On This Day in Queen History – 5 August

In 1966 – The Reaction played the Town Hall, Torquay, UK.
In 1971 – Roger Taylor made a guest appearance with Hairy Magpie, Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes, UK.

Driftwood Spars

In 1980 – Queen played the Mid South Coliseum, Memphis, USA.
In 1982 – Queen played Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Queen - Memphis (John Deacon and Roger Taylor on stage)
Queen in Memphis 5 Aug 1980 – John Deacon and Roger Taylor

In 1986 – Queen played Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Spain.
In 1989 – Brian May recorded his guitar solo for “Smoke On The Water”, Rock Aid Armenia, Metropolis Studios, London, UK (second session for track). CD/DVD | Download

Brian May and Ian Gillan - Rock Aid Armenia sessions

In 1995 – Brian May appears on release of Carmine Appice 30th Anniversary album “Guitar Zeus” from FEM in Japan on ‘Nobody Knew (Back White House)’. Also released in Europe and USA.

Guitar Zeus - Japan

In 2014 – First day of “We Will Rock You” rehearsals, Deutsches Theater, Munich. Ensemble – start of WWRY rehearsals – Munich

Ensemble - staart of rehearals - Munich

In 2015 – Adam Lambert sings ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ as an encore to his solo show, Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand.

Adam Lambert – Trespassing + Another One Bites the Dust, iHeartRadio The Civic Auckland 2015
https://youtu.be/s99RHYhTTlk

In 2015 – Queen Argentina presented Part 2 of the exclusive videos ” Spike en Skype” – Spike Edney talking about The Cross, The SAS Band and Queen in Argentina. [Part 1 (9:00 mins) | Part 2 (7:20 mins)
In 2016 – The Official Freddie Mercury 70th Birthday Party in Montreux was Sold Out!
In 2016 – Motion picture soundtrack album “Suicide Squad” released ft ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Panic At the Disco. [AMAZON]

Suicide Squad

In 2017 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Toyota Center, Houston, Texas.