QUEEN guitar hero Brian May has been given a guided tour of Wirral's Spaceport.

The legendary axeman visited the Seacombe Ferry centre in his more sedate role as Chancellor of John Moores University.

Enjoying global recognition alongside his sadly-deceased singer Freddie Mercury will mean he's used to mixing with the stars.

But with a PhD in astrophysics, Dr May also knows a lot more than most about the celestial variety and his educational Spaceport tour showed him how the facility combines learning with entertaiment.

His visit was led by the university’s newly appointed Honorary Fellow Neil Scales, chief executive of Merseytravel - which owns Spaceport - and Cllr Mark Dowd, the public transport group's chairman.

24 hours earlier it was Neil Scales who was special guest as the university handed him its highest award, as an Honorary Fellowship was bestowed “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the regeneration of Liverpool."