Freddie couldn't party anymore when he was informed about the death of the Status Quo fan during the show....
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I didn't know some one died. On the point of the sheer scale of the concert, whos knows the approximate number of people
Freddie had to be pursuaded to tour at all in 86, he apparently nearly backed out the week before the tour started, but Jim talked him round.
In 86 he didn't have enough time to come to terms with his health and frankly I doubt he was feeling any side effects at all other than simple age.
Not until 88 did he really start to go downhill, and even the band were still unsure what he was dealing with at that point.
I think Freddie had probably grown very bored with touring by 86 and wanted to take things a little more easily after then, I seriously doubt anyone knew or thought it was there last concert, however I suspect they all knew it would be a long time before they hit the stage again and I suspect they possibly even thought they would never again play such a venue.
In 86 he didn't have enough time to come to terms with his health and frankly I doubt he was feeling any side effects at all other than simple age.
Not until 88 did he really start to go downhill, and even the band were still unsure what he was dealing with at that point.
I think Freddie had probably grown very bored with touring by 86 and wanted to take things a little more easily after then, I seriously doubt anyone knew or thought it was there last concert, however I suspect they all knew it would be a long time before they hit the stage again and I suspect they possibly even thought they would never again play such a venue.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Togg wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Freddie had to be pursuaded to tour at all in 86, he apparently nearly backed out the week before the tour started, but Jim talked him round.[/QUOTE]
Was this because of AIDS, or the apathy? Freddie went for an AIDS test in '86, but was that before or after the tour?
Was this because of AIDS, or the apathy? Freddie went for an AIDS test in '86, but was that before or after the tour?
Freddie was told in Budapest he was hiv-seropositive.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]bas asselbergs wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Freddie was told in Budapest he was hiv-seropositive. [/QUOTE]
That just makes me so sad.....I just can't bloody imagine being told of something as that. I would faint...........poor guy.
That just makes me so sad.....I just can't bloody imagine being told of something as that. I would faint...........poor guy.
Freddie was told in Budapest he was hiv-seropositive.
And the proof is?
And the proof is?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Togg wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Freddie had to be pursuaded to tour at all in 86, he apparently nearly backed out the week before the tour started, but Jim talked him round.[/QUOTE]
is that the main reason the magic tour had so few dates?
is that the main reason the magic tour had so few dates?
amongst others.... quit short after he was told the outcome of the hiv-tests, he had an interview, and in this interview he was asked if he would go on another tour at this scale, and he then said: yes ofcourse....that is...IF i'm still alive....it was the first and only time something like this slipped through, and at the time nobody could even guess what he really meant...it is on the budapest video when he said this...Jim Hutton told me at a convention that the outcome of the tests and the bad results made Freddie react like this to the question....I have a picture of Freddie from Holland 1986, where you can clearly see the kaposi cancer showing in his neck...now we know what it is...then it looked like a kiss or bite mark more...again Jim told me that it most certainly wasn't that...it makes the picture only more sad...tragic...
Show us the picture please.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]bas asselbergs wrote: [/QUOTENAME]quit short after he was told the outcome of the hiv-tests, he had an interview, and in this interview he was asked if he would go on another tour at this scale, and he then said: yes ofcourse....that is...IF i'm still alive....[/QUOTE]
What's your source for this? Not that I'm doubting you, but this is the first time I've ever heard about this.
What's your source for this? Not that I'm doubting you, but this is the first time I've ever heard about this.
the source for that is quit simple and obvious: the Budapest video. I asked Jim at a convention about this "slip of the tongue" from Freddie, and Jim explained it like this to me. So that is how i know this. Freddie was so devastated, he didnt want to do the interview at all. but he didn't want to let down the peole too, so with all this stress in him, this came out as an outing of his feelings....very little, very subtle, but soo significant...
i'll see if i can upload the picture for you...i hope this works...i am not that good with computers you know....i have the picture digitalised now....no...won't work...can anybody tell me how to get the picture in there?
okay. i'm getting confused. when exactly did freddie find out he had aids?
Are you sure about this? I mean, I've always heard and read that Freddie learnt about his illness around Easter 1987...is it true that he learnt it during the Budapest days? If it is true, this is absolutely sad...then I can better understand his answer to the hungarian interviewer: -If I'm still alive I will come back!-
Please post the picture with the Kaposi signs....
Please post the picture with the Kaposi signs....