On This Day in Queen History – 11 July

In 1971 – Queen played private event for guests from record labels, Imperial College, London, UK.
In 1980 – Queen played the Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.
In 1986 – Queen played Wembley Stadium, London, UK (1st of 2 sold out shows, 80,000 audience).

Backstage Wembley Stadium 11 July 1986
Backstage Wembley Stadium 11 July 1986

In 1993 – Brian May Band played the Festivalground, Werchter, Belgium.
In 1994 – “Frank Stubbs Promotes” ITV1 series 2 aired featuring Brian May’s “On My Way Up”. VHS`

Frank Stubbs Promotes VHS

In 2011 – Brian May & Roger Taylor made a guest appearance at the iTunes Festival with Foo Fighters, at the Camden’s Roundhouse, London, UK (performed “Tie Your Mother Down)”.
In 2012 – ‘We Will Rock You’ ranked No 2 and ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ No 3 “Top 10 Driving Songs”, UK. No 1 place went to ‘Sultans Of Swing’ by Dire Straits.
In 2012 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK – the first of three dates.

Hammersmith Apollo 11 July 2012
Hammersmith Apollo 11 July 2012

In 2013 – Brian May and Roger Taylor were working with British music producer Richard Orbit in Manchester on some unreleased Queen/Freddie Mercury/Michael Jackson Tapes. The songs would be released in a few months.

Tie Your Mother Down – Foo Fighters & Queen iTunes Festival 11 July 2011
https://youtu.be/yf9KBxTg-nw

In 2014 – “Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs: Listen To The Banned” documentary broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Four HD. Brian May had been filmed for the documentary on 30 April 2014 by the BBC in Allerton.


 BBC4 Trailer Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 26/06/14 (inc Brian May)
https://youtu.be/QJ-YeyRijCw

In 2016 – “Highlander – 30th Anniversary Edition” released in UK by the film distribution company Studiocanal on Blu-Ray and DVD.

Highlander 30th Anniversary Blu-ray

In 2016 – Brian May is guest “Good Morning Britain” TV show,.  SEE SOAPBOX | TRANSCRIPT
In 2016 – Press release announcing Brian May & Kerry Ellis – Candlelit Christmas Tour 2016 of 11 UK cities start 07.12.2016 in Dorking through to 23.12.2016 in the G Live in Guildford. Tour later cancelled.
In 2022 – Queen + Adam Lambert played Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy.