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Known as “the photographer who shot the 1970s”, Mick Rock’s Marlene Dietrich inspired cover photograph was frequently re-purposed by Queen, and became the basis for the Bohemian Rhapsody music video the following year (1975).

It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world!’ġ1 contact sheets from Mick Rock’s photoshoot for Queen II, the band’s second studio album, released in 1974. ‘They played the best, had the best sound. ‘Queen were absolutely the best band of the day,’ organiser Bob Geldof said later.

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And as the song unfurls, Freddie goes on to give it his all in a 21-minute performance that will go on to be universally acclaimed the undisputed highlight of the biggest-ever gig in rock history, reminding the world why together, the alchemy of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, Queen and Freddie Mercury were unbeatable.Ĭould there have been any other song to meet this moment, that could instantly unite millions, in seconds? That July day showed again the ineffable power of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to entrance and uplift billions of viewers, on a day full of appeals to the heart. It’s a safe bet that a great many of the estimated two billion viewers worldwide are singing along too. There is a colossal roar of recognition, before the 72,000 people in the crowd start singing along, in massed, wavering harmony. Freddie Mercury leaps across the vast promontory, energetically greeting the cheering crowd, before settling down at the piano, striking a few tentative notes and beginning to sing. At 6.41pm on a sweltering London evening, Queen bound onstage.

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