Queen named band UK residents would most like to hang out with

Bowie and Stevie Wonder finish in top three

Tony Bastin: When Mercury was seeing Tony Bastin, he found out that Bastin had been seeing someone else. Despite the fact that Mercury was currently in the United States, he still had Bastin flown out without telling him why and allowing him to think it was just a normal visit. When Bastin arrived, Mercury met him in order to tell him that their relationship was over, then put him on the next plane back to London.

Tuesday 2nd April 2013 by Michael Arber | Photos by Wenn

Rock giants Queen have topped a national survey to discover which music legends people of the UK would most like to spend time with.

Freddie and co scored the top spot with a huge chunk of the votes being followed David Bowie in second, Stevie Wonder in third, Fleetwood Mac in fourth and Oasis in fifth.

The poll was carried out prior to the launch of Virgin Media's new music channel Vintage TV (channel 343) which will show classic concert footage, 'rockumentaries' and a variety of news shows.

Head of content acquisition at Virgin Media said: "Queen still proves the show must go on as the UK continues to enjoy some of the best songs from the last century on Vintage TV."

The people of the UK want to rock with Queen

This survey result is yet more proof of the rocker's longevity, as just this week news of Freddie Mercury sneaking Princess Diana into a gay bar with her dressed in drag surfaced.

The top ten artists is as follows.

1. Queen
2. David Bowie
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Fleetwood Mac
5. Oasis
6. Bryan Adams
7. ELO
8. Joy Division
9. Don Mclean
10. The Undertones

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