Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song): Difference between revisions

Its next important performance occurred on 8 October 1988, at the open air La Nit festival in Barcelona, which was staged on the occasion of the arrival of the Olympic flag from [[Seoul]]. Together, Mercury and Caballé sang three tracks from the forthcoming album ''Barcelona'', namely "Barcelona", "How Can I Go On" and "The Golden Boy".<ref>Freestone, p. 127</ref><ref>[http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/FreddieMercuryBio.html Freddie Mercury Biography]. hotshotdigital.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.</ref> This was the last live performance by Mercury, who was already beginning to suffer from AIDS.<ref>[http://www.freddie.ru/e/bio/ Freddie Mercury: biography]. Freddie.ru. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.</ref> He died in 1991, so the recording of the song was played over a travelogue of the city at the start of the international broadcast of the 1992 Olympics opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdksitehDJ8 |title=Barcelona 92: inicio de la ceremonia |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-03-23}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1992/07/20/pagina-16/1266027/pdf.html|title=La ceremonia de inauguración|access-date=2011-07-24|work=[[El Mundo Deportivo]]|date=1992-07-20}}</ref>