On This Day in Queen History – 28 August

Guitarist Magazine Oct 1994In 1968 – The Reaction played Godolphin Hall, Helston, UK.
In 1982 – Queen played Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
In 1984 – Queen played x1984 Simmonscoiurt RDS Ballsbridge, Dubin. with Spike Edney joining band as 5th Queenie – guitar on ‘Hammer To Fall’, piano ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’.
In 1994 – Brian May and son, Jimmy, attended final night of Reading Festival, Reading, UK – spoke about in “Guitarist”:-

Guitarist 1994
Does Brian keep up with the new bands?
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In 1996 – Brian May and Roger Taylor (Aug 28 – Sep 7) attended 53rd Venice Film Festival, where they met Robert De Niro, who suggested the Queen Musical.
In 2005 – Queen + Paul Rodgers release downloadable single: ‘Reaching Out’ + ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ (Live – Single Version) and “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Live – Single Version) recorded at Sheffield concert.
In 2011 – Brian May guest appearance on ‘You And I’ with Lady Gaga, MTV Video Music Awards, Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lady Gaga and Brian -MTV VMAs You and I

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In 2011 – Brian May wrote about how his appearance with My Chemical Romance came about.
READ: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE AND BRI AT READING FESTIVAL – How did it happen?
In 2012 – Queen re-release Greatest Video Hits DVD Eagle Rock Entertainment as a 2-disc set (USA).
In 2014 – Brian May wrote that he had arrived in Melbourne ready for the next Q+AL show.
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In 2014 – “Live At The Rainbow” was “Album Of The Week” BBC Radio 2.

Motorhead "Bad Magic"

In 2015 – Release of “Bad Magic” album by Motörhead. Brian May plays guitar on the track ‘The Devil’.

Lemmy and Brian May

In 2015 –  “The Original High” by Adam Lambert with the song ‘ Lucy’ ft. Brian May released as a limited vinyl LP in Europe, North America and the UK import in Japan.

The Original High Limited LP - Adam Lamebrt