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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, England for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis, directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991. The show marked bassist John Deacon's final full-length concert with Queen. The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation.
Original Release
04/20/1992
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Freddie Mercury | Self / Self (archive footage) |
| Queen | Themselves |
| David Bowie | Self |
| Gary Cherone | Self |
| Phil Collen | Self |
| Cindy Crawford | Self |
| Roger Daltrey | Self |
| Def Leppard | Themselves |
| Spike Edney | Self |
| Joe Elliott | Self |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Freddie Mercury | Self / Self (archive footage) |
| Queen | Themselves |
| David Bowie | Self |
| Gary Cherone | Self |
| Phil Collen | Self |
| Cindy Crawford | Self |
| Roger Daltrey | Self |
| Def Leppard | Themselves |
| Spike Edney | Self |
| Joe Elliott | Self |
| Christopher Guest | Nigel Tufnel |
| Guns N' Roses | Themselves |
| Ian Hunter | Self |
| Tony Iommi | Self |
| Elton John | Self |
| Annie Lennox | Self |
| Joshua Macrae | Self |
| Michael McKean | David St. Hubbins |
| Metallica | Themselves |
| George Michael | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michelle Alexander | Producer |
| Jim Beach | Producer |
| John Deacon | Producer |
| Brian May | Producer |
| Roger Taylor | Producer |
| Ray Burdis | Producer |
