Worldwide Celebration of Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday
September 5th would have been legendary frontman Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday. To mark the occasion, Queen will stream their historic 1986 concert Queen Live At Wembley Stadium for 48 hours on YouTube. This is the first time in Queen has allowed an online stream of this watershed moment in the band’s career. The concert can be viewed at www.youtube/queenofficial starting at 12:00AM EST on September 5th. Some of Freddie’s biggest fans: Katy Perry, Taylor Hawkins, Gerard Way and Billy Corgan among others, will also take to youtube today to honor Freddie with birthday wishes.
Queen Live At Wembley Stadium captures the group’s historic July 1986 two-night performance at London’s Wembley Stadium, where they gave an electrifying performance to 150,000 frenzied fans. The footage features stunning live renditions of many of Queen’s classic songs, including fan favorites such as “We Will Rock You,” “We Are The Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
One year after their triumphant appearance at Live Aid, Queen (vocalist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon) returned to Wembley for two consecutive sold-out concerts. Queen Live At Wembley Stadium documents the second night, July 12th, 1986. The footage highlights Queen’s dazzling performance, which blended older classics like “Seven Seas of Rhye” and “Tie Your Mother Down” with new audience favorites such as “Radio Ga Ga” and “Hammar To Fall.”
Queen Live At Wembley Stadium showcases the legendary rock band’s versatility, musical range and showmanship on their most successful tour. “The Wembley concerts were the pinnacle for us,” says May. “We were at our height band-wise, and Freddie had developed this phenomenal way of dealing with stadium audiences. Being back home in London playing two sell-out nights was such a big, big occasion for us. None us realized that this would be almost the last time we would play together.
FREDDY FOR A DAY – www.freddieforaday.com – Astute viewers of Queen Live At Wembley will notice a graphic of Freddie in one of his most iconic poses. As one of the definitive rock icons of our age, the late great Freddie Mercury’s extraordinary talents and influence are still felt in the entertainment world to this day, an unreal 20 years after his sad and untimely death.
Freddie’s birthday also acts as a key focal point in the worldwide campaign Freddie For A Day, which launched through the global Queen fan base. Started by a handful of fans who decided it would be fun to dress as Freddie for a day. Fans from 24 countries around the world – from Argentina to Ukraine, jumped on the idea to join in.
Freddie For A Day is a fundraising campaign for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the charity established in Freddie’s name by fellow band members Brian May and Roger Taylor together with manager Jim Beach, which raises funds to help fight HIV AIDS worldwide. To learn more about Freddy For A Day, please go to www.freddieforaday.com or http://site.freddieforaday.com
Queen Live At Wembley Stadium is one of the most spectacular rock concerts of all time.
Source: Hollywood Records Publicity
