Queen have reportedly agreed to promote their music catalogue to Sony Music for a report $1.27 billion (£1 billion).

In line with Selection, the sale will exclude dwell performances, however different enterprise ventures related to the band, together with merchandising, are included within the deal.

In line with Selection, the acquisition of Queen’s catalogue has been within the works for some time, with one other unnamed bidder within the working, however stopping quick at $900 million. Such a sale was by no means going to be easy, although; the band’s recorded music rights for the US and Canada had been acquired by Disney within the 2000s, and their present distribution deal, served by Common Music Group, is anticipated to proceed till 2026.

Sony has beforehand paid out giant figures to buy the again catalogues of different notable rock figures. In 2021, the company bought Bruce Springsteen’s catalogue for an estimated $500 million (£393 million). 

Equally, Sony acquired everything of Bob Dylan’s again catalogue in a profitable deal price reportedly price thousands and thousands. The corporate additionally acquired a 50 per cent stake in Michael Jackson‘s catalogue for an estimated $600 million (£471 million).

In different Queen information, Brian Might has revealed the amp-in-a-box that’ll offer you his signature sound. 

You is perhaps aware of the guitarist’s Pink Particular-Vox AC30 combo, however the icon has revealed there’s an inexpensive approach to recreate their sound — so how do you handle it for below $200? Nicely, in response to Might, the Catalinbread Galileo has been doing “an excellent job” of capturing his sonic signature.

“I’ve tried modellers, and there are some superb ones now,” the musician says. “There’s an important simulator; it’s a pedal that actually does an excellent job of simulating my sound.”