Celebrating 40 years of one of the world's best-loved bands, an 'access all areas'
biography for all the fans, chock full of facsimile memorabilia including some
never before seen setlists, handwritten lyrics, unpublished album art, ultra-rare
posters.
Queen: one of the biggest bands ever. Sell-out tours, chart-topping
records and stunning success for 40 years. Hundreds of millions of albums, singles
and videos sold all over the world. They have broken records constantly: biggest
ever paying crowd, longest number of weeks in the charts, headliners at the biggest
festival ever and more. They have received accolades too numerous to list in full,
but suffice to say 'Best Band', 'Best Album', 'Best Single, 'Best Video' and 'Best
Live Act' feature again and again. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in 2001 and given their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.
40
years of Queen is an official publication, and has been approved at every stage
by the band. It shows and tells the story of a fantastically talented and popular
group of musicians who have retained an enormous fan base throughout their entire
history. The book showcases the band, its members, recordings and concerts through
images and the written word, as well as through unique pieces of memorabilia from
Queen's private collection.
Harry Doherty has worked as a music journalist
since the early 1970s, when he joined Melody Maker as a staff writer. In the course
of his time with MM, he covered a range of top bands, and wrote major features
on many artists. Subsequently, Doherty went on to be founding editor of Metal
Hammer in the UK and then became editor-in-chief on the world's first hard rock
video-magazine, Hard 'n' Heavy. He now write occasional major features for Classic
Rock magazine.
'40 Years of Queen' is available now.
