On This Day in Queen History – 17 April

In 1970 – Smile played PJ’s Club, Truro, UK.
In 1974 – Queen played the Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
In 1976 – Elektra Records re-released ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ bw ‘You’re My Best Friend’ in their Gold Series
In 1976 – Queen played Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia.
In 1978 – Queen played Forest National, Brussels, Belgium.
In 1982 – Queen played Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland.
In 1985 – Queen played Sports & Entertainments Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Queen Melbourne 1985

In 1988 – The Cross live at the Music Hall, Frankfurt, Germany.
In 1991 – Brian May guest on “Innuendo Radio Tour”, Los Angeles, California, USA – performed a guitar solo.
In 2004 – Brian May guest at 2nd Anniversary WWRY Dominion Theatre, London, UK, in both performances Brian wore his ‘Jubilee’ suit.

WWRY 2nd Anniversary 17 April 2004
WWRY 2nd Anniversary 17 April 2004 @ Jen Tunney 2004

In 2005 – Queen + Paul Rodgers played the Arena, Leipzig, Germany.
In 2008 – Brian May wrote on his website that he was working on a book about Victorian photographer, T R Williams and Queen + Paul Rodgers were in The Priory studio, Surrey, working on an album.
In 2011 – Brian May confirmed that he plays guitar on ‘You And I’ by Lady Gaga. The Blues/Country/Rock Performance” (definition Brian May) was due to be released 23.05.2011 on Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” album.
In 2013 – Brian May spoke about badgers at a meeting of the Wildlife And Conservation APPG, Committee Room 17, House of Commons, London. READ SPEECH HERE.
In 2015 – Brian May visited Torquay as part of the Common Decency campaign in support of Lib Dem candidate for Torbay, Adrian Sanders.

Brian and Adrian Sanders
Brian and Adrian Sanders

In 2016 – In Season 1, Episode 10 “Alibi” by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger produced the TV series “Vinyl”, Queen song “The Night Comes Down” was played.
In 2016 – Brian enjoyed some selfie time with Adam Lambert after a great show, Hammersmith Apollo,[14/04/2016].

Brian May, Boy George, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert.