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Legendary rocker Freddie Mercury becomes Angry Birds character

By: Aseem Gaurav on September 3, 2012


Freddie For A Day and Rovio Entertainment have partnered to turn the flamboyant Queen frontman Freddie Mercury into a character from the popular game Angry Birds. A new video showing Freddie as an “honorary member of the Angry Birds family” has been released by Rovio Entertainment, to help fight AIDS.


Freddie For A Day is a special event to celebrate Freddie's life which is held every September 5, Freddie's birthday, and aims to bring people together to dress up as Freddie to raise awareness and funds for the Mercury Phoenix Trust Aids charity.

Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio, said Freddie For A Day is a great way to honour Freddie's fun and flamboyant spirit while delivering an important awareness message.


Besides, Angry Birds in association with Bravado will be releasing a limited-edition Freddie Mercury Angry Bird T-shirt which will be made available from the Angry Birds and Bravado webstores.

It is not just Rovio that has is supporting the Freddie For A Day event, earlier a lot of brands and celebrities have come up to support the life of Freddie.

For more information about the Freddie For A Day campaign and the Mercury Phoenix Trust, click here. Also view the video here.
 

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