On This Day in Queen History – 8 August

In 1970 – A friend of Barry Mitchell gave him phone number of Roger Taylor, whose band were looking for a bass player. Barry went for an audition at Imperial College, London.

MORE ON BARRY MITCHELL [Thanks Jim Jenkins] :

Barry Mitchell received the phone call from Roger Crossley on 8th August 1970 to tell him Queen needed a bass player. Roger C had been on holiday in Cornwall and rang Barry when returned home. 
Barry rang Roger T the next day 9th August 1970. He went for the audition at Imperial College on 13 August 1970. The band asked Barry to be their new bass player after the audition.
 
Barry’s first show was 23rd August1970 at Imperial College.

In 1973 – Queen played The Mayfair, Newcastle, UK.
In 1980 – Queen played City Myriad, Oklahoma City, USA.
In 1999 – The “Mail On Sunday” published interview with Brian May, conducted just prior to the 1999 solar eclipse, describing worldwide travels chasing eclipses. “A poor little eclipse anorak” – READ HERE

Brian May - Mail on Sunday

In 2005 – Queen awarded Gold for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ US sales.
In 2010 – Brian wrote about the looming prospect of Factory Farming.
In 2010 – Queen Fan Club Picnic – Knebworth House, Stevenage, on occasion of -“Queen Rock Magic” Exhibition of Queen memorabilia.

Jamie Moses, Jeff Scott Soto and Spike Edney,Queen Fan Club PIcnic © Frank Tunney
Jamie Moses, Jeff Scott Soto and Spike Edney,Queen Fan Club PIcnic © Frank Tunney

Is This The Real Life
In 2011 – Alex Gaumond took over as Galileo, We Will Rock You, Dominion Theatre, London. Mazz Murray, the long-standing Killer Queen (May 2004 to June 2010) played 2 weeks until 20.08.2011 at the Dominion Theatre, then bids official farewell, handing over to Brenda Edwards.
In 2011 – “Is This The Real Life ? The Inside Story Of Queen ” by Mark Blake announced to be published as a paperback edition of 07.09.2011 UK. AMAZON
In 2012 – Freddie The Lion – created for “Born Free” was seen out and about in London –
REPORT + PHOTO HERE

Freddie Lion
Born Free, Freddie The Lion

In 2013 – Matt Lucas, introduced the Mercury Phoenix Trust message for 2013

Matt Lucas – Mercury Phoenix Trust Message 2013
http://youtu.be/yBDInTOs4oI
In 2014 – Spike Edney announces “The SAS Band Xmas Show – 20th Anniversary Performance” at G Live, Guildford 06 December 2014 – line-up to be artists who had played in the last 20 years with the SAS Band.
In 2014 – Producer William Orbit was working in the studio on new Queen songs, the studio sessions to last until November 2014.
In 2015 – The Queen Extravaganza, European Summer Tour 2015, kicked off in Den Atelie, Luxembourg.
In 2016 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis studio day.
In 2016 – A 52-second trailer “Queen + Adam Lambert Coming To Shanghai 26.09.2016” released.

Queen + Adam Lambert Coming To Shanghai 26.09.2016
https://youtu.be/k8sYM-mGLvA

In 2017 – “Queen In 3-D” article titled “A Truly Deep Rock History” by John Dennis is published in “Stereo World” magazine. MORE ON STEREOWORLD.COM

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