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March 1964 - Farrokh Bulsara with his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England

🔸Freddie’s parents, Jer and Bomi Bulsara, chose Feltham as Jer already had a sister living in the area and the family moved into number 22 Gladstone Avenue in autumn 1964. Seventeen year old Freddie took an A-level in art at Isleworth Polytechnic followed by a Diploma in Graphic Art and Design at Ealing College of Art, supporting himself with a variety of jobs, including washing dishes in the kitchens at nearby Heathrow Airport. It was while studying at Ealing that Freddie met future Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.

Kashmira recalls how while living on Gladstone Avenue, her brother was always sketching for his college art work – sometimes calling on her to model for him – or tapping his fingers and humming as if thinking of his next song. A natural musician, Gladstone Avenue was where Freddie really began to explore his musical talent, listening to the likes of Cream and his hero, Jimi Hendrix in his bedroom at the back of the house; there is a 1968 photograph of Freddie in his bedroom posing in the manner of Hendrix with a borrowed Fender Stratocaster. Kashmira also remembers how he loved watching Tom & Jerry cartoons and collecting cuttings of Andy Capp comic strips from the daily newspaper and how he spent hours grooming his hair – much to her annoyance as the house had only one bathroom.

Dr Brian May said: It was here that I first visited Freddie soon after we had met through a mutual friend. We spent most of the day appreciating and analysing in intimate detail the way that Jimi Hendrix had put his recordings together in the studio - listening to Hendrix on vinyl played on Freddie's Dansette record player - which had stereo speakers on opposite sides of the box! Feltham was the childhood neighbourhood for both of us but we never knew it until we met in the cause of music.”

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Pic: 1977 at Stafford Terrace (Freddie's house) - Freddie Mercury and his parents, Bomi (1908-2003) and Jer Bulsara (1922-2016)

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November 26, 1996

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Queen star is left in exile

EXPRESS FOREIGN SERVICE

QUEEN superstar Freddie Mercury took up his place in history yesterday — but it wasn't in the country where he spent most of his life.

Snubbed by authorities in Britain, his friends and family finally got permission to erect a nine-foot statue in his honour in the Swiss town of Montreux, where Mercury had a home.

Former Queen band members Brian May and Roger Taylor yesterday joined the Aids victim's family in Switzerland for the unveiling of the monument.

Their request to locate their tribute near his permanent home in Kensington was rejected by the local authority.

"It's dreadful," said Queen drummer Roger Taylor.

"Kensington and Chelsea obviously prefer putting up statues to dead generals and jobless Royal consorts to rock stars.

"You would have thought they could have found it in their hearts to find a little space for Freddie.

“But with people like that, he’s probably better off in Montreux, which has a fabulous view and people who are honoured to have a memorial to Freddie." Claudia Beach, the wife of Queen's manager Jim, added: "Obviously our first choice was London, but over the past four years we have approached everyone we could think of and they all turned us down.”

“With an official fan club of 28,000 members, it would have been good for tourism too."

Freddie, who was 45 when he died in 1991, lived in for 20 years.

[Photo caption: TRIBUTE: Queen star Brian May]

[Photo caption: OUR SON: Parents Bomi and Jer with the statue]

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Freddie resembled his dad a lot. Especially when he had the clean shaven short hair look. I think he got his bone structure and jaw from Bomi. I did a little side by side comparison. So yeah, now all I can think about is that Bomi must have been quite a looker when he was young 😏

Yes! I agree that he had Bomi’s jaw structure. I think he looked more like Jer, as in his nose and everything was similar to hers, but yes, I noticed the similarities in the bone structure between him and his dad.

Lol, maybe Bomi was, haha. It’s frustrating at times that we don’t know more about him. And I don’t mean to say that I wish to know his entire biography lol, but like, I wish there was at least one video where we could hear him speak, like Jer did after Freddie’s death. But it seems like Bomi was more of the quiet type, who didn’t enjoy speaking to the press like his wife did. And that’s fair, especially because of how badly they treated Freddie in his lifetime. And he also passed earlier, of course.

#asks #bomi bulsara

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Early life: Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town in the British protectorate of Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) on 5 September 1946. His parents, Bomi (1908–2003) and Jer Bulsara (1922–2016), were from the Parsi community of western India.

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Freddie always loved to sing and set up a school band when he was 12.

“Freddie always loved to sing and set up a school band when he was 12. In 1964, as a result of the Zanzibar Revolution, the family, including Freddie’s younger sister Kashmira, fled to the UK and settled in a four-bedroomed terraced house in Feltham, Middlesex. Mrs Bulsara and her husband found it hard, not least because of the weather, but Freddie thrived. “I wanted Freddie to be a lawyer or an accountant or something like that…He used to write all his music before going to college put it under the pillow [in his bedroom] and telling me not to remove any pieces of paper underneath…At the age of four or five he wanted to say that he could sing and we used to take him to parties and he would say can I sing? So I would get a chocolate as a prize.”

Despite Freddie’s obvious inclinations to art, Jer and Bomi believed his love for singing was just a phase, and he would grow out of it eventually and pursue another career, but Freddie insisted school wasn’t for him.After graduating from Ealing Art College with a diploma in graphic design, Freddie moved out of his parents’ house and got a flat in West London.“I often told him I didn’t like his clothes and dresses, and tried to get him to cut his hair, but he would explain it was something you have to do when you are in the pop world and gradually I learnt to accept it.She pauses for a minute, then smiles. “Whatever he did or wore I always saw in him the same child I knew, he would tell us lots of jokes and I could always connect with him.”Interview with Jer Bulsara 2012

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Mercury in Gatorade?! 

On November 2nd of, 2018, directors Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher created the film Bohemian Rhapsody. This movie tells the story of Freddie Mercury and his band, Queen. Throughout this 2-hour and 14-minute film, the audience can humanize some of the most popular and well-loved artists that many people have had the pleasure of listening to. The movie illustrates the relationship between band members Brian May, the lead guitarist; John Deacon, the bass guitar; their drummer Roger Taylor; and, of course, the lead singer and pianist Freddie Mercury. The development of the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a strong focus for the movie's storyline. Much time is spent creating the song and performing to live audiences worldwide. At the same time, no film can truly capture the everyday events of who they are representing. Singer and Fletcher had to choose the most influential moments within these artist's lives, which made for a great story. My goal for this blog post is to speak on how this movie portrayed Freddie Mercury's sexuality and queerness and his AIDS diagnosis.

I was over the moon when I saw this movie. Being nonbinary and Indian, I never really get the chance to see myself on television. That being said, Bohemian Rhapsody shares glimpses of Freddie's home life. His parents, rather strict, maintain a traditional Indian household. Bomi, his father, works all day while his mother, Jer, stays home and takes care of the house and their daughter. Freddie does not share his well-known flamboyant upbeat side at home. This is mainly due to the relationship with his father, as Bomi does not support homosexuals and constantly forces Freddie to conform to the stereotypical male lifestyle. However, Freddie is a rebel, a beautiful display of being true to yourself. He is not easily persuaded to conform to the heteronormative modes of behavior. His appearance means a great deal to him, and it’s most apparent when he’s on stage. Bomi eventually accepts Freddie for who he is, and inturn supports him throughout his career. This is a turning point for many LGBTQ+ movies that you do not get the chance to see.

Since Freddie lives in London, a predominantly white country, he endures discrimination and racism from his peers. Having multiple identities to juggle and display in the movie, racial slurs such as “packi” and “indi boy” occur when Freddie first comes on stage to join the band (Singer & Fletcher, 2018). There are many moments throughout the movie when Freddie is uncomfortable with his racial identity. He changes his name from Farrokh Bulsara to Freddie Mercury as a way to create a new version of himself. A version that he loves. There are multiple theories about why he changed his name, but I believe it was a way to individualize his experience and separate himself from his family’s ideology. In regards to the film, I assume the audience was mainly heterosexual but to have representation of a queer Indian man struggling with his identity is a seldom category shown in media. Doty illustrates this point best, “Clearly we need more popular and academic mass culture work that carefully considers feminine gay and othergendered queer reception practices, as well as those of even less-analyzed queer readership positions formed around the nexus of race and sexuality, or class and sexuality, or ethnicity and sexuality…” (Doty, 1993, p. 7).

I appreciate the multiple focal points in this movie; the relationship between Freddie and his father is strained. However, there are moments when the audience can see the love Bomi has for Freddie, even though he believes his son will be a better man if he gets a job and stays within the lines of tradition. While I do not blame his father for having this view, Freddie and his band know that their performances reach an audience that no other band has. “We’re four misfits who don’t belong together playing to the other misfits, the outcasts right at the back of the room whom I’m pretty sure don’t belong either. We belong to them” (Singer & Fletcher, 2018).

Similar to many artists who juggle with their sexuality. Freddie gets engaged to Mary Austin, a lovely woman who helps Freddie flourish within his gender identity and performance.

As Judith Butler puts it, “our gender is our expression and behaviors (rather than those expressions and behaviors being the result of some underlying gender identity). Like sexuality, gender is what you do, not who you are”(Barker & Scheele, 2016, p. 79). As Freddie becomes more comfortable with himself and his gender performance, he is able to explore more sides of himself unbeknownst to others. His behavior which can be seen as queer, and his interest in men can have one believe that he is, in fact, doing gender. Freddie was not worried about the perceptions of others because he no longer felt imprisoned by his identity, and by doing so he accepted himself as a bisexual man. One element that could have changed the impact of this movie was if the directors had spent more time exploring Freddie's sexuality, as he is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. They only capture his sexual experimentation during party scenes which implies that his behavior is reduced to environments that allow for it.

Only at the end of the movie do we see Freddie with his lover, Jim Hutton. While there were not many scenes of Freddie and Jim, the film, as mentioned above, records the process of writing and crafting the song “Bohemian Rhapsody”. This was Freddie’s song, a pleasant way of accepting who he is and his sexual journey. Mercury’s empowering lyrics, “Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth”.

When Freddie embraced his homosexuality, he wrote the song I Want To Break Free to compliment his flamboyant side. In the movie, Queen is shown dressing up in drag for the music video and pretending to be housewives from a popular British opera. Once the video was released, much of the public did not approve of this characterization, so much so that it was banned from MTV. "…they decided they didn't think that men in drag was 'rock' enough…" (Aquilina, 2021). "And they would say, no, we can't play this. We can't possibly play this. You know, it looks homosexual…” (Aquilina, 2021). The song was intended for female audiences, women that do not feel safe in the relationship that they are in, to break free from it. While Freddie did not write the song, the perspective regarding his character had changed; tabloids would say, “crazy cross-dressing Freddie, Freddie the freak" (Singer & Fletcher, 2018). The response from the media and public showed Queen what America would not accept and that Freddie has to live within the box heterosexual audiences provide. “Finally, and perhaps most crucially for a commercial medium like television, representations of gay or lesbian, sex or even desire, are absent” (Dow, 2001, p. 131 ).

When Freddie found out he had AIDS, there were several gaps that had the potential of representing this disease in a much better light. He finds out about his diagnosis after he notices changes in his voice and body. After coughing up blood, he visits his doctor, who confirms his AIDS diagnosis. In my opinion, audiences wanted to see how Freddie came to peace with his diagnosis. He was one of the few artists that struggled with this disease, and with a film honoring Queen, the directors had the opportunity to share that side of his life. While In the movie, Freddie says that he does not want to be the AIDS poster boy and carry on with his dream of being a star, it still would have given many people the opportunity to change their perspective on AIDS victims and the stereotype this disease gives homosexuals. On the other hand, the movie can be seen as a way to punish homosexual acts; while AIDS does affect a large portion of the LGBTQ+ community, the way in which Freddie catches AIDS is only after he sleeps with men. This speaks to the historical view that AIDS is a consequence of being gay. However, Paula A. Treichler, who states in her How to Have Theory in an Epidemic, points out that AIDS poses just as much of a threat to the heterosexual community as it does to the homosexual community. Both directors, Singer and Fletcher, had multiple chances to cast a different narrative. One that speaks on the reality of AIDS and how it is not a gay disease. As the movie was intended to cover the story of Queen and the band's popularity over the years, Freddie had more screen time than any other character in the movie. It is hard to believe that they did not focus on an extremely significant part of this artist's life.

Personally, I love Bohemian Rhapsody. This movie was well casted and has a concise storyline. The representation of both race and sexuality was greatly appreciated throughout the film. Seeing Freddie dress up in what some call feminine presenting clothes made me feel more comfortable with my gender performance. Queen was one of the first bands to break the gender binary and modes of heteronormativity. While this movie is one of my favorites, some skeptics question whether this movie was accurate or a good enough biopic of Queen. But as we’ve seen throughout the film, "everyone's a critic" (Singer & Fletcher).

References

Aquilina, T. (2021, September 3). Queen's Roger Taylor on MTV's 'narrow-minded' response to drag in 'I want to break free' video. EW.com. Retrieved November 6, 2022, from https://ew.com/music/queen-i-want-to-break-free-music-video-mtv/

Barker, & Scheele, J. (2016). Queer : a graphic history / Meg-John Barker, Julia Scheele. Icon Books Ltd.

Bonnie Dow (2001) Ellen, Television, and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Visibility, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 18:2, 123-140, DOI: 10.1080/07393180128077

Singer, B., & Fletcher, D. (Directors). (2018). Bohemian Rhapsody [Motion picture on Movie]. Milano: Twentieth Century Fox Regency Enterprises GK.

Doty, A. (1993). Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture (NED-New edition). University of Minnesota Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttttcmx

Treichler, P. A. (1987). AIDS, Homophobia, and Biomedical Discourse: An Epidemic of Signification. October, 43, 31–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/3397564

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The fact Jim had regular conversations with Bomi and Jer Bulsara is so dksksksk idk sometimes I can't wrap my head around it

It shows how serious Freddie was about their relationship that he risked bringing Jim over to his parents’ house.

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Hi, I came here to say that I love your kid au fic. Kenny is such a cute and funny kid and I love the way you've written everybody. The chapters that made me actually cry are the ones with Jer and Bomi. How you've handled religion, homophobia, and the relationship between kids and their grandparents really struck a chord with me. It hit a little too close to home, tbh. It was very cathartic to read about Freddie calling his parents out on their bs. My question, I suppose, is: will Bomi and Jer ever accept Freddie for who he is? Will their fight ever be resolved? Can Bomi and Jer set aside their religion for the sake of their family? I'm not really looking for an answer, since I imagine it might spoil the fic.... but, yeah. I'm really hoping they do, but at the same time, your writing can be very realistic. And, in the real world, religious homophobia can be quite stubborn.

My Actual question that I would very much like answered is this: are we going to see more Kash? We haven't really seen her interact with Khaleel, if I recall correctly. I wonder what their relationship would be like. I bet she'd be a cool aunt to have.

First off, thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I'm so glad you're enjoying the series and that it's been cathartic to you. Religious trauma is something I've also struggled with myself and I incorporated some of my own experiences into the dynamic between Freddie and his parents.

I wholeheartedly believe that Bomi and Jer were good people who loved their son, but the reality is - and this is something that many seem reluctant to talk about - they clearly didn't understand, nor truly accept Freddie for who he was. Freddie's sexuality was an open secret within the family, and while Kash has stated in interviews that she believes her parents would have accepted him if he had come out, Freddie clearly wasn't given the same impression.

This excerpt from Jim's book particularly breaks my heart:

"The Bulsara home was very homely. Freddie had lived there since the family first came to Britain. (They were originally from Zanzibar, and moved first to India before settling here in 1964.) I don’t think they kept a bedroom for him there, nor did they have any photographs of Freddie on display."

This is just me, but I find this very strange. Yes, Freddie was a grown man at this point, but I don't know a single person in my life who has adult children and doesn't keep a room for them should they decide to visit. Even if they know their kid is very unlikely to stay over, they always keep a space for them should it ever happen on the off chance. And I certainly don't know anyone who doesn't display photographs of their children. I try to keep an open mind and consider this might be a cultural thing, but Jim gives the impression that there were no photos of Freddie specifically, not the family in general. To me, that implies some sort of detachment, or maybe even shame.

I've have a few ideas in mind as to how Freddie will eventually reconcile with his parents, and without spoiling anything, it will definitely be bittersweet. As you said, religious homophobia is stubborn, and even in AU settings, I like to keep it on the more realistic side. But one thing I can promise is that Freddie manages to get the closure he wanted.

As for Kash, I definitely plan to incorporate her into future chapters! I'm always open to requests, so if you have any headcanons in mind, feel free to share!

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Freddie Mercury: una leggenda della musica

Dici musica e pensi a Freddie Mercury. La leggendaria voce dei Queen è da sempre considerato uno dei più grandi artisti di sempre. A trentadue anni dalla sua morte, ripercorriamo la sua leggendaria vita. Freddie Mercury: la sua leggendaria vita Farrokh Bulsara, meglio conosciuto come Freddie Mercury, nacque a Stone Town, in Zanzibar, il 5 settembre 1946. Era il figlio di Bomi e Jer Bulsara, una coppia di origini parsi che avevano emigrato dall'India. Freddie trascorse la sua infanzia e adolescenza in India, dove studiò alla St. Peter's School di Panchgani. In questo periodo iniziò a sviluppare la sua passione per la musica, suonando il pianoforte e cantando nel coro della scuola. Nel 1964, a causa di un colpo di stato in Zanzibar, la famiglia Bulsara fu costretta a trasferirsi in Inghilterra. Freddie si stabilì a Feltham, nel Middlesex, dove frequentò la Ealing Art College. In questo periodo iniziò a esibirsi in alcuni club londinesi con la sua prima band, gli Ibex. L'incontro con Brian May e il debutto dei Queen Nel 1970, Freddie incontrò Brian May e Roger Taylor, i due membri fondatori degli Smile. I tre musicisti decisero di formare una nuova band, i Queen, insieme al bassista John Deacon. Freddie, con la sua voce potente e carismatica, diventò presto il leader della band. I Queen debuttarono nel 1973 con l'album "Queen". Il successo arrivò però solo con il secondo album, "Sheer Heart Attack", pubblicato nel 1974. Il brano "Killer Queen" entrò nella top ten britannica e lanciò la band verso la fama internazionale. Nel 1975, i Queen pubblicarono l'album "A Night at the Opera", che contiene uno dei brani più famosi della storia della musica, "Bohemian Rhapsody". La canzone, con la sua struttura complessa e la sua storia epica, è considerata un capolavoro del rock. Successo dopo successo I Queen continuarono a pubblicare album di successo negli anni successivi, tra cui "A Day at the Races" (1976), "News of the World" (1977), "Jazz" (1978), "The Game" (1980), "Hot Space" (1982), "The Works" (1984), "A Kind of Magic" (1986) e "The Miracle" (1989). Freddie Mercury era un artista poliedrico e versatile. Era un cantante straordinario, con una voce potente e versatile, in grado di spaziare da melodie delicate a urla graffianti. Era anche un compositore abile, che ha scritto alcuni dei brani più iconici della storia del rock. Look leggendari Mercury era anche un personaggio eccentrico e carismatico. Il suo look androgino e il suo stile esuberante lo hanno reso una vera e propria icona pop. Freddie Mercury era un uomo libero e sicuro di sé, che non aveva paura di essere sé stesso. Nel 1987, Freddie Mercury fu diagnosticato sieropositivo. La notizia fu tenuta segreta per diversi anni, ma nel 1991 il cantante annunciò pubblicamente la sua malattia. Mercury morì il 24 novembre 1991, all'età di 45 anni. La morte di Freddie Mercury fu un evento tragico che lasciò un vuoto incolmabile nel mondo della musica. Tuttavia, l'eredità di Mercury è ancora viva oggi. La sua musica continua a ispirare e a divertire il pubblico di tutto il mondo. Foto di Yves da Pixabay Read the full article

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El 5 de Septiembre de 1946, en Stone Town, Isla de Zanzíbar, nacía uno de los mas talentosos músicos y cantantes del siglo XX, ese día llegaba al mundo Freddie Mercury. Nacido con el nombre de Farrokh Bomi Bulsara en el seno de una familia de origen Persa-Indú, poseía privilegios por ser el padre tesorero de los terrenos británicos de ultramar. Comenzó su educación en el "Colegio Anglicano de Zanzibar" hasta que a los 8 años fue enviado a la India donde asistió al St. Peter's School de las afueras de Bombay. Fue el decano de este colegio que vio en Farrokh una gema para pulir y aconsejó a su padre orientar su educación a las artes y sobre todo pintura y música. Fue este mismo profesor que lo comenzó a llamar "Freddie" e incentivó a formar un grupo donde canalizar su potencial, así nació The Hectics. La revolución de Zanzibar obligó a que la familia se reubicara en Middlesex, Inglaterra donde Freddie se recibió de diseñador gráfico en la universidad de West Thames. "Brian May" y "Roger Taylor", formaban parte del grupo "Smile" y se interesaron en ese extraño cantante del grupo "Sour Milk Sea" que se había hecho famoso por ser un eximio pianista y el único cantante que alcanzaba las cuatro octavas. Al poco tiempo Freddie Bulsara se unió al grupo al que le cambiaron el nombre por el de "Queen". Freddie consideró que su apellido no era apto para una estrella de rock por lo que inspirado en el dios Mercurio se cambió su nombre por el de "Freddie Mercury". Debutaron el 27 de Junio de 1970 en el teatro del Imperial College donde May y Taylor estudiaban. Luego de la incorporación de John Deacon, el grupo encontró su formación definitiva con la que conquistó el mundo. Discos de culto, composiciones magistrales y temas que unían Rock y ópera lo ubican en la cima de la historia de la música. Sus giras se fueron tornando interminables y maratónicas siendo el primer grupo que visitó los 5 continentes, con memorables recitales en Japón y Argentina. En 1974 Freddie blanqueó su ambigua orientación sexual pese a tener una relación estable con Mary Austin a quien le dedicó una de sus mas bellas canciones, "Love of My Life". En 1985 Mercury inició una relación estable con el estilista Jim Hutton, pero se cree que fue Rudolph Nureyev quien le contagió el virus del SIDA en 1987. Queen suspendió las giras y el físico de Mercury comenzó a deteriorarse notoriamente, hecho que alimentó los rumores sobre su enfermedad. Para la edición del último disco de la banda "Innuendo" en 1991 Freddie cantaba a modo de despedida la bella balada compuesta por Roger Taylor para él llamada "These Are the Days of Our Lives". Mercury murió de una Bronconeumonía el 24 de Noviembre 1991, sus restos fueron cremados y esparcidos por Mary Austin en varios lugares secretos.

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Freddie Mercury's childhood stamp collection will be on display at The Postal Museum in London starting next month. The late Queen lead singer's stamp album will be on display in the museum from July 13 to October 30 as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the UK Pride movement. Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara and spent his early life in Zanzibar, where his father Bomi Bulsara worked in the British colonial office. It was his interest in stamps that likely inspired Freddie's stamp collecting. The collection includes stamps from a wide range of countries around the world, many from the former British Empire. The album also incorporates stamps from his country of birth and a wide selection of stamps from Eastern Europe.

Bomi Bulsara auctioned his and Freddie Mercury's stamp collections, and The Postal Museum's predecessor purchased the album in 1993.

The Rolling Stones postponed two shows on their 60th anniversary tour this week after Mick Jagger tested positive for Covid.

It was just hours before the rock icons' scheduled performance at Amsterdam's Johan Cruyff Arena on Monday that Jagger revealed his Covid positive diagnosis.

"I'm so sorry that we've had to postpone the Amsterdam show with such short notice tonight," the Rolling Stones lead singer wrote on Instagram. "I have unfortunately just tested positive for Covid. We aim to reschedule the date ASAP and get back as soon as we can. Thank you all for your patience and understanding."

In an update on Instagram later, Jagger said he's feeling "much better" and is on track "to get back on the stage next week." He also announced that the Amsterdam show has been rescheduled for July 7.

The band also postponed their June 17 show at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland.

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December 26th, 2003

Freddie Mercury's father, Bomi Bulsara, died in Basford, Derbyshire, UK, aged 95.

🔸Sunday Mirror - 07/25/2004

Mercury Dad Leaves 1.7 million

Freddie Mercury’s dad Bomi Bulsara left 1.7 million pounds in his will published yesterday. He gave 25,000 pounds to the Mercury Phoenix Trust Aids charity set up by Queen band members after the singer’s death in 1991

(source: queenarchives.com)

📸 Pic: Freddie Mercury's parents: Bomi e Jer Bulsara

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Daily Mirror - September 2, 2006

Credits to Louise Belle and Queencuttings.com

The rise of Mercury

By JULIE McCAFFREY

WHO would have thought that the shy, toothy, 10-year-old sitting proudly behind his sports trophy would grow up to be one of the world's most flamboyant superstars?

Yet it wasn't for his athletic prowess that Farrokh Bulsara was to find fame, but as Freddie Mercury, the legendary frontman of rock band Queen.

Freddie was only 45 when he died of pneumonia brought on by Aids 15 years ago. Had he lived, he would be celebrating his 60th birthday on Tuesday.

To mark this milestone, Freddie's relatives have opened up their album for a special TV tribute to the star.

Their snapshots include photos of him as a wispy-haired baby in a flowered dress on his mother's hip, wearing the flower garland and skull cap of the Zoroastrian religion aged four, as a gangly seven-year-old with his little sister, as a young lad out for a bike ride with his mates, and as the fledgling rocker giving his mum a cuddle.

Together, the pictures give a fascinating insight into Freddie's early upbringing in Africa and India -- parts of his life he kept private from his fans and refused to discuss with his friends. The iconic showman believed his exotic background and family's Zoroastrian beliefs didn't exactly fit in with his wild rock'n'roll image.

Born on September 5, 1946. and christened Farraokh by his diplomat father Bomi Bulsara and mother Jer, he and his younger sister Kashmira spent their first years on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.

In 1955, at the age of nine, he was sent to St Peters private boarding school in Panchgani near Bombay where he got the nickname Freddie. He won trophies for sport, excelled at art and stood out as an accomplished pianist. Yet his schooldays were marred by homsickness and the stress of hiding a secret from his classmates.

Fellow pupil Zahid Abrar recalls: "Freddie felt very lonely and would sometimes cry in a quiet corner. He was homesick. At the time, I didn't know Freddie was a gay guy. I still wonder what was going on in his mind when we were chasing girls."

But his shyness and unhappiness didn't stop him shining onstage. By the age of 12, Freddie had played to his schoolmates in his first band, The Hectics. Music was already a big part of his life. In his early teens he and his schoolmates were obsessed with rock'n'roll and trying to perfect their Elvis-style quiffs.

In 1964, two years after Freddie finished his schooling, political unrest in Zanzibar forced the Bulsaras to look for a new home. He persuaded his parents to move to England and the family settled in Feltham, South London.

He spent the next 10 years at art school, doing part-time jobs and trying to establish himself as a musician. He formed Queen in 1970 with his friends Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon. They found worlwide fame five years later with Bohemian Rhapsody and went on to sell 150 million albums.

As his fame grew, so did his notoriety. Freddie's wildly hedonistic parties became the stuff of his showbiz legend. He once flew a jumbo jet full of guests to Munich for a black and white ball and hired naked and mud wrestlers for a London bash. But despite the scandals he was always the consummate performer.

Mum Jer, who was there for his Live Aid performance in 1985, says: "I couldn't take my eyes off him. I thought, 'What have you done? You have proved yourself'."

But by 1987, his life of excess had caught up with him. His sister Kashmira Cooke, 55, says: "I did suspect he had Aids. But I didn't want to ask a dying man that question so I waited to see if he wanted to tell me. One day I saw that his foot was very badly scarred. He chose that moment to say, "Look, my dear, you must know that I am dying'."

Freddie's death on November 25, 1991, left his family and legions of fans devastated.

Kashmira says: "It didn't register until I saw the newspaper articles. I can remember now, reading with my dad, his tears and my tears dropping on to the article. I will think of him every day. Every single day."

Jer adds: "When I hear him on the radio, I realise that people still love him, people still remember him. That keeps me going."

• FREDDIE Mercury: A Kind Of Magic is on ITV1 on Tuesday, September 12, at 9.45pm

[Photo caption: MUMMY’S BOY: Jer holds her baby son Freddie]

[Photo caption: SHOWMAN: Freddie the rock legend]

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12 January 1964 - Freddie Bulsara and his family fled their home on Zanzibar Island due to political change and relocated to Feltham, near LondonHe was born Farrokh BulsaraFreddie Bulsara was born in Zanzibar's Government Hospital on 5 September 1946. His parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara were Parsees - followers of the Zoroastrian religion whose ancestors came from Persia - but they had lived in India.Bomi Bulsara came from Bulsar in Gujarat - hence the family name - and moved to Zanzibar to work in the High Court as a cashier for the British government.He married Jer in India and brought her back to Zanzibar. Farrokh, their first born, was followed six years later by a daughter, Karishma.Freddie's first cousin, Perviz Darunkhanawala, has said that the family had lived a fairly affluent life considering Bomi's civil servant wage.  They lived in a comfortable flat overlooking the sea in Stone Town, the historic part of Zanzibar city, with its maze of narrow alleyways lined with shops, houses, bazaars and mosques. As well as domestic workers, they also had a nanny called Sabine.His first years of schooling were at the Zanzibar Missionary School, where he was taught by Anglican nuns.

 But at the age of eight, his parents decided to send him to school in India.  He went to St Peter's Church of England school in Panchgani, a former British Raj hill station south-east of what was then Bombay (Mumbai).  Despite being a church school, St Peter's welcomed children of all faiths and Mercury was a fully practising Zoroastrian during his time there.  It was during free time spent with his aunt and grandparents in Bombay that he discovered and indulged a growing love of music. He also formed his first band with friends, The Hectics.Freddie returned to Zanzibar in 1963 - the year it gained independence from Britain - and completed his last years of education at the Roman Catholic St Joseph's Convent School.  In 1964, a revolution overthrew the ruling Arab elite, and as many as 17,000 people were killed.  A republic was then established with the presidents of Zanzibar and Tanganyika, on the mainland, signing an act of union. They formed the United Republic of Tanzania with Zanzibar having semi-autonomous status.The Bulsara family, along with many others, fled the islands.The family moved to 22 Gladstone Avenue, a semi-detached home, in Feltham, west London in 1964 after leaving Zanzibar.  Freddie was seventeen years old.  They chose the area because Jer had a sister who already lived in Feltham.Mercury lived there on-and-off until about 1970. He crashed at various London flats between 1966 and 1969 while he studied for a Diploma in Graphic Art and Design at Ealing College and took various jobs to support himself, including washing dishes in the kitchens of Heathrow Airport, just a stone’s throw from Gladstone Avenue.Mercury’s mother, Jer Bulsara, recalls her son writing music during this time:“He used to write all his music before going to college, put it under the pillow and [tell] me not to remove any of the bits from underneath.”It was at Ealing College that he was introduced to the band Smile, whose members included Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums. At the unveiling of Mercury’s plaque, May, who also grew up in Feltham, recalled visiting Freddie at number 22:He had a Dansette record player and I distinctly remember him putting a Jimi Hendrix record on. He said ‘Listen to this, this is what we have to do!’ And I said to him, ‘Well, can you sing?’When Smile split up in 1970, Queen was born.Freddie’s sister, Kashmira Cooke said, “He secretly would have been very proud and pleased" to receive the honour.Yet everything was not straight forward for the family."The house had no central heating... We were not familiar with coal fires and had to be shown how to light it," Kashmira Cooke said.She said her brother spent much of the time in the house "sketching for his college art work" and "listening to music, particularly Jimi Hendrix"."He spent hours in the bathroom grooming his hair. At the time I wasn't best pleased as there was only one bathroom," she said.

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