On This Day in Queen History – 6 April

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBORAH LENG BURGESS
b 1964 Newton Ferrers, S Devon, England (mother of three of Roger Taylor’s children: Rufus Tiger, Tigerlily, Lola Daisy Mae).

Deborah Leng - Breakthru
In 1973 – Queen signed their first recording contract. Guitarist Brian May explained that they didn’t get noticed the conventional way.

LISTEN: Brian May on Queen getting signed…  

In 1974 – “Queen II” became the band’s first album to chart (at No 5).

The Making of Queen II & Seven Seas Of Rhye – Queen – Days Of Our Lives documentary
https://youtu.be/iXDqMi4MzUg

Queen II photo shoot
Queen II photo shoot

In 1975 – Queen live at the Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.
In 1981 – Roger Taylor released “Fun In Space” album in UK and N America.
In 1984 – Freddie Mercury recorded ‘Living On My Own’ early incomplete version, at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
In 1993 – Brian May played the Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA – last show of his US Back To The Light tour. Audio recorded: “Too Much Love Will Kill You (Live At The Palace)” appears on “Resurrection Pt2” CD single (UK) and “Resurrection 12” vinyl “(UK) and “Too Much Love Will Kill You (Live At The Palace – No Intro”) on “Too Much Love Will Kill You” Promo CD (US).
In 2007 – Brian appeared in article “May The Force Be With You”, in Radio Times for week 31 March – 6 April, to mark 50th Anniversary show of “The Sky At Night Programme”, hosted by Sir Patrick Moore.

May the Force Be With You
May The Force Be With You

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In 2011 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis announced extra “Anthems” concert, to be held at Hampton Court Palace Festival 11 June 2011, tickets going on sale the same day.

Brian's Sakura
Brian’s Sakura

In 2012 – Brian shared a picture of a Japanese Cherry Blossom from his English garden.
In 2013 – Final performance We Will Rock You Musical Tour O2 Arena, Dublin, Ireland. In 2013 – Previews began for “We will Rock You” at Colosseum Theater, Essen, Germany.
In 2014 – Queen ‘Discodays’ Exhibition opened in Naples.
In 2014: Brian May and Kerry Ellis appeared as cover story “Amazing The Crowd” in “The Sunday Times of Malta” newspaper, and front page picture on The Independent of Malta. Also an interview on Ultimate Classic Rock.
In 2015 – Brian May published a shot from new video with Kerry Ellis.

Video shot No 2
Brian and Kerry from video shoot

In 2015 – In the Mehr! Theater in the Großmarkt, Hamburg, an “Open Day”. The “We Will Rock You” (“We Will Rock You – Fast”), a meeting with We Will Rock You cast, Queen photo exhibition “One Vision” and insights behind the scenes of the musical.
In 2016 – The “One Voice” promo video with Brian May for the film “A Dog Named Gucci” released.
In 2017 – Launch of Queen Monopoly Game by Queen, Bravado and Winning Moves announced in a Press Release.

Queen Monopoly