Time — American Idol’s wildest runner-up delves into "existential pop" on Trespassing, out May 15 more info

Gigwise — Brian May reveals plans for West End 'effects' to bring music legend back to the stage more info

Gigwise — Brian May reveals plans for West End 'effects' to bring legend back to the stage more info

411 Mania — More on the project… more info

ContactMusic — The first half of last nights American Idol episode April 25 2012 was a Queen-themed affair with the contestants brushing off their finest Freddie Mercury impressions The remaining six performers knew that they had to bring their A-game to last night... more info

Guardian Music — Influential musician who inspired millions of budding guitarists to 'play in a day'The manual Play in a Day was the bible for generations of budding guitarists in the 1950s and 1960s. Its author was Bert Weedon, an unassuming dance-band musician whos... more info

ContactMusic — Bert Weedon has died The 91-year-old guitarist - whose popular tutorial manual Play In A Day taught the likes of Eric Clapton Sir Paul McCartney and Brian May how to play - passed away at his home in Beaconsfield this morning 20 04 12 in South... more info

ContactMusic — Pioneering guitarist Bert Weedon who was credited as a major influence on a generation of rockers including John Lennon Eric Clapton and Brian May has died at the age of 91 Weedon was the first British guitarist to have a hit on the U K singles chart... more info

The World Forgot — The latest album from Nate Ruess’ latest effort, Some Nights (amazon) (itunes), is very easy to summarize.  Just imagine if Freddie Mercury and Paul Simon had a baby that grew up in the eighties.  Then that baby mined their collective database of... more info

411 Mania — He beats Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain... more info