Brian added: “It was quite amazing. And one of my big regrets is I can’t find that cassette.
“I never throw anything away. I’m a bit of a hoarder. So it ought to be somewhere.
“But Freddie was very proud of the stuff that I’d done and that we’d done together.”
Earlier this week, Queen drummer Roger Taylor shared a touching picture of himself with the Queen singer.
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Roger’s picture saw himself in sunglasses with Freddie’s hand on his shoulder.
The two are at a party sharing a joke as the late Queen singer holds a drink.
At first, Roger thought Freddie’s singing was “pure shock” when he first performed with him at Truro City Hall for proto-Queen band Smile.
He told us: “And he wasn’t as good then as he became, he became an awful lot better.
“He had quite an extraordinary voice and he just got better and better and better.”
In the earlier Queen albums, both May and Taylor tended to sing vocals for the songs they wrote. But over time, Freddie as the lead singer became the frontman on most tracks.
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Taylor said: “The thing is, with Queen we have three singers really. A lot of people sort of forget that we had harmonies obviously.
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First released in 1984, Last Christmas spent five consecutive weeks at No 2 in the UK Singles Chart, behind held off to the top by Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas. But now, 36 years later, George Michael’s Wham! song has finally made it to UK No 1. The news comes four years after the singer’s tragic Christmas Day death and sets a new record for the longest time taken for a single to reach the top spot.
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It’s been almost 30 years since Freddie Mercury died and just a few months later in April 1992, the remaining members of Queen put on a charity concert in his memory. The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness took place on Easter Monday at Wembley Stadium, with an audience of 72,000. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon’s show in their friend’s memory was kicked off by artists influenced by Queen including Metallica and Extreme.
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He was the bookies’ favourite from the start and last night Bill Bailey lifted the Glitterball trophy as the oldest winner of Strictly Come Dancing ever at 55 years old. The star chose to dance to Queen’s The Show Must Go On with partner Oti Mabuse; both dressed for a circus theme. And just before his perfect score of 30, Bailey was surprised by video messages of support from Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor.