On This Day in Queen History – 14 December

In 1973 – Queen played Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (2 shows) with Mott The Hoople – Brian May’s parents were in the audience.
In 1975 – Queen played the Capitol, Aberdeen, UK.
In 1978 – Queen played the PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada. In 1979 – Queen played the Rainbow Theatre, London, UK.

Freddie and Superman 14 Dec 1979 Rainbow Theatre
Freddie and Superman 14 Dec 1979 Rainbow Theatre – Photo: www.queenlive.ca

In 1980 – Queen played the Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany (played Imagine as tribute to John Lennon).
In 1993 – Brian May Band played the Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain.

Brian May - Barcelona 14 Dec 1993
Brian May – Barcelona 14 Dec 1993

In 1993 – Queen received 2 x Platinum award for “Classic Queen” US sales.
In 2000 – Roger Taylor guest appearance with SAS Band, Usher Hall, Edinburgh – performed “A Kind Of Magic”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “Strange Frontier”, “With A Little Help From My Friends”.
In 2001 – Brian May in January 2002 issue of Total Guitar magazine published. Brian was also on the cover CD.

Brian May - Air Guitar
Brian May – Air Guitar (Total Guitar}

In 2011 – The second three albums “A Night At The Opera”, “A Day At The Races” and “News Of The World” are released by Universal Music Japan as the limited edition SHM-SACD.
In 2012 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis released “Born Free” 12” limited edition picture disc.
In 2012 – Press release announced the multi-touch electronic edition of “40 Years Of Queen” The eBook by Carlton Digital for iPad and iPad Mini include new audio prefaces by Brian May and Roger Taylor and a “News Of The World” Electronic Jigsaw Puzzle. Brian May presented the eBook Edition at a launch at The Groucho Club in Soho.


“40 Years of Queen” ebook launch with Brian May
http://youtu.be/uQDinHHS3Zc

In 2012 – We Will Rock You Musical opened in Basel, Switzerland.
In 2014 – The animation film “Diableries – One Night In Hell” shown at the “11th Annual 3D International Film Festival” at the Independent Theater, Los Angeles.
In 2014 – The second part of the interview “Nicky Horne Meets … Queen’s Brian May” from the “Classic Rock Magazine” is released.


Nicky Horne meets… Brian May – Part Two | Classic Rock Magazine
https://youtu.be/t-GwBz7cvyU

In 2015 – A print signed by Brian May and Roger Taylor from the album “A Night At The Opera” is auctioned in favor of The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
In 2016 – A meeting with representatives of bookstores from all over England took place near London to find a new distribution channel for London Stereoscopic Company books. Brian May presented the work of The LSC based on previously published books and introduced “Queen In 3-D,” the latest book in production.