Acting · Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK · Born July 19, 1947
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He was the co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, and bass player John Deacon. As a member of Queen, he became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. He has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
MovieAndrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
TVLive Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
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MovieKaty Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024
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MovieThe Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
MovieAndrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
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MovieBrian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024
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MovieQueen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024
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MovieAdam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
MovieThe Rory Gallagher Story
2024
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MovieRory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
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MovieJean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
MovieJean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
Movie60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
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MovieQueen Rock Montreal
2024
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MovieZucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023
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MovieRock: the origin
2023
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MovieMeat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
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MovieTaylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
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MovieRhapsody Over London
2022
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MovieABBA V Queen
2022
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MoviePlatinum Party at the Palace
2022
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MovieFreddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
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MovieQueen at the BBC
2021
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MovieDer Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021
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MovieDie Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020
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MovieQueen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020
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The Shadows At Sixty
2020
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TVReunited Apart
2020
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MovieWe are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020
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TVNewscast
2020
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019
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Movie13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019
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MovieThe Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
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MovieLiam Gallagher: As It Was
2019
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MovieThe Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
as Self - Guitar Player Queen
MovieRock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019
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MovieBohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
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MovieThe Look and Sound of Queen
2019
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MovieFreddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018
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MovieQueen : The American Dream
2017
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MovieQUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017
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MovieLife After Flash
2017
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MovieQueen: Rock the World
2017
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MovieBuddy Holly: Rave On
2017
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MovieFreedom : La Story de George Michael
2016
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MovieTangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016
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MovieQueen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016
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MovieQueen: A Night in Bohemia
2016
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MovieQueen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015
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MovieThe Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
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MovieQueen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014
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MovieDie Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014
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MovieThe Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014
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MovieThe Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
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MovieBrian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014
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MovieBad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014
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Queen: Will Rock You
2014
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013
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MovieThe Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
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MovieQueen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013
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TVLondon 2012 Olympic Games
2012
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MovieFreddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
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MovieQueen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
2012
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MovieQueen: A Magic Year
2012
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MovieLondon 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
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MovieQueen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012
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Foxes Live: Wild in the City
2012
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TVEvening Urgant
2012
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TVThe Story of Musicals
2012
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MovieStory Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011
as Self - Queen (uncredited)
MovieFoo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
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MovieMy Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
2011
MovieBrian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
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MovieQueen: Days of Our Lives
2011
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MovieTop of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011
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MovieI Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
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MovieVox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011
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The Michael Ball Show
2010
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TVBBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010
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MovieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009
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MovieThe Story of the Yardbirds
2008
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MovieQueen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
MovieQueen Under Review: 1973-1980
2007
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
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MovieQueen: Rock Case Studies
2007
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TVSeven Ages of Rock
2007
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MovieQueen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
MovieFoo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006
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MovieThe Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006
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MovieFreddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
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Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
2006
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VH1 Rock Honors
2006
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MovieQueen: On the Rock Trail
2006
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MovieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006
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MovieClassic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006
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Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
2006
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MovieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
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MovieLive Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
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MovieLive Aid Against All Odds
2005
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MovieThe Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
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MovieThe Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
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MovieLive Aid
2004
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MovieZucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004
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MovieQueen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004
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MovieQueen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003
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MoviePavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003
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MovieQueen: Greatest Video Hits
2002
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MovieInside the Rhapsody
2002
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TVAmerican Idol
2002
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MovieParty at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
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MovieJerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002
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MovieKiller Queen!
2002
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MovieQueen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
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MovieQueen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002
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MovieQueen - Heaven
2001
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MovieMotörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001
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MovieFreddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000
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MovieQueen: Is This The Real Life?
1999
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TVParkinson
1998
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieThe Queen Phenomenon
1995
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MovieQueen: Champions of the World
1995
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MoviePaul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
MovieThe Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994
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MovieBrian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
1993
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A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
1993
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MoviePavarotti & Friends
1992
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MovieMetallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
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ECHO-Verleihung
1992
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MovieThe Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
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MovieQueen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992
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MovieGuitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991
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MovieQueen: Days of Our Lives
1991
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MovieQueen: Greatest Flix II
1991
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MovieQueen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991
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MovieGuitar
1991
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MovieBon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
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MovieQueen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989
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MovieHard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989
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TVThis Morning
1988
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TVTéléthon
1987
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MovieQueen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987
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MovieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987
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MovieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987
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MovieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987
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Daytime Live
1987
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MovieQueen: Live in Japan 1982
1986
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MovieQueen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986
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MoviePrince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
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MovieQueen: Live Aid
1985
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MovieLive Aid
1985
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MovieQueen: Live In Rio
1985
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TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
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MovieRed Hot Rock
1984
as Self - Queen Guitarist
MovieWe Will Rock You
1982
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MovieQUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982
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MovieConcerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
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MovieQueen: Live in Argentina
1981
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MovieQueen: Greatest Flix
1981
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MovieThe Queen Special
1980
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TVQuestion Time
1979
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Queen: Live in Tokyo
1979
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MovieQueen: Live At Budokan
1979
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MovieLive Killers
1979
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TVYoung Music Show
1978
MovieQueen: Definitive Houston
1977
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TVThe BRIT Awards
1977
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MovieQueen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977
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Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
1977
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TVDomenica In
1976
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MovieQueen: Live in Hyde Park
1976
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MovieQueen: A Night at the Odeon
1975
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TVNuméro un
1975
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MovieQueen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974
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MovieQueen: Queen I
1973
TVGreat Performances
1971
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TVNHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951
as Queem + Adam Lambert
