

Brian May
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He was the co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, and bass player John Deacon. As a member of Queen, he became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. He has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Great Performances
1971

American Idol
2002

Question Time
1979

Parkinson
1998

MTV Video Music Awards
1984

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010

Bohemian Rhapsody
2018

Numéro un
1975

Newscast
2020

Classic Albums
1997

NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951

Domenica In
1976

The BRIT Awards
1977

Téléthon
1987

Reunited Apart
2020

Evening Urgant
2012

Flash Gordon
1980

Seven Ages of Rock
2007

The Story of Musicals
2012

London 2012 Olympic Games
2012

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025

This Morning
1988

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019

Live Aid
1985

Queen Rock Montreal
2024

Queen Budapest
2012

Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977

Queen: Champions of the World
1995

Life After Flash
2017

The Man Who Saved the World
1982