Queen singer Freddie Mercury passed away on this day in 1991. The music superstar died almost three decades ago but has been a constant fixture in popular culture since his passing.

Mercury achieved international fame in the 1970’s and 1980’s as the lead singer of British rock band Queen, his flamboyant style and impressive vocal abilities made him stand out from other musicians of the time. Throughout their career Queen combined a variety of musical influences into their pop-rock sound and they topped the charts around the globe.

Don’t Stop Me Now, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You, Who Wants to Live Forever, It’s a Kind of Magic, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Radio Gaga and I Want to Break Free are just a handful of the many hits the band enjoyed. Mercury also released a solo album Mr Bad Guy and collaborated with opera star Montserrat Caballé on an album that combined opera and pop sounds.

Mercury was bisexual, and while he did make multiple comments about his sexuality during his life, he did not publicly align himself with LGBTI causes. The day before his death he released a statement confirming that he had been tested for HIV and received a positive diagnosis. Mercury requested the media respect his privacy.

There has been speculation that Mercury was ill for some time, which increased after he appeared looking gaunt in promotional videos for Queen’s most recently releases.

Less than 24 hours later the news broke, he had passed away.

Since his passing a posthumous Queen album has been released, and his life was depicted in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. There’s been countless documentaries and books about his life and legacy.

Mercury’s passing is seen as a significant point in increasing public awareness about HIV as he was one of the most famous people to be lost to the disease. Following his death the remaining three members of Queen founded the Mercury Phoenix Trust which has raised millions of dollars for HIV research and support services.

In April 1992 a star-studded fundraising concert was held at Wembley Stadium. In front of a crowd of 72,000 people Liza Minnelli, Def Leppard, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Extreme, Seal, Guns and Roses, Elton John, Paul Young, Metallica and others joined the remaining members of Queen to perform their hits. The band’s collaboration with George Michael on Someone to Love became a chart-topping hit.

Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor continued the band teaming up with former Free singer Paul Rogers for several years, before collaborating with Adam Lambert in recent years.

The story of Queen was brought to the screen in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

George Michael performed ‘Jesus for a Child’ for the first time in 1994

At the 1994 MTV Europe Awards George Michael performed a new song Jesus to a Child. The song was a homage to Micheal’s partner Brazilian fashion designer Anselmo Feleppa who had died of an AIDS related illness the previous year.

At the time George Michael had not publicly shared that he was gay. The world would find this out when he was arrested for cruising in a Los Angeles public toilet in 1998.

Michael later shared that following Feleppa’s death he had been unable to write music, but Jesus to a Child, which reflected on thier relationship, was written in under an hour.

The song would not be released until 1996 and would serve as the lead single to Michael’s Older album. The album saw George Michael return to the album charts after a five- and half-year break that involved legal battles with his record company.

Whenever the singer performed the song in concerts, he took a moment to dedicate it to Anselmo. The video for the song is filled with symbolic images including two men holding hands while trapped inside boxes.

Lou Reed’s ‘Walk of the Wild Side’ was released in 1972

Lou Reed’s song Walk on the Wild Side was released on this day in 1972. It’s one of the first pop songs to make reference to someone being transgender.

The song shares the stories of several characters, based on real people, and touches on gender identity, male sex workers, oral sex, and drug use. Name checked in the tune are many of the luminaries from Andy Warhol’s New York studio The Factory, including Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis and Joe Campbell.

The Names Project is formed and leads to the AIDS Memorial Quilt

In 1985 at an AIDS Candlelight vigil in San Francisco activist Cleave Jones conceives the Names Project. It resulted in the creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt which has become one of the largest community art projects of all time.   The final quilt as of 2020 if assembled weighs an estimated 54 tones.

Learn more about the AIDS Memorial Quilt here.

OIP Staff, this post was first published in 2021 and has been updated.

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Freddie Mercury was born on this day in 1946, he passed away from an AIDS related illness in 1991 aged just 45. If he’d still been with us today would have been his 75th birthday.

Born Farrokh Buksara, in the British protectorate of Zanzibar in Africa, his parents were from the Parsi community of western India. As a youngster he spent most of is time in India until 1964 when the family fled to England due to a political uprising in the African nation where his parents were based.

In the late 1960s he was a member of several short lived bands, until in 1970 when he met Brian May and Roger Taylor in the band Smile. In 1971 bassist John Deacon joined and they changed their name to Queen – well aware of the word’s gay connotations.

Mercury achieved international fame in the 1970’s and 1980’s with his flamboyant style,  while his impressive vocal abilities made him stand out from other musicians of the time. Throughout their career Queen combined a variety of musical influences into their pop-rock sound and they topped the charts around the globe.

Don’t Stop Me Now, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You, Who Wants to Live Forever, It’s a Kind of Magic, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Radio Gaga and I Want to Break Free are just a handful of the many hits the band enjoyed.

Mercury also released a solo album Mr Bad Guy and collaborated with opera star Montserrat Caballé on an album that combined opera and pop sounds.

Mercury was bisexual, and while he did make multiple comments about his sexuality during his life, he did not publicly align himself with LGBTI causes. The day before his death he released a statement confirming that he had been tested for HIV and received a positive diagnosis. Mercury requested the media respect his privacy.

There has been speculation that Mercury was ill for some time, which increased after he appeared looking gaunt in promotional videos for Queen’s most recently releases. Less than 24 hours later the news broke, he had passed away.

Since his passing a posthumous Queen album has been released, and his life was depicted in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. There’s been countless documentaries and books about his life and legacy.

Mercury’s passing is seen as a significant point in increasing public awareness about HIV as he was one of the most famous people to be lost to the disease. Following his death the remaining three members of Queen founded the Mercury Phoenix Trust which has raised millions of dollars for HIV research and support services.

The band have continued on, first teaming up with vocalist Paul Rogers, and in more recent years Adam Lambert has been their singer.

The film adaptation of ‘Maurice’ made its debut in 1987

E.M. Forster finished work on the first draft of his novel Maurice in 1913, but the novel would not be published until after his death in 1971.

The book tells the tale of Maurice Hall a young man who develops a romantic relationship with his university friend Clive Durham. His heart is broken when Clive marries, leading Maurice to explore various avenues to cure himself of homosexuality. He later falls in love with Alec Scudder, one of the workers on Durham’s estate. The novel explores class difference and attitudes towards homosexuality, while at its core being a same-sex love story.

Forster showed the novel to only a few close confidants. He revised the work several times, first in 1932 and then again in 1959 – 60. The author felt it was not publishable due to negative attitudes towards homosexuality in Britain. Forster passed away in 1970 aged 91, the novel was found with a note attached reading “Publishable, but worth it?”

During his life Forster found success with many other books including A Room With a View, Passage to India, Howards End, Where Angels Fear to Tread and The Longest Journey. He also authored many short stories, plays, travel essays and literacy criticism.

Maurice was adapted into a feature film by production house Merchant Ivory, it was one of the first film roles for Hugh Grant who played Clive, James Wilby portrayed Maurice, while Rupert Graves took on the role of Alec.

The film had its first screening at the Venice Film Festival on this day in 1987. Also in the cast was Denholm Elliot, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, and Ben Kingsley. Eagle-eyed views might also spot an uncredited cameo from Helena Bonham-Carter.  Actor Julian Sands was originally cast as Maurice but backed out at the last minute.

The film was a great success at the Venice Film Festival. James Ivory shared the Silver Lion Best Director award with Italian Director Ermanno Olmi, who was recognised for his film Love Live the Lady. James Wilby and Hugh Grant shared the Best Actor award.  

The film is recognised as a groundbreaking depiction of a gay love story.

Culture Club’s ‘Karma Chameleon’ was released on this day in 1983

Back in 1983 Culture Club scored one of their biggest hits when they released Karma Chameleon.

The band had released their debut album Kissing to Be Clever in October 1982. Their first singles White Boy and I’m Afraid of Me, failed to chart, but they scored a number 1 hit with their next single Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

They followed it up with Time (Clock of the Heart), I’ll Tumble 4 Ya, and Church of the Poison Mind, but Karma Chameleon, which features on their second album Colour by Numbers would become their signature tune.

It spent six weeks at the top of the English charts, made its mark as the highest selling single on 1983 in the UK, and it’s still ranked the 39th biggest selling single of all time. Globally it sold 7 million copies, giving the band a number 1 hit in Australia, the USA, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway and many other nations.

Boy George has previously shared that he wrote the song while on holiday in Egypt, and the other members of the band were hesitant to record it because it sounds so much like a country song.    

OIP Staff, This post was first published in 2021 and has been updated.

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On this day in 1992 an assortment of musicians came together to remember Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury and raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.

Mercury passed away in November 1992, just one day after he let the world officially know that he was living with HIV. A few months after his passing, to raise finds for research and care of those affected by the virus, a star-studded fundraising concert was held at Wembley Stadium.

In front of a crowd of 72,000 people Liza Minnelli, Def Leppard, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Extreme, Seal, Guns and Roses, Elton John, Paul Young, Metallica and others joined the remaining members of Queen to perform their hits. The band’s collaboration with George Michael on Someone to Love became a chart-topping hit.

The show was also remembered for a duet between Guns and Roses and Elton John. The band had been accused of including homophobic lyrics in their songs, but they joined Elton John – who had only recently come out – to perform one of Queen’s greatest hits Bohemian Rhapsody. 

Highlights of the show included Annie Lennox and David Bowie performing Under Pressure, George Michael’s powerful rendition of Someone to Love and Axl Rose leading the crowd in a rendition of We Will Rock You. 

The concert was also one of the final performances of guitarist Mick Ronson who passed away the following year. This was the last full concert Queen’s bassist John Deacon played with the band.

Luthur Vandross was born in 1951

Singer Luther Vandross spent years as a backing vocalist before achieving success as an RnB crooner. He never spoke about his sexuality during his life, but after he passed away colleagues confirmed that he was gay.

Vandross was a backing vocalist for Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie and Donna Summer. In 1980 he found success with the band Change, but he soon launched a solo career that saw him develop a legion of mostly female fans.

His success as a singer was mainly in the USA, but he scored a massive global hit when he teamed up with Janet Jackson to record The Best Things In Life Are Free, later he scored another big hit when he sang Endless Love with Mariah Carey.

In 2003 he released an acclaimed album Dance With My Father, the title track, co-written with Richard Marx, won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2004. Sadly he could only accept the award via a pre-taped acceptance speech.

In April 2003 he suffered a severe stroke and was in a coma for two months. The stoke affected his ability to sing and he has to use a wheelchair.  He died two years later of a heart attack. He left behind 16 albums of material.

George Takei was born in this day in 1939

Actor and activist George Takei was born on this day in 1939.

Best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the TV series Star Trek and it’s subsequent movies, Takei has enjoyed a career that has spanned eight decades.

Since he joined Facebook in 2011, his account which is filled with humorous comments and discussions about human rights has attracted over 10 million followers.

Takei announced he was gay in 2005 and had been in a long term relationship with Brad Altman. The couple wed in 2008.

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Queen + Adam Lambert have announced details of Rhapsody Over London, an exclusive concert spectacular filmed live at London’s O2 Arena during their current sold-out European Tour.

The exclusive Live Concert Film will feature a live Q&A with Brian, Roger and Adam, speaking backstage from the penultimate show of their European tour.

Fans around the world will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase tickets and submit their questions via video by July 19th, for the band to see and answer live during the Q&A.

The concert will only be available until 31st July on the platform and accompanied by special VOD packages, where fans will have access to additional concerts and interviews.

The acclaimed documentary The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story will be available exclusively for ticket holders for a full two days prior to the livestream.

The concert was filmed during the band’s sold out 10-day run at The O2 Arena, London in early June. Having been attended by over half a million concert goers during the2022 36-date European tour, Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody Over London live concert film is set to reach a worldwide audience of millions more when the experience premieres online on July 24.

The broadcast will give fans around the world one more chance to experience the magic of the Rhapsody Tour. A massive undertaking, utilising 26 cameras and a crew of over 100 film technicians, the production presents the band’s two and half hour show in its entirety.

The audience will also be able to interact with fellow fans throughout the show using Kiswe’s fan engagement features, including fan chat feed and cheer buttons, fan react videos enabling viewers to upload video selfies, purchase custom digital stickers, and the ability to buy exclusive in-concert merchandise.

In a dazzling 28 song performance, Queen + Adam Lambert’s live show honours Freddie Mercury’s dictum that “too far is never far enough” with state-of-the art video content, lasers and pyrotechnics.

Adam Lambert’s vocal prowess and showmanship is a special effect in itself, soaring to the ecstatic high notes of Somebody to Love, and appearing on a bejewelled Harley Davidson bike for Bicycle Race. But at its heart the Rhapsody show stays a very human honouring of the core band’s work, as Brian May simply strums his acoustic guitar to 20,000 people for his A Night at the Opera gem 39, and duets with film of Freddie on a moving Love Of My Life. Roger Taylor performs a majestic These Are The Days Of Our Lives as moments from Queen’s history poignantly plays out on the expansive screens.

A full arsenal of hits are refreshed by the band’s live virtuosity, May’s Red Special guitar finding new sorcery in A Kind of Magic as well as reaching stratospheric heights in a towering guitar solo. Taylor and Lambert emulate Bowie and Mercury in a thunderous Under Pressure. Bohemian Rhapsody resurrects Queen’s glorious 1975 harmonies before a cyborg-masked May’s rousing solo, and Lambert’s rush to the front for the storming finale.

The Rhapsody Over London show will premiere live on July 24 via Kiswe’s global streaming platform.

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Hooking up virtually between the UK and Los Angeles, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor and singer Adam Lambert have recorded a new version of Queen’s classic, We Are The Champions.

Widely regarded as one of the most instantly recognizable anthems, it was this same song Queen + Adam Lambert played for their first performance together on the May 2009 American Idol finale.

Brian May and Roger Taylor have been performing pop-up concerts from their respective homes while in lockdown and the seeds of this new May, Taylor and Lambert version of We Are The Champions were sown when May posted a MicroCon invitation to jam with him on the classic Queen track on his Instagram.

Taylor was first to respond, followed by Lambert who in his at-home performance changed the lyric mid-song to You are the Champions.

Overwhelmed with calls for the track to be made available to download the resulting ‘virtual jam’ version now titled You Are The Champions and additionally featuring band bass player Neil Fairclough, is available now on all streaming and download services.

Proceeds raised from the track will go to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (WHO), powered by the United Nations Foundation. The Fund provides tools and resources to health workers on the frontlines globally, including PPE, testing kits, trainings, and more. Additionally, the Fund supports the rapid development of a vaccine and therapeutics.

As the unfolding coronavirus outbreak has forced Queen + Adam Lambert to reschedule their 27 date UK and European tour to 2021, it’s hoped this new We Are The Champions will also provide some consolation for disappointed fans.

Since its initial release in October 1977, the Freddie Mercury-penned We Are The Champions, has become a victory parade anthem uniting sports terraces and on-field celebrations the world over. This enduring anthem is frequently heard at the winning line of motor races and has also become synonymous with track and field events, soccer and baseball championships and even (without endorsement) at presidential campaign rallies.

Freddie said of We Are The Champions: “I wanted to write something that everyone could sing along to. And at the same time, I thought it would be nice to have a winning song that’s meant for everyone.”

“By each playing our part and addressing the difficult times we are all sharing we will win this challenge,” the band say. “During this time our thoughts and thanks are with those dedicated medical heroes standing up to the battle daily on our behalf. They are the champions. You are the champions.”

“It seems to me we should dedicate this one to all the front-line soldiers fighting for Humanity against the insurgent coronavirus,” Brian May said of the tune.

“Just like our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents who fought for us in two world wars, those brave warriors in the front line are our new CHAMPIONS. That means the doctors, nurses, cleaners, porters, drivers, tea-ladies and gentlemen, and all who are quietly risking their lives daily to save the lives of our kin. CHAMPIONS ALL!!!”

Roger Taylor adds: “As a father with a daughter in the front line, I am ultra-aware of the vital work they are doing daily to save us and our society. Their bravery and sacrifice must not be prejudiced by anything less than a one hundred per cent effort by our governments to protect them. They are precious to us all and they are truly our champions.”

Adam Lambert has also dedicated the cover to all those on the frontline all over the world that we dedicate our performance.

“Thank you for keeping us safe, we are in awe of your bravery and strength.”

Queen + Adam Lambert’s You Are The Champions is available now.

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Dyson Stringer Cloher – the music project of three of Australia’s most accomplished and dynamic songwriters, Jen Cloher, Mia Dyson and Liz Stringer have released their new single and video Falling Clouds.

The clip directed by Annelise Hickey sees the trio dressing in drag to make a comment about how women  in Australian rock are often overlooked.

The song reminisces a time when Jen Cloher saw The Clouds and Falling Joys at an underage gig in her hometown of Adelaide in the early 90s.

“You kicked the door wide open so I could walk onto that stage” Cloher sings, paying tribute to the axe wielding women in Australian music who showed those coming up that it could be done.

In the same song, the band questions the absence of Australia’s female poet laureate, naming checking high profile male songwriters Paul Kelly and Nick Cave. “Nothing against Paul or Nick, but if you want to be remembered, then you better have a dick.” the trio sings.

Jen Cloher has explained why the group decided to enter the world of drag kings.

“Drag has always been a fun way to explore gender through performance. Falling Clouds examines how the rules and privileges of gender have shaped the careers of women and non binary artists in Australia. Whilst it’s a serious subject, we decided to have some fun with it. Choosing to take on three of glam rocks most revered icons, we discovered that even masculinity is a performance. Ru Paul nailed it when he said, ‘We’re all born naked, the rest is drag.’”

Director Annelise Hickey said creating the video was a lot of fun.

“This project was a lot of fun to work on with Jen, Mia, Liz and our wonderful crew. In all honesty, I’m always cautious of working on music video clips where the artist has come up with the concept themselves. Sometimes the budgets are unrealistic for ambitious ideas or there’s a massive risk in creating vision for someone else’s concept only to leave them disappointed. But after listening to the track and meeting with Jen about her concept, there was something she said that stayed with me.

“This isn’t a direct quote but it was something like “we celebrate men being in touch with their femininity but we don’t really celebrate women exploring their masculinity.” I’ve always been a bit of a tomboy and remember strapping down my boobs when I was younger because they made me feel girly, so I was excited to explore the idea of women dressing up like men and taking it that step even further to make those characters based on gay glam rock icons (Freddie Mercury, Elton John and David Bowie).

“The concept was visually rich and having worked with Jen before, I knew how ballsy she would be in approaching her own performance in the clip. Asking Jen Cloher to shove a fake penis down the front of her pants was something a director probably only gets to do once so I guess I’m pretty lucky!”

In 2013, Jen Cloher, Mia Dyson and Liz Stringer came together in the spirit of collaboration and experimentation to release a 3-track EP. They took their music deep into the heart of the country, playing more than 40 shows across every state and territory, as well as festival performances at Byron Bay Bluesfest and Queenscliff Music Festival.

In the intervening six years they all pursued their solo careers – releasing a combined 8 studio albums, winning multiple awards and touring globally. Now, the trio mark their return with Falling Clouds.

Check out the video and the new tune.

Source: Media Release

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A new recording of Freddie Mercury performing Time Waits for No One, a demo version of his song Time, has been released.

Mercury first recorded the song in the mid 1980’s for friend Dave Clark’s musical project Time. The concept album featured some of the biggest singers of the time including Cliff Richard, Dionne Warwick, Leo Sayer and Julian Lennon. Clark was the leader of The Dave Clark Five, famous for their 60’s hit Glad All Over. 

Mercury performed the title track to the project, but now a demo recording of the song has been uncovered. Clark returned to work on the project, isolating Mercury’s vocals and recorded a new piano track for the tune.

The song was recorded in early 1986, a time when several of the band members of Queen had spent some time recording solo material.

When the track was first released Clark and Mercury gave several media interviews and said they had worked all through the night to make the recording of the song, and often argued about how the song should sound, but they both made sacrifices to come up with the final recording.

Take a listen to the new version.

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The WA Labor party has been accused of casual homophobia after posting a video which depicts retiring Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne as Queen singer Freddie Mercury.

The short video which was posted to party’s social media platforms on Saturday superimposes the retiring Defence Minister’s head on the body of the late Queen singer as he sings the band’s hit Another One Bites the Dust.

On Saturday Christopher Pyne announced he would be retiring from politics and would not stand at the upcoming federal election.

Pyne is regularly mocked for having effeminate mannerisms, and many followers of WA Labors social media channels expressed their view that the clip had homophobic undertones.

Commenters said it was in particularly poor form to post the video of the day of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras – the nation’s largest LGBTIQ+ celebration.

“This is not a good tweet (homophobic). Delete it.” posted one commenter.  “It’s 2019, you dimwits. A bare minimum would be deleting it, but an apology too would be better” said another.

“Yeah let’s use being gay as a butt of a joke. Come on Pyne has plenty of character flaws without conflating this like this.” complained another.

“This is spectacularly poor form I can’t even. Get in the sea. – You can do your own research on how many times people have insinuated that Chris is gay. So to photoshop his face on a gay icon is spectacularly poor form. Both to Chris & the entire LGBTIQ community. On Mardi Gras weekend.” one Twitter follower added.

“On what planet are *he’s a poof* jokes ok? Delete and apologise.” suggested another.

On Sunday the post was deleted from the party’s Twitter account but remained on WA Labor’s Facebook page.

WA Labor’s State Secretary Matt Dixon told OUTinPerth there was nothing intentionally homophobic about the video.

“There is nothing intentionally homophobic about our video, our feedback on Facebook has been very well received, on Twitter some have tried to view it in another light which is was never intended.

“WA Labor has a long and proud history of supporting and working with the LGBTIQ community in WA.

“Our video was removed from Twitter late this afternoon as users of that platform raised concerns with the video. It hasn’t received the same reaction on Facebook.” Dixon said.

“We didn’t use Steve Ciobo in the video because no one knows who he is.”

The WA Labor State Secretary said people should not read too much into the intent of the video’s message, and said those who highlight the video being released on the day of Mardi Gras were reading too much into the video’s message; “we’re not in the business of taking such a crass pot shots as some have tried to draw connection with.” Dixon said.

“People should enjoy the video in the spirit it was intended as a comic use of a classic song to draw attention of another senior Minister abandoning Scott Morrison’s Government. “BITES THE DUST” as it would be.

“WA Labor wishes Christopher Pyne all the best in his retirement from public life.” Dixon said.

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03-03-19 Update: Comments from WA Labor Secretary Matt Dixon added. 

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A new trailer for the upcoming biopic on the life of legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury shows us a deeper look at his life and sexuality.

Bohemian Rhapsody stars Rami Malek as Mercury, as charts his rise to fame alongside his three band mates, leading up to their iconic Wembley concert in 1986.

The initial teaser trailer for the film was criticised for omitting Mercury’s bisexuality, but this new clip shows Freddie flirting with a man, confirming it’s likely to be explored on screen. The new footage also hints at Mercury speaking on his HIV diagnosis – which led to his tragic death in 1991.

The film also stars Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen as Queen’s second manager and an unrecognisable Mike Myers as an EMI executive.

Watch the full trailer below.

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The first peek at the upcoming biopic charting the rise of music legends Freddie Mercury and Queen has arrived.

Bohemian Rhapsody follows the four artists over fifteen years from the formation of the iconic band, to their unforgettable performance at musical fundraiser Live Aid in 1985.

Mr Robot star Rami Malek takes front and centre as Mercury, and is joined by Queer as Folk‘s Aidan Gillen as Queen’s manager, Gwilym Lee as guitarist Brian May and Mike Myers in an unspecified role.

The film was written by Academy Award-nominee Anthony McCarten, known for his biographical films The Theory of Everything (Stephen Hawking) and Darkest Hour (Winston Churchill).

Check out the first teaser below.

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