Zeppelin were no more, inhouse fighting in both The Who and The Stones meant any creativity was hampered. By 1985, the seventies giants were finding it difficult to crossover to this new decade and new audience. Looking at rock music in general, a wider picture of the eighties begins to build. When the band eventually came off The Works 48-date-tour in May 1985, things were at a low, again unlike the movies representation, and they needed something to win back the public. Queen’s decision to play the country at this time almost derailed their career. All this centred on the movement against apartheid, which was systemic in South Aftrica between the 1940’s until 1994. At that time both the United Nations had asked for a boycott from the entertainment industry, and the British Musicians Union had banned any of it’s members from playing there. The truth was, the band took the controversial move to play Sun City in South Africa in October 1984. Unlike what is documented in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, Queen had not broken up. But, by 1985 Queen his band had become public enemy number one. He adored his audience as much as they idolised him. Not just a singer or an artist, Freddie Mercury was a performer. I will be a legend” – Freddie Mercuryįreddie Mercury broke down the barrier between the artist and the audience.
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