“Innuendo is a word I often use in Scrabble – I’m a demon at scrabble!” – Freddie Mercury

13th of April is National Scrabble Day – It’s the day Scrabble inventor Alfred Mosher Butts was born.

He gave the world an iconic board game now played all over the world. Today, more than seven decades later, we live for “Triple Word Scores”! Not to mention, the strategic use of those mysterious blank tiles.

Queen played a lot of scrabble especially Freddie and Roger

Freddie and ‘Killer’ Scrabble…..

“Scrabble was a game Freddie loved, and was exceptionally good at, having played since an early age with an elderly aunt, he told me. When the Scrabble board came out, it was a magnet to him and he would hover, interfering, or advising the current players. Usually he insisted we scrap the game and start a new one to include him. Whatever work he was doing was put on hold and thousands of pounds of studio time were wasted while Fred waited for the elusive seven-letter, triple-word square. ‘Lacquers’ was one word using all seven letters that particularly astounded him as it fell into place on the triple-word square. It came from me!

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10 April 1976 – Queen have arrived in Perth, Australia, they are getting ready to kick off eight dates on their very FIRST Australian tour and it’s completely Sold-Out!

This is the 4th leg of “A Night At The Opera Tour”

Remember, the last time Queen were in Australia for the Sunbury Festival in January of 1974, it didn’t go very well. The band was booed off the stage in favour of local bands, they were treated horribly and both Freddie and Brian were ill.

Freddie made a promise, “When we come back to Australia, Queen will be the biggest band in the world!” — needless to say, Queen kept their word. They were indeed one of the hottest acts on the planet when the retuned down under!

Their masterpiece ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and fourth highly successful album ‘A Night At The Opera’ have topped the charts and Queen’s tour sold out in England, USA, Asia and Australia.

Awe, the sweet taste of success.

Today, the band is being interviewed by “Sounds Unlimited” TV program on the Seven Network by Donnie Sutherland. https://youtu.be/HT99qGWFpgM

Why does Queen use the word Beelzebub?

Freddie Mercury: “Why do we use it? I mean, why do we use anything? I mean, it doesn’t necessarily mean I study demonology and things.

I just love the word, Beelzebub. Great word! Isn’t it ?”

Tomorrow, 11th of April, Queen will rock out The Perth Entertainment Centre

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THE BAND IS BEING INTERVIEWED BY “SOUNDS UNLIMITED” TV PROGRAM O

Peter Hince was asked: Were there some aspects of Freddie’s personality that you would have preferred to see portrayed differently in the movie ‘Bohemian Rhapsody?’

Freddie’s generosity, and his generosity of spirit and also with sharing his music. With John, Freddie drew out the talent in John, the songwriting talent, and you could tell that he knew John had it musically.

John is very underrated as a musician. He developed slowly but Freddie could see that, because Freddie used to sing John songs – because John didn’t sing. They worked closely on them and there was great trust and respect between the two of them. And the film doesn’t capture Freds humour – he used to laugh a lot – but never in the movie.”

“Freddie expected everyone to do their best, as easy as that, and it didn’t matter what your role was. He always did his best and took you up to that level with him”.

Peter Hince

7 April 1987 – Freddie Mercury attends a party for the new cast of the musical ’42nd Street’ in London

Catherine Zeta-Jones said she met Freddie Mercury “many, many times.”

“I was in a show called 42nd Street, and I was 17/18 years old, playing the lead role,” she said.

“Freddie used to love tap dancing, he loved the show, and he used to come and see me in the show and sit quite regularly, like … once every two and half months. He used to sit in the royal box and come backstage and say hi, and so I feel very blessed to have met such a wonderful artist and showman,” she added.

Zeta-Jones recalled a night when Mercury encouraged her to pursue acting.

“He said to me, ‘What do you want to do now?’ Because my dream had been fulfilled in being in a show in London. I said, ‘I want to go to America and do straight acting, like be in films maybe. He said to me, ‘Good luck, kid. Just keep your head on your shoulders.'”

“I Love and miss you Freddie”

The beautiful photos of Freddie Mercury with a very young, Catherine Zeta-Jones and actress Jill Gascoine during a party for the new cast of the musical ’42nd Street’ in London, 7th Apri

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FREDDIE MERCURY ATTENDS A PARTY FOR THE NEW CAST OF THE MUSICAL ‘42ND STREET’ IN LONDON

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3 April 1975, Queen performed @ Stampede Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“Sheer Heart Attack” Tour