Queen Conference Part 1: A Selection of Academic Papers

The world’s first academic conference dedicated to examining the Phenomenon of Queen Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Convened by the Music Research Group, UCLan, supported by Arts Council England and CADG Hosted by Tony Rigg and Ewa Mazierska Part 1 Originally streamed live on Thursday 27th May 2021 - Academic Papers by Steven Kerry, Julie Taddao and Ewa Mazierska. Please note on the second paper Brian May was described as the drummer of Queen whereas he is obviously Queen’s guitarist. We were instantly aware of this slip of the tongue but in live events such as these surface errors cannot be undone, but can be acknowledged. Apologies for this. See Part 2 for Interviews with Tim Staffell (Smile, 1984, Humpy Bong, Morgan), Phil Hilborne (guitarist We Will Rock You the musical, Champions of Rock, Music Consultant - Queen Productions), Simon Bradley (music journalist, co-author ’the Red Special’), Paul Bi