How a traumatic childhood turned Freddie Mercury into a world-conquering songwriter
Mercury brought the grand tale to a suitably mournful and haunting conclusion on the follow-up to Queen II,…
Freddie Mercury’s most “beautiful song”, according to Brian May
(Credits: Far Out / Carl Lender) Fri 3 April 2026 15:00, UK From the minute that Queen was…
The rock star Freddie Mercury called a “miracle”
(Credits: Far Out / Carol Lee / Alamy) Sat 21 March 2026 15:30, UK In 1989, Freddie Mercury…
Freddie Mercury wrote one Queen hit in “five or ten minutes”
(Credits: Far Out / Carl Lender) Wed 11 February 2026 8:11, UK Who knows where inspiration comes from?…
The Freddie Mercury idea Brian May shot down
(Credits: Far Out / Paul Williams) Sun 1 February 2026 15:30, UK Whenever Freddie Mercury had an opinion,…
When Freddie Mercury almost ruined Queen’s big break
(Credits: Far Out / Koh Hasebe / Elektra Records) Sat 24 January 2026 19:34, UK It turns out…
The song Freddie Mercury was sure would be a “disaster”
(Credits: Far Out / Apple Music) Fri 23 January 2026 11:26, UK While Queen represented the foundation of…
The Queen song Freddie Mercury didn’t want to play piano on
(Credits: Far Out / Carol Lee / Alamy) Tue 20 January 2026 7:42, UK For all his stage…
The album that Queen called the peak of their career
(Credits: Far Out / Koh Hasebe / Elektra Records) Fri 16 January 2026 18:00, UK Recently, the song…
The one person Brian May said got him back into music
(Credit: Far Out / Denis Pellerin) Sat 10 January 2026 4:00, UK Nothing about Brian May was ever…
The one singer Dave Grohl and Axl Rose both called the greatest
(Credits: Far Out / Guns N Roses / Andreas Lawen, Fotandi) Sat 3 January 2026 18:00, UK In…
Was ‘Killer Queen’ Freddie Mercury’s reckon with class?
(Credits: Far Out / Queen Productions) Thu 1 January 2026 10:00, UK It took Queen two records to…