The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness

TV Special
1992
Unrated
2h 55m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

1.8K

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Freddie Mercury in The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992)

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The benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, who died of AIDS in November 1991.The benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, who died of AIDS in November 1991.The benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, who died of AIDS in November 1991.

Director
- David Mallet
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Mallet
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This concert marked the last time that David Bowie and his glam rock era guitarist Mick Ronson were on stage together. A year later to the day, Ronson died of cancer.

Goofs
In the accompanying "making of" documentary included on home video releases, Gary Cherone's last name is misspelled as "Cheron", and Joe Elliott's last name is misspelled as "Elliot."

Connections
Edited into Queen & George Michael: Somebody to Love (1992)

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Featured review

9/10

Very good concert performance

This concert tribute to the late Freddie Mercury (frontmen of legendary UK rock band QUEEN) is a great performance. There are so many guest appearances, including Elton John, Def Leppard and Axl Rose.

There are many musical performances, but the most popular -- and best -- has to be the reinterpretation of Queen's most famous song, Bohemian Rhapsody, which is performed here by Elton John and Axl Rose. It's a great performance, a great song -- and it sounds (arguably) even better with John and Rose singing it. (Although Queen fans may disagree on that one.) Overall this is a great performance and everyone involved is giving 100%. And for the record, I absolutely loved the performance of We Will Rock You, which is probably the second best song here - and it's really well performed.

Worth watching.