On This Day in Queen History – 31 January

In 1969 – Smile played Imperial College, London, UK.
In 1970 – Smile played Imperial College, London, UK.
In 1975 – Queen flew to New York to start Sheer Heart Attack Tour.
In 1976 – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ lost No.1 top spot in charts to Abba’s ‘Mamma Mia’.
In 1976 – Queen played Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
In 1976 – ‘A Night At The Opera’ chosen by readers of Sounds magazine as the best album of the year, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ best single.
In 1993 – Brian May phone interview published by The Boston Globe, mentioning post-Innuendo Freddie Mercury recordings + older tracks might make up a future final Queen album. [READ FULL INTERVIEW HERE]
In 2003 – The Whatsonstage Theatregoers’ Choice Theatre Awards closed on 31 January, We Will Rock You sweeping these awards. In 2010 – Brian May guest appearance WWRY Musical, O2 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
In 2012 – Queen released ‘Days Of Our Lives’ documentary on DVD and Blu-Ray in the USA.

Queen - Days of our Lives
Queen – Days of our Lives

In 2013 – The international animal protection organization “Vier Pfoten” published the video for the campaign “Animal Tested Cosmetics Kiss Goodbye” with a guest appearance by Brian May.
In 2014 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis interview broadcast on BBC Radio Lincs.

Brian May & Kerry Ellis with Nicola Gilroy BBC Radio Lincs 31 Jan 2014 (rec 23/01/14)
https://youtu.be/IuoVYNVOrp8

In 2015 – Brian May wrote about the “fantastic crowd” the previous evening in Amsterdam. HERE

Selfie Stick Video – AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome [January 30, 2015] –
Brian May – http://youtu.be/NgVAmFOn7g4 [shared 31 Jan 2015}

In 2016 – BBC radio and TV broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan died aged 77 years in Taplow, England. Brian May wrote a personal obituary on his SOAPBOX HERE.

Sir Terry with Brian and Kerry