On This Day in Queen History – 12 January

In 1968 – The Opposition played the Casino Ballroom, Leicester, UK.
In 1964 – Freddie [then Bulsara] and his family fled their home on Zanzibar island due to political change and came to Feltham, near London.
In 1979 – Queen flew to Hamburg, Germany, to rehearse for European leg of Jazz Tour.
In 1985 – Queen first appearance at Rock In Rio festival in Brazil.

Rock In Rio 12 Jan 1985

In 1987 – Brian May attended the premiere of Queen In Budapest film recorded at Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary.
In 1987 – Queen received Silver, Gold and Platinum awards for Live Magic UK sales.
In 1987 – Roger and John were on holiday in LA.
In 2005 – Brian May and Roger Taylor were on the TV “London Tonight”, talking about the 1,000th performance of We Will Rock You and saying that profits from this performance going to Asian tsunami disaster – maybe the worst we have ever seen in our time. At the show they joined the cast in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’,

Mazz Murray and Brian May
Tie Your Mother Down – Mazz Murray and Brian
Photo courtesy Kevin Smith

In 2010 – In a press release, Eagle Rock Entertainment announced release of Band Du Lac “One Night Only Live” Blu-Ray for February 19.
In 2013 – Queen Extravaganza 2013 Tour: Toyota Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, CT, USA.
In 2013 – The Rolls Royce “Silver Shadow”, registration WLX 293M formerly owned by Freddie Mercury sold for £74,000 to a Russian businessman, at the “AutoSport International Show”, NEC Birmingham, UK.
In 2014 – Brian May was working at home on a new stereoscopic book project, which would go into the Tate Gallery.
In 2015 – The last rehearsal before start of Queen + Adam Lambert tour took place at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle until after midnight.

Newcastle sunset
Newcastle sunset

Crinoline coverIn 2016 – In a press release 3-D book “Crinoline: Fashion’s Most Magnificent Disaster” [AMAZON] by Brian May and Dennis Pellerin publication for 16.04.2016 announced. A selection of the stereographic photographs from the book to be shown at the opening of the exhibition “Undressed: A Brief History Of Underwear” at the Victoria And Albert Museum, London on 16.04.2016. The exhibition to run until 12.03.2017.
In 2016 – Brian May confirmed to speak at Astrofest 2016, London.

Brian and Pluto
Brian and Pluto