Queen guitarist Brian May was awarded a Sir by King Charles III of England for his work in music and charities. Brian May, who in addition to being a musician, has a PhD in astrophysics and an advocate for animal welfarewas named to the annual New Year’s Honors List, the first signed by King Carlos III, which includes hundreds of artists, athletes and community leaders.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Brian May said he hoped the title would give him “a little more clout.” “Maybe more people will listen to me now if it’s ‘Sir’ Brian on the phone,” he said in a Zoom call from his home in Windlesham, a town in Surrey near London.
Brian May campaigned against badger culling and fox hunting. through an animal welfare group he founded in 2010, called “Save Me” after the 1980 Queen song. The guitarist acknowledges that he already had “a certain amount of power in the world, mainly through music, obviously,” which It allowed him to venture into other areas, such as astrophysics —he received his doctorate from Imperial College London in 2007— and to work on stereoscopy or 3D (three-dimensional) images.
“I do a lot in that area now, which I think is a great service to humanity. I give them stereoscopy and they give me the opportunity to play at good observatories around the world,” she said. Queen emerged in 1970 with Freddie Mercury (vocals), Brian May (guitar), John Deacon (bass) and Roger Taylor (drums).
“Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We will rock you”, “Don’t stop me now”, “Crazy thing called love” -all from the 70s-, “Under pressure”, “Radio Ga Ga” and “A Kind of magic” are some of Queen’s hits, coming from albums that sold millions of copies worldwide. With the death of Freddy Mercury in 1991 and the departure of John Deacon in 1997, the group continued with occasional concerts, with Brian May and Roger Taylor. In the early 2000s, the group hit the road again with new vocalists: first with Paul Rodgers and then with Adam Lambert.
Source: Observadora
