On This Day in Queen History – 8 August

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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