On This Day in Queen History - 17 July

In 1965 – Johnny Quale and the Reaction played Werrington Park, Launceston, Cornwall, UK.
In 1966 – The Reaction played City Hall, Truro, UK.
In 1971 – Queen played The Garden, Penzance, UK.
In 1979 – Love Of My Life (live) entered UK singles chart No 63.
In 1996 – Rock Therapy release ‘Reaching Out’ CD and 7″ singles.

In 2000 – Five + Queen release “We Will Rock You singles (UK).
In 2010 – Brian May and Elena Vidal “A Village Lost And Found” USA book tour commenced, Huron, Ohio, at the National Stereoscopic Association of America (NSA) Annual Convention, Brian was presented with surprise birthday cake, iced with Red Special design.

In 2012 – Queen announced screenings of 27 July Budapest concert, titled “Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen live In Budapest” in selected theatres worldwide.
In 2013 – Adam Lambert interview with Ryan Seacrest about iHeartRadio Music Festival, Queen & Glee.

Adam Lambert talks iHeartRadio Music Festival, Queen & Glee with Ryan Seacrest 17 07 2013
– https://youtu.be/-HsbMUz3Lk4

In 2013 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis played the Auditorium, Milan, Italy.
In 2013 – A newly revised Freddie Mercury “Radio Go Go” Gorilla is again exhibited in Norwich.

In 2014 – Brian May visited the Empire State Building in New York. MORE ON SOAPBOX

Flat Iron Bridge - Brian May's view from Empire State Building — Flat Iron Bridge – Brian May’s view from Empire State Building

In 2014 – Queen + Adam Lambert played Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA. Backstage guests included Whoopi Goldberg and David Hasselhoff. READ BRIAN’S SOAPBOX REPORT

Lap Of The Gods – Seven Seas of Rhye – Queen + Adam Lambert – Madison Square Garden – NYC – 7/17/14
– https://youtu.be/QU62Ma4bNpU

In 2015 – Adam Lambert sings a special version of ‘We Are The Champions’ in celebration of the 50th edition of “The Late Late Show With James Corden”… “He is James Corden, my friends and he’ll host the Late Show till the end. He is James Corden, he is James Corden. This is the Late Show and the is James Corden … of the world!”
In 2015 – Brian May attended Pluto Press Conference, John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory,in Laurel, Maryland, USA. SEE MORE
HERE– Brian May attends Pluto Press Conference, John Hopkins University
and HERE: Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May helps Pluto Team examine data

Brian recognised at NASA bfiefing — Astrophysicist Dr. Brian May is recognized during a July 17, 2015 New Horizons science briefing at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May spent a long birthday weekend with the science team, attending two morning science plenaries, a meeting with the Student Dust Counter group, and working on stereo images of Pluto with the Geology, Geophysics and Imaging (GGI) team. (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

In 2017 – Queen + Adam Lambert – played the Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.