Brian May: Freddie’s final beautiful blessing and why Bohemian Rhapsody critics are wrong

Queen perform Bohemian Rhapsody at Live Aid in 1985

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Brian is currently rallying his “Bri-army” of fans to promote the rerelease of his 1992 debut solo album, Back To The Light. This year also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of Queen. During a new interview this week, the rock legend opened up about how the band was first and foremost a “family”, as well as revealing the painful split with his own father. Brian talked about how Freddie gave him his blessing in their final conversations and how the pain and “immense grief” of losing their band member drove them apart. SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW

Freddie’s health declined throughout 1988 and 1989, although he was still determined to keep recording, working on the band’s final album with him, Innuendo. At that time, Brian had been working on his own material, including the song Driven By You. 

Brian told Planet Rock : “I had Driven By You at that time, and I offered that to Freddie. I said, ‘Do you want to sing this?‘ because he liked it. And he said, ‘Brian, you’re singing just great. Moreover, I realise where you’re going, you mustn’t feel embarrassed about this because I’m not gonna be around here for that much longer. You have to sort your solo career out and this is a good place to start.’

“I kind of got Freddie’s blessing for putting out Back To The Light as solo record at that point, and it was nice because it gave me a springboard to get out there and do my stuff once Freddie did go.”

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