Editing Freddie Mercury (section)

===Tributes===
[[File:Freddy Mercury Statue Montreux.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking [[Lake Geneva]] in [[Montreux]], Switzerland]]
A statue in Montreux, Switzerland, by sculptor [[Irena Sedlecká]], was erected as a tribute to Mercury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/mercury-heavy-metal-and-a-jazz-explosion-20110323-1c6hc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108061736/http://www.smh.com.au/travel/mercury-heavy-metal-and-a-jazz-explosion-20110323-1c6hc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2012|title=Mercury, heavy metal and a jazz explosion|work=Traveller|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> It stands almost {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=off}} high overlooking Lake Geneva and was unveiled on 25 November 1996 by Mercury's father and Montserrat Caballé, with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor also in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://montreuxmusic.com/fmm/content/view/61/96/lang,english/|title=Montreuxmusic/Freddie Mercury |publisher=Montreuxmusic |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326014321/http://montreuxmusic.com/fmm/content/view/61/96/lang%2Cenglish/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Beginning in 2003 fans from around the world have gathered in Switzerland annually to pay tribute to the singer as part of the "Freddie Mercury Montreux Memorial Day" on the first weekend of September.<ref name="Bishton_2004"/>

In 1997 the three remaining members of Queen released "[[No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)]]", a song dedicated to Mercury and all those that die too soon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_XX-XX-1997_-_No_One_But_You|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128163336/http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_XX-XX-1997_-_No_One_But_You|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2010|title=Queen Press Release – No One But You|year=1997|publisher=Queenarchives.com|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> In 1999 a [[Royal Mail]] stamp with an image of [[Millennium stamp#Great Britain|Mercury on stage]] was issued in his honour as part of the UK postal service's [[Millennium stamp#1999|Millennium Stamp]] series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/351568.stm|title=Mercury and Moore head millennium stamps|work=BBC News|access-date=27 September 2014|date=24 May 1999|archive-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711110935/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/351568.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/displayset.asp?setid=239 |title=Millennium Series. The Entertainers' Tale (1999) |publisher=Collect GB Stamps |access-date=9 January 2011 |archive-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204616/http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=239 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009 a star commemorating Mercury was unveiled in [[Feltham]], west London where his family moved upon arriving in England in 1964. The star in memory of Mercury's achievements was unveiled on Feltham High Street by his mother Jer Bulsara and Queen bandmate May.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/4757372.In_pictures__Freddie_Mercury_memorial_unveiled/ |title=Freddie Mercury memorial unveiled in Feltham |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=9 January 2011 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316091752/http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/4757372.In_pictures__Freddie_Mercury_memorial_unveiled/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Still rocking at the Dominion, Tottenham Court Road - geograph.org.uk - 1975220.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Mercury statue above the West End's [[Dominion Theatre]]]]
A statue of Mercury stood over the entrance to the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] from May 2002 to May 2014 for Queen and [[Ben Elton]]'s musical ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/Misc/wewillrockintrocredits.htm |title=''We Will Rock You'' – Introduction & Credits |publisher=Ultimatequeen.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223210255/http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/Misc/wewillrockintrocredits.htm |archive-date=23 February 2010 }}</ref> A tribute to Queen was on display at the [[Fremont Street Experience]] in [[downtown Las Vegas]] throughout 2009 on its video canopy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://julian1st.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/las-vegasqueen-tribute-rocks-tourists-at-fremont-st-experience/ |title=Las Vegas...Queen tribute rocks tourists at Fremont St. experience! |website=Julian1st.wordpress.com |date=17 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710164048/http://julian1st.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/las-vegasqueen-tribute-rocks-tourists-at-fremont-st-experience/ |archive-date=10 July 2012 }}</ref> In December 2009 a large model of Mercury wearing [[tartan]] was displayed in Edinburgh as publicity for the run of ''We Will Rock You''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsdec09a.html|title=Queen News – December 2009|publisher=Brianmay.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330140341/http://www.brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsdec09a.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sculptures of Mercury often feature him wearing a military jacket with his fist in the air. In 2018, ''[[GQ]]'' called Mercury's yellow military jacket (created by British costume designer Diana Moseley) from his 1986 concerts his best known look,<ref>{{cite news |title=Yes, you should start dressing like Freddie Mercury |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/freddie-mercury-style-throughout-the-years |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231115324/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/freddie-mercury-style-throughout-the-years |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2018 |date=4 September 2018 |work=GQ|author=Bekhrad, Joobin }}</ref> while [[CNN]] called it "an iconic moment in fashion."<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury's yellow military jacket: An iconic moment in fashion |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/remember-when-freddie-mercury-jacket/index.html |access-date=14 May 2021 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515113304/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/remember-when-freddie-mercury-jacket/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

For Mercury's 65th birthday in 2011, Google dedicated its [[Google Doodle]] to him. It included an animation set to his song, "Don't Stop Me Now".<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury Day is celebrated with Google doodle |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/8741526/Freddie-Mercury-Day-is-celebrated-with-Google-doodle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/8741526/Freddie-Mercury-Day-is-celebrated-with-Google-doodle.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=18 November 2018 |work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Referring to "the late, great Freddie Mercury" in their 2012 [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction speech, [[Guns N' Roses]] quoted Mercury's lyrics from "We Are the Champions"; "I've taken my bows, my curtain calls, you've brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, and I thank you all."<ref>{{YouTube|d5c9BpEmU7g|"Guns N' Roses Quoted Queen's Freddie Mercury at RRHOF Induction Speech"}}. Retrieved 27 July 2012</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-adler-on-axl-rose-he-showed-his-true-colors-to-the-world-im-done-with-him-20120423|title=Steven Adler on Axl Rose: 'I'm Done With Him'|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=23 April 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=27 July 2012|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145500/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-adler-on-axl-rose-he-showed-his-true-colors-to-the-world-im-done-with-him-20120423|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tribute was paid to Queen and Mercury at the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|closing ceremony]] of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. The band's performance of "We Will Rock You" with [[Jessie J]] was opened with a video of Mercury's "[[call and response]]" routine from 1986's Wembley Stadium performance, with the 2012 crowd at the [[London Stadium|Olympic Stadium]] responding appropriately.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19195421|title=Olympics closing ceremony: A long goodbye to the Games|work=BBC News|access-date=27 September 2014|date=13 August 2012|archive-date=27 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827075844/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19195421|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9472447/Record-TV-audience-for-Olympics-closing-ceremony.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9472447/Record-TV-audience-for-Olympics-closing-ceremony.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Record TV audience for Olympics Closing ceremony|date=13 August 2012|work=The Telegraph|access-date=27 September 2014|location=London|first=Rosa|last=Silverman}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The frog genus ''[[Mercurana]]'', discovered in 2013 in [[Kerala]], India, was named as a tribute because Mercury's "vibrant music inspires the authors". The site of the discovery is very near to where Mercury spent most of his childhood.<ref name="robin">{{cite journal |author1=Abraham, Robin Kurian |author2=Pyron, R. Alexander |author3=Ansil B. R. |author4=Zachariah, Arun |author5=Zachariah, Anil |year= 2013 |title= Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India |journal= Zootaxa |volume=3640 |issue= 2 | pages= 177–189 |doi= 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.3 |pmid= 26000411}}</ref> In 2013, a newly discovered species of [[damselfly]] from Brazil was named ''[[Heteragrion freddiemercuryi]]'', honouring the "superb and gifted musician and songwriter whose wonderful voice and talent still entertain millions"&nbsp;— one of four similar damselflies named after the Queen bandmates, in tribute to Queen's 40th anniversary.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lencioni |first=F.A.A. |title=Diagnoses and discussion of the group 1 and 2 Brazilian species of ''Heteragrion'', with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3685 |issue=1 |pages=001–080 |year=2013 |pmid=26146690 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3685.1.1}}</ref> 

On 1 September 2016, an [[English Heritage]] [[blue plaque]] was unveiled at Mercury's home in 22 Gladstone Avenue in Feltham, west London by his sister, Kashmira Cooke, and Brian May.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blue Plaque unveiled on Freddie Mercury's first London home|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37234409|work=BBC News|date=2 September 2016|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=30 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330012327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37234409|url-status=live}}</ref> Attending the ceremony, [[Karen Bradley]], the UK [[Secretary of State for Culture]], called Mercury "one of Britain's most influential musicians", and added he "is a global icon whose music touched the lives of millions of people around the world".<ref>{{cite news|title=Freddie Mercury Awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/freddie-mercury-blue-plaque|publisher=English Heritage|date=11 November 2016|access-date=11 November 2016|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027205117/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/freddie-mercury-blue-plaque|url-status=live}}</ref> On 24 February 2020 a street in Feltham was renamed Freddie Mercury Close during a ceremony attended by his sister Kashmira.<ref>{{cite news |title=London street named for Freddie Mercury |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/freddie-mercury-close-london-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=27 February 2020 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=27 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227114041/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/freddie-mercury-close-london-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 5 September 2016, the 70th anniversary of Mercury's birth, asteroid [[17473 Freddiemercury]] was named after him.<ref name="Certificate">{{cite news|title=Freddie Mercury: Asteroid named after late Queen star to mark 70th birthday|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37275294|work=BBC News|date=5 September 2016|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=29 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629110856/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37275294|url-status=live}}</ref> Issuing the certificate of designation to the "charismatic singer", Joel Parker of the [[Southwest Research Institute]] added: "Freddie Mercury sang, 'I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky'&nbsp;— and now that is even more true than ever before."<ref name="Certificate" /> In an April 2019 interview, British rock concert promoter [[Harvey Goldsmith]] referred to Mercury as "one of our most treasured talents".<ref>{{cite news |title=How golden-era pioneer Harvey Goldsmith has stayed on the cutting edge |url=https://accessaa.co.uk/how-golden-era-pioneer-harvey-goldsmith-has-stayed-on-the-cutting-edge/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=Accessaa |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731194226/https://accessaa.co.uk/how-golden-era-pioneer-harvey-goldsmith-has-stayed-on-the-cutting-edge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In August 2019, Mercury was one of the honorees inducted in the [[Rainbow Honor Walk]], a [[walk of fame]] in San Francisco's [[Castro District]] noting [[LGBTQ]] people who have "made significant contributions in their fields".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|title=Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk Dedicated Today|last=Barmann|first=Jay|date=2 September 2014|website=SFist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810075052/https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|archive-date=10 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//277209|title=Castro to see more LGBT honor plaques|last=Bajko|first=Matthew S.|date=5 June 2019|website=The [[Bay Area Reporter]]|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814193946/https://www.ebar.com/news/news//277209|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11765805/tributes-in-bronze-8-more-lgbt-heroes-join-s-f-s-rainbow-honor-walk|title=Tributes in Bronze: 8 More LGBT Heroes Join S.F.'s Rainbow Honor Walk|last=Yollin|first=Patricia|date=6 August 2019|website=KQED: The California Report|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814132643/https://www.kqed.org/news/11765805/tributes-in-bronze-8-more-lgbt-heroes-join-s-f-s-rainbow-honor-walk|url-status=live}}</ref> Freddie Mercury Alley is a {{convert|107|yd||adj=mid|-long}} alley next to the British embassy in the Ujazdów district in [[Warsaw]], Poland, which is dedicated to Mercury, and was unveiled on 22 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gozdur|first=Sandra|url=https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/aleja-freddiego-mercuryego-oficjalnie-otwarta-to-wielki/ar/c1-7440031|title=Aleja Freddiego Mercury'ego oficjalnie otwarta. "To wielki zaszczyt dla Warszawy" [ZDJĘCIA]|date=25 November 2019|website=Warszawa Nasze Miasto|language=pl-PL|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111154327/https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/aleja-freddiego-mercuryego-oficjalnie-otwarta-to-wielki/ar/c1-7440031|url-status=live}}</ref> Until the Freddie Mercury Close in Feltham was dedicated, Warsaw was the only city in Europe with a street dedicated to the singer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gozdur|first=Sandra|url=https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/aleja-freddiego-mercuryego-oficjalnie-otwarta-to-wielki/ar/c1-7440031|title=Aleja Freddiego Mercury'ego oficjalnie otwarta. "To wielki zaszczyt dla Warszawy" [ZDJĘCIA]|date=25 November 2019|website=Warszawa Nasze Miasto|language=pl-PL|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111154327/https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/aleja-freddiego-mercuryego-oficjalnie-otwarta-to-wielki/ar/c1-7440031|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1208716/Freddie-Mercury-death-1991-Brian-May-Poland-street-Queen-band-music-fans-died-AIDS|title=Freddie Mercury: Brian May reveals GORGEOUS new tribute to Queen legend|work=Daily Express|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=25 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125184858/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1208716/Freddie-Mercury-death-1991-Brian-May-Poland-street-Queen-band-music-fans-died-AIDS|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2020, Queen became the first band to join Queen Elizabeth II on a British coin. Issued by the [[Royal Mint]], the [[Five pounds (British coin)#Design|commemorative £5 coin]] features the instruments of all four band members, including Mercury's [[C. Bechstein|Bechstein]] grand piano and his mic and stand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Mint unveils new £5 coin celebrating Freddie Mercury and Queen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/queen-5-pound-coin-freddie-mercury-brian-may-royal-mint-music-legends-a9292696.html |access-date=22 January 2020 |work=The Independent |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121191658/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/queen-5-pound-coin-freddie-mercury-brian-may-royal-mint-music-legends-a9292696.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2022, a life-size statue of Mercury was unveiled in South Korea's resort island of [[Jeju Island|Jeju]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury to live forever in South Korea statue |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0421/1293511-freddie-mercury-to-live-forever-in-south-korea-statue/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421152746/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0421/1293511-freddie-mercury-to-live-forever-in-south-korea-statue/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2024, the crater [[Bulsara (crater)|Bulsara]] on the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] was named after his birth name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planetary Names |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/16280 |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528073753/https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/16280 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mercury has featured in international advertising to represent the UK. In 2001, a parody of Mercury, along with prints of other British music icons consisting of [[the Beatles]], Elton John, [[Spice Girls]], and [[the Rolling Stones]], appeared in the [[Eurostar]] national advertising campaign in France for the Paris to London route.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/28586/freddy/eurostar|title=Eurostar – "Freddie Mercury"|work=[[AdForum]]|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175741/https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/28586/freddy/eurostar|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017 the airline [[Norwegian Long Haul|Norwegian]] painted the tail fin of two of its aircraft with a portrait of Mercury to mark what would have been his 71st birthday. Mercury is one of the company's six "British tail fin heroes", alongside England's [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] winning captain [[Bobby Moore]], children's author [[Roald Dahl]], novelist [[Jane Austen]], pioneering pilot [[Amy Johnson]], and aviation entrepreneur Sir [[Freddie Laker]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Caswell|first1=Mark|title=Freddie Mercury unveiled as Norwegian's latest tail fin hero|url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2017/07/03/freddie-mercury-unveiled-norwegians-latest-tail-fin-hero/|work=Business Traveller|date=3 July 2017|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042926/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2017/07/03/freddie-mercury-unveiled-norwegians-latest-tail-fin-hero/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Munro|first1=Scott|title=Freddie Mercury's image to appear on Norwegian aircraft|url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-30/freddie-mercurys-image-to-appear-on-norwegian-aircraft|website=Teamrock.com|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|access-date=5 July 2017|date=30 June 2017|archive-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014063132/http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-30/freddie-mercurys-image-to-appear-on-norwegian-aircraft|url-status=live}}</ref>