The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom. The concert was a tribute to Queen’s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991. The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation.
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom. The concert was a tribute to Queen’s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991. The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation. The show marked bassist John Deacon’s final full-length concert with Queen.
In April 2002, for the 10th anniversary of the MercuryPhoenix Trust, the second half of the concert was released on DVD and entered the UK charts at No. 1. On 24 June 2013, Queen announced on their Facebook page that a new remastered version of the Concert would be released in late 2013 onDVD and Blu-ray. In May 2020, Queen will be premiering the concert on YouTube to raise money for the CO19 Solidarity Fund.
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