Claim: Freddie Mercury was given a tribute concert to honor his life.

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a concert held on Easter Monday , 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London , England for an audience of 72,000 . The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world , with an audience of up to one billion . The concert was a tribute to the life of Queen lead vocalist , Freddie Mercury , with proceeds going to AIDS research . The show marked bassist John Deacon 's final full-length concert with Queen -LRB- save a short live appearance with Brian May , Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997 -RRB- . The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust , an AIDS charity organisation .