Barcelona Ritz 208, 209
Barclay James Harvest 16
Bastin, Tony 141, 143, 148, 151, 156, 158, 183, 205
Bates, Simon ix, 162–4, 184, 227, 238, 250
Bauer, Bernd 198
BBC ix, 66, 68, 79, 115, 174, 185, 186
1992 Olympic Games coverage 217
Queen at the Beeb and 230
see also Radio One; TV and radio programmes
Beach Boys 63, 67
Beach, Jim 90, 96, 126, 127, 131, 136, 150, 152, 164, 182, 187, 188, 207, 214, 216, 220, 235, 239–42
Beatlemania 49, 177 Beatles 10, 26, 46, 62, 100, 142, 150, 252, 257, 262
Beatles Anthology 1, The 257
Beatles (White Album), The 43
Beck, Ronnie 65–6
Bee Gees 34
Beeb see BBC
Bersin, Mike ix, 17–30, 73
Biba 15, 18, 44
‘Bicycle Race’ 132, 133
Black Sabbath 38
Blackman, Tony ix, 48
‘Blag’ 21
‘Body Language’ 148, 157
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (single) 97–105, 125, 139, 140, 151, 153, 246
‘Best Ever Record’ placing of 100
‘Bo Rhap’ sobriquet of 101, 126
Britannia Awards and 126
Christmas number one record held by 244
FM composes 97, 100
FM’s death and 244
FM designs cover concept for 103
impact of 100–3, 217
Ivor Novello Awards and 110
KE promotes 99
Magic Johnson Aids Foundation and 246
number one for first time 103–5, 106
number one for second time 244
OTT branding of 102
Released 99–100
re-release of 244
resentment surrounding 201
‘Show Must Go On, The’ and 246
‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’ and 244
THT and 244
TOTP and 101–2
200-copy limited edition of 137
‘Worst Ever Record’ 100
Britannia Awards 126
Bolan, Marc 80
Boomtown Rats 172, 174, 181
‘Born to Rock ’n’ Roll’ 202
Bowie, David 151–2, 181, 185, 250
‘The Jean Genie’ 79
Boy George 174
Boylan, John ix, 253, 254
BPI Awards 233, 246
Brainsby, Tony ix, 39, 70–1, 73, 74, 82, 89, 91, 99, 101, 103–4, 134, 176
Branson, Sir Richard ix, 111, 113
Bray Studios, Berkshire 249
‘Breakthru’ 230
British Broadcasting Corporation see BBC
British Colonial Office, Zanzibar 2
‘British Eurovision Violence Contest’ 143
British Library ix
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) 233, 246
British Red Cross 38
British Video Awards 204
Brown, Errol 105
Brown, Lindsay 56
Brown, Pete ix, 95, 97, 99, 104–5, 108–9, 116–17, 126–7, 135–6, 146
bubblegum rock see glam rock Budokan Martial Arts Hall, Tokyo 93–4, 149
Buerk, Michael ix, 174, 186
Bulsara, Bomi (father) 2–3, 7
death of 259
FM statue unveiled by 258
FM’s death and 242, 247
illness of 224
Parsee faith and 2, 3, 224
Bulsara, Farrokh (‘Freddie’) (FM) 2, 3, 15, 39
Becomes ‘Freddie’ 3
becomes ‘Freddie Mercury’ 39
see also Mercury, Freddie Bulsara, Jer (mother) 2–3, 7
FM award accepted by 259
FM’s death and 242, 247
Parsee faith and 2, 3, 224
Bulsara, Kashmira (sister) 259
birth of 2
FM’s death and 247
Burbridge, Derek 125
Bush, Kate 139
Caballé, Montserrat 206–14, 219, 220, 224, 225–6, 243, 248, 258
Cabaret 43
Cable, Robin 63–4, 67
Caine, Michael 191
Caine, Shakira 191
Calvar, Geoff 54
Capital Radio 99, 112, 113
Capitol, Aberdeen 104
Capitol Records 164, 168, 194, 235
Cardiff Castle 111
Carnon Downs Festival, Truro 52
Carreras, José 225
Cassidy, David 195
Catholic homophobia 252–3
Cavern Club 26, 46–7, 123
CBS 59, 180
Chandler, Chas 12
Chant, Peter 131
Chaplin, Charlie 258
Charisma Records 59
Chesney, Chris 32
Chicago Bears 129
Christie’s 254
Cinderella Rockerfella, Leeds 72
Clark, Dave 112, 195, 205, 240, 241, 242, 254–5
FM’s death and 241–2
Clash 122, 123
Cobbold, Lady Chryssie ix, 200
Cocker, Joe 14
Bohemian Rhapsody (video) 153
Cocobana, London 166
Collins, Phil 174
Commodores 137
Conroy, Paul 56–7, 59
Coronation Street 168
Cousins, Robin 192–3
Coward, Noël 87
‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ 138, 139, 143, 185
‘Crazy Tour’ 141
Cross’s 257
Cumberland County Civic Center 128
Daleks 258
Damned 122
Dave Clark Five 255; see also Clark, Dave
Day at the Races, A 113
de Burgh, Chris 70
De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley 54–8, 65
Deacon, John Richard 61, 65, 73, 78, 96, 97, 164, 174, 256–60
‘Another One Bites the Dust’ 147, 179
awards and 149, 204
becomes engaged 90
electronic engineering degree attained by 64
FM’s death and 242, 243
FM’s ill health and 229, 233, 238, 243
Freddie Mercury Tribute concert and 244, 248–52
joins Queen 49–50, 51
marriage of 90, 110
Music Life poll and 149
Queen audition of 49
Queen joined by 49, 51–2, 153
Radio Ga Ga video and 168–9
songwriting debut of 86
‘You’re My Best Friend’ 111
Deane, Derek ix, 139–40, 170
‘Death Row’ 19
Decca 59
Dee, Kiki 112
Depp, Johnny 260
Def Leppard 248, 249
DHL 141
Diana, Princess 191
Dickinson Bruce, ix, 177–9
Dire Straits 184
discography see albums (FM); albums
(Queen); singles (FM); singles
(Queen)
‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ 174
Doctor Who 258
Dolezal, Rudi 236
Dominion Theatre 195, 202, 233, 259, 262
‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ 112
‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ 135
Donati, Danilo 136
Dorchester Hotel, London 110
Dovedale Towers Banqueting Halls,
Liverpool 23
Duran Duran 174, 212
Dylan, Bob 184
‘Each and Every One of Us’ 202
Eagling, Wayne ix, 138–40, 169–70, 191, 244
Ealing Technical College and School of Art (‘Ealing Art College’) 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 27, 138
‘Earth’ 16, 20, 21
Earthband (Manfred Mann) 112
Edinburgh Festival 111
Edmunds, Dave 123
Edney, Spike ix, 172–3, 181, 184, 200, 260
Electric Ladyland Studios 107
Elektra Records 66, 71, 84, 125, 148, 160
‘eleventh Commandment’ 253
Elizabeth II 124
Elliott, Joe ix, 248, 249, 250
Ellis, Terry 233
Elstree Studios 102
Elton, Ben 259
Emanuel, David 191–2
Emanuel, Elizabeth ix, 191–2
EMI 62, 65–70, 79–80, 94–6, 131, 139, 157, 160, 194, 235
Queen’s Award to Industry received by 136–7
‘Emotions in Motion’ 160
Essex, David ix, 67, 87
Estadion Universitano, Monterey 153
Ethancourt, Romulo 152
Everett, Kenny 98–9, 112, 113, 218
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ promoted by 98–9
‘British Eurovision Violence Contest’ and 143
death of 144
‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ 244
Ewell Technical College, Surrey 48
‘Exercises in Free Love’ 205, 208–9, 211
Extreme 249
Fairweather-Low, Andy 112
Falklands War 157
‘Fallen Priest, The’ 220
Family 14
Fanelli, Joe 117, 140, 146, 148, 171, 182, 202, 235, 237, 240, 242, 247
Farm Arena, Harrisburg 84
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner 155
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ 132–3, 135
Featherstone, Roy 65–6
Feldman Music Company 65
Fish ix, 196–8, 201, 212, 250
Fishburn, Dudley, MP ix, 255
Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth 14
‘Flash’ 136
Flash Gordon (album) 143, 148
Flash Gordon (film) 136
Japanese première of 149
‘Flash’s Theme’ 148
Fleetwood Mac 153
‘Football Fight’ 136
Foster, Jodie 164
Foster, Nigel 12
Fowler, Ronnie 79–80
Fox, Sam 198
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 167
Frankie Miller’s Full House 112, 115
Franklin, Aretha 243
Freddie Mercury Album, The 256
Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness 248–52
Free 14, 21, 38, 260
Freestone, Peter 140, 148, 182, 188, 202, 226, 235, 239, 240, 242, 247
Freyer, Fritz 21
‘Friends Will Be Friends’ 196
Frost/Nixon 261
Furie, Sidney J. 191
Gabriel, Peter 48
Gallagher, Rory 137
Gallop, Jeremy 32
Gambaccini, Paul 244
Game, The 145
Garden Lodge 183, 203–4, 209, 212, 214, 221, 224, 227, 228, 234, 235, 239–41
becomes FM pilgrimage 254
distraught fans flock to 243
FM dies at 242–3
FM moves into 144–6, 190, 202
FM renovates 146
FM’s official statement given at 241
FM’s parents’ visits to 224
FM’s will and 247–8
JH becomes gardener at 214, 224
JH moves into 190, 202
JH ordered to quit 247–8
living arrangements at 202, 235, 247
MA inherits 247
MA moves into 247
‘Mad Hat’ party held at 204
press decamp to 240, 241
previous owners of 145
tranquillity at 227
gay rights 252–3, 256
gay scene 107, 114, 118–20, 129, 132, 141, 142, 154–5, 158, 159, 166–7, 171, 172, 180, 192–3, 194, 203, 256
Geldof, Bob 174, 181–2
Genesis 48, 59
GK Films 261, 262
glam rock 48, 67, 82, 88
Glitter, Gary 67
Globo Television 180
‘God Save the Queen’ 124–5
Goffin and King 64
‘Going Back’ 64
‘Golden Boy, The’ 220, 224
Golders Green Hippodrome 72
Goldsmith, Harvey, 104
‘Gonna Make You a Star’ 87
Goose Productions 125, 142
Gorham, Scott ix, 114, 119–22, 186
Government Hospital, Zanzibar 2
Gowers, Bruce 101, 110, 125
Grant, Peter 95
Gray, Richard 229
‘Great Pretender, The’ 64, 205, 207–8, 256
Greatest Flix 153
Greatest Hits (Queen) 69, 153, 236, 246
Greatest Hits II (Queen) 240
Greatest Pix (Lowe) 153
Grishanovich, Nicolai 218
Grose, Mike ix, 35–8, 40–1, 48, 153
Groucho Club, London 233
Guinness Book of Records 148
Guns N’ Roses 249
Gurnett, Jo ix, 99, 144
Hair 125
Halford, Rob 141
Halfords 133
‘Hammer to Fall’ 172, 185
Hammersmith Odeon 74, 104, 142, 243, 246
Harbottle and Lewis 131
Harley, Steve 70
Harris, Bob ix, 69, 74–5, 113, 127–9, 250
Queen at the Castle compèred by 112
Queen documentary started by 127–8
Harris, John 83
‘Headlong’ 237
Heaven (club) 171, 180
‘Heaven For Everyone’ 257
Hectics 4
Hendrix, Jimi 12, 16, 43, 106, 107, 119, 148
‘Hey Joe’ 12
Higgins, Geoff ix, 23–7, 29–31, 37, 46, 57, 58
Highlander (album) see Kind of Magic, A
Highlander (film) 190, 194, 196
Hillage, Steve 112
Hirschman, Bob 71
HIV 194, 213, 228, 239, 241, 260
Hodges, Mike 136
Hollywood 122, 187, 249
Hollywood Records 235, 246
Holtzman, Jack 66
homophobia 170, 252–3
Horide, Rosemary 72, 84
Horne, Nicky 112
Hot Chocolate 105
Hot Space 158, 160, 168
Hotel New Hampshire, The (Irving) 164
‘How Can I Go On’ 228
Howard, Bill 255
Howell, Eddie 96–7
Hudson, Rock 192
Hulanicki, Barbara 18
Hunter, Ian 107, 250
Hurt, John 191
Hustle 110
Hutchence, Michael 260
Hutton, Jim 182, 186, 188, 190–1, 196, 198, 226, 235
death of 260
FM becomes lover of 183
FM cheats on 194, 203–4
FM paid rent by, 202
FM tracked 171, 180
FM’s 1991 public statement and 241
FM’s death and 183, 237, 241–2, 247–8
FM’s first meeting with 167
FM’s illness and 210, 211, 223, 227, 234, 237, 240–2
FM’s will and 247–8
as Garden Lodge gardener 214, 224
HIV-positive nature of 239, 260
Live Aid attended by 184
MA introduced to 183
‘I Can Hear Music’ 63, 64, 67, 254
‘I Want It All’ 229
‘I Want to Break Free’ 168, 170, 179
‘I Was Born to Love You’ 180–1
Ibex 17–18, 21–3, 25, 36, 73, 77
Ibiza ’92 206
Iglesias, Julio 187
‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’ 236–7
‘I’m in Love with My Car’ 201
‘Imagine’ 148
‘Imperial College band’ 51
Imperial College of Science & Technology (IC) 14, 26, 37
BM wins scholarship to 13
Pink Floyd play at 14
Queen play at 40, 41, 47, 49, 51, 56, 72
Royal Albert Hall concert organized by 14
Smile and 14, 17, 22, 36, 51
‘In My Defence’ 195, 256
Innuendo (album) 211, 221, 234, 236
‘Innuendo’ (single) 236
Iron Curtain 199
Iron Eagle 191
Iron Maiden 177–8
Irving, John 164
Island 59
Isleworth Polytechnic, London 8
‘It’s a Hard Life’ 171
Ivor Novello Awards 110
Jackie 90
Jackson, Michael 162–3, 259
Jagger, Mick 163
‘Jailhouse Rock’ 60
Jazz 134–5
‘Jesus’ 55
Jethro Tull 21, 23
JFK Stadium, Philadelphia 182, 185
John, Elton 95, 112, 126–7, 181, 186, 214, 243–4, 257
John Reid Enterprises 127
Johnson, Holly 123
Johnson, Magic 246
Jones, Brian 10, 18
Jones, Griff Rhys 185
Jones, Sam J. 136
Judas Priest 141
Kampuchea Appeal Fund 142
Keegan, Kevin 73
‘Keep Yourself Alive’ 36, 55, 68, 69, 71, 113
Kensington 96
‘collegy’ subculture of 17
distraught fans flock to 243, 250, 254
FM dies in 242–3
FM moves to 11
FM’s properties in 11, 19, 24, 53, 90, 144–5, 180, 202, 212
FM’s stomping ground 20
gay scene in 166–7
Imperial College and 17
MA moves to 27–8, 90
Maria Assumpta College 49
market 15, 17, 19, 27, 31, 34, 39–40, 53, 80, 117, 123–4
opulent side of 17
pub 15, 17, 18
pyramid 254
Queen’s post-Wembley rave in 198
in sixties 15
Smile based in 14, 17, 40
see also Garden Lodge
Kesey, Ken 10
Khalaf, Trip 122
‘Killer Queen’ 36, 53, 77, 87–8, 91, 94, 96, 97
Kind of Magic, A (album) 196
‘Kind of Magic, A’ (single) 194–5
King, Graham 262
King, Jonathan 233
King’s College Hospital, London 59, 86
Kingston Polytechnic, London 48
Kirkenberger, Winnie 158–60, 161, 167, 182, 191
Knebworth House 200
Knebworth Park 172, 196, 199–201
Ku Club, Ibiza 187, 207, 211, 212, 213
La Nit 224
L’après-midi d’un faune 170
Lake, Steve 22
Lambert, Christopher 194
Langa, Mandla ix, 173
Langhan, Gary ix, 97
‘Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)’ 158
Led Zeppelin 28, 43, 57, 91, 95, 200
Lennon, John 1, 11, 165, 257
FM’s song for 148
Lennon, Julian 195
Lennox, Annie 250
Lewis, Jerry Lee 225
‘Liar’ 55, 79
Libson, John 239
‘Life is Real (Song for Lennon)’ 148
Limehouse Studios, London 169, 236
Live Aid 181–7, 188, 191, 197, 199, 246, 261
Live Killers 136
Live in Rio 204
Liverpool Art College 27
‘Living On My Own’ 190, 256
Lockwood, Joseph 139
London Hospital Medical School 13
‘Love Kills’ 172, 180
‘Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow’ 191
Freddie Mercury: The Biography Page 27