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The Latest Breaking News from Freddie Mercury

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Tim Curry, Who Haunted Generations As Pennywise And Redefined Horror As Dr. Frank‑N‑Furter, Passes Away At 80

"Rough week" for pop culture as beloved performer Tim Curry passes away at 80 just one day after Dolly Parton.

Bored Panda · Aug 26

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

Prolific actor across stage and screen was also known for ‘Clue’, ‘Muppet Treasure Island’ and the Stephen King adaptation ‘It’

The Independent UK · Aug 26

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“We have carefully preserved these items for decades, not because of their value, but because of the memories they hold": A Yamaha C3 grand piano and AKG C414 EB mic used by Freddie Mercury are heading for auction

Reinhold Mack, a former engineer at Munich’s Musicland studios, is selling up

MusicRadar · Aug 25

V&A to exhibit eight of Freddie Mercury’s iconic costumes

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The Independent UK · Aug 25

Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A

Eight costumes spanning Queen frontman’s career will feature in a free trail developed with his former fiancee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25

Freddie Mercury costumes to go on display at V&A to mark his 80th birthday

The free temporary trail, Freddie Mercury Splendid Things will include eight of his looks.

Evening Standard · Aug 24

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Freddie Mercury’s iconic costumes to be displayed at new London exhibition

The free temporary trail, Freddie Mercury Splendid Things, will showcase eight of his looks

The Independent UK · Aug 24

I'm Still Mad About The Ending Of Bohemian Rhapsody, And I Need To Vent (Again)

You’re playing with my emotions in an unfair way!

Cinemablend · Aug 23

Freddie Mercury piano and microphone to go under the hammer

A piano and microphone used by the Queen star and early drafts of his songwriting are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Evening Standard · Aug 22

Former Queen bassist Barry Mitchell dies: ‘Terribly sad news’

The musician has been remembered as a ‘genuinely lovely man’

The Independent UK · Aug 21

Queen to show Budapest concert film as "one-day-only, live-gig-style experience. "It's going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us,Queen, in our glory days"

Surround sound? Check. Synchronised lighting? Crowd singalongs with Freddie Mercury? Very likely

Louder · Aug 19

How a Fender Strat anniversary event led to Queen’s first world tour since Freddie Mercury’s death: “Brian May got on the phone to me and said, ‘You have to look at what we just did’”

May shared the Strat Pack stage with a singer whose performance convinced him to get the Queen machine up and running again

Guitar World · Aug 17

‘Paul McCartney asked for my autograph!’ Su Pollard on Hi-de-Hi! and her amazing celebrity encounters

Even after half a century in the limelight, the actor can still surprise. Who’d have guessed she went clubbing with Freddie Mercury? Or that she watched Blair and Brown strike their fateful deal at Granita?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 14

‘It was lonely being a young queer artist’: Sam Smith on finding health, happiness – and their hazel-eyed fiance

On their new album, Smith is subverting their singer-songwriter roots to tell a queer love story. They talk about their shifting fanbase, the nasty undercurrents of fame – and finding sanctuary in New York City

Euronews · Aug 12

Queen’s Brian May outraged by AI version of album cover and tells UK PM Andy Burnham: ‘You must stop it now’

"Maybe this is the time to realise WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED AI," Brian May declared when posting a ridiculously poor version of what AI thinks one of Queen's albums looks like. He has urged UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to block AI "before it's too late".

The Independent UK · Aug 12

Queen star Sir Brian May infuriated by AI image of Freddie Mercury

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The Independent UK · Aug 12

Queen’s Brian May outraged by AI-generated image of Freddie Mercury: ‘You must stop it now’

‘Maybe this is the time to realise WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED AI,’ angry musician declared

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69

Musician’s projects included Madonna’s Ray of Light, Blur’s 13 and All Saints’ chart-topping singles Pure Shores and Black Coffee

Evening Standard · Aug 6

OPINION - Sir Sadiq Khan: 'We’ve come a long way — WorldPride in London would take us even further'

The Mayor of London on why he is backing the bid to host WorldPride in 2032

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

‘I put a raging dent in Neil Young’s forehead!’ Tim Pope on his riotous videos for the Cure, Bowie, Queen, Soft Cell and more

He dressed Freddie Mercury as a prawn, got Paul Weller to wear lipstick, locked the Cure in a flooded wardrobe and created a 75ft penis for Hall & Oates. Pope looks back on is wild adventures with titans of music

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

‘It’s OK to mess around’: how ‘mop man’ stole the show at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games

CJ Miller from West Lothian has delighted global audiences with ‘sheer stupidity’ of his half-time routines

MusicRadar · Jul 30

"For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case": Bono, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish and Finneas mourn Glen Hansard as tributes continue to pour in

The singer-songwriter was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday

MusicRadar · Jul 29

“The Queen guys were great but their fans just threw things at us – cigarette lighters, shoes, car keys, a loaf of bread, whatever”: How INXS endured a trial by fire to become a stadium rock band in their own right

“We learnt a lot from that whole experience”

Euronews · Jul 29

Rocking the Iron Curtain: How Queen’s 1986 Budapest concert cracked the Soviet Bloc

On 27 July 1986, a concert by British rock band Queen in Budapest symbolically tore down the Iron Curtain. A crowd of 80,000 filled the People's Stadium to feel the first wave of freedom. The band's official photographer Denis O'Regan recalls that night in an exclusive interview with Euronews.

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