Audience member called Freddie a gay slur?

Is it true that, sometime in the 70s, a member of the audience heckled Freddie with a gay slur then Freddie stopped the performance, spotlighted the kid and told him to say that again (innother words)? Is there really a tape of this somewhere? Thanks in advance!!

No tape that I am aware of but I have a strong recollection it was an early show in Manchester. He didn’t suffer fools gladly. On the live Rainbow great king rat recording he can be easily sneering “you bugger, you!”

No tape that I am aware of but I have a strong recollection it was an early show in Manchester. He didn’t suffer fools gladly. On the live Rainbow great king rat recording he can be easily sneering “you bugger, you!”

Yes, that did happen around 1973-1974. Forgot which show but no recording exists.

Manchester, March 20, 1974
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A roadie tells a story about what seems to be this show.
"Queen had just taken the stage, and this bloke shouted to Freddie, 'You fucking poof.'
Freddie demanded that the crew turn the spotlight on the crowd and find this fella.
He then said to him, 'Say that again, darling,' and the bloke didn't know what to do.
I saw him literally shrink this six-foot bloke down to an inch."

Apparently Bob Geldof referred to him as a faggot...I found that upsetting

Why?

Dire Straits - Money for nothing

@dysan: Bob Geldof met Brian and Roger at a party and he told them to get "that old faggot", meaning Freddie, to agree to play for Live Aid...it bothered me that he used the term

He tells the story in the magic years. It's a term of endearment.

Unless Freddie was a powerful sorcerer, he did not "literally" shrink him to the size of an inch.

@dysan: to me it felt like a slur

In 2019 I'm sure it does. In 1987 it was hilarious and celebratory.

@dysan: I am not so sure about that

OK