My sincere thanks go to the following people who, since my time with Queen, have made this book happen and encouraged me to ‘go for it’: John Blake, Michelle Signore, Louisa Somerville, John & Nadia Cameron-Blakey, Vernon Reeves, Julianna Mitchell, Stefano Pesenti, Ian Craig and Alastair Campbell.

I have been fortunate to travel widely and constantly meet new people of all nationalities and from various walks of life. Apart from all of Queen and the obvious friends and family, etc., I would like to thank the following people from the thousands I met and worked with over my many years with Queen, and who were supportive, generous and appreciative, and respected and believed in me. And there are those also included who got me out of various forms of trouble, kept me company at the bar or simply escorted me safely back to my hotel room. If you aren’t there, and think you should be – I apologise. There is always the reprint to put things right…

In no particular order: Gerry & Sylvia Stickells, Reinhold Mack, Jimmy Barnett, Billy Squier, Joe Trovato, Jim Devenney, Trip Khalaf, John Collins, Chris Taylor, Brian Zellis, John Harris, Geoff Workman, Mike Stone, Roy Thomas Baker, Fred Mandel, Morgan Fisher, Richie Anderson, Phil John, Michael Hince, Robin Mayhew, Pete Brown, Mary Austin, Veronica Deacon, Chrissy May, Dominique Taylor, Joe Fanelli, Peter Lubin, Mike Wilderink, Edwin Shirley, Chris Wright, Ian Haynes, David Bernstein, Neal Preston, Barry Levine, Tony Williams, Robert Usher, Pete Cornish, David Morris, Dick Ollet, Vicky Everett and David Martin.