On This Day in Queen History – 30 June

In 1980 – Queen played the PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada – with new lighting rig called the Fly Swatter (G2 Razor).
In 1980 – “The Game” released – 8th album (UK & USA).

Queen - The Game
In 1993 – The Brian May Band played Stadio Bradioa, Modena, Italy.
In 2012 – Queen + Adam Lambert played Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine.

Roger Taylor and Brian May, Kiev 2012  by Eugene Chernov
Roger Taylor and Brian May, Kiev 2012 by Eugene Chernov
Roger and Adam - Ukraine - by Eugene Chernov
Roger and Adam – Ukraine – by Eugene Chernov
Independence Square, Kiev - overview
Independence Square, Kiev

In 2013 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis played the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, celebrating with Joe Elliott, Phil Collen and Rick Allen of Def Leppard at after show of the last show of the UK leg of the Born Free Acoustic By Candlelight tour.

Brian, Kerry and Def Leppard aftershow Dublin 30 June 2013
Brian, Kerry and Def Leppard aftershow Dublin 30 June 2013

In 2013 – Last date of limited run, We Will Rock You, Essen, Germany.
In 2015 – Brian May briefed Conservative MPs on Foxhunting, and in evening took part in the inaugural Asteroid Day event, Science Museum, London, as a member of the Science Panel. The “51 Degrees North” movie was premiered.
In 2015 – Brian May took part in the launch of Asteroid Day in London at the Science Museum and he took part in the Science Panel Discussion. There was also a Private Film Screening of “51º North”.

 

Brian May, Science Panel, Asteroid Day 2015, London © Jen Tunney
Brian May, Science Panel, Asteroid Day 2015, London © Jen Tunney

In 2015 – At “Starmus Festival” in Tenerife, the “GTC Round Table: 108′” took place in the Pirámide de Arona.
In 2017 – Press release announced Freddie Mercury to be Norway’s last “British Tail Fin Hero”. Freddie’s portrait and the text “Freddie Mercury British Rock Legend” to ne attached to tail fins of two Norwegian aircraft. the first, a Norwegian Boeing 787 Dreamliner, to launch summer 2017 before his 71st birthday and fly routes between Europe, USA and Singapore.

Freddie tailfin mockup
In 2017 – July issue “Amateur Photographer” magazine features a 4-page report on “Queen In 3-D” with an exclusive interview with Brian May about his love of stereoscopic photography.