Further details can be found at www. Brian enjoys interacting with his fans, who can enjoy updates on his work and thoughts on twitter at DrBrianMay and via his website at www.
As an accomplished Astronomy student working towards a PhD, Brian put his academic studies on hold when Queen's popularity first exploded. Over the following four decades the band enjoyed worldwide success with a musical catalogue that consistently tops popularity polls and sees Queen remain the most successful albums act in UK chart history.
Also an established sports anthem, the track was declared the most-played song at American sporting events BMI and reportedly played over , times during the London Olympic Games. A triumphant date world tour with Paul as guest vocalist followed, the first Queen tour in 20 years, along with the studio album The Cosmos Rocks , supported by a second world tour and the release of two live DVDs and a live album.
No stranger to the theatrical world, Brian wrote and performed the music for the and productions of Macbeth at The London Riverside Studios and he has regularly contributed to the live performance work of his wife, Anita Dobson. Brian delved into the world of film scoring when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon. Definitive music for Highlander followed, an opera for Steve Baron's Pinocchio , and a complete film soundtrack created by Brian for the French art film, Furia.
Further credits, to numerous to list, include writing themes for several TV shows, remixing Queen recordings in 5. As a lifelong advocate of animal welfare, Brian set up the Save Me campaign, named after his song, to champion all, but predominantly British, wildlife. This work continues through the Save-Me website which can be found at www. Brian has always retained his keen passion for Astronomy and in , after a year break, he returned to Astrophysics and his doctoral thesis.
He subsequently accepted a post of Visiting Researcher to continue his work in Astronomy and following a 5 year post as Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores, Brian now holds the honorary position of Chancellor Emeritus. This illustrated astrophysics book, now been published in 20 languages, was followed in with the release of a greatly anticipated sequel, The Cosmic Tourist.
He is currently co-authoring a book on French Diableries, due for publication for Halloween Brian enjoys interacting with his fans, who can enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his website at www. Over the following four decades the band enjoyed worldwide success with a musical catalogue that continues to top popularity polls and sees Queen remain the most successful albums act in UK chart history.
A triumphant date world tour with Paul as guest vocalist followed, the first Queen tour in 20 years, along with the studio album The Cosmos Rocks , a second world tour and the release of two live DVDs and a live album. No stranger to the theatrical world, Brian wrote and performed the music for the and productions of Macbeth at The London Riverside Studios, and he has regularly contributed to the live performance work of his wife Anita Dobson.
Definitive music for Highlander followed, an opera for Steve Baron's Pinocchio , and a complete film soundtrack created by Brian for the French art film Furia. Brian's songs and distinctive guitar style, produced from his revered homemade 'Red Special' guitar using a sixpence as a plectrum, continue to inspire a diverse genre of international artists. As a lifelong advocate of animal welfare, Brian set up the Save Me campaign, named after his song, to champion all, but predominantly British wildlife.
Brian has been a leading inspiration in the fight against fox hunting and the ongoing fight against the proposed UK badger cull. Details of the work of Save Me can be found at www. He subsequently accepted a post of Visiting Researcher to continue his work in Astronomy and is currently Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores. Another long-term interest in 3D Photography led to the publication of Brian's second book. Co-authored with Elena Vidal, A Village Lost and Found is an authoritative study of the work of master s stereo photographer T R Williams, complete with stereoscope designed by Brian himself.
He is currently co-authoring a book on French Diableries, due for publication in September Update November An angiogram showed that three of his coronary arteries were blocked. You have got a great heart rate. But I turned out to have three arteries that were congested and in danger of blocking the supply of blood to my heart.
Doctors suggested that he underwent a triple bypass surgery. He, however, opted for a stent procedure, which was less invasive. TheJakartaPost Please Update your browser Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. LOG IN. Forgot Password? Or continue login with Google Facebook Linkedin. It was Hammersmith Bridge.
The whole period of making Back to the Light was one of turmoil, he says. And my marriage broke up, because I fell in love with another woman [Dobson]. The marriage was probably breaking up anyway, but that was the final catalyst and the breakup was very painful and grisly. I felt like I was losing my kids as well; I felt like I was losing everything. I was just trying to grapple my way around in the darkness, and music was the only thing I could cling to; it was a kind of therapy.
On the Back to the Light album you hear me in a very raw state. At the beginning of it we were starting to lose Freddie; in the middle of it we lost him; by the end I was getting accustomed to it.
So what you hear is a desperate grasping at a straw that will lead me back to the light. When Mercury died, Queen had been a band for 21 years, which seemed like an awfully long time then, although in the elongated music culture of today it seems much less significant Coldplay released their first single 23 years ago, for comparison.
At 44, May was confronted with the possibility that his career was, more or less, done; he accepts that rock history is replete with members of big bands whose solo careers amounted to nothing, and that might well have been his fate.
I was making my music, but I thought Queen was over and dead and gone for ever. They assumed that because he was famous, someone, somewhere would come up with a cure. We just sat there in disbelief. But you do get over it to a point. And we got to the point where it now seems like Freddie is with us.
I can never have a single day without thinking about Freddie.
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