On This Day in Queen History – 26 October

In 1968 – Smile played Imperial College, London, UK.
In 1969 – Wreckage played Ealing College Of Art, London, UK – played ‘Green’, ‘Without You’ – Manfred Mann cover, ‘Blag-A-Blues (written by Freddie), ‘Cancer On My Mind’ (formerly called ‘Priestess’).
In 1973 – Queen played Imperial College, London, UK.
In 1981 – ‘Under Pressure’ bw ‘Soul Brother’ released UK.
In 1982 – Queen played Kosusai Tenjijo, Nagoya, Japan. In 1983 – Queen and Brian May sign new record deals with Capitol Records USA and Capitol teletexts Jim Beach with concerns over lyrics of ‘Radio Ga Ga’.
In 1987 – Freddie Mercury + Montserrat Caballe released ‘Barcelona’ / ‘Exercises In Free Love’, 7″, 12″ and CD.

Barcelona / Excercises in Free Love

In 1991 – The Cross played Sporthalle Birkelbach, Erntebrück, Germany.
In 1997 – Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared on TV programme Pepsi Chart Show and interviewed about ‘No One But You’ and “Queen Rock” compilation.
In 2004 – Brian May paid tribute to John Peel who had died the previous day (25 Oct).
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In 2005 – Queen + Paul Rodgers played Saitama Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Saitama Arena @ Andy Campbell 2005
Saitama Arena @ Andy Campbell 2005

In 2010 – Brian May was working on ‘G-A-Y Mix’ Kerry Ellis ‘Defying Gravity’ and posted a snippet.

Kerry Ellis – Taster of G-A-Y Remix of Defying Gravity (Anthems) 26 Oct 2010
https://youtu.be/dS32ekveu90

In 2013 -Brian May interview about “Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures In Hell” was published in “Saturday Telegraph”.
In 2013 – Roger Taylor Interview in the “Oxford Mail” newspaper.
In 2014 – Brian May, Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming -“Diableries – Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell” – talk and book-signing – Auditorium, Conference Centre, British Library, London, and sneak preview of “One Night In Hell” video. MORE PICTURES

Brian May, British Library © Dana Kubick 2014
Brian May, British Library © Dana Kubick 2014

In 2014 – The former home of Roger Taylor “Milhanger” in Surrey up for sale at £8 million pounds. Roger occupied the property from 1979 to 2003.

"Milhanger"
“Milhanger”

In 2014 – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ selected as a “Good Song If Unwell or Down” by listeners of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Local Radio. Dancing Queen by Abba came second, with Happy by Pharrell Williams joint third with “classical music” generally. 

Members of Queen