On This Day in Queen History – 12 August

In 1971 – Queen played Tregye Hotel, Truro, UK.
In 1980 – Queen played the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
In 1980 – Queen released ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ bw ‘Don’t Try Suicide’ 7″ and 12″ promo single on Elektra Records (US).
In 1996 – Brian May performed at Zucchero’s concert, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland.

Brian at Zucchero concert


Zucchero & Brian May – Madre Dolcissima (Montreux Jazz Festival 1996)
https://youtu.be/j5wMbMJ5HRc

In 1996 – 100th performance of South African production of “We Will Rock You – The Musical”, Artscape, Cape Town, South Africa.
In 2008 – Press Release issued, giving details of “THE COSMOS ROCKS” album. AMAZON

Cosmos Rocks album

In 2010 – Kerry Ellis new official website www.kerryellis.co.uk went online.
In 2012 – Queen played live in front of a stadium audience of 80,000 for the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, Olympic Stadium, London, and 1.5 billion worldwide TV viewers.

SETLIST FOR CLOSING CEREMONY:
Freddie Mercury (Hologram): Day-O (from “Live At Wembley Stadium”)
Brian May: Brighton Rock Guitar Solo

Queen + special guest vocalist, Jessie J: We Will Rock You

The closing ceremony was followed by 219 million TV viewers in the US alone, making the show the most watched TV event of all time – and in UK the TV event was seen by 26.3 million viewers – 90.4% of the population (households).

Freddie Mercury – Brian May – Queen – Jessie J – Olympic Games – Closing Ceremony – London 2012
https://youtu.be/YzoyDILKlhY

Freddie - Olympics Closing Ceremony
Brian May, Roger Taylor and Jessie J

In 2014 – An exclusive UK Preview screening of “Live at the Rainbow ’74” for “The Mercury Phoenix Trust” announced for 03.09.2014, Hard Rock Cafe, London.
In 2014 – Brian May and Roger Taylor arrived in South Korea. Fans gave them a tremendous welcome at the airport.

Korea Airport arrival

Roger Taylor Korea airport arrival

In 2014 – Brian May said “Hello Korea !!!” on his SOAPBOX HERE and thanked fans for a great reception.
In 2015 – The official video “Don’t Stop Me Now” had been viewed over 100 million times on Official Queen youTube Channel.
In 2015 – Queen Extravaganza appeared at The Melkweg, Amsterdam, on their European Summer 2015 Tour.