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Queen’s first US tour: The Start is the End

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Concerts, Music, Research, WritingLeave a Comment on Queen’s first US tour: The Start is the End

Whilst checking details of Queen’s first US tour this morning (for a Quora answer: What year did Queen first tour the US?), I spotted another error in This Day In Music’s Guide To Queen. Drat! I think the last one…

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Hot Space: Queen’s most divisive album

August 6, 2019October 27, 2019 Phil ChapmanAlbums, Bands, Books, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Hot Space: Queen’s most divisive album
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This article about Hot Space by Queen is an extract from This Day In Music’s Guide To Queen by Phil Chapman (July 2019, This Day In Music Books). It first appeared in a slightly different form in Queen Song by…

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This Day In Music’s Guide To Queen published

July 17, 2019January 7, 2020 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Writing2 Comments on This Day In Music’s Guide To Queen published

. It’s taken a while to get to this point but I can now confirm that The Dead Straight Guide To Queen has been picked up by This Day In Music Books. They have published the second edition, under its…

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Bohemian Rhapsody biopic interview

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Interviews, Music, Writing1 Comment on Bohemian Rhapsody biopic interview
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Yesterday I was interviewed by Pete Mitchell again, this time for a Virgin Radio documentary on the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic, which premieres at the end of October. We talked about the period of Queen’s history covered by the film, from…

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The book’s in the shops

December 1, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Music, Writing2 Comments on The book’s in the shops

The Dead Straight Guide To Queen has started shipping to shops. It should be available in HMV stores in the UK straight away. I’m still waiting to hear from Red Planet Publishing regarding other outlets. I’ve received my first shipment…

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A tale of two vans – proofreading and beyond

November 25, 2017February 13, 2018 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on A tale of two vans – proofreading and beyond

Proofreading can only fix so much. In my case, what it didn’t find all starts with a tale of two vans – proofreading can’t help me now… Putting off the inevitable It’s several weeks since the editing and proofreading process…

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First book interviews

November 17, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on First book interviews

I did two interviews with the great Pete Mitchell this morning: on the 40th anniversary of News of the World and The Dead Straight Guide To Queen. There will be a bit more promotional activity over the next few weeks,…

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New Amazon delivery

November 16, 2017November 27, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Books, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on New Amazon delivery
Dead Straight Guide To Queen

The book has left the printers and the distributors will be sending it out next week. Meanwhile the print-on-demand version of The Dead Straight Guide To Queen is already available from Amazon. I ordered a copy so I can check…

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Dead Straight Guide To Queen on Amazon!

November 14, 2017 Phil ChapmanArtists, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Dead Straight Guide To Queen on Amazon!
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This morning The Dead Straight Guide To Queen was released on Amazon worldwide. It will be available via most major online book retailers and selected high street book chains in the UK. HMV stores will also be stocking it alongside…

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Almost there – we’ve got it covered

October 16, 2017November 27, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Almost there – we’ve got it covered
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We hit a few delays in the final stages of typesetting the book, due to the number of Red Planet Publications being produced for the Christmas 2017 market. I took advantage of the additional time to revise a few areas…

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