On This Day in Queen History – 19 January

In 1978 – Circus Magazine carried Queen interview “Queen Deserve Rock’s Royal Crown?” by Rosy Horide, where the band mentioned they would be taking stock of business affairs during the year. READ HERE

Circus Magazine

In 1985 – Queen played their second show at the Rock In Rio festival. The show was televised live on Global TV and recorded for VHS release.
In 2014 – Brian May’s interview with Liz Barnes broadcast on Planet Rock Radio.


Brian May Planet Rock with Liz Barnes 19 01 2014 (recorded 9 Dec 2013)
https://youtu.be/TQeJjhanpmk

In 2014 – Queen Audio producer, Justin Shirley-Smith interview “Queen – The Studio Experience Montreux” went out on RTS. See video below.

Queen The Studio Experience
https://youtu.be/3-eDQhSSlFM

In 2015 – The Blu-Ray Steelbook Edition “Metropolis – Ultimate Collector’s Edition” released by Eureka Entertainment in the course of the “The Masters of Cinema Series” in UK, limited to 4,000 copies worldwide and includes, among other things, coloured film by Giorgio Moroder with Freddie Mercury’s ‘Love Kills’ on soundtrack.
In 2016 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis “One Voice – The Tour!- played an intimate mini-warm-up gig at “The Pheasantry At PizzaExpress” in Chelsea, London for only 85 fans.
In 2016 – Premiere of official trailer Warner Bros Pictures new Superhero film “Suicide Squad” with “Bohemian Rhapsody” on soundtrack.
In 2020 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Gocheok Skydome, Seoul, S Korea. REPORT HERE

B and R Seoul by Andrew Bytheway
Brian and Roger – 19 January 2020
Waving goodbye, Seoul
Photo courtesy of Ric Libson and Stufush – Waving goodbye to Seoul