Freddie Mercury

Brian May was filmed shedding a tear after a performance alongside an optical illusion of late singer Freddie Mercury at a concert in London.

“In the beginning, a lot of his writing was very fantastical, but underneath, I think he was really pouring his heart out,” May said. It went on for a long time.” In the now-viral moment captured by TikTok user @impsk77, May can be seen playing the final notes of Love Of My Life. bowing and applauding the ‘hologram’ of Mercury before wiping away a tear.

At every concert by Queen and Adam Lambert on their hugely successful Rhapsody Tour, guitarist Brian May has been performing a duet with an optical illusion of ...

After all, Mercury - who died of AIDS in 1991 - was both an icon, and a beloved friend to his bandmates. Brian May previously noted to Classic Rock: "I don't want to be touring with a hologram. At every concert by Queen and Adam Lambert on their hugely successful Rhapsody Tour, guitarist Brian May has been performing a duet with an optical illusion of the band's late frontman Freddie Mercury. But during a recent performance at London's O2 Arena, May appeared to get overcome with emotion, and was spotted wiping away a tear.

Brian May wiped away a tear after a virtual performance with Freddie Mercury during Queen + Adam Lambert's recent show at London's O2 Arena.

Considered the greatest performer of all time, Mercury's life is dramatised in the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody, which airs from 9pm tonight on ...

"I was moping about when a friend showed up at my door and handed me something wrapped in a pillowcase. In death, he reminded me of what made him so special in life." "Years before, Freddie and I had developed pet names for each other, our drag-queen alter egos. "I was moping about when a friend showed up at my door and handed me something wrapped in a pillowcase. In death, he reminded me of what made him so special in life." "Years before, Freddie and I had developed pet names for each other, our drag-queen alter egos. "I knew exactly what it was going to do to Freddie. As did he. He truly lived for others But that wasn't who he was. I was Sharon and he was Melina." He truly lived for others But that wasn't who he was.

It already became a tradition at every Queen and Adam Lambert performance during their Rhapsody Tour that guitarist Brian May plays a duet with a visual ...

Brian May of Queen was overwhelmed while performing with a hologram of late singer Freddie Mercury. #DSC1015KGB #LoveYourSowDSC.

The UK band has long toured their greatest-hits show in tribute to their late frontman - but their current tour sees an optical illusion of Mercury 'duet' ...

It makes you feel like museum pieces, and we're not fossils, we're alive." Mercury's stage presence and legacy is an inextricable part of Queen - especially as the band hasn't written new music since his demise, with 1995's 'Made in Heaven' serving as a farewell album using then-unreleased vocal tracks of Mercury's in new arrangements overseen by surviving members. The latest chapter in this discussion has been the recent touring of UK rock legends Queen - their recent 'Rhapsody' tour sees American Idol singer Adam Lambert in his usual spot as a live vocalist, accompanying the band's surviving members through their greatest hits, taking a break for 1975 ballad 'Love of My Life'.