On This Day in Queen History – 9 July

In 1966 – 1984 played All Saints Church Hall, London, UK.
In 1966 – The Reaction played the Town Hall, Torquay, UK.
In 1980 – Queen played the Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.
In 1985 – Freddie Mercury’s “Made In Heaven” single entered UK charts at no. 57.
In 1986 – Brian May appeared on ITV Tyne Tees “Northern Life” and BBC’s “Look North”: talked about Queen shows and that they were donating all proceeds from that evening’s Newcastle St James Park show to Save The Children Fund.
In 1986 – Queen played St James Park, Newcastle, UK.
In 1987 – Brian appeared on BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, then flew to Vienna with Anita Dobson to make video for her new single “Talking Of Love”.
In 1993 – The Brian May Band played La Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
In 1996 – The NSO Ensemble released two versions of cast recording “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, one a complete recording with Brian May on “Hot Patootie” (listed “Whatever Happened To Saturday Night”), and “Floor Show”; the other a highlights edition, without Brian May.  The Rocky Horror Show

Rocky Horror Picure Show - front cover

Rocky Horror picture show - back cover
In 2000 – Brian May + Roger Taylor played Party In the Park, Hyde Park, London, UK – They performed We Will Rock You (5ive on vocals), Tie Your Mother Down (5ive on vocals) and With A Little Help From My Friends (all-stars finale). Roger stayed for much of the day, Debbie was there with Tiger Lilly and Rufus. Brian stayed all day and his children – Jimmy, Louise and Emily – and Anita were all there.

Party In The Park 2000 poster

Ritchie Neville from 5ive and Brian May
From Smash Hits

Queen+Five – We Will Rock You Life Party in The Park 2000
https://youtu.be/MpiM5vgR4og

Robbie Williams: EternityIn 2001 – Robbie Williams released “Eternity CD and cassette single, featuring Brian May on guitar.  Robbie Williams Eternity
In 2010 – “The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 2010” announced to take place 17.11.2010 in London’s Royal Albert Hall. Brian May, Roger Taylor, Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, Status Quo among the artists to perform live for the benefit of “The Prince’s Trust.”
In 2011 – July 2011 issue of “Total Guitar” carried a cover disc with a video lesson of Brian May for Fat Bottomed Girls”. Also Brian explains in an interview about doing the song. For Brian’s May “Total Guitar” INTERVIEW READ HERE.

Total Guitar July 2011
Total Guitar July 2011

In 2012 – Brian May in Premier Guitar Magazine “Work for the Greater Song”.  READ ARTICLE HERE
In 2013 – Press release announced the USA digital release of “Acoustic By Candlelight” by Kerry Ellis & Brian May for 06.08.2013.
In 2014 – Brian May visited the ISS Mission Control – Johnson Space Center. SEE SOAPBOX

Brian May at Johnson Space Center 9 July 2014

Brian May at NASA on board ORION – 09 07 2014
https://youtu.be/bCpJuOyjtC4

In 2014 – Queen + Adam Lambert played the Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Q+AL Houston 2014
Q+AL Houston 2014

Q+A – Houston 9 July 2014
In 2015 – Brian May was a guest on “Newsnight” BBC2 and discussing British fox hunting with Jim Barrington.

Brian May Newsnight 9 July 2015 on Foxhunting
– https://youtu.be/FoTp6hieFGU

In 2015 – “WE WILL ROCK YOU Cologne” first preview, celebrating return of the show to the Musical Dome, Cologne after 7 year, and a run til 16.08.2015.
In 2017 – Queen and Adam Lambert played the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.