On This Day in Queen History – 24 December

In 1965 – The Reaction played St Brannocks Hotel, Newquay, UK.
In 1975 – Queen played Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK – broadcast on BBC Radio and filmed for The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC TV). Freddie and Brian both had the flu – TV crew packed up before the end, thus 2nd encore not recorded.

Queen At The Odeon 1975
Live At The Odeon – both Freddie and Brian had flu.

In 1977 – Queen return to England at the end of their tour.
In 2002 – Brian May interview with Adam Boulton for “Man of the Year” broadcast on SkyOne. Read FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT HERE  [a long read]
In 2004 – Queen awarded Gold for “Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl” DVD UK sales.
In 2010 – The 3D TV program “nShow 3D” in Poland shows “The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 2010”.
In 2011 – In an item titled “‘STRICTLY COME DANCING’ IN HELL” Brian May presented the picture “The Infernal Lottery” from his work on the picture series for the book “Diableries – French Devil Tissue Stereos”. READ HIS COMMENTS HERE

Infernal Lottery

In 2013 – “Ultimate Classic Rock” chose the “Top 10 Christmas Songs”. “Thank God It’s Christmas” selected and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon & Yoko Ono takes first place.
In 2014 – In a press release by BBC Music the worldwide live stream by announced for Queen + Adam Lambert New Year’s Eve Show “Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rock Big Ben Live” including the midnight fireworks. FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE

AND: The video “Queen + Adam Lambert – Exclusive New Year’s Eve Live Concert Trailer” with “I Was Born To Love You” is released. The live version of “I Was Born To Love You” was recorded on 16.08.2014 in Osaka, Maishima Sports Island, Summer Sonic 2014 (Ocean Stage). Queen + Adam Lambert played the song live for the second time.


Queen + Adam Lambert – Exclusive New Years Eve Live Concert Trailer
https://youtu.be/oCvEO4Y4rEc

In 2015 – Brian May and Anita Dobson spending the Christmas holidays in Lapland.
In 2016 – Brian May released a short video clip with Christmas wishes.
In 2016 – Brian May published a “ A Littleittle Box Of Tools” on his website as a Christmas present with personal recommendations / experiences to get a grip on physical and / or mental complaints / illnesses.

On horseback

In 2016 – Brian May wrote on his website a PERSONAL OBITUARY for RICK PARFITT of Status Quo, who died that day at the age of 68 years. R.I.P.
Rick Parfit "Up and Over" album

NOTE: Rick Parfitt’s  debut solo posthumous album “Over And Out”
was released March 23rd, 2018 via earMUSIC. [AMAZON]