, twirling the microphone stand, stood
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02-25-1993 – San Antonio Express-News – Austin, TX
Brian was supporting Guns N’ Roses at the Frank Erwin Center. Opening act Brian May wrote the “We Will Rock
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12-13-1975 – Sounds – Hammersmith Odeon
by Phil Sutcliffe ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ as a single is astonishingly close to a true expression of the character of Queen
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09-XX-1998 – Electric Fire – Kerrang
by STEVE BEEBEE KKK (= Average) THE FOURTH solo album from Queen drummer Roger Taylor is an eclectic affair which
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02-04-1993 – Back to the Light – Chicago Tribune
“We will rock you, rock you, rock you.” Familiar words, but Queen guitarist Brian May sings them as a lullabye
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06-20-1985 – Mr Bad Guy – Rolling Stone (Issue 450)
by Tim Holmes After the apocalypse, when the last rock & roll call is read up yonder, Saint Peter’s eyebrows
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12-06-1973 – Queen – Rolling Stone (Issue 149)
by GORDON FLETCHER Rumor has it that Queen shall soon be crowned “the new Led Zeppelin,” which is an event
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06-15-1974 – Music Star
Submitted by: Sarvitri Esa The Four Kings Of Queen This week we speak to the quiet member of Queen, the
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12-XX-1974 – Sounds
QUEEN STREET GOSH it would be so easy but I don’t think I can trash on a man who says
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08-XX-1973 – Guitar Magazine
Queen is a four-man band for whom people in the know are prophesying big things. Their music is fairly heavy,
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03-18-1991 – Unknown – Rock Star Calls In Gnome Squad!
by Tom Merrin Rock star Roger Taylor got revenge on killjoy local councillors – by calling in the GNOME GUARD.
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03-03-1993 – The Baltimore Sun – Hammerjacks Show
Brian May of Queen will be at Hammerjacks Friday. The free show will kick off WIYY-FM’s 16th anniversary celebration, Don
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07-01-2006 – Irish Times – Mercury Rising
A ballet set to Queen songs? What could be more obvious? As it prepares to open in Ireland, Arminta Wallace
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06-29-2006 – hour.ca – Foxy Lady
This in an interview with Samantha Fox where she talks about meeting Freddie. by Richard Burnett British pin-up Samantha Fox
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02-18-2006 – Blabbermouth – Freddie Mercury Action Figure
According to ClassicRockRevisited.com, late QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury has been immortalized in plastic by NECA (National Entertainment Collectibles Association), which
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02-14-2006 – BBC Hampshire – Freddie’s Trousers
Freddie Mercury may have departed for the great stage in the sky but his red leather trousers live on –
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01-21-2006 – Daily Star – Freddie’s Kit is Saved
DAZZLING costumes worn by legendary Queen singer Freddie Mercury are being preserved for future generations of fans. All-in-one Lycra suits,
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10-17-2005 – Evening Standard – Freddie’s Rolls-Royce
FREDDIE MERCURY’S old Rolls-Royce is up for sale on eBay. The late Queen star’s 1974 Silver Shadow is being auctioned
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10-12-2005 – Blabbermouth – Freddie Mercury’s Car on Ebay
United Press International is reporting that a silver Rolls-Royce belonging to late QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury is being auctioned on
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08-29-2004 – The Daily Telegraph – Freddie’s Rhapsody
When Queen recorded their albums in Montreux, the band’s lead singer was so taken with the Swiss town, he made
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07-25-2004 – Sunday Mirror – Mercury Dad Leaves 1.7 million
FREDDIE Mercury’s dad Bomi Bulsara left 1.7 million pounds in his will published yesterday. He gave 25,000 pounds to the
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10-20-2003 – Blabbermouth – Paintings Inspired By Freddie
Between November 23 and December 5, the POSK Gallery in London will host an original collection of oil paintings, “Freddie
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10-XX-2003 – Cat Fancy – Freddie & His Best Friends
By Gail Flug Queen’s legendary frontman was a feline fancier through and through. In many people’s eyes, Freddie Mercury was
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06-10-2003 – Blabbermouth – Freddie Mercury Gets An Erection
A statue honoring late QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury has been erected at the Dominion Theatre in London, home of the
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10-27-2002 – The Express On Sunday – Freddie’s story
THE MOST flamboyant living rock star, Elton John, is to celebrate the most flamboyant deceased rock star, Freddie Mercury, by
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07-24-2002 – BBC – Damages claim over Freddie’s fish
A garden centre is being sued over claims it killed a collection of the late singer Freddie Mercury’s prized koi
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12-15-2000 – ChartAttack – Freddie Box Set
Freddie Mercury Box Set Irks ChartAttack Writer When I was in high school one of the first things we did
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11-26-2000 – Mail on Sunday (Freddie’s sister Kashmira)
THE GREAT PRETENDER Exclusive interview with Freddie’s sister Kashmira Behind the flamboyant stage persona, Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen,
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11-19-1999 – Entertainment Weekly – Remembering Freddie
The music world mourned when Freddie Mercury died of AIDS eight years ago. THE PRESS RELEASE HAD GONE OUT just
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10-19-1999 – BBC – Freddie’s photo legacy
Photographs of rock legend Freddie Mercury have gone on show in India, where the singer spent his childhood. The exhibition
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05-24-1999 – BBC – Mercury and Moore head millennium stamps
Rock legend Freddie Mercury and a Dalek join Charlie Chaplin and football hero Bobby Moore on a new set of
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03-12-1998 – MTV News – Life Of Mercury
Life Of Queen’s Mercury Coming To Broadway The life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is the basis of a new
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09-05-1997 – Jerusalem Post – A Lying Floozie
THE FREDDIE MERCURY STORY: Living on the Edge by David Bret. London, Robson Books. £19.95. Empty spaces. What are we
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12-15-1996 – News of the World – Ghost of Rock Legend
My wife has had five-year fling with ghost of rock legend Freddie Mercury Queen star’s love in stalking nightmare. ROCK
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11-17-1996 – Sunday Times – Star Of India
Sunday Times Magazine Freddie Mercury was one of the most electrifying performers in rock. But just as he tried to
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01-09-1992 – Rolling Stone – Freddie Tribute
Queen singer is rock’s first major AIDS casualty FREDDIE MERCURY, THE OUTLANDISH frontman for Queen, whose worldwide hits like “Bohemian
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11-26-1991 – The Star – Fear Over Star’s Legacy of AIDS
How Many More Freddie? Tragic rock star Freddie Mercury’s “Russian Roulette” sex life is likely to kill scores of his
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11-25-1991 – Evening Mail – The Lonely Heart!
Love Is Russian Roulette For Me He was the superstar who had everything – wealth, talent, fame and all that
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11-25-1991 – The Sun – Freddie Is Dead
Rock Star Freddie Mercury is dead – just two days after confirming he had AIDS. The 45-year-old gay star’s parents
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11-25-1991 – The Mirror – Rock Star Freddie Is Dead
Parents too late to see AIDS son. Rock giant Freddie Mercury died of AIDS last night – 25 hours after
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11-25-1991 – The Guardian – Queen star dies
Freddie Mercury, rock’s showman incarnate, died last night, 24 hours after he confirmed he was suffering from AIDS. Mercury, lead
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11-25-1991 – The Star – AIDS Kills The King of Rock
Music world is in mourning for Queen’s superstar singer Freddie Mercury: The Last Tragic Hours Tragic rock star Freddie Mercury
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11-24-1991 – BBC – Giant of rock dies
Freddie Mercury has died aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive. The lead singer
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10-16-1988 – The Times – Mercury falls for a classical trap
Freddie Mercury puts his operatic manner to the test with Monserrat Caballe in their epic version of the hit single
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09-24-1984 – People Weekly – Freddie’s 38th Birthday
Not about to bite the dust just because he was turning 38, Freddie Mercury of the British rock group Queen
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XX-XX-1985 – Unknown
Freddie: I seem to write songs that I don’t think about them at the time but they seem to sort
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XX-XX-1985 – Unknown
Rock On Freddie As thousands of adoring fans flock to buy his first solo album this week, Freddie Mercury tells
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XX-XX-1985 – CBS Internal Conference
Is this album an ‘ego trip’ for you? Freddie: You can call it what you like, I just wanted to
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07-19-1985 – The Sun
I AM THE CHAMPION Why Fantastic Freddie Stole Live Aid Show (Boogie time for winners) by Nick Ferrari Rock fans
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01-26-1985 – Record Mirror
Blame it on Rio by Robin Smith The sun! The sea! The sauciness! Queen wow ‘em in Brazil and Freddie
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05-02-1981 – Melody Maker
“I’m a very highly strung person,” said Freddie Mercury. “I like having fun, and my job is a very good
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12-12-1978 – Circus Magazine
In praise of ‘JAZZ’ The boys conjure up a bizarre junket by Mark Mehler “I’m going backstage for a rest.
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05-XX-1978 – Daily Mail
CROWNING OF QUEEN by Tim Lott Freddie Mercury appears on stage like a writhing python, stalking the boards in the
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06-18-1977 – NME
Freddie Mercury: Is This Man a Prat? by Tony Stewart FREDDIE MERCURY has always liked to dance the Millionaire’s Waltz.
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03-17-1977 – Circus Magazine
Part 2: The Queen Tapes by Don Rush Freddie Mercury Joins the Bigtime: What It’s Like to Lead the British
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11-XX-1976 – Capitol Radio
Transcribed by Champs FREDDIE MERCURY & KENNY EVERETT REVIEW “A DAY AT THE RACES” CAPITOL RADIO, LONDON – NOVEMBER 1976
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01-XX-1976 – Sounds
Mercury Rising: The Queen Interview by Jonh Ingham AND SO IT CAME to pass that the Santa Claus single this
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04-XX-1975 – Circus Magazine
Queen’s Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London by Scott Cohen More than anything else, Freddie Mercury wants to
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12-21-1974 – Melody Maker
Freddie Mercury: Queen Bee by Caroline Coon THERE’S nothing like a dearth of hero-stars to make a media industry writhe
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11-09-1974 – Melody Maker
Queen: A Seventies Bombshell By Chris Welch “People think I’m an ogre at times. Some girls hissed at me in
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11-02-1974 – NME
FUNNY HOW times change. Seems like only yesterday that people were taking the mickey out of Queen. Of course, there
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03-12-1974 – NME
by Julie Webb It was clear for all to see that Queen’s Freddie Mercury wasn’t in the best of health.
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11-01-2005 – Bass Player
Queen’s “Killer Queen” — John Deacon’s Complete Bass Line By Bill Leigh & Chris Chaney With its powerful blend of
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01-30-2005 – The Mail on Sunday – Queen’s Boring Bassist
HOW FREDDIE MERCURY’S DEATH DROVE QUEEN’S ‘BORING’ BASSIST INTO THE ARMS OF A LAP DANCER The idea of legendary rock
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04-XX-1996 – Bassist & Bass Techniques
For some it’s progress, but for others it’s a sign of getting old. Horrific as it may seem, there’s a
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06-XX-2008 – Classic Rock
In a world exclusive for Classic Rock, we talk to all members of Queen + Paul Rodgers about their brand-new
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03-06-2006 – Miami Herald
Want to start an argument with a classic rock fan? Come down one way or the other on whether Queen
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01-02-1998 – Top Billing
R.T.: The last album “Made in Heaven” was quite, quite slow, quite down, quite a lot of ballads, lot of
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11-16-1997 – BBC World Service
Pop On The Line BBC World Service, November 16th 1997 Formed in the early 1970’s Queen scored a string of
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03-XX-1997 – VH1 – Weekend Review
This Brian/Roger interview was interspersed with short clips of the performance of “The Show Must Go On” with the Bejart
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12-XX-1995 – BBC Radio 1
Queen – A Kind Of Magic BBC Radio 1 Interview – December 1995 Welcome to this Sunday evening special presented
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XX-XX-1993 – High Voltage
Queen: A Look Back At Hard Rock’s Royal Family By: Aimee Kristi “The thing about Queen is that they’re really
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02-04-1991 – Rockline
“The Making of Innuendo with Bob Coburn” BOB: Never before has there been such a blend of flamboyance, brilliant musicianship,
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XX-XX-1989 – Hard ‘N’ Heavy
Hard ‘N’ Heavy – Video Magazine – 1989 Volume 3 Interview with Brian May & Roger Taylor Interviewer: Well, we’re
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XX-XX-1986 – Off The Record
Submitted by: Sarvitri Esa Off The Record with Mary Turner (Radio Interview) Freddie Mercury (FM) : It’s just Fate. A sort
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08-09-1986 – NME
Inside The Royal Family by David Quantick David Quantick travels to Hungary as a representative of notorious bastard rock rag
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11-21-1985 – The Daily Star
Royal Family Of Rock The Live Aid concert was one of Queen’s greatest moments. It brought the super-group more international
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XX-XX-1984 – Melody Maker
If you live in Munich you will sooner or later find yourself in the same room as a member of
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08-25-1984 – Record Mirror
Ministry Of Works Robin Smith Did you know that Freddie Mercury wants to make a reggae record? And that Roger
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XX-XX-1982 – Unknown
Submitted by: Sarvitri Esa Q: What is the songwriting process like for you? Freddie: I basically write the tune. I
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09-30-1980 – Circus Magazine
Lights! Action! Sound! It’s that crazy little thing called Queen! by Lou O’Neill Jr. Who would have thought that nine
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01-19-1978 – Circus Magazine
Queen Deserve Rock’s Royal Crown? by Rosy Horide Freddie Mercury and Brian May Hawk their ‘News Of The World’ Freddie
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XX-XX-1977 – Melody Maker
The Year Queen Lizzy Shook America: by Harry Doherty Queen and Thin Lizzy tour the USA The winter of 1977
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12-24-1977 – BBC Radio One
Tom Browne: Hello there. Radio One proudly presents in two programmes, the members of Queen talking about themselves and their
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12-05-1977 – People Magazine
The Mercury that’s rising in Rock is Freddie the satiny seductor of ‘Queen’ For A Song Fred Hauptfuhrer The British
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01-31-1977 – Circus Magazine
Queen’s own tale of success by Wesley Strick ‘A Day At The Races’ is a self-made masterpiece “The new Queen
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03-11-1976 – Rolling Stone
Queen: Four Queens Beat Opera Flush by Steve Turner Cashing In on a Rock Rhapsody LONDON – Queen is providing
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03-XX-1976 – Phonograph Record
Queen: The New British Invasion by Mitchell Cohen “YOU’RE NOT going to ask me to interpret ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, are you?”
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11-29-1975 – Sounds
A Riot At The Opera: Queen Triumphant by Jonh Ingham QUEEN ARE the type of group that make a man
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04-08-1975 – Circus Magazine
Queen Swings Both Ways by Jon Tiven ACCOLADES SUCH AS “greatest single long-playing achievement since Sgt. Pepper” and “the most
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03-XX-1975 – Circus Raves
QUEEN’S FOUR-FOLD STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL CONQUEST By Ron Ross (March 1975, Issue 105) From a sinister moan, like a furious
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04-04-1974 – NME
by Julie Webb Described by Roxy Music’s Paul Thompson as too contrived and by NME’s Nick Kent as a ‘bucket
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07-28-1973 – Melody Maker
Standing Up For Queen Freddie Mercury is liquid heaviness. His friend Brian is an absolute dear. They’re a pair of
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10-22-1997 – MTV News – Queen Reunites
Mercury’s Memory Is Rising With New Single The surviving members of Queen reunited earlier this year to record a new
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01-XX-1996 – Record Collector
QUEEN LIVE IN THE EIGHTIES Many of this year’s anniversaries – Lennon, Hendrix, Joplin – are commemorative, so it’s a
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12-XX-1995 – Rolling Stone (Germany)
DR = David Richards Q: Was A Winters Tale the last song Freddie wrote for Made In Heaven? DR: A
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11-26-1991 – The Guardian – Parody, By Innuendo
by Adam Sweeting Queen were never a run of the mill pop group. The guitarist Brian May studied to be
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05-09-1991 – Tulsa World – VH-1 Special
One-Hour Documentary Spotlights Group Rock Band Queen – Back With a Vengence Say they’re great. Say they’re awful. Say they’re
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03-02-1991 – Billboard – 20th Anniversary
Never a band to do things half-heartedly, Queen is celebrating its 20th anniversary in an unusually regal manner. The long-lived
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09-07-1990 – Daily News of LA – Back Catalog Delay
QUEEN BACK CATALOG SUFFERS A ROYAL DELAY British art-rockers Queen have signed with Disney’s new Hollywood Records, touching off speculation
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06-XX-1989 – Record Collector
Queen – Live in the Seventies Early in their career, Queen established a reputation for being a dynamite live band.
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08-14-1986 – The Times – Knebworth Concert Murder
Three men from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, were remanded in custody until August 21 by magistrates at Stevenage yesterday accused of the
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07-23-1982 – Washington Post – A Glorious Queen
“Hot Space,” the title of Queen’s latest album, is as good a description as any of the sound achieved both
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12-28-1976 – News Journal (Mansfield, OH) – Gold Record
Gold Record Given To Queen Before Album Goes on Sale Queen was presented with a gold record in Britain for
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04-24-1976 – Daily (Freeman, NY) – A Night at The Opera
While “A Night at the Opera,” Queen’s latest album, threatens the number one slot on record charts, one hears more
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04-20-1976 – Daily Times News (Burlington, NC)
This is an extract from an article that talked about the latest music news. While “A Night at the Opera,”
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04-06-1976 – LA Times – Queen looks set to reign
Queen looks set to reign like Zeppelin—explosively There’s something to be said in rock ‘n’ roll for the magic of
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03-12-1976 – The News (Port Arthur, TX) – Queen Mercury Rises
This article also ran in the The News Journal (Mansfield, OH, 03-21-1976) under the headline “Queen Next Supergroup?” It was
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03-09-1976 – The Advocate (OH) – British rock quartet
British rock quartet known for black-white garb The British rock quartet Queen is touring around America and for those who
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01-10-1976 – Syracause Post – To Reign at War Memorial
Queen, the British band whose latest album is “A Night at the Opera” will perform in concert at 8 p.m.
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12-22-1975 – The Daily Gleaner – Queen Hit The Top
QUEEN HIT THE TOP: After reaching the No. 2 spot with their single “Killer Queen,” a year ago, pop group
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04-26-1975 – Winnipeg Free Press – Star Story
by Larry Stevens QUEEN is a rarity among the groups to emerge in the past few years, a heavy metal
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