This was preceded by the May 3rd release of a single, 'Nazis 1994', which addresses the issue of Europe's increasing rise of Neo-Nazism. The second single 'Foreign Sands' was released throughout Europe at the end of September 1994. Roger Taylor's band toured the UK and Italy in November 1994 - January 1995.

After four years in the making, November 6, 1995 saw the worldwide release of "Made In Heaven", Queen's twentieth and final album. Begun in April 1991, the album was the last work to be recorded by the band with Freddie Mercury, recording continuing through to the last months of Freddie's life.

The album, much of the finishing work undertaken by John, Brian and Roger after Freddie's death, carries a dedication to the 'immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury', in recognition of his request that the material be completed and be heard by the public.

The finality of the album is underlined in two particular tracks, "A Winter's Tale", the last song written by Freddie, and "Mother Love" a Brian and Freddie song which features the last vocal track Freddie laid down.

Much of the recording on "Made In Heaven" was carried out at Queen's studio in Montreux, Switzerland, the town where Freddie was also living at the time. This landmark point in the history of Queen is immortalised in the album sleeve - a landscape view across the lake which Freddie's home overlooked.

To many, "Made In Heaven" represents not only Queen's most personal album, but also the band's finest.

Always recognised for their innovative music videos, Queen wanted to look at an entirely new way of presenting the tracks of the album in a visual form. This was achieved by joining forces with the British Film Institute in a unique venture to produce a series of short films based around each of the album tracks using the talent of new young directors working with the BFI. The first of these was Evolution, a film made by director Simon Pummell inspired by "Heaven For Everyone". As well as being seen on television, the film is expected to be seen also on cinema screens. Under the BFI project, a further six-eight films are anticipated to be made.

The release of the album also provided a fitting occasion to reflect on the highlights and achievements of Queen's 25 years. A week after its release, November 13, comes the release of Ultimate Queen, a deluxe box set of 20 Queen albums presented in a wall mounted presentation case. Available as a limited edition, Ultimate Queen contains the complete studio work of the group with the classic live albums "Live Killers", "Live Magic" and "Live At Wembley".