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Johnny Black

"Dwarves with trays of cocaine on their heads? It never happened. Well, I never saw it. Actually, it could have been true...": What really happened at Queen's most outrageous party

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As debauched parties go, this one had it all. And then some. It was October 31, 1978 and Queen were launching their Jazz album in New Orleans with a bash whose guest list included 80 reporters flown in from around the globe, and 52 EMI company MDs. 

The champagne flowed like water, couples coupled under the tables, and the entertainment included meat-covered dwarves, transsexual strippers and a woman who smoked cigarettes via an unlikely orifice.

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