Queen’s Brian May says Pete Townshend “basically invented” rock guitar

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery’s bid to stay in the business of basketball is anything but a slam dunk. The media company has signaled in recent days to the NBA that it would like to discuss the prospect of carving out a small package of game rights to go alongside those already negotiated with Disney, Amazon and NBCUniversal, according to people familiar with the talks.

The BBC has issued an apology after an offensive remark was heard during their D-Day commemorative broadcast. Kirsty Young, who was among the presenters for the King and Queen's coronation last may, was at the helm of the special programme, BBC D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen, which marked the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

King Charles and Queen Camilla might skip the year's most anticipated society wedding, as they haven't confirmed their presence at Hugh, Duke of Westminster's upcoming marriage to Olivia Henson next month.

Aramide Tinubu For three seasons, “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” star Patina Miller has stood in drug queenpin Raquel “Raq” Thomas’ thigh-high stiletto boots. Like her shoe preferences, the character is a dichotomy of femininity and viciousness. In the ‘90s-set series, Raq, the matriarch of her family, spearheads her business while struggling to maintain increasingly rocky relationships with her brothers Marvin (London Brown) and Lou-Lou (Malcolm Mays) and her teenage son Kanan (MeKai Curtis).

One of the biggest bands in pop music have reunited, more than 40 years since their last performance.The four members of ABBA gathered together to receive knighthoods in Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad became Commander of the First Class of the order for "very outstanding efforts in Swedish and international music life".

EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Chikezie (Power Book II: Ghost) and Princess Adenike (Nanny) are leading indie short film A Beauty Supply In Queens, a drama based on the true story of a Nigerian family who opened one of the first Black-owned beauty supply stores in Jamaica, Queens, NY, ten years ago.

Roger Daltrey has spoken about the chances of an avatar tour or show from The Who in the future.Earlier this year, the frontman’s bandmate Pete Townshend briefly mentioned the idea during an interview with the New York Times. The guitarist told the outlet that he wanted the group to “play every territory in the world” before they “crawl off to die”.But Townshend later explained that “The Who isn’t Daltrey and Townshend onstage at 80, pretending to be young”.

King Charles and Queen Camilla made an unexpected visit to the Epsom races for a very touching reason.The Royal duo was spotted landing on the turf for the premier day of the Epsom Derby festival, better known as Ladies' Day, donned in identical raincoats, waving at the excited crowd before settling in their seats in the Royal enclosure. It may be a monumental day for them as one of their own horses, bred by the late Queen, is set to compete amongst the 12 entries in the Betfred Oaks race later on.This particular racing event was the most successful out of the five Classics for Queen Elizabeth II, with her owning two winners in Carrozza (1957) and Dunfermline (1977).

Sony is in talks to purchase Queen‘s music catalogue in a potential $1 billion (£800m) deal.According to Bloomberg, Sony is allegedly working alongside another investor on the purchase of the catalogue – which includes hits such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Radio Gaga – which would be the largest sale of its kind.The transaction would include merchandising and other business opportunities. The Bloomberg report shared that talks were still ongoing and could potentially not result in a deal.As per company filings, Queen’s surviving members – Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon – and the estate of late frontman Freddie Mercury are all equal shareholders in Queen Productions Ltd and reported revenues of $52 million (£40.8 million) in 2022.Back in 2021, Bruce Springsteen sold his back catalogue to Sony for an estimated $500 million (£393 million).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer on most Americans’ calendars, then it makes sense that the real tentpole kicking off tent season for a lot of people is not “Furiosa” or “Garfield” but “The Beach Boys,” a streaming documentary devoted to the least wintery group of all time. The Disney+ film, co-directed by music-doc stalwarts Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, focuses on the first decade and a half, in the 1960s and ’70s, of the career of the rock band that still might rightfully be considered America’s greatest all-time group.

A flower expert has revealed the secret meaning behind the choice of camellias in Queen Camilla's recent appearance at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. During their visit to the renowned Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, the King and Queen shared a touching moment as they explored a garden inspired by the character Penelope Featherington from the Netflix series Bridgerton.

Pillow Queens have become the first band to boycott this year’s edition of Latitude festival over its sponsorship with Barclays and their ties to Israel.The Irish indie rock band – comprised of Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Rachel Lyons and Cathy McGuinness – took to their social media to share a statement explaining why they have pulled out of the Suffolk music festival.“Last week it came to our attention that Latitude – a festival we were booked to play in the UK in July – lists its headline partner as Barclays. A May 2024 report by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) details Barclays financial ties to companies producing weapons and military technology used in Israel’s attacks on Palestinians,” began their statement.“It reveals that Barclays has increased its financial ties with companies arming Israel,” it continued.

Queen‘s Brian May recently joined The Offspring live for a performance of ‘Gone Away’ and a cover of ‘Stone Cold Crazy’.The legendary guitarist teamed up with the punk icons during their set at the Starmus VII festival in Bratislava, Slovakia last week (May 13). The festival was billed as the “world’s largest science, music and other arts festival” and is the brainchild of astrophysicist Garik Israelian and the Queen guitarist himself (who also happens to be an astrophysicist).This year’s festival features performances by The Offspring as well as former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley and more.May joined Dexter Holland and co.

Tatiana Siegel Zoe Saldaña says the future of female representation in the film industry is dependent on women continuing to shatter the glass ceiling. And those who do cannot get complacent. “We need more female CEOs.

Slash has said that Guns N’ Roses are currently “trying” to make a new album, and that he is “working with them in that capacity”.The hard rock legends have not released a full-length record since 2008’s much-delayed ‘Chinese Democracy’, on which Slash did not appear. Since he rejoined in 2016, they have released a handful of new tracks, including ‘Absurd’, ‘Hard Skool’, ‘Precious’ and ‘The General’, but there has been no confirmation of a further album.But now Slash has now told the Daily Star (via Music News) that plans are afoot to change that.“Guns N’ Roses are trying to make their own record,” he said, when asked why he didn’t invite Axl Rose onto his own solo album.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are reportedly yet to RSVP to what's being dubbed the "wedding of the year", with the event just three weeks away.

Megan Fox owned up to her part in the family drama between her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green, and his ex-fiancé, Vanessa Marcil!

Queen guitarist Brian May have teamed up for a live performance at Starmus Festival.The French composer and performer was joined by the rock and roll icon on stage in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday (May 12) at Bridge from the Future, the opening concert for the Starmus Festival, presented in association with digital security company ESET.Jarre’s performance featured 19 musical works that spanned his career. He also performed a new arrangement of Antonín Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’.May came on stage as a special guest and performed ‘Deuxième Rendez-Vous’ – the first live performance of the piece since December 2013 – ‘New World Symphony’, ‘Last Horizon’ and a cover of Queen’s ‘Brighton Rock’.

TikTok video shared Tuesday. “Two nights ago, Zach and I got into a traumatizing side-by-side crash,” she said. “It flipped a bunch of times, everything shattered and thank God we had our seat belts on.”“But there was a lot of blood,” Chickenfry added, “and we thought we were saying goodbye to each other.”Luckily, the social media star said the couple were not severely injured after the crash.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Queen Rock Montreal,” the first concert film available with Imax Enhanced sound by DTS, is now streaming on Disney+. When it arrived in theaters in January, the remastered 1981 concert was Imax’s biggest exclusive engagement.