It seems that the Angry Birds have a thing for Rock ‘n’ Roll these days (see Green Day). Rovio and Angry Birds have announced that they are supporters of the Mercury Phoenix Trust and Freddie For A Day, which takes place every year on September 5th and celebrates the life of legendary rocker Freddie Mercury. To kick things off Rovio has created a brand new animation which features “‘Freddie’ the Angry [yellow] Bird riding his bicycle to the famous Queen track ‘Bicycle Race'”.
To further increase awareness, there will also be a limited-edition Freddie Mercury Angry Bird t-shirt (no link available yet). In addition, tonight there is a special fundraising event hosted by Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. Proceeds from the event go to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which is helping fight AIDS worldwide.
will it be a game?
We’ll find out on the 5th.
According the charity site, Rovio is just supporting by making a video and t-shirt:
http://www.freddieforaday.com/en/Angry-Birds-support-Freddie-For-A-Day
No mention of a game.
Exactly!
Thank you Angry-Birds!
There are two new Angry Birds Games coming out. One is Angry Birds Philadelphia Eagles and the Freddie for a Day Angry Birds web game. Are you guys happy?
I’m not so happy since that is web game.
How are you so sure that it will be a web game? Until now, Rovio hasn’t released a single (web-based) game which they announced only 2 days before. I think that this is just a video trying to make ABFans support the whole Freddy Mercury project and AIDS-research…
Ther’s no web game for this. No app, either. There will be a limited edition of the Angry Birds Freddie T-shirt, to raise money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust. I plan to buy one, as yellow bird as Freddie Mercury is simply a great image.
That said, I’d like to see an app with a Queen tie-in. Great music, great band and great game. It would be a win-win-win, should it happen. But, as of now, there are no plans for such.
Poor King Pig…his crown’s no match for Freddie bird’s! :P
Cool! I don’t know so much about Freddy for a day, but that video was cool! The King Pig has a little crown! Lol! xD
Has anyone ever noticed that the King Pig in this animation looks very similar to Dorkly/Collegehumor’s interoperation of the King Pig?
Yep, I notice that
in this animation, king pig are little . . . Thinner.
Very funny that king pig has small crown XD
Yeah I notice that the King Pig was like in dorkly bits animation
Wow what a cute video clip. And the yellow bird even manages to look like Freddie Mercury, right down to the teeth! I’d love one of those T-shirts. Good job Rovio in supporting such a worthy cause.
awesome. so waiting for September 5th… let’s wait
Awesome! Sounds epic :)
It would be great to have a game with Queen’s music in the background.
On a humanitarian level, it’s a great cause, remembering a great entertainer.
On a personal level, I’m happy because I can add Bicycle Race to my AB music playlist as an “official” song. :)
I see rovio became a fan of rock music. First Green Day, now Queen. Perfect :D next sth about Pink Floyd !
Its stuck in my head and hilarious!
Today AB Philadelphia Eagles,tomorrow Freddie For A Day.What is going on!?BTW any news for the Philadelphia Eagles?
as of 4:24am Pacific time, no word. Plus there is the Bad Piggies thing, and they are hinting at news today.
Was that the slingshot tied to the bike acting as the steer for the bike?
This is bare funny! :)
You cannot believe how happy this made me to see this. The Phoenix Trust is a fantastic endeavour and it’s brilliant that Rovio are supporting it.
I have got to get me one of them t-shirts, even if it means pulling a Bomb Bird from somewhere :)
I had my volume up at 100 and I wasn’t expecting the big “BICICYLE!”. Everyone in the room jumped as soon as it started. :)
long live Freddie! ( ‘-‘)9
there are three crowns to collect in this weeks tourney. how do you get the one burried in the bricks?
The Crowns are not meant to be collected.