On This Day In Queen History – 10 November

In 1967 – The Reaction played Penace Hotel, Hayle, UK.
In 1967 – The Opposition live at the Boys Club, Witterworth, UK.
In 1974 – Queen live at the Guildhall, Preston, UK.
In 1975 – Bohemian Rhapsody filmed Elstree Studios, London, UK – directed by Bruce Gowers.
In 1977 – “News Of The World” entered UK album charts No 4.
In 1978 – Queen awarded Silver and Gold Jazz UK sales.
In 1978 – Queen played Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
In 1978 – “Jazz” album released UK.
In 1981 – “Greatest Hits” topped the UK charts.
In 1981 – ‘Under Pressure’ reached No 8 in UK charts.
In 1982 – Queen rehearsed for 3 and a half days for A Night At The Opera tour at Elstree Studios, London, UK.
In 1986 – Trip Khalaf began final 3-day mixing session of live audio album “Live Magic”.
In 1992 – “The Queen Collection” boxed set released by Hollywood Records.
In 1993 – Brian May played Denayoku Hall, Sendai, Japan.
In 1996 – The London Film Festival screens “Made In Heaven: The Films” Odeon West End Screen 2, London.
In 1998 – Brian May played Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
In 1998 – DoRo Productions produces a Roger Taylor documentary “The Making Of A World Record”, about Cyberbarn internet event.
In 2002 – Brian May guest appearance for Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Royal Opera House, London, UK – played “I’ll Do My Crying In The Rain”, “Run To You” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” with Bryan Adams, and “Is This The World We Created? Brian met the then 12 year-old Vicki Moore, bravely fighting cancer at too young an age. [Tragically lost her battle.]
Further reading: Vicki Moore’s wonderful recollections of this Concert – and her Blog at VICKI’S WORLD.

Gorilla Fund concert
In 2003 – Queen released Greatest Video Hits 2 in Australia.

GVH2
In 2010 – Brian May and Elena Vidal – A Village Lost and Found Talk – 19:30 Quarterhouse, Tontine Street, Folkestone, UK.

Brian and Elena - Folkestone
In 2012 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis played St Georges Church, Brighton, UK.

Queen Forever

In 2014 – Queen Forever CD release – Deluxe Edition – Japanese 2CD SHM-CD (11th USA) – first new Queen album in 20 years featuring unreleased Freddie Mercury vocals.
In 2013 – Roger Taylor has also appeared at Liz Barnes in the show “My Planet Rocks” on “Planet Rock Radio” and talks about his solo project, his life with Queen and The Queen Extravaganza.
In 2013 – A Roger Taylor interview entitled “My Kind Of Town” is published in the “Sunday Telegraph”.
In 2013 – The Queen Extravaganza played Komedia, Bath, UK. In 2014 – “Queen Forever” album with new unreleased songs “There Must Be More To Life Than This” (with Michael Jackson – William Orbit Mix), “Let Me In Your Heart Again” and “Love Kills – The Ballad” released by Virgin EMI Records as standard CD jewel case with 20 tracks and 16 page booklet and a 2CD Deluxe edition in digipak with 36 tracks and 24 page booklet in UK.
In 2014 – A “Special Preview Screening” of a new 4K Ultra High Definition re-mastered Konzertflim “Queen Rocks Montreal” shown in a West London cinema.
In 2014 – The organizers of Band Aid Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to announce at a press conference in London that after 30 years in a new edition with a revised text of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” work. The new version will be released under the banner of “Band Aid 30”. Roger Taylor signed up to participate.
In 2015: A Press Release announced “Queen + Adam Lambert to headline the Isle Of Wight Festival 2016 on 12.06.2016, the concert being the first Queen + Adam Lambert UK festival appearance and the only UK show for 2016.
In 2015 -Press release announced “Classic Rock Roll Of Honour” awarding the “Living Legend Award” to Queen, The Roundhouse in Camden, London on 11 Nov 2015.
In 2015 – Brian May guest on “ITN News At Ten” in an interview with Nina Nannar on “Bohemian Rhapsody”, told how the success of the single saved the band from bankruptcy.

Brian May on Bohemian Rhapsody  – ITV News At Ten 10112015
https://youtu.be/7VzEuTUjuuI
In 2015 – Queen Extravaganza – A Night At The Opera 40th Anniversary Tour:, Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
In 2017 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy.