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The Crowning of Queen

Tim Lott, Daily Mail, Spring 1978

FREDDIE MERCURY appears on stage like a writhing python, stalking the boards in the black leotard he normally wears. Looking rather like an Edwardian one-piece bathing costume, scattered with large silver sequins, it reveals a thickly-haired chest and a frame that doesn't carry an ounce of unnecessary flesh.

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