

“I used to go home periodically and turn up in these outrageous clothes, with my fingernails painted black, and at that time my mother used to freak out! They used to say, ‘My God! Don’t let the neighbors see you. “My parents were outraged when I told them what I was up to,” he recalled in Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words (Mercury Songs Ltd). When he was a student at Ealing Art College, Mercury began experimenting with different looks, but it didn’t go down well at home. It was much more fun than having some cozy dinner back at my hotel.” 3: His fashion sense scared his parents I told her not to worry, and as the fight raged I grabbed her and took her on to the dancefloor. Billie Jean King was petrified, but I loved it. Chairs were being smashed, fists were flying, there was blood everywhere. Not long after we got there, a massive fight broke out, which ended up at our table. “Everyone tried to warn me about this club, which of course made me all the more determined to go. “I’d heard it was really exciting, but everyone told me I shouldn’t go – or, if I did, at least to make sure I had a fast bulletproof car waiting for me outside,” said Mercury. Mercury said he “loved” the nightclubs in New York and went to check out a Brooklyn disco called The Gilded Grape, even though it was supposed to be very edgy. 2: He rescued tennis star Billie Jean King But I could sprint, I was good at hockey, and I was just brilliant in the boxing ring,” he revealed. “I loathed cricket and long-distance running I was completely useless at both.

He also liked watching rugby, but football and cricket did nothing for him. He used to play tennis sometimes, especially when he was on holiday, and enjoyed watching Wimbledon. Freddie Mercury Facts: 15 Things You Never Knew About The Queen Frontman 1: Freddie Mercury was a brilliant boxerĪt school in India, the young Freddie Mercury was a good table tennis player.
