On This Day in Queen History – 9 October

In 1973 – Queen released ‘Keep Yourself Alive’ on Elektra – first-ever single USA.
In 1981 – Queen played Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico.
In 1989 – ‘Scandal’ / ‘My Life Has Been Saved’ single released (UK).
In 1991 – The Cross played Music Hall, Hannover, Germany.
In 1992 – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab releases Ltd Ed CD remaster “A Night At The Opera” (USA).

ANATO Hi Fidenlty Sound Labs
ANATO Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

In 1995 – EMI issues promo single versions ‘Heaven For Everyone’ to radio stations and jukeboxes.
In 1998 – Roger Taylor on TFI Friday, Riverside Studios, London, UK – performs “Radio Ga Ga” and “No More Fun”. Also televised in France (and other EU countries).

Roger Taylor TFI Friday – BrianMay.com

In 2000 – Steve Hackett released “Feedback ’86” album ft Brian May on ‘Slot Machine’ and ‘Cassandra’.

Steve Hackett (with BRIAN MAY) – Slot Machine
https://youtu.be/Q8FhKi1-IH0 | ‘Feedback ’86’ album 2013 Reissue

In 2001 – Brian May talk at Cambridge Union Society, Cambridge, UK – performed acoustic ‘With God On Our Side’ and ‘We Will Rock You’.

Brian at Cambridge Union
Brian at Cambridge Union

In 2004 – Brian May + Roger Taylor at WWRY opening and played for afterparty, Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
In 2005 – Queen released: Official Bootlegs “Cardiac Arrest”, “Cry Argentina” and “In Concert ’74 – Sheer Heart Attack” tour concert.
In 2013 – Brian May on BBC Breakfast Show.

Badger Cull: BBC Breakfast Brian May & Peter Kendall 09102013
https://youtu.be/bwnQGnqzKJo

In 2013 – Owen Paterson MP famously told BBC Spotlight ”The badgers have moved the goalposts.”

The Badgers Moved The Goalposts: Owen Paterson – BBC Spotlight 09102013
https://youtu.be/UVNAdvry2dk?t=2m51s

In 2015 – Starmus video published featuring Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking: The Power of a Human Mind (Starmus) 9 Oct 2015.
https://youtu.be/1Gfr69srpjI

In 2015  – Brian May guest appearance  at the Dorchester Hotel, London for the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.
In 2017 – Brian May was a guest on “Sky News Sunrise”, speaking about “Queen In 3-D,” the upcoming tour with Adam Lambert, the Queen film and animal welfare asking viewers who are members of the National Trust to vote against allowing fox hunting on National Trust land.

Brian May Sky News Sunrise 09102017
https://youtu.be/nCEuH_Wv_Jw

In 2021 – Roger Taylor played a show at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK