Fans Show Freddie Mercury a ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ in Sotheby Auction

Freddie Mercury and Queen at Wembley Stadium -1986 -PHOTOGRAPH DENIS-OREGAN © By Kele Johnson In my teenage years, I loved Queen. I thought that Freddie Mercury, with his bombastic stage presence, charisma, and phenomenal vocals, embodied the wonderfully brilliant weirdness of the ’70s. As an adult, I came to appreciate the unbelievable once-in-a-lifetime songwriting, the […]

Iconic Style: Freddie Mercury’s Mustache Comb Goes Under the Hammer

By Kele Johnson Because my parents were utterly awesome and understood their teenage daughter’s obsession with 70s rock, they gave me tickets to Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” tour for my 19th birthday. But these were not just any tickets. They were fourth-row center. From my up-close and personal viewpoint, I watched Queen make rock and […]