On This Day in Queen History – 13 August

In 1969 – Freddie Bulsara joined Ibex with Mike Bersin, John Taylor and Mick Smith (date mentioned in Record Collector Magazine, March 1996 issue).

Freddie Ibex
Freddie – Ibex

In 1979 – Queen went into Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, to rehearse for the the Crazy Tour.
In 1980 – Queen played The Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
In 1982 – Queen played Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA.
In 2012 – The digital album “A Symphony Of British Music : Music For The Closing Ceremony Of The London 2012 Olympic Games” released on iTunes. The tracks ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (excerpt), Queen Medley: ‘Day-O’/’Brighton Rock’ (ft Jessie J) and ‘We Will Rock You’ made available for download. [AMAZON]

Olympics Symphony

In 2012 – Brian May was working on his “Diableries” project. In 2012 : In Japan unauthorized DVD” Mercury Rising” released.
In 2013 – Brian May disappointed with “PERSEIDS METEOR HUNTING”. READ HERE

Perseids 13 August 2013

In 2014 – Queen + Adam Lambert sound check Olympic Park, Seoul.
In 2014 – Brian May, Roger Taylor, Spike Edney and Jim Beach had a Korean dinner with Psy in Seoul.

Brian, Psy, Roger with night time city backdrop

In 2014 – Brian May demonstrated his new Gayageum instrument – his new toy in Seoul, having received the instrument from Universal Music. The gayageum is played in the classic Korean music zither, which is similar to the Japanese musical instrument Koto which Brian May played in “The Prophet’s Song”. “ENJOYING A BIT OF SEOUL” READ HERE.

Brian May demonstrates his new Gayageum 13/08/2014
https://youtu.be/qO_g_jc5uvY
In 2014 – Queen + Adam Lambert nominated in the “Band Of The Year”category in “Classic Rock Roll Of Honor” by the “Classic Rock Magazine” in Los Angeles in 2014
In 2014 – “The Platinum Collection” released as Ltd SHM-CD, Japan, with the two bonus tracks “Teo Torriatte” and “I Was Born To Love You”plus OBI with the “Summer Sonic 2014” logo.
In 2014 – Brian May visited The Seoul Tower and promised a new song in the Queen + Adam Lambert live repertoire for the “Supersonic 2014” Festival in Seoul.

Seoul TowerIn 2015 – Queen Extravaganza played The Kursaal, Ostend, Belgium.
In 2015 – The “Queen: Studio Collection -” A Day At The Races “” with a commentary on the album by Brian May was released.