4 September 1982, Freddie and his friends had a gathering before his 36th Birthday
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By September 4, the bands progress had arrived at the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. As a treat, Freddie had flown over four of the posse of his New York Daughters. Perhaps Bill Reid felt left out. I don’t know, because Freddie spent all afternoon in the hotel suite’s sitting room having afternoon tea. This seemed quite appropriate as Vancouver is quite the most British of all the North American continent’s cities. So, it was Earl Grey tea, cucumber sandwiches and Victoria sponge, all the way. Admittedly, after the novelty of the tea party wore off, Freddie then ordered half a dozen bottles of champagne and a bottle or two of Stolichnaya vodka from room service.

Peter Freestone

The picture: Lee Nolan, FREDDIE .John Murphy, Jim from New York and Jim Cruz at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. It was taken on 4 September 1982

Courtesy of Peter ‘Phoebe’ Freestone 🌹