An open air concert on Easter Monday, April 20th 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, televised live to over one billion people. The profit of the concert was used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
In February 1992 at the annual BRIT awards ceremony, Roger Taylor and Brian May announced plans for an open air concert to celebrate Freddie Mercury's life. The tickets went on sale the next day and all 72,000 tickets sold out in just six hours, even though nobody knew who would play apart from remaining members of Queen.
In April 2002 the concert was released on DVD and entered the UK charts at number 1.
The performances included:
- Metallica - Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters
- Extreme - Queen Medley
- Def Leppard - Now I'm Here
- Guns 'n Roses - Paradise City, Knockin' On Heaven's Door
- Elizabeth Taylor - Speech
- Joe Elliot - Tie Your Mother Down
- Roger Daltrey - I Want It All
- Gary Cherone - Hammer To Fall
- James Hetfield - Stone Cold Crazy
- Robert Plant - Kashmir Intro, Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Paul Young - Radio Ga Ga
- Seal - Who Wants To Live Forever
- Lisa Stansfield - I Want To Break Free
- David Bowie/Annie Lennox - Under Pressure
- Ian Hunter/David Bowie/Mick Ronson - All The Young Dudes
- David Bowie/Mick Ronson - Heroes
- George Michael - '39
- George Michael/Lisa Stansfield - These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- George Michael - Somebody To Love
- Elton John/Axl Rose - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Elton John - The Show Must Go On
- Axl Rose - We Will Rock You
- Liza Minnelli/Cast - We Are The Champions
