"announced plans for the concert. When tickets finally went on sale, all 72,000 tickets sold out in just three hours, even though no performers were announced apart from remaining members of Queen. The concert opened with a message from the three remaining members of Queen in tribute to Mercury. The music then commenced with short sets from bands that were influenced by the music of Queen, including Metallica, Extreme (playing a Queen medley), Def Leppard (who brought Brian May onstage for a version of ""Now I'm Here""), and Guns N' Roses. Between bands, several video clips honouring Freddie Mercury were"
"positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart. Queen discography British rock band Queen consisted of vocalist Freddie Mercury (d. 1991), guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon (r. 1997). Founded in 1970, Queen released their self-titled debut album in 1973. Despite not being an immediate success, Queen gained popularity in Britain with their second album ""Queen II"" in 1974. Their 1975 song, ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", was number 1 for nine weeks (and a further five weeks in 1991) and is the third biggest selling single of all time in"
"Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 194624 November 1991) was a British singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, and was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury was born of Parsi descent in Zanzibar, and grew up there and in India before moving with his family to Middlesex, England, in his late teens. He formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote numerous"
"hits for Queen, including ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", ""Killer Queen"", ""Somebody to Love"", ""Don't Stop Me Now"", ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"", and ""We Are the Champions"". He also led a solo career while performing with Queen, and occasionally served as a producer and guest musician for other artists. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease. As a member of Queen, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the UK"
"this period who did not fit with the band's chemistry. It was not until February 1971 that they settled on John Deacon and began to rehearse for their first album. They recorded four of their own songs, ""Liar"", ""Keep Yourself Alive"", ""The Night Comes Down"" and ""Jesus"", for a demo tape; no record companies were interested. It was also around this time Freddie changed his surname to ""Mercury"", inspired by the line ""Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me"" in the song ""My Fairy King"". On 2 July 1971, Queen played their first show in the classic line-up of"
"sixteen consecutive weeks, a record that remains to this day. It also became the biggest selling single of the year, selling over a million copies. The Christmas number one single this year was Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", re-issued after the death of Freddie Mercury in November, coupled with ""These Are the Days of Our Lives"". As ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" had previously hit the top in 1975 (also becoming the Christmas number one) it became the first song ever, not counting re-entries, to hit number 1 twice. The death of Joy Finzi, who had founded the Finzi Trust in 1969 to commemorate her"
"Made in Heaven Made in Heaven is the fifteenth and final studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 6 November 1995 by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and by Hollywood Records in the United States. It is the band's first release since the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. Following Mercury's death, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bass guitarist John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the"
"No. 1 in America and many other countries and in the UK it reached No. 7. After the success of the song, Queen recorded ""Hot Space"", which was a more disco album. It is credited as Queen's best selling single, having sold 7 million copies worldwide. The song was played live from 1980 until the last tour with Mercury in 1986. Part of this song was performed during Queen medley songs by Extreme on The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. ""Need Your Loving Tonight"" was written by Deacon. The song was released as a single in November 1980 and"
"The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, England for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of complications related to AIDS on November 24, 1991. The show marked bassist John Deacon's final full-length concert with Queen (save a"
"Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music. Before forming Queen, May and Taylor had played together in the band Smile. Mercury, then known by his birth name, Farrokh Bulsara,"
"chart success in Australia, reaching #13 on the chart. That song and ""Made in Heaven"" were later reworked by the surviving three Queen members and included in the 1995 curtain-call ""Made in Heaven"". The album was originally planned to be called ""Made in Heaven"". All songs written by Freddie Mercury. Mr. Bad Guy Mr. Bad Guy is the only solo album from Queen singer, Freddie Mercury. Released in 1985, during a period in which Queen were on hiatus from recordings, it contains eleven songs, all written by him. Mercury drew on disco and dance music influences for the album; this"
"These Are the Days of Our Lives ""These Are the Days of Our Lives"" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album ""Innuendo"".. The song was released as a single in the US on Freddie Mercury's 45th birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the Queen track ""Bohemian Rhapsody"". The song debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart,"
"singer of the rock group Queen, the late Freddie Mercury. He wrote the classic bestseller Bohemian Rhapsody whilst living at 100 Holland Road in the 1970s. The front cover from a record album is from a photo session of Queen taken at Freddie's flat in Holland Road. Continuing with the musical artist theme, the Corporate Headquarters of Universal Music are actually located on the corner of Holland Road and Kensington High Street. Universal Music is the UK’s leading music company and is home to major artists from Queen to Mumford & Sons—who wrote a song entitled ""Holland Road""— and The"
"Mr. Bad Guy Mr. Bad Guy is the only solo album from Queen singer, Freddie Mercury. Released in 1985, during a period in which Queen were on hiatus from recordings, it contains eleven songs, all written by him. Mercury drew on disco and dance music influences for the album; this was in contrast to Queen's typically rock-oriented work. The album took nearly two years to record, as Mercury had to gather enough material while committing to band activities. Initially, the album was supposed to feature duets with Mercury and Michael Jackson. They recorded ""There Must Be More to Life Than"
"from the concert have also been released in audio-only format: Queen were backed by the following musicians: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, England for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of complications related to AIDS"
"straight to number one and selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It remained in the UK charts for 63 weeks, selling about six million copies worldwide (600,000 in the UK alone). The album spawned four hit singles: the album's title track ""A Kind of Magic"", ""One Vision"", ""Friends Will Be Friends"", and ""Who Wants to Live Forever"", which features an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, while the last track, ""Princes of the Universe"", is the theme song to ""Highlander"". Although Queen would release another two albums with Freddie Mercury (excluding posthumous releases), ""A Kind of Magic"" would turn out"
"music publications. The last concert featuring their classic line up–the final live performance of Mercury–took place at Knebworth, England, in August 1986. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. May and Taylor have performed under the Queen name with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert as vocalists on tours since. Estimates of their record sales range from 170 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Queen received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990. They were inducted into the"
"McCormack (as the character Will Truman) on ""Will & Grace"" in the October 2018 episode titled ""Tex and the City"". Will once wanted to be Freddie Mercury in a talent show when he was little, but his mother forbade it leading to Will dressing as Mercury at the end of Jack's grandson's talent show in Texas. Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 194624 November 1991) was a British singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular"
"The Freddie Mercury Album The Freddie Mercury Album is a posthumous solo project with material from Queen frontman and vocalist Freddie Mercury released in 1992, to observe the anniversary of his death. The album is mainly made up of remixes from his past releases, as well as the original versions of ""Barcelona"", ""Love Kills"", ""Exercises in Free Love"", and ""The Great Pretender"". A week later, The Great Pretender, its US counterpart, was released. There were numerous producers who had permission from Jim Beach to use the original master tapes. Reinhold Mack, who is not credited as being involved, was hired"
"Ultimately, Mercury's drive toward a creative new sound and control of the band would lead to its premature downfall. Mercury and Dummett began living together in Mercury's apartment as close friends. Gallop became worried that Dummett would side with Mercury on the band's musical direction and disbanded the group. The band had been in heated debates ever since Mercury joined just weeks ago. He owned all the equipment so there would be no chance that the group could continue. In April 1970, Freddie Mercury joined the band, Smile which, upon Mercury's insistence, became known as Queen. Freddie Mercury would go"
"Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" after the death of Freddie Mercury. The original CD single was released with five tracks, which went against British chart regulations. The track ""Rip Up the Sound System"" was removed on the re-issue to comply with the chart regulations, but is still available on the 12"" vinyl. The cover features a photograph of the now dismantled Corkscrew roller coaster at Alton Towers. The song was released six months later on 18 June 1992 as a double A-side with first single ""Charly"" through Elektra Records in the United States. The single is featured on the band's greatest hits"
"Queen (Queen album) Queen is the self-titled debut studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 13 July 1973 by EMI Records in the UK and by Elektra Records in the US. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, with production by Roy Thomas Baker, John Anthony and the band members themselves. The album was influenced by contemporary progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal music. The lyrics are based on a variety of topics, including folklore (""My Fairy King"") and religion (""Jesus""). Lead singer Freddie Mercury composed five of the ten"
"1991, it entered the UK singles chart Top 30 in its first week, and it peaked at number 14 during the following week. It was the second highest charting song, off of the album, after the song ""Innuendo"", which had reached the top of the charts. The music video for ""Headlong"" was one of the final Queen videos shot with lead singer Freddie Mercury, some 12 months before his death from AIDS, though it was actually shot before the ""I'm Going Slightly Mad"" video (released as the second single in the UK). The video showed the band in the studio"
"in order to have a song to follow up the success of ""Only You (And You Alone)"". Stan Freberg parodied this version. In 2004, the song was voted 360th greatest song of all time by ""Rolling Stone"". Plas Johnson played tenor saxophone. The song was repopularized in 1987 by Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen. Mercury's version reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. In one of his last videotaped interviews in spring of 1987, Mercury explained that the song was particularly fitting for the way he saw his career and being on stage. Mercury's"
"Queen Rock Montreal Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by the English rock band Queen. It was released on 29 October 2007 as a double CD, Blu-ray, DVD, and triple vinyl. It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, ten years to date before lead singer Freddie Mercury died of AIDS. Allmusic described Queen's performance as being ""deliberately theatrical and often majestic"". This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film ""We Will Rock You"" on an audio-only format. Unlike the original video release of"
"There Must Be More to Life Than This ""There Must Be More to Life Than This"" is the eighth track on Queen singer Freddie Mercury's debut solo album ""Mr. Bad Guy"", released on 29 April 1985 by Columbia Records. The song was originally recorded by Queen for 1982's ""Hot Space"", but failed to make the final version of the album. It was previously recorded as a duet between Mercury and Michael Jackson, along with two other songs: ""State of Shock"" (later reworked with Mick Jagger for a version by The Jacksons) and ""Victory"" (which remains unreleased). After Michael Jackson's death"
"Killer Queen ""Killer Queen"" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album ""Sheer Heart Attack"" in 1974. It was their first international hit, reaching number two in the UK and becoming their first US hit. The song is about a high-class call girl and has been characterised as ""Mercury's piano-led paean to a Moët-quaffing courtesan"". Mercury commented he wrote the lyrics before the melody and music, whereas normally he would do the opposite. He stated that the song was about a high-class call girl, although"
"to be considered one of the best hip hop albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with De La Soul, Dream Warriors, Gang Starr and the Poor Righteous Teachers, help define what comes to be known as alternative rap with important releases this year. On 24 November, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died. Mercury was at home in London on 24 November, due to AIDS complications. Rumors had been circulating that Mercury had AIDS and he confirmed it to the press a day before his death, but the death comes as a shock to millions of fans and the"
"""Live Killers"", in 1979; it went platinum twice in the US. Queen also released the very successful single ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"", a rockabilly inspired song done in the style of Elvis Presley. The song made the top 10 in many countries, topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven consecutive weeks, and was the band's first number one single in the United States where it topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for four weeks. Having written the song on guitar and played rhythm on the record, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time"
"Innuendo (album) Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 5 February 1991 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and it is the band's first studio album to be released by Hollywood Records in the United States. Produced by David Richards and the band, it was the band's last album to be released in lead singer Freddie Mercury’s lifetime, and their most recent one to be composed of entirely new material. It reached the No. 1 spot on the UK album charts and stayed at that position for two weeks, and also peaked at"
"""Hammer to Fall"", ""Save Me"", ""Who Wants to Live Forever"", and ""The Show Must Go On"". May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become one of the biggest rock bands in the world with the success of the album ""A Night at the Opera"" and its single ""Bohemian Rhapsody"". From the mid-1970s until"
"saw the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related pneumonia. Contemporary R&B and quiet storm continued in popularity among adult audiences, which began during the 1980s. Popular American contemporary R&B artists included Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Whitney Houston, Brandy, Sade, En Vogue, TLC, Destiny's Child, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Dru Hill, and Vanessa L. Williams. The Tibetan Freedom Concert brought 120,000 people together in the interest of increased human rights and autonomy for Tibet from China. Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Selena, Tupac Shakur, and The Notorious B.I.G. are the most publicized music-related deaths of the"
"played this song as early as 1970, and it was notable as the band's first song Mercury played live on the piano. Staffell sang it when it was a Smile song, and Mercury tried to sing in the same manner when it became a Queen song. ""Great King Rat"" was written by Mercury. This song is an example of Queen's earliest sound, with lengthy, heavy compositions with long guitar solos and sudden tempo changes. Despite it not being released as a single, it remains hugely popular among the Queen fanbase. ""My Fairy King"", written by Mercury, deals with Rhye, a"