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What A Beautiful Horizon

Nick Kelly at 2:15 pm April 27, 2021

There has been “no sign” of coronavirus infection among 5,000 unvaccinated people who took part in an indoor trial concert last month in Barcelona

The results are in from the Barcelona concert test with 5k in the audience, masks and no distancing. No one got corona. https://t.co/FvRgq0zyat

— Matthew Anderson (@MattAndersonNYT) April 27, 2021

This afternoon.

Barcelona, Spain.

Ahead of the gig everyone underwent mass screening and antigen tests. They were tested again 15 days later and only six people were found to have Covid-19.

“We are certain that in four of these six cases, transmission did not take place during the concert,” Josep Maria Llibre, a specialist in infectious diseases said.

*dives head first into mosh pit*

No sign of contagion’ after 5,000-person rock concert in Barcelona (EuroNews)

Pic: Sky

Time Waits For No One

Chompsky at 9:48 am June 21, 2019

A recording of the great Freddie Mercury in 1986 (part of the musical ‘Time’) stripped back to piano and spine-tingling vocal by musician and producer Dave Clark.

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Being Freddie

Chompsky at 9:15 am March 1, 2019

The Mercurial skills of Marc Martel (who did some of the vocal work on the film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’).

Martel is currently touring with a Queen tribute band and released an album of Queen covers last year.

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Ey-Oh, You

Chompsky at 9:09 am November 20, 2018

Freddy Mercury’s callback intro to ‘Hammer To Fall’ at Live Aid sung by his inner prairie dog, courtesy of animator Joe Vevers.

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25 Years Today

Admin at 10:47 am November 24, 2016

Freddie Mercury.

Gone 25 years ago today, one day after announcing he was HIV positive.

This Day in Music

UPDATE:

Tonight at 8pm.

Freddstival – a celebration of the life of Freddie Mercury.

At the Grand Social on Liffey Street Lower, Dublin 1.

From the Facebook blurb:

“Join us – Barbara McCarthy, Paddy Cullivan and a host of Irish performers, including Martin McCann, mezzo-soprano Heather Fogarty, a cappella choir The Skipping Stones and more – for an epic night of rock, opera, karaoke, enlightenment and laughter. 25 years gone, but never forgotten.”

Tickets are €12 and are available here

Money raised will go to AIDS charities.

Freddstival (Facebook)