‘The Miracle’, was released. Brian’s father died just days before
the Prince’s Trust Gala Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, and
then soon after May left his wife for British actress Anita Dobson,
promptly having his name bandied around the British tabloid’s
front pages.
‘The Miracle’ was released in 1989, and finally brought the
band together in a way that no previous album had, as, for once,
all songs were credited as being written by Queen, rather than its
individual members, as past albums had held it. Having shied away
from being interviewed as an entire band for some time, they were
finally persuaded to do so in the spring of 1989, when Freddie
revealed his reluctance to perform live again, stating he was tired
of the ‘album–tour, album–tour’ cycle, adding he had ‘been there
and done that’ and citing exhaustion as a major factor, prompting
rumours that he was ill.
Before the band’s final album as a complete unit came about
in 1991, they would go on to receive a special BPI award for their
outstanding contribution to British music in 1990, as well as
ending their association with Capitol Records in the United states,
instead signing a deal worth in excess of $10,000,000 with Disney-
owned Hollywood Records.
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