Remembering courageous, beautiful Vicki Moore on her birthday.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VICKI, BEYOND THE SUN.
R.I.P.
[Vicki was befriended by Brian May in 2002 in her fight against cancer.]
In 1974 – Queen played the Agricultural Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
In 1978 – Queen played the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria.
In 1979 – Queen played the Prefectural Athletic Association, Yamaguchi, Japan.
In 1987 – Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran record “The Golden Boy (Early Version: Freddie’s Demo Vocal)” at Town House Studios, London, UK. Appears on The Solo Collection”.
In 1988 – Jim Beach (Queen’s Manager) attended International Conference of Polygram Records and played for delegates three tracks from forthcoming album by Freddie and Montserrat Caballe.
In 1989 – ‘I Want It All’ bw ‘Hang On In There’ released as 32nd UK single. Reached No.3 in charts. First time that Queen put out vinyl and CD single formats.
In 1992 – Extreme’s cover of ‘Love Of My Life’ with Brian May released on UK single “Song For Love” (UK) CD, 7″ & 12″.
In 2006 – In 2 May episode of “Boston Legal”, a US drama about lawyers featured a rather fun (steamy) use of “You’re My Best Friend”.
In 2008 – Brian May flew to Gainsville, Florida, USA, ahead of ceremony at University of Florida and later to Los Angeles for book promotion of “BANG! The Complete History of the Universe”.
In 2010 – Brian May guest appearance with Kerry Ellis for A Night Of 1,000 Voices, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. [ READ BRIAN’S SOAPBOX REPORT]
In 2011 – Bob Geldof published, UK, promo CD ‘Here’s To You (Radio Edit)’, with Roger Taylor on drums.
In 2011 – The current issue of “Classic Rock Magazine” reported Roger Taylor was working in the studio on three songs by Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson: ‘State Of Shock’, ‘There Must Be More Than Life Than This’ and ‘Victory'”, hopefully to be released by year end.
In 2012 – Brian May shared with website readers some good moments with Steven Tyler from the American Idol show appearance. [SOAPBOX].
In 2013 – “We Will Rock You – The Musical 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour” opened in Istanbul, Turkey, playing until 12/05/2013.
In 2014 – Brian May announced that work on new Queen tracks with Freddie Mercury almost finished. He was busy signing guitars – and shared pictures of Madison Square Garden 1977 with Freddie Mercury. MORE HERE
In 2016 – Adam Lambert to be honoured at the “Tipp3 Walk Of Stars” in the VIP Marshall Lounge at the Gasometer in Vienna before his “The Original High Tour” concert.
In 2016 – On the Adam Lambert – The Original High Tour, Vienna, Gasometer Adam Lambert engaged in promotion for the Queen + Adam Lambert Concert in Linz 25.05.2016 and played as a last encore a funky version of “Another One Bites The Dust”.
In 2016: Due to the overwhelming success of “We Will Rock You Australia” in Sydney, further contingent of tickets to be released for sale.
In 2017 – Roger Taylor released a 20-second video “Sunset” on the Roger Taylor YouTube Channel.
In 2017 – Tony Iommi and his wife, Maria, visited Brian May and Anita Dobson.
In 2017 – Fan pre-sale started for Queen + Adam Lambert European Tour 2017 Copenhagen show.