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Late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury had some iconic interview moments during his career. One of the greatest vocalists in rock ‘n’ roll, Mercury wasn’t just a showman on the stage, but was one when he was off the stage as well, and especially in interviews. He had a way of entertaining even when he wasn’t trying to. For this week’s Loud List, we compiled clips of some of Mercury’s most iconic, wittiest moments in interviews. In the video, you’ll hear him describe his, er, favorite hobby, all of the swear words he learned during his time in Munich (which he lived in for a time, according to uDi...
Loudwire
Freddie Mercury’s London home has been put on sale with an asking price of $38 million – more than 1,000 times the amount paid by the Queen star in 1980. Mercury left Garden Lodge, in the affluent Kensington neighborhood, to his closest friend Mary Austin when he died in 1991. After she auctioned most of the property’s furniture in 2023, along with a range of Mercury’s other possessions, she decided it was time to sell the house she’d stayed in for over 30 years. “It was really only ever my house in name only,” Austin told Bloomberg in a recent interview. “I had worked on the house with him an...
PopCrush
Freddie Mercury’s London home has been put on sale with an asking price of $38 million – more than 1,000 times the amount paid by the Queen star in 1980. Mercury left Garden Lodge, in the affluent Kensington neighborhood, to his closest friend Mary Austin when he died in 1991. After she auctioned most of the property’s furniture in 2023, along with a range of Mercury’s other possessions, she decided it was time to sell the house she’d stayed in for over 30 years. “It was really only ever my house in name only,” Austin told Bloomberg in a recent interview. “I had worked on the house with him an...
Loudwire
Freddie Mercury’s London home has been put on sale with an asking price of $38 million – more than 1,000 times the amount paid by the Queen star in 1980. Mercury left Garden Lodge, in the affluent Kensington neighborhood, to his closest friend Mary Austin when he died in 1991. After she auctioned most of the property’s furniture in 2023, along with a range of Mercury’s other possessions, she decided it was time to sell the house she’d stayed in for over 30 years. “It was really only ever my house in name only,” Austin told Bloomberg in a recent interview. “I had worked on the house with him an...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Das bekannte Londoner Anwesen von Queen-Sänger Freddie Mercury steht für eine Millionensumme zum Verkauf. Seine langjährige Lebensgefährtin Mary Austin, die auch nach der Trennung seine Vertraute blieb, bietet «Garden Lodge» für mehr als 30 Millionen Pfund (35 Mio. Euro) an, wie das Maklerunternehmen Knight Frank mitteilte. Aus Sicherheitsgründen würden aber weder der Grundriss noch weitere Details preisgegeben. Das Haus sei für sie die schönste Erinnerung, in jedem Zimmer herrschten Liebe und Wärme, sagte Austin der Mitteilung zufolge. «Es war eine Freude, hier zu leben, und ich habe viele wu...
DPA (German)
Eine Freddie Mercury Hologramm-Show könnte in Planung sein.Mercury Songs Limited, dem die Solowerke des verstorbenen Queen-Frontmanns gehören, hat seinen Namen für 3D und Virtual Reality als Marke angemeldet. Laut dem Antrag, der der Kolumne ‚Bizarre‘ der Zeitung ‚The Sun‘ vorliegt, umfasst diese „immersive virtuelle 3D-, Augmented- und Mixed-Reality-Erfahrungen“ für „virtuelle Umgebungen“. Der ‚Don‘t Stop Me Now‘-Hitmacher starb 1991 im Alter von 45 Jahren an einer Lungenentzündung, einer Komplikation von AIDS. Es sieht jedoch so aus, als würde er als digitaler Avatar auf die Bühne zurückkehr...
Bang Showbiz DE
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...
BANG Showbiz English
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 ...
BANG Showbiz English
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...
BANG Showbiz English
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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