Shot at Freddie’s 39th birthday party, the video was a monochromatic, hedonistic extravaganza, with the 300 or so guests all dressed in black-and-white fancy dress (Brian May appears as a witch). But it’s the juxtaposition of these celebratory scenes against the song’s honest sentiment w...
The video has a controversial past. On his 39th birthday, Mercury famously threw a party at Old Mrs. Henderson's, a Munich transvestite club, inviting 300 friends, includingBrian May, Mary Austin and Boy George, and told them to dress in drag, with black and white being the only colors ...
Freddie Mercury's Garden Lodge contents, including handwritten lyrics and stage costumes, will go on display in June and then auction in September.