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May 1977, Stockholm, Sweden - At Hotel Malmen Queen receive awards for the sales of their album 'Sheer Heart Attack'

👉 May 8th, 1977 - Queen Story!

1977 - Queen perform at the Ice Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, during 'A Day At The Races Tour'

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Queen performing Killer Queen, Avro's TopPop - Dutch TV (1974)

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Queen in 1977

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this will probably be long but I don’t care

It never ceases to amaze me how decent the people in Queen all are. Like yeah they are a major rock band and there was no shortage of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll™️ going on. We know this. I’m not trying to portray them as perfect people.

But like, if you look at literally anything anyone who’s spent time with them has said or just their actions in general it’s almost hard to believe how like…generous and kind they all are. I mean especially comparing to stuff you hear about the other people/groups at the time.

Freddie bought Christmas dinners for all AIDS patients in hospitals every year. He was a great tipper. He invited anyone who had nowhere else to go to Garden Lodge for holiday dinners. He bought his friends Christmas presents for a Christmas he knew he wouldn’t see. He bought Jim a car. He took in a stranded musician in Japan and sent his driver up to McDonalds when he discovered the person (I’m sorry I don’t remember who it was) didn’t like sushi and then paid the owner to let the guy just sit there. He was the peacemaker of Queen. Everyone around him has always said how funny, kind, generous, and respectful he was.

Roger got a taste of a solo career and immediately went “I’m going to raise awareness for a whole bunch of issues because I am in the position to do so.” He wrote songs about war, racism, socioeconomic inequality, AIDS, neo-Nazism/holocaust denial, domestic violence. He called out religious extremism, politicians, and the extremely wealthy sometimes by name. He’s a patron of Cornwall Pride. He had a signed congratulations note delivered to a couple who got engaged during Somebody To Love. And of course, he co-founded the Mercury Phoenix Trust and then nearly single-handedly organized what remains the largest tribute concert ever the proceeds of which went to the MPT

Brian is Brian. I mean anyone who follows him on Instagram will know he just has a philosophy of treating people with kindness. He’s a queer ally, he calls out crazy right-wing people on a variety of issues, he calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and he champions animal rights. And he practices what he preaches as you will know if you kept up with their last Japan tour and his quest to find vegan food. Not to mention as well as also being a co-founder of the MPT, he and Roger went on national television ONE WEEK after Freddie died to dispel homophobia, AIDS fearmongering, and to raise awareness (not to mention trying to clear up everything the press had been saying about Freddie).

As John is the quiet, private person not much is known about him regarding this but he obviously had deep love and respect for Freddie and I mean there is something to say about the company you keep.

I don’t really have a point I just marvel at it

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Your Honour, I don't think you understand just how much I need him.

His hair, his hands, that fucking smile

His smile. It's so beautiful. His smile could melt icebergs.

His hands. They're so big and long and it almost sounds like I could be talking about something so I'm going to shut up now. Also I wonder what it would be like if hands like that were on my boobs.

His hair. I would love to feel that shit. It looks so soft.

Excuse me for a moment while I scream.

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Elton John by Jack Robinson, ca. 1970

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“You told me you were in the bath one day and singing it and there it was, Rog!”

Brian May (x)

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Freddie Mercury and his husband, Jim Hutton

“I’m very happy with my relationship at the moment and I couldn’t ask for better. I’ve finally found a niche that I was looking for all my life and no fucker in this universe is gonna upset it”

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17 April 1976, Queen performed the first of two consecutive evenings @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 ‘A Night At The Opera’ Tour

This is the fourth and final leg of the tour. These eight shows in Australia will close out ‘A Night At The Opera’ and Queen will begin working on their fifth album ‘A Day At The Races’

They will break in September for a special summer series of four gigs which will include the epic FREE concert at Hyde Park!

Freddie’s Hot Pants Are Iconic ♥️🤍♥️🤍

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i don’t know why i think it’s so poetic that brian wrote the first song on the first queen album and the last song on the last album, he bookended their entire catalog

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Queen - Liar (1973)

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All this about not getting to see John Lennon on twitter but I think the real tragedy is that Freddie Mercury never had an instagram

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“The very first time we met Freddie was when he came to one of our gigs. He said, ‘You guys are great, great, great, you are really, really brilliant , but you should do this and you should do that, you should be more of a dramatic act, you should have more lights, more sound…’. Okay Freddie!

We were like, who is this guy? We said what are you? Freddie said, ‘Well, I’m a singer darling, I’m a singer.’

Oh really. Okay, fine! He kept turning up to our gigs and saying the same things.

We were getting into difficult ground, we were getting no where, we were a band called ‘Smile.’

Our singer got enticed away from us by some group called ‘Humpy Bong’ and he went off to the big time.

We were thinking ‘great, what the hell are we going to do’ and at that moment Freddie said, ‘I’ll sing for you.’ ☺️

I said, ‘Can you even sing?’ He said, ‘Yes, of course, I can sing.’ We got together and practiced. Our first impression of Freddie was ‘Oh My God!’ He was very ebullient, very exuberant and his way of delivery was just dashing around the whole time and screaming his head off. So, we were a bit taken back. We thought okay, he means well.

So, after a few rehearsals and we played a couple of exploratory gigs, we realized that this Freddie guy could sing and he had a lot of great ideas. It was Roger, myself and Freddie at this point. We had gone through a number of bass players. We had a hard time finding a bass player who had the right sort of spirit for us. We went through about a dozen. Then we found John Deacon. We all just seemed to click and somehow in a moment, Queen was born.

It obviously changed all of our lives. I don’t think any of us realized quite where it would take us. It’s amazing looking back. We were just kids. We were young people with dreams. Impossible dreams, really. We thought, we could change the world. “

Brian May 2010 interview with Aaron Truss

Four extraordinary musicians who did change the world of music. Queen are true originals. Timeless music that stands the test of time!”

Legends 👑

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Don’t be ridiculous