Queen's Roadie Auctions Freddie Mercury Memorabilia

0:00It's April 3rd, welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. Peter Hintz, Queen's longtime headroady, is putting some prize memorabilia up for auction, including a gold microphone gifted to him by Freddie. Mercury, he joined the crew back in 1975 at just 20 years old, right as they were crafting a night at the opera and stuck around until. Their final show with Freddie in 1986. When started by handling gear for Freddie and John Deacon on stage, then rose to lead the whole row team through massive tours. He saw Queen explode globally from 1980 onward, hitting stadiums in South America and packing arenas like Madison Square Garden with. Electric energy. Fans and collectors are buzzing about these pieces that capture Queen's golden era, from the band's pro vibe to Freddie's unpredictable flare that. Park the crew on their toes. Hintz calls those live shows palpable magic, even if he was too locked in on the job back

1:00then, to fully soak it up. Now in his 70s, Hintz is auctioning the sure gold mic from Circus Magazine's Band of the Year award, plus Freddie's stage tambourine and a backstage dressing gown, all at prop stores music live auction on April 30th, 2026. Fans run from $39,600 to $79,200, while he's holding on to personal stuff like gold. Disks, tour passes, and a Christmas car from Freddie. These items will thrill die hard Queen fans, but for Hintz, the real treasure is those wild creative days beating Freddie at Scrabble and Rocking. Live a memories that'll outlast any auction.