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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=10916 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:42:11 -0500 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:26:01 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=10916 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_elton_john__rod_stewart_once_wanted_to_form_a_supergroup_called_nose_teeth__hair.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_elton_john__rod_stewart_once_wanted_to_form_a_supergroup_called_nose_teeth__hair.html Music News: "Because Rod had a big nose, Elton had problems with his hair and Freddie had his teeth!", the source says.]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:42:11 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_weirdest_and_most_controversial_covers_of_queens_bohemian_rhapsody-81324 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_weirdest_and_most_controversial_covers_of_queens_bohemian_rhapsody-81324 Features: A different approach to this historically important song.]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:13:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/biopic_about_freddie_mercury_will_hit_the_big_screen_next_year.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/biopic_about_freddie_mercury_will_hit_the_big_screen_next_year.html Music News: The biopic about late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has been a longtime coming with casting shakeups and delays but the legendary band's guitarist Brian May says that it will finally arrive in 2018.]]> Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:48:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/zanzibar_relies_on_freddie_mercury_tourism.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/zanzibar_relies_on_freddie_mercury_tourism.html Wtf?: At the same time, the country authorities are condemning his lifestyle.]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:47:59 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/freddie_mercury_biopic_loses_director.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/freddie_mercury_biopic_loses_director.html Wtf?: Dexter Fletcher leaves film.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:11:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/freddie_mercury_biopic_about_to_go_band_confirms_shooting_in_may.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/freddie_mercury_biopic_about_to_go_band_confirms_shooting_in_may.html Wtf?: "It will be a hell of an entertaining film," Brian May adds.]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:12:51 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_fans_discover_final_resting_place.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_fans_discover_final_resting_place.html Music News: The Queen singer's final resting place has been a secret for years, but now a discreet plaque bearing his birth name has been discovered in a quiet London cemetery.]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:47:56 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/new_freddie_mercury_documentary_to_be_screened_on_bbc_one.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/new_freddie_mercury_documentary_to_be_screened_on_bbc_one.html Music News: Legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be the subject of a documentary to be shown on the BBC, titled "The Great Pretender."]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:01:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eagle_rock_entertainment_released_freddie_mercury_-_the_great_pretender.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eagle_rock_entertainment_released_freddie_mercury_-_the_great_pretender.html Music News: Eagle Rock Entertainment announced the release of the Freddie Mercury DVD and Blu-ray, "The Great Pretender".]]> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:52:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_photo_book_coming_in_september.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_photo_book_coming_in_september.html Music News: Late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is as popular as ever, and the vocalist is getting yet another salute this year.]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:20:46 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/5_freddie_mercury_revelations_from_new_biography.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/5_freddie_mercury_revelations_from_new_biography.html Music News: Best-selling author Lesley-Ann Jones released her new in-depth biography, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury, on July 3.]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:52:30 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_statue_unveiled.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_statue_unveiled.html Music News: The 15-foot bronze statue of Freddie Mercury arrived in the Liverpool city to celebrate the hit Queen and Ben Elton musical, "We Will Rock You".]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:34:18 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_goodbye_video_broadcast.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_goodbye_video_broadcast.html Music News: Freddie Mercury's previously unseen, last performance was recently shown by the BBC.]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:40:25 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/freddie_mercury_biopic_will_be_a_family_movie.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/freddie_mercury_biopic_will_be_a_family_movie.html New Releases: Screenwriter Peter Morgan says the forthcoming Freddie Mercury biopic will focus on the Queen singer's musical career, as opposed to his personal life.]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:18:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_jewellery_collection_is_launched.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/freddie_mercury_jewellery_collection_is_launched.html Music News: A jewelry line has been launched inspired by the late, great Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:26:01 -0500