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Queen 1970-95 heading[edit]

The article discusses events from 2004-2015 from: "[...] composer.[32] In recent years, he has supervised the remastering of Queen albums and various DVD and greatest hits releases. In 2004, he announced that he and drummer Roger Taylor were going on to [...]" until the next subheading (95-99)

Perhaps it would be better to put this discussion under a different heading. 122.62.137.227 (talk) 13:51, 20 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add piano to instruments, he known for playing keyboards, he played them on pretty mush every queen album — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80s Sam (talk • contribs) 21:15, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Family[edit]

Hello, I have long been interested in the question, what date and in what year were the parents and grandchildren of Brian May born? Sorry for disturbing. Happy day to you! 83.169.216.75 (talk) 07:27, 3 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Astrophysicist[edit]

Having a PhD in astrophysics doesn't make you an astrophysicist. Would someone like to put an updated list of publications next in the "Scientific work" section? Dr. Universe (talk) 22:32, 21 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

PhD Title[edit]

There is an invisible comment about not adding Dr or PhD to his name, I understand not adding Dr as he has received a knighthood and is therefore Sir Brian May, but why cannot it be: “Sir Brian Harold May CBE PhD”? ThatOneEli (talk) 13:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See MOS:PHD for the guideline on (not) using Ph.D. after the subject's name. CodeTalker (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]