On This Day in Queen History – 5 July

In 1980 – Queen played the Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.
In 1986 – Queen performed open air concert Slane Castle, Slane, County Meath, Ireland, for 95,000 fans.

Slane Castle ticket
Slane Castle ticket

Queen – Live at Slane Castle 1986 (RTE Television) 
–  https://youtu.be/ohpXLiP9Jbc

In 1993 – The Brian May Band played the Estadi Olimpic, Barcelona, Spain.

Brian May Band - Barcelona 1993
Brian May Band – Barcelona 1993

In 2005 – Roger Taylor guest on “Richard & Judy” chat show with Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, Channel 4 TV. Brian was unable to join Roger due to illness.
In 2010 – Press release: “A Village Lost & Found Goes Global” detailed book presentations planned by Brian May and Elena Vidal during July 2010 in USA.
In 2011 – ‘Flash’ by Queen was being used on Channel 4 TV to advertise the new BlackBerry PlayBook.
In 2011 – Brian and Roger had been interviewed about Japanese disaster, the first Queen Japan tour and their last days with Freddie Mercury and shown on Japanese TV.
VIDEO: Brian May and Roger Taylor Interview 2011 for Japanese TV
NO LONGER AVAILABLE – however –  READ TRANSCRIPT
In 2012 – Brian May and Roger Taylor spent day sightseeing in Wroclaw and a boat trip on the River Oder.  Brian shared memories on SOAPBOX.

Wroclaw boat trip
Wroclaw boat trip

In 2013 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis rehearsed for the European leg of “The Born Free Acoustic By Candlelight Tour”.
In 2014 – Queen + Adam Lambert played The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (1st of 2 nights). No change in the setlist and due to the intimate venue with a capacity of 4,500 fans, no “Q” and no catwalk.

Q+AL - The Joint, Las Vegas - 5 July 2014
Q+AL – The Joint, Las Vegas – 5 July 2014

In 2016 – A report published in August 2016 issue UK “Guitar & Bass” magazine, about Brian May’s Vox AC30 amps by co-author of the Red Special book Simon Bradley, with detailed information and interviews with engineer, Mike Hill, and guitar tech, Pete Malandrone. READ MORE
In 2015 – Queen + Adam Lambert on their European Festival Summer Tour 2016 played Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia.