HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN II
and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUFUS ‘TIGER’ TAYLOR
In 1970 – Smile played PJ’s Club, Truro, UK.
In 1974 – Queen played the Locarno, Sunderland, UK.
In 1974 – Queen II album released UK. [ARTICLE Udiscovermusic: 8 March 2023:
Queen II: The Album That Elevated The Band To Rock Royalty]
In 1975 – Queen played the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In 1977 – Queen released ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ bw ‘Drowse’ on Elektra (USA).
In 1981 – Queen played the Estadio José Amalfitani de Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 3rd show, broadcast live on TV. Band left stadium escorted by armed police.
In 1991 – Rufus Tiger Taylor born to Deborah Leng and Roger Taylor.
In 1993 – The Brian May Band played Cumberland Civic Centre, Portland, Maine, USA.
In 2001 – “A Knights Tale” movie released USA.
In 2006 – XM Radio turned over Channel 40 “Deep Tracks” over to Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor ‘Live’ – listeners could send in questions.
In 2011 – A press release announced Brian May to be awarded the “The Eddy Christiani Award 2011”, Arsenal Theater, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands on 23.04.2011.
In 2012 – BBC radio presenter Chris Evans offered for sale the “Lotus Evora S” inspired by Freddie Mercury, which he had bought in the auction, Freddie Mercury 65th Birthday Party, The Savoy, London in aid of MPT.
In 2012 – The live shows of Queen + Paul Rodgers ranked No 4 “Top Ten Must See Live Acts in Classic Rock.
In 2013 – Brian May and Kerry Ellis appeared on The Late Late Show, Studio 4, RTE, Dublin, Ireland.
Brian May & Kerry Ellis ‘Life Is Real’ The Late Late Show 08-03-2013
Pt1 – http://youtu.be/yDA_ejYuZeQ | Pt2 Interview with Ryan Turbidy – http://youtu.be/CEkr4v5sCL0
In 2013 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis radio interview for Dave Fanning from the radio station RTE2 at the RTE Studios in Dublin.
In 2013 – “Freddie The Lion” fibreglass sculpture arrived in Cape Town, Africa, by ship from UK.
In 2014 – Queen Extravaganza play “Hong Kong Ruhdy Football Union” at the “HSBC Hong Kong Sevens” in the Hong Kong Stadium.
In 2015 – Ultimate Guitar selected the “Best Guitarist Of All Time”. Brian May won with 60.03% (32.432 votes) vs Dimebag Darrell with 39.97% (21.597 votes). On the way to the final, Brian May won rounds vs John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Jimmy Page and J Frusciante.
In 2016 – Brian May & Kerry Ellis – One Voice The Tour 201, Congress Center, Prague, Czech Republic.
In 2016 – Queen + Adam Lambert presented their new logo.
In 2016 – The Beatles producer Sir George Martin died in Swindon, Wiltshire, age 90. Brian May wrote a personal obituary for the fifth Beatle.
In 2018 – In his thank you message for the birthday wishes, Rufus Tiger Taylor announced that he would not be attending the Queen + Adam Lambert North American Summer Tour 2017 because he would be on tour with The Darkness at the time.