On This Day in Queen History – 14 October

In 1966 – The Reaction played the Penmare Hotel, Hayle, UK.
In 1973 – Queen played Le Blow Up, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
In 1984 – Queen played the Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana, S Africa.
In 1991 – The Cross played the Freiheitshalle, Hof, Germany.
In 1991 – ‘The Show Must Go On’ / ‘Keep Yourself Alive’ released UK.

Freddie on stage
Freddie on stage

In 1992 – Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon attended BMI Annual Dinner and received award for writers of music of Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ and presented with $450,000 cheque for MPT for sale of Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts ft Innuendo artwork, Dorchester Hotel, London, UK.
In 1993 – Brian May played The World Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
In 1994 – Roger Taylor played showcase gig organised by EMI at Altes Presswerk, Cologne, Germany – filmed for German TV.
In 1998 – Roger Taylor played Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK.
In 1998 – Brian appeared on BBC One TV in Smith & Jones show, in a comedy sketch, as himself.

Brian on Smith & Jones show
Brian on Smith & Jones show

In 1998 – Roger appeared on BBC Radio 5 “Cybil Roscoe” show.
In 2002 – Queen released Greatest Video Hits 1 on DVD, UK – a 2-DVD set ft unreleased ‘Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy’ from Top Of The Pops and flame version ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. ‘Bicycle Race’ was a new video and all videos had an intro title.
In 2005 – Roger Taylor guest spot Foo Fighters concert, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA – played drums ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ with Taylor Hawkins singing. Roger & Paul Rodgers discussed “Return Of The Champions” release for VH-1 Classic.
In 2008 – Queen + Paul Rodgers played International Arena, Cardiff, UK. Neil Murray on bass for show, as Danny Miranda in hospital.

Cardiff
Cardiff

In 2010 – Press Release announced Brian May to receive a special award in recognition of his campaigning on behalf of animals from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) at the House of Lords.
In 2013 – Olympic Studios, where Queen albums “A Night At The Opera” and “The Miracle” were recorded, had been converted into a cinema. “The Olympic Cinema” opened on 14/10/2013.
In 2013 – Roger Taylor released artwork by Felix Taylor for his upcoming site www.rogertaylorofficial.com and as animations for the video “Sunny Day”.
In 2013 – Brian May flew to Baltimore, Maryland, USA and appeared on” Midday with Dan Rodricks” on WYPR ahead of Baltimore opening of WWRY.

Brian May Midday with Dan Rodricks 14/10/2013
https://youtu.be/kPkj0LK8f1E

In 2014: “One Night In Hell – Teaser 3” was published by Brian May. https://youtu.be/SYtDgyozNE8
In 2014 – ‘Let Me In Your Heart Again'” ranked in Absolute Radio’s ‘A-List’.
In 2015 – Cliff Richard celebrated his “75th Birthday Show” at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Brian May and Anita Dobson being present in the audience. On a video screen Tribute Embassy of Brian May with a virtual message of Freddie Mercury shown.
In 2015 – An interview by Brian May on Rory Gallagher and the new movie “Taste – What’s Going On (Live At The Isle Of Wight)” published. READ TRANSCRIPT

Brian May Interview On Taste & Rory Gallagher
https://youtu.be/2xG4mnm0bBQ

In 2016 – The 31st Queen’s Convention is held at the Haven Golden Sands Holiday Park in Mablethorpe 14 – 17 October.
In 2016 – A scene from Brian May’s “Diableries” book published on the cover of the November 2016 Halloween edition of the magazine “Fortean Times”. The magazine contained a 6-page article “Diableries – The Devil In 3-D”.

Fortean Times cover
Fortean Times cover