On This Day in Queen History – 4 December

In 1965 – The Opposition played Co-operative Hall, Enderby, UK.
In 1974 – Queen played Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany.
In 1977 – Queen played University Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
In 1978 – Queen played Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.
In 1979 – Queen played City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
In 1988 – The Cross, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon guest appearance Fan Club Xmas Party, Le Palais, London, UK.
In 1989 – The first and third Queen BBC Sessions released as “Queen At The Beeb” LP and CD formats on Band of Joy label.
In 1992 – Brian May appeared on an Italian TV show Telethon, performing “Too Much Love Will Kill You”.
In 1993 – The Brian May Band played Royal Centre Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK.

Brian May Band - Royal Centre, Nottingham @ Patric Maginn 1993
Brian May Band – Royal Centre, Nottingham @ Patric Maginn 1993

In 1994 – Roger Taylor played Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK.
In 2004 – “The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody” 1-hour special documentary screened on BBC3 TV, UK, for which Brian and Roger returned to Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, South Wales.
In 2007 – Eagle Rock Entertainment had delayed their high-def release of ‘Queen Rock Montreal’ 2 weeks and released December 4th.
In 2009 – Brian May guest appearance at WWRY Musical Premiere, Allianz Teatro, Milan, Italy.

News cutting @Jen Tunney 2009
News cutting @Jen Tunney 2009x

We Will Rock You – Il musical in Italia – Brian May sul palco suona Bohemian Rhapsody – 04 Dic. 2009
https://youtu.be/FW1e6sGMmDs

In 2010 – Jimmy May (then 32-year-old son of Brian May) suffered bad car accident in Barnes, West London.
In 2011 – “Sky ARTS 1” TV channel broadcast an interview with Roger Taylor in the programme, “Video Killed The Radio Star”.
In 2012 – Brian was feeling peachy after knee operation. SOAPBOX comments

Brian after knee operation
Brian after knee operation

In 2012 – The digital single “Born Free” by Brian May & Kerry Ellis made available for download USA and Canada and Kerry confirmed that “Born Free” to be released as a Limited Edition 12 “Vinyl Single Christmas 2012.
In 2012 – The book “The Cosmic Tourist” by Brian May, Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott is on the cover of the magazine “All About Space” including a report and an interview with Brian May entitled “My Space Rocks”.
In 2012 – Eagle Rock announced the broadcast of “Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live In Budapest” and “Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender” on channel BBC Four for the 29.12.2012.
In 2013 – Roger Taylor’s “Fun On Earth” released by Toshiba EMI as SHM-CD in Japan.
In 2013 – “Jewels” and “Jewels II” compilations published only in Japan in SHD-CD format.In 2015 – A press release announced Queen + Adam Lambert concert Jelling Music Festival, Denmark for 29.05.2016, and 48-second video trailer for Jelling event released.

Trailer: Queen + Adam Lambert, Jelling, Denmark, Sunday 29 May 2016
https://youtu.be/Eswp1mMRcUw

In 2015 – “Queen Rock Montreal (Rocks Ed)” DVD released in Germany with new cover artwork.
In 2015 – The book “Brian May’s Red Special” published in Japan.

In 2015 – Queen + Adam Lambert announced concert “Jelling Music Festival” in Jelling, Denmark for 29.05.2016 and A48-second video trailer for the show published.
In 2015 – Jimmy Page’s daughter, Scarlet opened “Resonators” exhibition with photographs biggest rock guitarists like Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher at Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, The Stables Market at Camden Market, London.