On This Day in Queen History – 18 October

In 1969 – Smile played the College Union, Watford, UK.
In 1974 – Queen recorded backing vocals for Seven Seas Of Rhye for Top Of The Pops in Pete Townshend’s studio.
In 1976 – Queen live at the Civic Centre, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
In 1981 – Queen live at Estadio de Beisbol Ignacio Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico.
In 1984 – Queen played the Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana.
In 1989 – Roger Taylor attended Rock ‘n’ Roll Banger Race Meeting organised by Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Centre Charity at Wimbledon’s racing course.
In 1991 – The Cross played at the Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1993 – Brian May played Rockerfellas West, Houston, Texas.
In 1996 – Brian May and Roger Taylor attended British Phonographic Industry Awards, Earls Court, London, Roger presenting the first Freddie Mercury Award (small copy of Montreux Freddie’s statue) to the War Child Foundation for compilation album “Help”.

1st Freddie Mercury Award for War Child Brits 1996
1st Freddie Mercury Award for War Child Brits 1996

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Help Album for War Child wins the Freddie Mercury Award presented by Roger Taylor | BRIT Awards 1996
https://youtu.be/VM16hzCO71E

In 1998  – Brian May played at the Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy.
In 2002 – Queen received Star on Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Brian May & Roger Taylor made a guest appearance at the Walk of Fame After Party with the SAS Band, Jeff Scot Soto and others at Club 1650, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Queen's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Queen’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star


Stone Cold Crazy with JSS, Brian May & Roger Taylor (Queen)
– http://youtu.be/cvD-SHT25LA

Roger Taylor and Brian May Walk of Fame Club 1650 after party
Roger Taylor and Brian May Walk of Fame Club 1650 after party

In 2008 – Queen + Paul Rodgers played  the Echo Arena, Liverpool.
In 2008 – VH1 Classic Radio reported that they had caught up with Paul Rodgers at the GRAMMY Awards and he updated on what was going on with Queen.


Grammys 2008: Paul Rodgers
https://youtu.be/0YVVjOAVFRw

In 2011 – “Deep Cuts Volume One 1973-1976 UK release announced for 14.03.2011. The 14 songs from first 5 studio albums selected by Brian May, Roger Taylor and Taylor Hawkins and the booklet notes submitted by Rhys Thomas . – with Part 2 ” Deep Cuts” second batch of studio re-issue albums on 13/06/201 and Part 3 on 05/09/2011.
In 2011 – Sleeve notes for “Deep Cuts Volume One 1973-1976″ booklet by Rhys Thomas posted online. In 2011 – General ticket sales for Kerry Ellis and Brian May ” Anthems : The Tour ” opened.
In 2011 – Journalist David Wigg interview about his friendship with Freddie Mercury appeared in the “Daily Mail” newspaper.
In 2012 – Roger Taylor surprise appearance drumming with the band “Waste” in the ” Apres Ski Bar ” at the Hotel Farinet, Verbier Ski Resort in Valais Canton, Swiss Alps.
In 2012 – Alex Gaumond last performance in the role of Galileo, “We Will Rock You” Dominion Theatre, London.
In 2013 – A dress rehearsal of “We Will Rock You 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour” Touring Band to take place “3 Studio 15”, London.
In 2014 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis interview, promoting “The Candlelight Concerts” by Craig Maplesden be published in newspaper “In Bath”. READ HERE
In 2014: Ticket sales of “The Queen Extravaganza – The European Tour” starts for 05.21.2014 date in the arena in Vienna.
In 2014 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis started their concert tour at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, UK.

Brian and Kerry, Stevenage @Jamie Cooper
Brian and Kerry, Stevenage @Jamie Cooper

In 2015 – In a press release the publication of the strictly limited ” Queen Forever Vinyl Box Set ” is scheduled for 13.04.2015 – box set also to be available on “Record Store Day ” 04.18.2015  in the US and Canada, the ” Queen Forever vinyl box Set” to be available at a later date.
In 2017 – In Hungary, an interview with Roger Taylor published, in which he answers the question about a new album as follows: “We went to the studio in Nashville during the American tour, so we started working on a new album that Adam wants to sing. But there is still a lot of work to do with the material.”