 Promotional poster for the concert | |
| Location | Wembley Stadium, London, England |
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| Date(s) | 20 April 1992 |
| Queen concert chronology | |
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, for an audience of 72,000.[1] The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis, directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion.[2][3] The concert was a tribute to Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of an AIDS-related illness on 24 November 1991.
The show marked bassist John Deacon's final full-length concert with Queen (save a short live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organization.
- ^ 1991: Giant of rock dies BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2011
- ^ Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert ABC Television (20 August 2007). Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ LG. "Queen - Royal Legend: Discography: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS". queen.musichall.cz.