QUEEN HAVE JOINED The Beatles and Pink Floyd as the only music groups to have a dedicated postage stamp issue. The Royal Mail released total of 13 stamps on July 9, eight of which feature album covers, four others revisit some of the band’s classic concerts and one showcases Queen’s first-ever studio photo-shoot, in London in 1974.
Meanwhile, Brian May has been named the greatest rock guitarist of all time by readers of Total Guitar magazine. The Top Five was completed by Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Edward Van Halen and Eric Clapton.