On This Day in Queen History – 29 June

In 1967 – The Left-Handed Marriage with Brian May + Dave Dilloway (on bass) on the strength of previous Abbey Road session, were allowed to record 2 additional tracks: ‘I Need Time’, ‘Appointment’.
In 1969 – Smile played PJ’s Club, Truro, UK.
In 1979 – Queen released ‘Love Of My Life (Live Killers)’ bw ‘Now I’m Here (Live Killers)’ 7″ single (UK).
In 1980 – Queen in LA, USA, rehearsing for The Game Tour.
In 1981 – Roger Taylor released ‘My Country’ bw ‘Fun In Space’.
In 1986 – Queen played Olympiahalle, München, Germany.
In 1993 – The Brian May Band played Stadio Bradioa, Modena, Italy.
In 1999 – Brian May and Roger Taylor start work on ‘Under Pressure (Rah Mix)’, Cosford Mill Studio, Surrey.

Under Pressure Rah Mix CD disc

In 2002 – Roger Taylor guest appearance with Jools Holland, Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK.
In 2005 – Roger Taylor was on XFM radio show “Behind The Mixing Desk”, mixing Twisted X (ft Outl4w) as they recorded their “Summer Of Rock & Roll” track – reported he played drums on track.
In 2012 – Brian May and Roger Taylor land in Kiev, Ukraine and give interviews to Avtoradio and ”The Late Show”.
In 2012 – Queen + Adam Lambert play a soundcheck with some 1,000 onlookers at the Independence Square, Kiev. SEE SOAPBOX: QUEEN BACK IN UKRAINE, TO ROCK ONE MORE TIME

Kiev by Brian May
Kiev by Brian May

In 2013 – Roger Taylor and Sarina Potgieter visit the Glastonbury Festival – headline Rolling Stones.
In 2013 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis played Venue Cymru, Llandudno, UK.

Brian May - Candlelight Concert Llandudno 29 June 2013
Brian May Llandudno 29 June 2013 @Jen Tunney

Brian and Kerry – Llandudno – VIDEO LINK
In 2015 – “We Will Rock You – Asteroid Day Version” released as the official Asteroid Day anthem – 17 seconds longer than original, and with a new ending.

We Will Rock You – Asteroid Day
https://youtu.be/RMh4eeh79bs

In 2016 – Roger and Sarina Taylor attend the world premiere “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” Odeon, Leicester Square, London.
In 2016 – Brian May arrived Starmus “Beyond The Horizon – A Tribute To Stephen Hawking”, Adeje, Tenerife, and gave 120-min “OWL Virtual Reality Kit” talk: “Horizons – A Unique 3-D Experience By Brian May”.
In 2016 – Notebook that belonged to Freddie Mercury with handwritten lyrics to 19 Queen songs 1988 – 1990 inc ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ and ‘The Show Must Go On’ auctioned Bonhams, London. An English collector paid £62,500 (€75,711).
In 2017 – Queen + Adam Lambert played SAP Center, San Jose, CA, and voted #1 Most Popular Tour by www.Pollstar.com.

Brian runs up catwalk San Jose
Brian May runs up catwalk SAP Center, San Jose

In 2017 – The Sun reported BBC TV EastEnders star, Ben Hardy, to take on role of Roger Taylor in Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
In 2017 – “Baby Driver” movie starring Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx premiered UK, with ‘Brighton Rock’ in the film and on soundtrack album.
In 2017 – Roger Taylor’s son, Felix, published the book “Serve Cold, a dark comedy Thriller (240 pages, English language)
In 2018 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium.