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With a musical career spanning four decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist and songwriter, with production and performance credits on recordings, which have sold in excess of 100 million copies worldwide.
Brian has penned 22 worldwide hits for Queen, among them the anthems “We Will Rock You”, “The Show Must Go On” and “I Want It All”, and powerful ballads, including “Who Wants To Live Forever”, “No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)” and “Save Me”. As a successful and respected solo artist, Brian’s recordings include albums Back To The Light (1992), featuring “Too Much Love Will Kill You” and “Driven By You”, both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998's Another World. His songs continue to influence new generations of performers and have inspired recordings by artists as diverse as Elton John, Def Leppard, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shirley Bassey and Eminem. Brian has enjoyed collaborations with numerous artists, including Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, Cliff Richard, Guns N’ Roses, Diana Ross, and Luciano Pavarotti. He was also proud to play feature guitar on the Winter Olympics 2002 opening music, “The Fire Within” for his friend and composer, the late Michael Kamen.
Perhaps the most memorable display of Brian’s unique style and musicianship was his performance of his own arrangement of “God Save the Queen”, live from the roof of Buckingham Palace, to open HM the Queen’s 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations in front of an audience of more than 200 million people around the world.
An interest in film scoring developed when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon, featuring the hit “Flash!” penned by Brian, followed by definitive music for Highlander. Brian later contributed a mini-opera for Steve Baron's 1996 Pinocchio, and composed a complete film soundtrack for the 1999 French art film, Furia.
May is, of course, no stranger to the theatrical world, frequently contributing to the live performance work of his wife, Anita Dobson, but in 1990, entering this world in his own right, he wrote and performed the music for the London Riverside Studios production of Macbeth. He returned at full strength to the Theatre in 2002, as one of the principal creative forces behind the ground-breaking ‘Rock Theatrical’, We Will Rock You, which became phenomenally successful, still one of London’s top-selling shows after six years of nightly standing ovations at the Dominion Theatre, London, and the longest running show ever to play at the theatre. Although We Will Rock You is now a global enterprise, Brian remains personally involved in developing new productions and updating those currently playing.
On Freddie’s death, the surviving members of Queen set up a charity to support AIDS relief, the Mercury Phoenix Trust. The MPT has to date channeled more than eight million pounds to over 1,000 AIDS projects around the world. An ongoing commitment to AIDS awareness led Queen to become a driving force in the 46664 campaign for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The first of a series of 46664 concerts, held in Cape Town in November 2003, was broadcast worldwide via TV, Internet and Radio, becoming the most widely distributed media event in history, with an audience of over 2 billion in 166 countries. Brian continues in his role as an ambassador and participant in the 46664 international concert series aimed at promoting AIDS awareness worldwide.
Queen’s musical catalogue consistently tops popularity polls, and their achievements have been recognised with numerous prestigious awards, including being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October 2002), being inducted into both the USA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (March 2001) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2003), and being among the first inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame (November 2004), which was an event that was to change the course of Queen - being the first event at which Paul Rodgers joined Brian and Roger (Taylor) as vocalist. Following a successful world tour in 2005/06, Paul, Brian and Roger have recently returned to the studio to create new material for an eagerly anticipated debut Queen/Paul Rodgers studio album. In July 2005, Guinness World Records announced that Queen had overtaken The Beatles to become the most successful albums act in UK chart history.
Brian’s further credits are too numerous to list, but they include designing a Planetarium show currently running in Germany and Belgium, appearing in and recording a track for an epic 2003 Pepsi TV advertisement with Brian producing vocal performances from Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Pink, re-mixing classic Queen recordings in 5.1 Surround Sound, writing themes for several TV shows, producing a number 1 hit, “The Stonk”, for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, as well as lending his inspirational skills to the three top selling volumes of The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever! Retaining his keen interest in Astronomy, Brian is a regular contributor to The Sky at Night for his long-time friend, Sir Patrick Moore, with whom he co-authored, along with Dr Chris Lintott, an illustrated astrophysics book entitled BANG! The Complete History of the Universe. First published in 2006, it has since been published in 20 languages, and gone to a second updated edition. Brian is currently working on a book on T.R. Williams, seminal stereo photographer of the 1850's, whose work Brian has been researching for 25 years. In December 2005, Brian was honoured with a CBE, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, by HM the Queen, in recognition of his services to the Music Industry.
In 2007, after a 30-year break pursuing his musical career, Brian returned to Imperial College, London, to sign up to complete his Doctoral Thesis in Astrophysics, and after one year, successfully submitted the new version of his thesis on Interplanetary Dust. Although already the proud holder of Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Hertfordshire, Exeter and John Moore’s, Liverpool, Brian in 2007 finally achieved the award of a full PhD degree and DIC - Diploma of Imperial College. Brian subsequently accepted a post of Visiting Researcher at Imperial College and will be continuing his work in Astronomy. Brian enjoys interacting with his friends and fans, who can contact him and enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his own channel, Brian’s Soapbox, on his website at www.BrianMay.com.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Brian May CBE (DSc)
With a musical career spanning four decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer. His influence on a new generation of musicians is a tribute to his unique style and musicianship, most memorably displayed when he performed his own arrangement of God Save The Queen on Buckingham Palace roof to open the 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations. Brian May has provided Queen with many of their finest musical moments, among them the anthemic We Will Rock You, The Show Must Go On, I Want It All, Fat Bottomed Girls and some of their finest ballads including Who Wants To Live Forever, No-One But You, and Save Me. To date he has penned 22 top 20 hits worldwide and his songs continue to inspire, with versions recorded and sampled by such diverse artists as Def Leppard, Shirley Bassey, Eminem, Elton John, Metallica and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
When he wrote the hit track Flash, Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon. This was followed by definitive music for Highlander, an opera for Steve Barron’s 1996 Pinocchio and a complete soundtrack for the French art film Furia. His song Driven By You, originally penned for a Ford advert, became his first solo hit record. Venturing into the theatre, Brian May wrote and performed the music for The Red and Gold Theatre Company’s Macbeth at the Riverside Theatre in 1987 (later revived in two other productions). This was a pre-cursor to his deep commitment to developing Queen’s musical We Will Rock You, currently breaking all records in its fifth year at the Dominion Theatre in London.
As an accomplished solo artist, Brian May has recorded two highly successful solo albums – 1991’s Back To The Light, including Too Much Love Will Kill You and Driven By You, both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998’s Another World. He has enjoyed collaborating with numerous artists including Robbie Williams, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Luciano Pavarotti, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard, The Foo Fighters and Meat Loaf and continues to support Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign for Aids awareness. As patron to a number of charities, these endeavours along with his accomplishments in music led to a return visit to the Palace in Spring 2006 when he was awarded the title of CBE. He retains his keen interest in astronomy and regularly contributes to Sir Patrick Moore's Sky at Night with whom he has recently co-authored the astro-physics book 'Bang! The Complete History of the Universe' published by Carlton Books and has recently completed his Astrophysics PhD Thesis at Imperial College London, began in 1970, which he plans to submit in August 2007.
Previous biography
With a musical career spanning three decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, singer, producer and performer. His work for Queen has included performance and production credits on 20 studio albums which have sold more than 100 million copies world-wide, and 30 years of playing shows around the world. It is said that his unique guitar style can be recognised in one note!
Brian has penned 22 top 20 hits worldwide, among them the anthemic 'We Will Rock You', 'The Show Must Go On', 'I Want It All', 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and powerful ballads including 'Who Wants To Live Forever', No-One But You', and 'Save Me'. As an accomplished solo artist, Brian has also recorded two highly successful solo albums - 1991's Back To The Light, including 'Too Much Love will Kill You' and 'Driven By You', both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998's Another World.
Brian's songs continue to influence a diverse array of artists, with versions recorded and sampled in numerous styles including Rock (Def Leppard, Ted Nugent, Metallica), Country (Hayseed Dixie), Rap (Enimen), Mainstream (Elaine Paige, Shirley Bassey, Claire Sweeney), Pop (Macy Gray, Five, George Michael) and Classical (The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tolga Kashif). Brian has collaborated with numerous artists including Robbie Williams, the Foo Fighters, Guns’n’Roses, Zucchero, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard, and The Yardbirds, as well as making guest appearances at a number of charitable concerts where he has performed solo, singing and playing alongside, among others, Bryan Adams and Luciano Pavarotti. Brian was proud to play feature guitar on the Winter Olympics 2002 opening music for his good friend, composer the late Michael Kamen. 2002 was also the year in which Brian provided one of the defining images of the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee - when he opened the Party at the Palace Jubilee concert, performing his own arrangement of "God Save the Queen" live from the roof of Buckingham Palace. Seen by 1.2 million people outside the palace and on millions of televisions across the world, it will long remain one of those historical moments indelibly printed in time. Brian developed an interest in film scoring when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, 'Flash Gordon'. Definitive music for 'Highlander' followed, a Mini-Opera for Steve Baron's 1996 'Pinnochio', and in 1999 Brian created a complete film soundtrack for the French art film ‘Furia’.
Brian is, of course, no stranger to the theatrical world. As well as his contributions to his wife Anita Dobson’s live performance work, he wrote and performed the music for the Red and Gold Theatre Company's 'Macbeth', at London's Riverside Theatre in 1987. Brian’s creative work in giving birth to the Queen rock musical “We Will Rock You” continues in its constant updating and its spread around the world. To date three million tickets have been sold for the London production alone, which has received packed standing ovations ever since opening in May 2002. Remaining the UK’s best selling show, productions are currently running in Japan, Spain, Cologne and Zurich, all with personal attention from Brian, with Toronto in preparation for 2007. 2002 was a busy year in which Queen were not only honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, joining the Beatles as one of the few non-US bands to earn this accolade, but were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, enrolled for 'Queen's million selling achievements over three decades and in particular for having achieved the distinction of being the only group in which each of its members have achieved No.1 songs'. Brian's ‘We Will Rock You’ was particularly singled out for being one of the USA's most played songs and world recognised sports anthem.
Brian’s ongoing commitment to Aids awareness led to Queen becoming a driving force in the 46664 campaign in collaboration with The Nelson Mandela Foundation, which culminated in a concert in November 2003. The concert, performed by leading African artists and a host of top international artists in front of an audience of 40,000 at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, was simultaneously broadcast to a worldwide audience via TV, webcast and radio becoming the most widely distributed media event in history with an audience of over 2 billion in 166 countries. More recently, Brian has joined an impressive list of world-famous talent with whom PepsiCo International have worked. During filming in Rome in September 2003, Brian recorded a unique version of his timeless track ‘We Will Rock You’ with Beyonce, Pink and Britney Spears to accompany the epic Pepsi ad, which also features Enrique Inglesias.
Other credits include designing a Planetarium show currently showing in Germany, re-mixing Queen recordings in 5.1 Surround Sound, and writing themes for several TV shows. He has also enjoyed lending his inspirational skills to the three top selling volumes of ‘The Greatest Air Guitar in the World Ever!’.
Brian retains his keen interest in astronomy - as well as regular contributions to his good friend Patrick Moore's ' Sky at Night", Brian and Patrick have co-authored an illustrated astrophysics book entitled BANG! The Complete History of the Universe, published in 2006 and currently top of the best-selling science books list. Brian has this year returned to Imperial College Astrophysics to resume his PhD work after an absence of 30 years, and is currently researching Interplanetary Dust. To further add to his publishing credits, Brian is also currently working on a book on T.R. Williams, a prominent stereo photographer of the 1850's. He is patron to a number of charities including the Mercury Phoenix Trust and The British Bone Marrow Donor Association. In December 2005 Brian was awarded a CBE , Commander of the British Empire, by the HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Brian can also be addressed as Dr. May, having been being awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Hertfordshire in 2005. Queen in recent months have reached new heights of public acclaim. Bohemian Rhapsody has for many years topped most polls for favourite single, but recently Queen have in many respects overtaken the Beatles, being voted by a nation-wide Radio 2 poll Best Group of All Time, and GREATEST HITS 1 now recognised as the biggest selling album ever in the UK ever. Brian enjoys interacting with his fans who can contact him and enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his website at www.Brianmay.com.
Brian has penned 22 worldwide hits for Queen, among them the anthems “We Will Rock You”, “The Show Must Go On” and “I Want It All”, and powerful ballads, including “Who Wants To Live Forever”, “No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)” and “Save Me”. As a successful and respected solo artist, Brian’s recordings include albums Back To The Light (1992), featuring “Too Much Love Will Kill You” and “Driven By You”, both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998's Another World. His songs continue to influence new generations of performers and have inspired recordings by artists as diverse as Elton John, Def Leppard, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shirley Bassey and Eminem. Brian has enjoyed collaborations with numerous artists, including Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, Cliff Richard, Guns N’ Roses, Diana Ross, and Luciano Pavarotti. He was also proud to play feature guitar on the Winter Olympics 2002 opening music, “The Fire Within” for his friend and composer, the late Michael Kamen.
Perhaps the most memorable display of Brian’s unique style and musicianship was his performance of his own arrangement of “God Save the Queen”, live from the roof of Buckingham Palace, to open HM the Queen’s 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations in front of an audience of more than 200 million people around the world.
An interest in film scoring developed when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon, featuring the hit “Flash!” penned by Brian, followed by definitive music for Highlander. Brian later contributed a mini-opera for Steve Baron's 1996 Pinocchio, and composed a complete film soundtrack for the 1999 French art film, Furia.
May is, of course, no stranger to the theatrical world, frequently contributing to the live performance work of his wife, Anita Dobson, but in 1990, entering this world in his own right, he wrote and performed the music for the London Riverside Studios production of Macbeth. He returned at full strength to the Theatre in 2002, as one of the principal creative forces behind the ground-breaking ‘Rock Theatrical’, We Will Rock You, which became phenomenally successful, still one of London’s top-selling shows after six years of nightly standing ovations at the Dominion Theatre, London, and the longest running show ever to play at the theatre. Although We Will Rock You is now a global enterprise, Brian remains personally involved in developing new productions and updating those currently playing.
On Freddie’s death, the surviving members of Queen set up a charity to support AIDS relief, the Mercury Phoenix Trust. The MPT has to date channeled more than eight million pounds to over 1,000 AIDS projects around the world. An ongoing commitment to AIDS awareness led Queen to become a driving force in the 46664 campaign for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The first of a series of 46664 concerts, held in Cape Town in November 2003, was broadcast worldwide via TV, Internet and Radio, becoming the most widely distributed media event in history, with an audience of over 2 billion in 166 countries. Brian continues in his role as an ambassador and participant in the 46664 international concert series aimed at promoting AIDS awareness worldwide.
Queen’s musical catalogue consistently tops popularity polls, and their achievements have been recognised with numerous prestigious awards, including being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October 2002), being inducted into both the USA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (March 2001) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2003), and being among the first inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame (November 2004), which was an event that was to change the course of Queen - being the first event at which Paul Rodgers joined Brian and Roger (Taylor) as vocalist. Following a successful world tour in 2005/06, Paul, Brian and Roger have recently returned to the studio to create new material for an eagerly anticipated debut Queen/Paul Rodgers studio album. In July 2005, Guinness World Records announced that Queen had overtaken The Beatles to become the most successful albums act in UK chart history.
Brian’s further credits are too numerous to list, but they include designing a Planetarium show currently running in Germany and Belgium, appearing in and recording a track for an epic 2003 Pepsi TV advertisement with Brian producing vocal performances from Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Pink, re-mixing classic Queen recordings in 5.1 Surround Sound, writing themes for several TV shows, producing a number 1 hit, “The Stonk”, for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, as well as lending his inspirational skills to the three top selling volumes of The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever! Retaining his keen interest in Astronomy, Brian is a regular contributor to The Sky at Night for his long-time friend, Sir Patrick Moore, with whom he co-authored, along with Dr Chris Lintott, an illustrated astrophysics book entitled BANG! The Complete History of the Universe. First published in 2006, it has since been published in 20 languages, and gone to a second updated edition. Brian is currently working on a book on T.R. Williams, seminal stereo photographer of the 1850's, whose work Brian has been researching for 25 years. In December 2005, Brian was honoured with a CBE, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, by HM the Queen, in recognition of his services to the Music Industry.
In 2007, after a 30-year break pursuing his musical career, Brian returned to Imperial College, London, to sign up to complete his Doctoral Thesis in Astrophysics, and after one year, successfully submitted the new version of his thesis on Interplanetary Dust. Although already the proud holder of Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Hertfordshire, Exeter and John Moore’s, Liverpool, Brian in 2007 finally achieved the award of a full PhD degree and DIC - Diploma of Imperial College. Brian subsequently accepted a post of Visiting Researcher at Imperial College and will be continuing his work in Astronomy. Brian enjoys interacting with his friends and fans, who can contact him and enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his own channel, Brian’s Soapbox, on his website at www.BrianMay.com.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Brian May CBE (DSc)
With a musical career spanning four decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer. His influence on a new generation of musicians is a tribute to his unique style and musicianship, most memorably displayed when he performed his own arrangement of God Save The Queen on Buckingham Palace roof to open the 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations. Brian May has provided Queen with many of their finest musical moments, among them the anthemic We Will Rock You, The Show Must Go On, I Want It All, Fat Bottomed Girls and some of their finest ballads including Who Wants To Live Forever, No-One But You, and Save Me. To date he has penned 22 top 20 hits worldwide and his songs continue to inspire, with versions recorded and sampled by such diverse artists as Def Leppard, Shirley Bassey, Eminem, Elton John, Metallica and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
When he wrote the hit track Flash, Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon. This was followed by definitive music for Highlander, an opera for Steve Barron’s 1996 Pinocchio and a complete soundtrack for the French art film Furia. His song Driven By You, originally penned for a Ford advert, became his first solo hit record. Venturing into the theatre, Brian May wrote and performed the music for The Red and Gold Theatre Company’s Macbeth at the Riverside Theatre in 1987 (later revived in two other productions). This was a pre-cursor to his deep commitment to developing Queen’s musical We Will Rock You, currently breaking all records in its fifth year at the Dominion Theatre in London.
As an accomplished solo artist, Brian May has recorded two highly successful solo albums – 1991’s Back To The Light, including Too Much Love Will Kill You and Driven By You, both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998’s Another World. He has enjoyed collaborating with numerous artists including Robbie Williams, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Luciano Pavarotti, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard, The Foo Fighters and Meat Loaf and continues to support Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign for Aids awareness. As patron to a number of charities, these endeavours along with his accomplishments in music led to a return visit to the Palace in Spring 2006 when he was awarded the title of CBE. He retains his keen interest in astronomy and regularly contributes to Sir Patrick Moore's Sky at Night with whom he has recently co-authored the astro-physics book 'Bang! The Complete History of the Universe' published by Carlton Books and has recently completed his Astrophysics PhD Thesis at Imperial College London, began in 1970, which he plans to submit in August 2007.
Previous biography
With a musical career spanning three decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, singer, producer and performer. His work for Queen has included performance and production credits on 20 studio albums which have sold more than 100 million copies world-wide, and 30 years of playing shows around the world. It is said that his unique guitar style can be recognised in one note!
Brian has penned 22 top 20 hits worldwide, among them the anthemic 'We Will Rock You', 'The Show Must Go On', 'I Want It All', 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and powerful ballads including 'Who Wants To Live Forever', No-One But You', and 'Save Me'. As an accomplished solo artist, Brian has also recorded two highly successful solo albums - 1991's Back To The Light, including 'Too Much Love will Kill You' and 'Driven By You', both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998's Another World.
Brian's songs continue to influence a diverse array of artists, with versions recorded and sampled in numerous styles including Rock (Def Leppard, Ted Nugent, Metallica), Country (Hayseed Dixie), Rap (Enimen), Mainstream (Elaine Paige, Shirley Bassey, Claire Sweeney), Pop (Macy Gray, Five, George Michael) and Classical (The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tolga Kashif). Brian has collaborated with numerous artists including Robbie Williams, the Foo Fighters, Guns’n’Roses, Zucchero, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard, and The Yardbirds, as well as making guest appearances at a number of charitable concerts where he has performed solo, singing and playing alongside, among others, Bryan Adams and Luciano Pavarotti. Brian was proud to play feature guitar on the Winter Olympics 2002 opening music for his good friend, composer the late Michael Kamen. 2002 was also the year in which Brian provided one of the defining images of the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee - when he opened the Party at the Palace Jubilee concert, performing his own arrangement of "God Save the Queen" live from the roof of Buckingham Palace. Seen by 1.2 million people outside the palace and on millions of televisions across the world, it will long remain one of those historical moments indelibly printed in time. Brian developed an interest in film scoring when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, 'Flash Gordon'. Definitive music for 'Highlander' followed, a Mini-Opera for Steve Baron's 1996 'Pinnochio', and in 1999 Brian created a complete film soundtrack for the French art film ‘Furia’.
Brian is, of course, no stranger to the theatrical world. As well as his contributions to his wife Anita Dobson’s live performance work, he wrote and performed the music for the Red and Gold Theatre Company's 'Macbeth', at London's Riverside Theatre in 1987. Brian’s creative work in giving birth to the Queen rock musical “We Will Rock You” continues in its constant updating and its spread around the world. To date three million tickets have been sold for the London production alone, which has received packed standing ovations ever since opening in May 2002. Remaining the UK’s best selling show, productions are currently running in Japan, Spain, Cologne and Zurich, all with personal attention from Brian, with Toronto in preparation for 2007. 2002 was a busy year in which Queen were not only honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, joining the Beatles as one of the few non-US bands to earn this accolade, but were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, enrolled for 'Queen's million selling achievements over three decades and in particular for having achieved the distinction of being the only group in which each of its members have achieved No.1 songs'. Brian's ‘We Will Rock You’ was particularly singled out for being one of the USA's most played songs and world recognised sports anthem.
Brian’s ongoing commitment to Aids awareness led to Queen becoming a driving force in the 46664 campaign in collaboration with The Nelson Mandela Foundation, which culminated in a concert in November 2003. The concert, performed by leading African artists and a host of top international artists in front of an audience of 40,000 at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, was simultaneously broadcast to a worldwide audience via TV, webcast and radio becoming the most widely distributed media event in history with an audience of over 2 billion in 166 countries. More recently, Brian has joined an impressive list of world-famous talent with whom PepsiCo International have worked. During filming in Rome in September 2003, Brian recorded a unique version of his timeless track ‘We Will Rock You’ with Beyonce, Pink and Britney Spears to accompany the epic Pepsi ad, which also features Enrique Inglesias.
Other credits include designing a Planetarium show currently showing in Germany, re-mixing Queen recordings in 5.1 Surround Sound, and writing themes for several TV shows. He has also enjoyed lending his inspirational skills to the three top selling volumes of ‘The Greatest Air Guitar in the World Ever!’.
Brian retains his keen interest in astronomy - as well as regular contributions to his good friend Patrick Moore's ' Sky at Night", Brian and Patrick have co-authored an illustrated astrophysics book entitled BANG! The Complete History of the Universe, published in 2006 and currently top of the best-selling science books list. Brian has this year returned to Imperial College Astrophysics to resume his PhD work after an absence of 30 years, and is currently researching Interplanetary Dust. To further add to his publishing credits, Brian is also currently working on a book on T.R. Williams, a prominent stereo photographer of the 1850's. He is patron to a number of charities including the Mercury Phoenix Trust and The British Bone Marrow Donor Association. In December 2005 Brian was awarded a CBE , Commander of the British Empire, by the HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Brian can also be addressed as Dr. May, having been being awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Hertfordshire in 2005. Queen in recent months have reached new heights of public acclaim. Bohemian Rhapsody has for many years topped most polls for favourite single, but recently Queen have in many respects overtaken the Beatles, being voted by a nation-wide Radio 2 poll Best Group of All Time, and GREATEST HITS 1 now recognised as the biggest selling album ever in the UK ever. Brian enjoys interacting with his fans who can contact him and enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his website at www.Brianmay.com.
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