Ronnie Wood and his Freddie Mercury painting

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood paints iconic Freddie Mercury at Live Aid – and you can buy a limited edition print

Brian May

Brian May suffers "scary" stroke and loses control over left arm

In the final Queen song he ever put to paper and recorded, Freddie Mercury was vulnerable about his painful battle with AIDS, though the world wouldn't hear it until years later.

The final Queen song Freddie Mercury wrote and recorded before his tragic death

Mark Knopfler's guitar heroes

Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler assembles guitar heroes supergroup for Local Hero remake

Music

The best songs of 1974

The 25 best songs of 1974

Song Lists

Brian May and Tony Iommi jam to Paranoid

Brian May joins Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi to play 'Paranoid'

Freddie Mercury at Live Aid

'We Are The Champions' by Queen: The making of the ultimate stadium anthem

Queen have recently revealed rare footage of the band performing Elvis Presley's timeless classic 'Jailhouse Rock' from a concert in 1975.

Queen share rare 1975 footage of Freddie Mercury covering Elvis Presley's 'Jailhouse Rock'

The best songs of 1977, ranked

The 30 best songs of 1977

Song Lists

It's no secret that legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury wasn't an overt supporter of punk music.

Freddie Mercury's scathing response to the UK punk movement revealed: "Load of rubbish!"

Queen Extravaganza

Queen reveal new lineup and UK tour dates for official tribute band Queen Extravaganza

Freddie Mercury auction

'Bohemian Rhapsody' handwritten lyrics sell for £1.38m in massive Freddie Mercury auction

Queen's Greatest Hits

Queen axe 'Fat Bottomed Girls' from new Greatest Hits release over fears it may offend

Freddie Mercury and Queen

Queen reveal their thoughts on the possibility of a Freddie Mercury hologram

Freddie Mercury and Queen play Tutti Frutti

Freddie Mercury storms through Little Richard's classic 'Tutti Frutti' in rare live Queen footage

Dolly Parton has covered Queen's 'We Are The Champions' for her upcoming album Rockstar.

Dolly Parton rocks out with epic cover of Queen's anthem 'We Are The Champions'

Queen with Adam Lambert and John Deacon

Brian May reveals how John Deacon is "still very much part of Queen"

Brian May and John Lennon

Queen's Brian May regrets that he never got to work with The Beatles' John Lennon