Yet behind their electric on stage personas and incredible star power, Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacon and Freddie Mercury were often on the road, travelling from country to country, based in hotel rooms and frequenting backstage venues - living much of their lives away from the spotlight.įreddie Mercury against the Nagoya Castle while on tour in Japan on April 22, 1975.įreddie Mercury and Roger Taylor relax backstage at the Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium after a show on the Hot Space Japan tour, Nishinomiya, Japan, 24 October 1982.įreddie Mercury gets training from a ballet instructor in Covent Garden, August 1979.įreddie Mercury on Queen's fifth tour of Japan, in an interview photo session for 'Music Life' magazine, on the band's Hot Space Japan tour at a hotel in Fukuoka, Japan, 19 October 1982. The band's unusual name - a mix of sexuality and class - was Freddie Mercury's idea, and speaking to People in 1977, he confirmed: “The whole point was to be pompous and provocative, to prompt speculation and controversy." See more: Freddie Mercury in private: Rarely seen photos of the star behind closed doors
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