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Freddie Mercury

May 2024

  • A black and white image of Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May either standing against or sitting on a wooden fence.

    Book of the day
    My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray review – Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and my mum

    The British novelist’s first memoir is a sublime account of famed Welsh music studio Rockfield, where her indomitable mother ruled the kitchen in the 70s and rock’n’rollers were great fun – and infuriating

April 2024

  • George Harrison and John Lennon. Harrison is playing Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar.

    Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction

    Guitar also played by George Harrison on Norwegian Wood could sell for millions in May auction, alongside other memorabilia including a book of Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics

January 2024

  • Pablo Picasso's Femme à la montre painting with a man holding up his gloved hand in the foreground

    Near-record $7.9bn in sales marks second strong year in row for Sotheby’s

    Series of ‘extraordinary collections’ ensures New York-based auction house comes close to highs of 2022

September 2023

  • Freddie Mercury's crown and accompanying cloak with a picture of him in the background

    Freddie Mercury piano sells for £1.74m in auction of singer’s belongings

    Brian May and some fans express dismay as contents of late Queen frontman’s home go under hammer in six-day sale

August 2023

  • Freddie Mercury sale<br>A crown and accompanying cloak, worn by Freddie Mercury during The Magic Tour, with an estimate of £60,000-80,000, which is part of Freddie Mercury's personal collection, on display during a photo call at Sotheby's in London, ahead of their auction. Picture date: Thursday August 3, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

    Freddie Mercury’s clothes are the champions in Sotheby’s sale

  • Freddie Mercury exhibition

    Killer Queen sale: Freddie Mercury’s possessions go up for auction

July 2023

  • Tim Adams

    Notebook
    Alas, the friendly Twitter blue bird is no more. It is an ex-logo

    Tim Adams
    Designer Martin Grasser listened to birdsong as he created the cheery, rotund symbol, now unnervingly replaced by an X

June 2023

  • ‘I almost rejected it’ … (L-R) Brian May, John Deacon (standing), Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury at the presentation of silver, gold and platinum discs recognising sales in excess of 1m of Bohemian Rhapsody, 1976.

    Mongolian Rhapsody? Newly unearthed writing draft reveals original title for Queen hit

    Freddie Mercury’s draft lyrics, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, also reveals an early version of the ‘Mama, just killed a man’ verse

May 2023

  • Emma Beddington

    I love a good auction. If only I could afford Freddie Mercury’s moustache comb …

    Emma Beddington
    Even though I’d never bid on 98% of the lots, nothing matches the nosy thrill of rooting through a stranger’s waistcoats, bird baths or stuffed stoats, writes Emma Beddington

April 2023

  • Freddie Mercury

    Freddie Mercury’s collection of ‘splendid things’ up for auction

    Items belonging to Queen singer on sale include costumes, handwritten lyrics and a moustache comb

January 2023

  • Tony King (centre) with Elton John and John Lennon, with plates of food and drinks, on a plane

    Rock’s best kept secret: Tony King on life with John Lennon, Elton John and Freddie Mercury

    He held Mercury’s hand in hospital, retrieved Lennon from a cocaine escapade with David Bowie, and was upbraided by Keith Richards for smoking a joint. Now the Zelig of the music world is looking back

November 2022

  • ‘He always referred to me as Doris’ … Freddie Mercury at Maine Road, Manchester, in 1986.

    My best shot
    Freddie Mercury in his definitive pose – Denis O’Regan’s best photograph

    ‘I shot the singer in Manchester in 1986, on what would be his last tour with Queen. That shape he throws – no one else ever did it. He’s like a bendy toy’

October 2022

  • ‘Hardly coy when it comes to archival releases’ … Queen pictured in 1988.

    Queen: Face It Alone review – slight song boosted by Freddie Mercury giving it 150%

    The former frontman is the real attraction on a previously unheard single. While hardly a classic, it still packs an emotional punch

June 2022

  • Freddie Mercury on stage in Oakland, California.

    Freddie Mercury’s ‘priceless’ stamp collection to be celebrated

    Postal Museum show celebrates the Queen singer’s youthful passion for philately

January 2022

  • ‘Inebriate bash’ … a party in the 2013 film of The Great Gatsby.

    Bootleggers, bondage and law-breaking bashes! The scandalous history of the wild party

    From Prohibition-busting cocktail parties to all-night raves, illegal gatherings have been at the centre of modern culture for decades. So why do they still have the power to shock?

August 2021

  • ‘We were grieving and behaving irrationally’ ... Brian May.

    Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’

    As he reissues his debut solo album, the Queen guitarist recalls how making it helped him cope with a time when his band, marriage and the life of Freddie Mercury were coming to an end

March 2021

  • Freddie Mercury and David Bowie

    Queen and David Bowie recorded Cream covers in Under Pressure sessions

    A new interview with Roger Taylor and Brian May reveals the existence of recordings born from a boozy Swiss jam session

August 2020

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    My fantasy festival
    Melanie C's fantasy festival: Beyoncé, Prince and five kinds of chips

    The Spice Girls star heads to the Lake District for a carb-laden, booze-heavy weekend with Queen, the Beatles and more

April 2020

  • David Bowie by Mick Rock

    Mick Rock releases unseen photographs of 1970s rock royalty to support NHS

    Photographer and friend of David Bowie will donate money from sales of portraits to buy protective masks for hospital staff

May 2019

  • New faces: rock biopics include (from left) A Star Is Born, Teen Spirit, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman and Wild Rose

    Rocketmen, raves and rhapsodies: how the music movie became a Hollywood hit

    Elton John is the latest rock star to get the movie treatment in Rocketman. When did singers become as bankable as superheroes at the box office?
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