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Having the opportunity to play London’s Wembley Stadium, Paramore‘s Hayley Williams used the stage to pay musical tribute to Queen‘s Freddie Mercury with an epic callback. The band were performing during one of Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour stops when Williams decided to have a little fun. Stepping out onto a runway leading out to the audience, Williams told the crowd, “I’ve got one minute to try something and I need you to help me.” The singer, who was sporting a white T-shirt and faded blue jeans similar to what Mercury wore at Live Aid, then decided to run through Mercury’s “Ayo” vocal warm-ups ...
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Queen‘s Brian May recalled Freddie Mercury‘s attitude right before his death during a new conversation with Sammy Hagar for AXS TV. During a clip shared on YouTube, May spoke about Queen’s decision to break up the band after the frontman’s death in 1991. “We’d always said, ‘If one of us goes, that’s it,'” May remembered. Queen released one final album with Mercury’s vocals in 1995, Made in Heaven, which they worked on after the singer died. He’d left behind a batch of vocal and piano recordings that he created during his final days. “Freddie, in his last days, was like, ‘Okay guys, I’m not gon...
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Queen hat Berichten zufolge einen Deal in Höhe von 1 Milliarde Pfund, also etwa 1,16 Milliarden Euro, abgeschlossen, um den Musikkatalog der Band an Sony Music zu verkaufen.Die ‚Bohemian Rhapsody‘-Hitmacher – zu der immer noch die Gründungsmitglieder Sir Brian May und Roger Taylor gehören – führen seit Jahren Gespräche über einen Verkauf ihres umfangreichen Song- und Albenkatalogs. Jetzt heißt es, dass ein Deal unmittelbar bevorsteht. Wie ‚Variety‘ berichtet, werden der Musikkatalog und andere Rechte von Sony für die riesige Summe erworben. Es wird angenommen, dass der Deal in den nächsten Woc...
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Madonna soll die Arbeit an ihrem Biopic erneut aufgenommen haben.Die Queen of Pop hatte die Pläne für den Film im vergangenen Jahr auf Eis gelegt, als sie sich auf ihre "Celebration"-Tournee begab, um vier Jahrzehnte in der Musik zu feiern. Und jetzt hat die Künstlerin das neue Projekt jedoch wiederbelebt, wobei sie hofft, das Drehbuch in diesem Sommer zusammen mit Universal Pictures fertigstellen zu können. 'Ozark'-Schauspielerin Julia Garner soll weiterhin die Rolle der 'Vogue'-Hitmacherin spielen und hat im letzten Jahr heimlich Gesangs- und Tanzunterricht genommen, um sich auf die Rolle vo...
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Madonna is once again working on her biopic. The Queen of Pop put plans for the film on hold last year as she embarked on her Celebration tour to mark four decades in music but has now revived the big screen project and is hoping to finalise the script with Universal Pictures this summer. 'Ozark' star Julia Garner is still set to play the 'Vogue' hitmaker and is said to have been secretly having singing and dancing lessons for the past year in preparation for the part. Madonna believes that the success of music biopics 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Rocketman' – about Freddie Mercury and Sir Elton J...
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A replica of Freddie Mercury’s iconic cape is set to feature in a new fashion exhibition. The copy of the famous cloak worn by Queen’s late frontman was created by fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes, 83, and will go on display at the Salisbury Museum as part the ‘Fashioning Our World’ exhibition, which was co-curated by a group of young fashion fans. Katy England, project manager of the show, told the BBC: “It has been amazing to work with the young people on this exhibition. "We have discovered so many stories of sustainability in the collection, we can't wait for people to be able to see th...
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Freddie Mercury's entire personal possessions made a whopping £40 million ($50.4 million) at auction - setting a record for the highest sale of a collection of its kind. The most expensive item in the 'Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own' sale was the Yamaha Baby Grand Piano the late music legend recorded hits such as 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on, which sold for £1.7 million. Interestingly, the Queen legend's Tiffany Moustache Comb, which had an estimate of £400, went for an eye-watering £152,000. Handwritten working lyrics for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' had a final bid of £1.4 million. And a silver snake ...
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Freddie Mercury's piano has sold for $2.2 million at auction. The instrument he used compose Queen hits including 'Bohemian Rhapsody' went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London this week as part of an auction of the later singer's possessions - with the Yamaha baby grand as the star lot - but despite fetching millions the final price fell short of previous estimates which suggest it could sell for between $2.5 million and $3.8 million. Other items sold off included handwritten lyrics for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - featuring the tune's original working title of 'Mongolian Rhapsody' - which fetched...
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Freddie Mercury's moustache comb "could go for £50,000" at auction. More than 1,400 items belonging to the former Queen frontman are set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in September, and Peter Freestone - his former live-in PA - has predicted that his moustache comb could attract a massive bid. Peter told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "It cost about £90. It was from Tiffany and Co, one of their little gift things. But it could go for £50,000 because they will be paying for the DNA of Freddie." Peter, 68, explained that Freddie - who died in November 1991, aged 45 - actually used to send him...
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Freddie Mercury's grand piano, handwritten song lyrics and extravagant costumes will go on display before being auctioned off next month. More than 1,400 items that once belonged to the Queen singer - who died in 1991 aged 45 - are being auctioned off by Sotheby's London and fans will be able to view the items in a free exhibition. As well as a collection of Japanese silk kimonos and other items of clothing, visitors will get to see Freddie's detailed dinner party seating plans, menus, and invitations, his art collection, numerous cat figurines and even an old school book. Thomas Williams, Sot...
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