Freddie with Peter Straker and Elton John, 1977.
Queen with Elton John.
Freddie with Elton John.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on April 20th 1992 at London’s Wembley Stadium, for an audience of 72,000. The concert was broadcasted live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world. The concert was a tribute to the life of the late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, with all proceeds going to AIDS research. The concert began with short sets from bands that were influenced by the music of Queen, including Metallica, Extreme, Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses. The second half of the concert featured the three remaining Queen members -John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor - along with guest singers and guitarists, including Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, James Hetfield, George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plant, Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Axl Rose and Slash, Liza Minnelli, and others.
We still celebrate you Freddie, every single day.
"Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band, once upon a time, called Hair Nose and Teeth - after the three of us. We’d meet up from time to tome at parties or dinners, and we just thought that we should sing together. But I think getting three people like us in a studio would be like throwing in a bomb and waiting for it to explode. It’s nice when you’ve had a lot of wine and you talk about it and say, “Yes, let’s do it,” but the next day when you’re sober and Elton says, “I’m not gonna sing with Rod,” and Rod says, “I’m not gonna sing with Freddie,” and I say, “Well, I’m not gonna sing with Elton!” you realize it’s never going to happen. Besides, none of our egos could agree on the order of the words! Naturally I wanted it to be called Teeth, Nose and Hair, and the others would want it the other way around. So there you go! But if it ever comes about, I will buy the album."
— Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury and Elton John.
Elton John, Peter Straker and Freddie Mercury.
Freddie Mercury and Elton John.
