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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. [1] The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis , directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world ...
The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organisation that fights HIV/AIDS worldwide.. After the death of Queen singer Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of the band and Jim Beach, their manager, organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds of which were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
In April 1992, the remaining members of Queen founded The Mercury Phoenix Trust and organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury and raise money for AIDS research, which took place on 20 April 1992. [235]
David Bowie performs at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for Aids Awareness in 1992. Nigel Wright/Mirrorpix/Getty Images David Bowie's "Let's Dance" lost to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 1984.
After Freddie Mercury's death in November 1991, Queen organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and took place in April 1992 at Wembley Stadium. The three remaining members (in one of the few concerts they played together after Mercury's death) and a host of special guests staged a lengthy and emotional show billed as the Concert For AIDS ...
April 20, 1992 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was organised by the surviving members of Queen (John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor) which took place at Wembley Stadium, London, to pay homage to their deceased lead singer Freddie Mercury and to raise money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a fund for victims of AIDS.
It's another games for good moment as TeePee Games, a British games portal, partners with the Mercury Phoenix Trust to celebrate the life of legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and fight HIV ...
An exclusive excerpt -- and photos -- from upcoming release 'Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury' by Matt Richards & Mark Langthorne, published by Weldon Owen.