On This Day in Queen History – 5 January

In 1990 – “Live In Budapest” film had its premiere on UK TV. Later released on VHS and Laserdisc. Concert footage Queen’s first Hungarian performance, interspersed with scenes of their arrival and visit to the city.

 


Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Live In Budapest 1986) 4K
https://youtu.be/vOQNn-hvUOo

In 1998 – ‘No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)’ released – Queen’s 47th UK single. This is the first song recorded by remaining members of Queen after Freddie’s death and later included in the compilation Greatest Hits III compilation – and played by Brian during his “Another World” Tour.

No-One But You - at Bray Studios
No-One But You – at Bray Studios

In 2009 – Freddie Mercury: His Life In His Own Words, compiled and edited by Greg Brooks and Simon Lupton (with Foreword by Freddie’s Mum, Jer Bulsara. Published by Omnibus Press made available in paperback 5 January 2009. [AMAZON]

Freddie Mercury: A Life In His Own Words

In 2010 – “Bohemian Rhapsodies: True Tales By Queen Fans & Celebrities” project was being launched in aid of the “The Mercury Phoenix Trust”. Queen fans had the opportunity to tell their personal or Queen stories.
In 2011 – The TV channel ARTE showed the Rudi Dolezal / Hannes Rossacher documentary, “Pop Gallery Reloaded”.
In 2012 – January edition of “Astronomy Magazine” included article “3-D Universe – Brian May’s World Of Stereo Astro Pictures” – published by David J. Eicher.

Brian May

In 2013 – The director’s cut of the documentary “Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender” is shown on BBC4 and BBC HD TV stations. In 2014 – An interview by Roger Taylor with the title “Freddie Méncourageait Constamment!” (“Freddie always encouraged me”) is published in the French magazine “Toute La Culture”.
In 2015 – Brian explained “That little Ending sequence, a quirk of mine… when asked about trademark chord sequence. READ HERE – and shared video of behind the scenes at the Queen + Adam Lambert New Year’s Eve Concert. HERE
In 2015 – The book “Back To The Light” by Neil Daniels is published by “CreateSpace Independent Publishing” in UK. [AMAZON]

Back To The Light by Neil Daniels