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April 20th, 1992 - 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute'
”Hey today it’s for Freddie, it’s for you, it’s to tell everybody around the world that Aids affects us all…that’s what these red ribbons are all about…and cry as much as you like…
- Roger Taylor
“Good evening Wembley and the world! We are here tonight to celebrate the life and work and dreams of one Freddie Mercury! We are gonna give him the biggest send-off in history! ”
- Brian May
”First of all, Brian Roger and myself would like to thank all the artists who are performing here today in London, and they are giving their time and energy to make this tribute to Freddie a reality to happen today.
First of all, the show must go on and we’ll start with an American band three times Grammy Award winners, please welcome Metallica!
- John Deacon
📸 Photographer Neal Preston
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Brian May at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
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Thinking about this after having watched Fellow Travelers
also, can someone transcript? English is not my first language and I don't understand everything he says :(
George Michael's speech at the Freddie Mercury tribute show
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Ok, I was just thinking about this.
3 of my favorite bands performed for Freddie on that night. It's so special to me.
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#Repost @/_letusclingtogether_ on Instagram:
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Roger Taylor rehearsing with Roger Daltrey, Bray Studios in Berkshire.
📸 David Gaywood.
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Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, April 20, 1992
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Freddie's £10m rhapsody of hope for AIDS victims
Annie Leask and Louise Gannon, Daily Express, 21st April 1992 (x)
ROCK LEGEND Freddie Mercury left a legacy of hope to thousands of fellow AIDS victims, it was revealed at the star-studded Wembley tribute to the Queen lead singer last night.
Guitarist Roger Taylor said a clinic for HIV and AIDS sufferers called the Freddie Mercury Hospital will be built in Britain from the concert proceeds. Mercury died aged 45 last November after losing a long battle against AIDS. A large part of his fortune was donated to AIDS charities. It is expected that the total amount raised from last night's rock spectacular will top £10 million.
"This is something we feel strongly about and we are sure Freddie would approve," Taylor said.
"It's a means of using the tragedy to some good effect in bringing a greater awareness of the fact that AIDS affects all of us."
Just before the show volunteers handed out red ribbons to fans, symbols of AIDS Awareness.
Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli joined forces with the cream of pop and rock talent including David Bowie, Elton John, George Michael and metal band Guns 'n' Roses.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford, the 26-year-wife of actor Richard Gere, spoke of the courage of close friends who died from AIDS.
Global
The more discussion there is about AIDS the more people can learn and everyone needs to help," she said.
The 72,000 fans at Wembley paid £25 or more a head.
It was also broadcast live and attracted a larger global audience than Live Aid, going out to a billion people.
Some fans fell prey to fools charging up to £200 for tickets.
Even so, hundreds of fans were prepared to fork out.
"I supported Freddie throughout his life and I will support him in death," said Steve Parkin, 22, who travelled from Liverpool with no ticket.
"He was the greatest and I couldn't miss a concert like this."
Jayne Browning from Sheffield said, "I came with £100 and I would be willing to spend all of that."
Protests
Guns 'n' Roses were one of the surprise bands in the concert.
Four years ago lead singer Axl Rose wrote a song with the lyrics "Immigrants and faggots spread disease".
Shows have been dogged by protests from gay rights activists ever since.
But Guns 'n' Roses drummer Matt Sorum said the band would be using the concert to explain their behaviour towards gays.
"Axl had a few things to say about accusations about being homophobic," Sorum said.
"He's still getting flak from it."
Just before the show Axl seemed to be suffering stage fright.
He failed to turn up for rehearsals and missed a sound check, preferring to stay in his Mayfair hotel suite.
Liz Taylor presented George Michael with a broach with red rhinestones set in silver in the shape of the AIDS symbol.
Then in a speech halfway through the concert, she urged the crowd to practice safe sex and use condoms.
"You are the future of our world, you are the best and brightest," she said.
Gay
"You are the shining light that will illuminate a better world tomorrow.
"Protest yourselves. Every time you have sex, use a condom. Every single time.
"Straight sex, gay sex, bisexual sex - use a condom whoever you are.
"And if you use drugs, don't share the needle.
"Each day around the world 5,000 people are infected with HIV - the virus that causes AIDS.
"Just last week it was reported in the US that there are 9,000 actual cases of AIDS among teenagers and among adults, with thousands more who probbably don't even know they are infected.
"There are 72,000 people in this stadium tonight. Look at yourselves, look at how many you are.
"In two short weeks, there will be as many new infections as there are people here tonight. Please don't let it happen to you."
She added, "We are here to celebrate the life of Freddie Mercury, the extraordinary rock star who rushed across our cultural landscape like a comet shooting across the sky.
"We are also here to tell the whole world that he, like others we have lost to AIDS, died before his time.
"The bright light of his talent still exhilarates us, even now that his life has been so cruelly extinguished.
"It needn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened. Please, let's not let it happen again.
"Protect yourself, love yourself, respect yourself, because I will keep telling you until you do.
"I won't give in and I won't give up, because the world needs you to live."
At the show the stars poured out personal tributes to their dead friend.
Roger Taylor said: "This concert is primarily a celebration of and a tribute to our dear friend and colleague Freddie Mercury."
His Queen co-star Brian May added: "It seems inconceivable that we now have to do without Freddie.
Living
"This proud, vibrant, irreverent and passionately creative man surely cannot have been extinguished in the prime of his life.
"Freddie was denied the privilege of growing old but in 45 years he packed in enough living for a dozen lifetimes.
"A child of strict upbringing he was, when I met him some 25 years ago, an uncertain youth stepping into an unfamiliar world outside.
"But his head was full of great dreams and the certainty that they could be achieved.
"At the age of 20 he already lived the dream, and behaved with a gentle grandeur that demanded respect.
"He looked and acted like a million dollars, though he scarcely had the bus fare home.
"That never changed. Later, when his millions were safely in the bank, someone else always carried his purse.
"Perhaps in changing his name prior to our first record, he decided to leave the fragile Frederick Bulsara at home under parental care and become the god Freddie Mercury."
Queen guitarist John Deacon said: "It's hard to imagine being here without Freddie. We will all miss him."
Elton John said: "Until a cure is found I won't rest. I've lost so many friends.
"I'm in my mid 40s and this is the time in life that instead of just planning everything around a career, you can try to do something else."
George Michael said: "Freddie Mercury was a great inspiration to me and I felt a genuine loss when he died.
"So this concert will be a strange mixture of honour and sadness.
"Hopefully it will also serve as one more opportunity to fight against AIDS."
#on a lighter sillier note Queen is Freddie Mercury and his three guitarists lol#article#tribute concert 1992#freddie mercury#john deacon#roger taylor#brian may#queen band#elton john#elizabeth taylor#george michael#daily express#1992#freddie mercury tribute concert#freddie
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“Say what you like about Metallica, they look great, like Mexican bondage bandits out of some leather-fantasy spaghetti western.”
- Steven Wells, writing in NME about the Freddie Mercury tribute concert, 1992
Photos by Ross Halfin and Mick Hutson.
#metallica#freddie mercury tribute concert#lars ulrich#james hetfield#jason newsted#kirk hammett#doing their best to change my mind on moustasches#1992
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This Month in History - April
April 4, 1997: Chasing Amy opens
In April 1997, Kevin Smith’s third film was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th Chasing Amy!
April 6, 2007: Grindhouse opens
In April 2007, the double feature of Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 15 Grindhouse!
April 8, 1977: The Clash released
In April 1977, the debut album from The Clash was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. There is a reason they were known as “the only band that matters”! Happy 45th The Clash!
April 8, 1997: Dig Me Out released
In April 1997, the third and greatest album from Sleater-Kinney was released. The all-female punk band from the Pacific Northwest had already been building up a buzz for a few years, but this was the album that made people get up an notice them. I’ve been a fan for a while and while they have released some awesome albums, but this stands as my personal favorite. Their musicianship is just so tight here and it still holds up a quarter century later. Happy 25th Dig Me Out!
April 11, 1997: Grosse Pointe Blank opens
In April 1997, the first of two high school reunion movies released that month opened. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th GPB!
April 20, 1977: Annie Hall opens
In April 1977, one of Woody Allen’s best movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 45th Annie Hall!
April 20, 1992: Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
In April 1992, some of the biggest names in rock and pop came together to pay tribute to Freddie Mercery of Queen and raise funds for AIDS research. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 30th FM Tribute Concert!
April 22, 2012: Veep premieres
In April 2012 (which seems like forever ago), the political comedy to end all political comedies premiered on HBO. When it premiered in 2012, the idea of an incompetent VP and her staff being in that position of power was LOL, but it actually managed to push the envelope even further in the Trump era. The writing and the jokes came fast and furious, the pitch perfect cast was Comedy Gold together, but above all, it was the comic genius that is Julia Louis-Dreyfus! I named it my #1 TV Show of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and oh yeah, my #1 of the 2010s. Happy 10 Veep!
April 23, 2012: Blunderbuss released
In April 2012, Jack White’s debut solo album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 10 Blunderbuss!
April 25, 1997: Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion opens
In April 1997, the second of high school reunion comedy was released that month. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th R&MHSR!
April 27, 2012: Bernie opens
In April 2012, Richard Linklater’s criminally underrated crime dramedy was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 10 Bernie!
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brian may, tony iommi and slash being curly haired guitar legends together at the freddie mercury tribute concert is actually something that can be so personal
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Today - Queen Story!
Anniversary of 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert'
"When we’d finished the 'We Are The Champions' bit, I was following Brian off and I grabbed his sleeve and said: “Brian – turn round and look at this, because you might not ever see this again.”
He stood there and had a long look. And then he said: “Thanks, Joe.”
And he gave me a big hug"
- Joe Elliott, singer English rock band Def Leppard
📸 Photographer Phil Dent
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Good evening. It seems very unlikely but Freddie and I were very good friends, and many an evening I'd go up there and he'd be practicing his fluent Gaeilge on me and as the evening wore on we'd start talking about indigenous music and things, and eventually we got to writing some songs.
I want to do this afternoon a song that we wrote together, and it's particularly apt for this occasion. It's called ‘Too Late God’.
-- Bob Geldof, Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, April 1992 --
I played with Bob Geldof at the Freddie Mercury Tribute, at Wembley Stadium. And that was pretty cool.
[Interviewer: What did you play, do you remember?]
Oh! Uh, a song called 'Too Late God'. Which you wouldn't know, and I can't even remember how it goes now myself…
-- Jamie Moses, Interview, April 2015 --
Bob Geldof & Jamie Moses performing 'Too Late God' at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
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The remaining members of Queen hold the "Concert For Life" at Wembley Stadium in London, raising money for AIDS awareness in honor of their fallen frontman Freddie Mercury. David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses and George Michael all perform.
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It was so good omg! They actually sounded so real and he did Freddie’s voice rlly well. They weren’t trying to be them, just like them. They sounded better irl than in the videos I took but you could feel it in your soul. It was so loud and I loved it so much and had such a good time.
#it was also my first thing like this so it was rlly new to me#queen#radio gaga#tribute acts#queen tribute act#freddie mercury#john deacon#brian may#roger taylor#music#rock#concerts#concert#it was so good#and fun#i had so much fun
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Rehearsals), 1992.
Via _letusclingtogether_ on Instagram.
#roger taylor#john deacon#brian may#queen#queen band#spike edney#liza minnelli#the freddie mercury tribute concert#rehearsals#1992#90s#ms
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April 20, 1992 : George Michael backstage during The Concert for Life - The Freddie Mercury Tribute on April 20, 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, England
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