Report: Birmingham Hippodrome Needs Home For 15ft FREDDIE MERCURY
June 5, 2009, 15 years ago
BirminghamPost.net reports:
Birmingham theatre bosses are under pressure to find a home for a 15ft FREDDIE MERCURY statue as it heads to the city for the summer.
Managers at the Hippodrome have to find a place for the QUEEN frontman after realising there was no room for the 680kg iconic image at the theatre.
It is offering businesses and fans across the city the chance of looking after Freddie for the next three months. All they ask is that the temporary home is in full view for visitors.
The statue has been at the entrance to the Dominion Theatre in London for seven years to promote the musical We Will Rock You, but as the production goes on the road to Birmingham, so does giant Freddie.
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