The 1975 album arrived bursting with confidence, theatrical flair, a level of ambition and going against the norm that seemed almost unreasonable for four musicians who were, at the time, nearly broke.

On the occasion of his birthday today, we will take the opportunity to explore some of the more momentous factors of his jubilant personality and eccentric existence. 

Over 33,000 items from Freddie Mercury'’s house are being sold at Sotheby’s auction house in September.

An asteroid is named after Freddie Mercury, the late Queen frontman who once sang of himself as “a shooting star leaping through the sky”, to mark his 70th birth anniversary.