| BobbytheCat 13.12.2018 00:35 |
Browsing through the very fine website link I found a picture of Freddie in his black and white harlequin suit which seems to be a negative version of the regular one (black is white and white is black). link Has anyone ever seen this before and/or can tell me more about it? Cheers |
| NastyQueenie74 13.12.2018 01:41 |
Wouldn't have noticed that if you didn't point it out |
| Blackvy 13.12.2018 03:47 |
Interesting point, He's wearing his regular black and white harlequin suit in the rest of the pictures taken that night. Could it be edited? |
| The Real Wizard 13.12.2018 04:46 |
It's definitely not edited. That'd be a hell of a photoshopping job, and to what end? Great catch - it's definitely from another show. I'll attach the photo in question here, as I'm going to have to remove it from my site. Thanks for pointing this out. |
| dysan 13.12.2018 08:09 |
Maybe he put it on inside out? |
| Thistle 14.12.2018 00:45 |
dysan wrote: Maybe he put it on inside out?LOL, I've no idea if you're being serious or not, but it made me chuckle anyway. Imagine the daft sod doing a show with the suit inside out :p |
| GT 14.12.2018 07:28 |
In all the years I have been studying the band's stage costumes, I have never seen this variation of Freddie's Harlequin leotard before. Amazing. I have recently been surprised and intrigued by another leotard that Freddie wore on stage but in RED! This was printed in a recent picture book of the band. Although you can clearly see the black belt, could this have been doctored? |
| dysan 14.12.2018 08:36 |
I'd say that's black but under stage lighting. You see this a lot. Look at this picture of Brett Anderson.. for years I thought WOW I've never seen him in this outfit before until I did the math. |
| BobbytheCat 14.12.2018 10:48 |
I noticed it as this is my favorite Freddie costume. My thought was also it might be a (very good) photoshop job. But as Mr. Wizzard already mentioned, to what end? Maybe we've all missed the few shows he actually wore this variation. As we are talking costumes, he only wore the black/white We Are The Champions outfit on the video shoot and concert, did he? |
| BobbytheCat 14.12.2018 10:52 |
While I'm at it, is there any video material of the striped jump suits (2 versions) used on the News Of The World US tour? |
| . 14.12.2018 13:11 |
BobbytheCat wrote: Maybe we've all missed the few shows he actually wore this variation.I have another photo with him wearing that variation, I'll ask the photographer if he remembers where and when he took it and get back to you. |
| Star* 14.12.2018 14:41 |
Does that black & white diamond costume feature from some concerts in 1976/1977 yes i have seen this many times before. |
| Star* 14.12.2018 14:41 |
Does that black & white diamond costume feature from some concerts in 1976/1977 yes i have seen this many times before. |
| Blackvy 14.12.2018 14:50 |
Kurgan wrote:Awesome!, that would be great :)BobbytheCat wrote: Maybe we've all missed the few shows he actually wore this variation.I have another photo with him wearing that variation, I'll ask the photographer if he remembers where and when he took it and get back to you. Cheers! |
| . 14.12.2018 15:17 |
He got back to me with a nice little story, and it's Dayton Ohio December 4th 1977. |
| GT 14.12.2018 16:40 |
BobbytheCat, Yes, strangely, FM only wore the two tone leotard at the WATC video/gig. Unfortunately it seems there is no video footage of FM wearing the striped leotards. Kurgan. Thats great, many thanks for finding out the date. |
| Art Lawyer 14.12.2018 16:45 |
Different versions this kind of suit: 1. white sleeveless 2. black sleeveless (with diamonds in front) 3. white&black diamonds 4. white, red, green diamonds 5. black&white diamonds (reverse - Dayton) 6. half black, half white 7. white black striped 8. silver lurex 9. red lurex |
| The Real Wizard 14.12.2018 19:24 |
Kurgan wrote: I have another photo with him wearing that variationAny chance you could post the photo? |
| . 14.12.2018 20:20 |
GT wrote: Kurgan. Thats great, many thanks for finding out the date.You're welcome, another photo from later in the set shows him in a what looks like the green, red and white harlequin leotard. It's in black and white so I can't tell for certain. Strange goings on that night with costume changes perhaps? |
| BobbytheCat 16.12.2018 12:05 |
Thanks so much for your help everyone. Turns out we didn't miss the shows but just didn't notice the suit. If Mr Kurgan could share the mentioned photos it would be most appreciated. cheers |
| . 16.12.2018 12:55 |
Update. Some photos from the Dayton gig were shared privately. They were taken by a professional photographer who sometimes sells prints of his work. I've asked him if he can list some of the ones he took backstage at Dayton and will post links here if he does. |
| . 17.12.2018 17:06 |
Previous post updated. |
| Blackvy 17.12.2018 17:50 |
Kurgan wrote: Update. Some photos from the Dayton set were shared privately. He is a professional photographer and sometimes sells prints of his work. I've asked him if he can list some of the ones he took backstage at Dayton and will post links here if he does.Thanks a lot! :) |
| dysan 18.12.2018 08:00 |
bump |
| . 18.12.2018 08:52 |
I have just noticed you can make out the harlequin variation through the dry ice in this photo. link |
| Walter B. 18.12.2018 19:11 |
I found another picture with the harlequin suit |
| Blackvy 18.12.2018 19:17 |
Kurgan wrote: I have just noticed you can make out the harlequin variation through the dry ice in this photo. linkGood point! |
| NastyQueenie74 18.12.2018 20:15 |
Walter B. wrote: I found another picture with the harlequin suitNope, that's the normal one |
| . 29.12.2018 16:41 |
GT wrote: In all the years I have been studying the band's stage costumes, I have never seen this variation of Freddie's Harlequin leotard before. Amazing. I have recently been surprised and intrigued by another leotard that Freddie wore on stage but in RED! This was printed in a recent picture book of the band. Although you can clearly see the black belt, could this have been doctored?If it is the same book I have (by Micheal O'Neill) it's listed as being from Boston '77. Here's another taken by Stephen Sherman at the same show that you may not have seen before: link |
| Chinwonder2 30.12.2018 11:55 |
Is this the photo and write up you’re referring to? -Chin |
| dysan 31.12.2018 09:55 |
Definitely black. |
| . 31.12.2018 12:13 |
In the last photo I posted Brian's white trousers look very dark due to silhouette. |
