Freddie Mercury Pride Logo (Clone)

Pride celebration and HIV/AIDS charity clone featuring a black and white Hard Rock logo and a rainbow silhouette of Freddie Mercury (1946-1991). Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen, died of complications from AIDS.

For this global series, some locations received clones with location names. Other locations, including the Online Rock Shop, received a nearly identical clone with no location name. This pin is the version with no location name.

Hard Rock logo includes a black brand name on a white circle outlined in black. Beneath brand name, in black capital letters, are the words "All Is One."

Centered behind logo is the Mercury silhouette, a profile facing right. Mercury is shown in one of his famous poses, lunging forward with knees bent, back arched, head thrown back. Covering his body are 13 different solid-colored horizontal stripes that look like a rainbow.

Back of pin says "Limited Edition" with no quantity.

Backing card says 10% of sales will benefit the Mercury Phoenix Trust, founded by Queen and its manager to fight the battle against HIV and AIDS.

Locations that sold this clone with no location name include Amsterdam (which also released a version with location name), Anchorage, Antwerp, Athens, Atlanta, Baltimore, Barcelona, Biloxi Cafe, Biloxi Hotel, Brussels, Chicago, Copenhagen, Denver, Edinburgh (which also released a version with location name), Florence, Foxwoods, Glasgow, Hollywood Universal CityWalk CA Cafe, Hollywood FL Cafe, Hollywood FL Hotel, Houston, Lisbon, Louisville, Mall of America, Manchester, Memphis, Miami, Munich, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New Orleans, Niagara Falls USA, Nice, Online, Orlando Hotel, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pigeon Forge, Pittsburgh, Prague, Rome, San Antonio, San Diego Hotel, Seattle, Seville, Venice, Vienna, Washington DC and Yankee Stadium.

Base material: Silver appearance

Style: Painted

Back print: 4 lines

Back pattern: Hard Rock Cafe logos and diagonal guitars

Distribution method: Retail (selected locations) and online

Release date: June 1, 2019

Original retail price: $14 USD (USA locations and online), £11.95 (United Kingdom locations), €13.95 (European locations where euro is official currency), 105 DKK (Copenhagen)