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Google Honors Queen Frontman Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday!

Written on September 5, 2011 by Patrick
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Today would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday and internet giant Google are celebrating the fact with a little Google doodle animation set to the Queen classic Don’t Stop Me Now. Mercury who was the influential frontman for British rock group Queen, passed away 20 years ago from bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS. With such…

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Freddie Mercury And Michael Jackson Lost Collaborations Released!

Written on March 16, 2011 by Patrick
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The late British music legend and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury teamed up with US pop megastar Michael Jackson back in the 1980′s to record a few songs. None of them were ever released and were left collecting dust, until now! Around the same time The Jacksons had recorded a track with Mick Jagger called State…

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Tags: Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, Queen, Roger Taylor

Borat Will Rock You: Baron Cohen To Start Filming Freddie Mercury Movie

Written on January 12, 2011 by Stewart
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Great news for all you Queen fans out there (we mean the rock group not the British monarch) It was reported a few months ago that British actor Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Bruno) was lined up to play legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury in a movie about his life. Well, this story has now…

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Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Freddie Mercury In New Movie

Written on September 17, 2010 by Patrick

British TV and film star Sacha Baron Cohen is set to play Freddie Mercury in a new movie about the singer and the legendary British band Queen. The movie, which is yet to have a title, is written by the British scriptwriter Peter Morgan and co-produced by GK Films and Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions….

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Listen To The Rolling Stones’ Unheard Track ‘No Spare Parts’

Listen To The Rolling Stones’ Unheard Track ‘No Spare Parts’

October 26, 2011

November 21 will see the release of the remastered version of the album Some Girls (1978) by The Rol…

U2 To Release 360 Tour Book

U2 To Release 360 Tour Book

October 25, 2011

Having held one of the most massive and epic tours in the history of world stadium rock, U2 are rele…

Britscene Giveaway – The Rise and Fall Of Margaret Thatcher

Britscene Giveaway – The Rise and Fall Of Margaret Thatcher

October 25, 2011

We have three copies of this amazing BBC Drama DVD to giveaway. Through three parts and three of Bri…

This Weeks New British TV DVD Releases – 10/25/11

This Weeks New British TV DVD Releases – 10/25/11

October 24, 2011

I don’t think you can go too wrong when you have two unbelievable British dramas, one old, one…

British Movie DVD Releases – 10/25/2011

British Movie DVD Releases – 10/25/2011

October 24, 2011

Three great movies arriving on DVD this week. There is urban action, urban comedy and something comp…

Muse To Release New Album Next Year!

Muse To Release New Album Next Year!

October 24, 2011

Having been on tour for almost two years with their hugely successful fifth studio album The Resista…

British Music Releases This Week – 10/24/11

British Music Releases This Week – 10/24/11

October 24, 2011

If you don’t know already, the new Coldplay album Mylo Xyloto gets released today! The bands f…

Brits on TV – Matt Smith, Carey Mulligan, Orlando Bloom, Rowan Atkinson & Ricky Gervais

Brits on TV – Matt Smith, Carey Mulligan, Orlando Bloom, Rowan Atkinson & Ricky Gervais

October 23, 2011

With a couple of new British movies out this week it was no surprise to see a number of Brits hittin…

British Music Charts This Week – 10/23/11

British Music Charts This Week – 10/23/11

October 23, 2011

Rihanna and Calvin Harris stay at the top of the British singles chart this week as The Wanted almos…

Catherine Tate To Return To ‘The Office’

Catherine Tate To Return To ‘The Office’

October 23, 2011

You may remember last year British comedian Catherine Tate appearing on the US version of The Office…

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