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Press Release: Celebrating Freddie Mercury�s 65th Birthday - The Savoy,
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Press Release: Celebrating Freddie Mercury�s 65th Birthday - The Savoy,
London
Are You Ready to be Freddie?
Celebrating Freddie Mercury�s 65th Birthday For Freddie For A Day
In aid The Mercury Phoenix Trust 
The Savoy, London, Monday 5th September  
But don�t forget the �tache!
As one of the definitive rock icons of our age, the late great Freddie
Mercury�s extraordinary talents and influence are still felt in the
entertainment world to this day, an unreal 20 years after his sad and
untimely death. Only months ago rock fans voted him the Greatest Rock
Legend Of All Time, ahead of Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Jon Bon Jovi, and
Jimi Hendrix.
September 5th 2011 would have been Freddie�s 65th birthday and to mark the
occasion, family, friends, guests and celebrities from the world over will
come together for a suitably lavish night at the Savoy, London, to
celebrate this landmark date and to raise funds for the Mercury Phoenix
Trust , the charity established in Freddie�s name by fellow band members
Brian May and Roger Taylor together with manager Jim Beach, to fight HIV
AIDS worldwide. May and Taylor are among the hosts of the night which will
be an evening of comedy and rock and roll.
In keeping with the spirit of Freddie � a man famed for his love of a good
party � guests are to be advised that it will be mandatory to come dressed
in appropriate Freddie attire, with moustaches absolutely de rigueur.
The birthday event will also act as a key focal point in the worldwide
campaign �Freddie For A Day�, which launched last year through the global
Queen fan base. Started by a handful of fans who decided it would be fun
to dress as Freddie for a day and coerce sponsorship from family and
friends for doing so, donating whatever they would raise to the MPT, no
one could have imagined the extraordinary response which followed. Fans
from 24 countries around the world - from Argentina to Ukraine, jumped on
the idea to join in. 
Some sent pictures strutting their stuff at home, singing into a
microphone in their bedrooms. Others took the full plunge and spent the
whole day as Freddie, including one US fan who dressed herself as
�Slightly Mad� Freddie and then spent her day at Columbus Zoo in Ohio with
a penguin and a gorilla. Another took a TGV trip from France to
Switzerland her entire journey dressed in a harlequin leotard. 
But it seems it is not only die-hard fans who have taken to the idea. In
recent months a host of celebrities have been name-checking Freddie and
even dressing like him.  Katie Price donned Freddie�s �I Want To Break
Free� over-the-top drag outfit for Comic Relief recently - complete with
the body hair.  Katy Perry wore Freddie�s trademark white slacks and
yellow leather jacket for her 24th birthday celebrations.  The same outfit
was adopted by BBC Radio 1�s Chris Moyles when he lately dressed up as
Freddie for Channel 4 TV�s Comedy Gala.
Further Freddie fans joining the wave include Gerard Way of My Chemical
Romance, quoted recently as saying he plans to take inspiration from the
Queen singer when the band headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals in
August.  No doubt by the time we reach September 5th we can expect to see
even more celebrities paying tribute to Freddie in their own unique way,
each helping to support The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
But It doesn�t take being famous to be a part in Freddie For A Day. All
you need to decide is whether you are brave enough to go for a full
sparkly body leotard, head-to-toe PVC biker leathers, or simply to stick
with aviator sunglasses and of course.... that �tache!  Comic Relief has
the red nose, Freddie For A Day has the famous bristles. 
Become part of a world going �Freddie For A Day� by going online and
snapping up your Freddie moustache now � and in doing so helping a very
worthy cause.
The coming weeks will see further announcements about the fabulous
September 5th event at The Savoy, including a truly remarkable list of
auction items.
Absolute 80s will also be supporting �Freddie For A Day� by running a
nationwide competition to �Find a Freddie� look-alike.  Listeners will
send in images of themselves donned in their greatest �Freddie� attire to
win two priceless tickets to Freddie�s 65th birthday event at the Savoy,
London on September 5th. Go to 
www.absolute80s.com
 for more details.
For more information on how to buy a moustache and support Freddie For A
Day and The Mercury Phoenix Trust check out: 
www.freddieforaday.com
-end-
Below are pictures of from Freddie's 39th birthday in Munich (black and
white) and his 40th birthday which was a themed funny hat party. Also seen
below is the Formula 1 Red Bull Team who have joined the Freddie For A Day
initiative by donning Freddie moustaches.
Click here for the Freddie For A Day 'Freddie Yourself' send to a friend
promo mechanic.
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