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Today, on 19th November, 1974 - Queen Story!

London, UK, Rainbow Theatre

'Sheer Heart Attack Tour'

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September 1985, Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany - Roger Taylor, Brian May, Reinhold Mack (record producer) and Freddie Mercury while recording 'One Vision’

📀 Roger Taylor: "The original words were actually about Martin Luther King, Jr., and now I haven't got a clue what it's about! Somebody said it was about Bob Geldof, but I don't think it is."

Interviewer: Do you know the meaning of the original set of lyrics?

Roger Taylor: "No, not anymore! Well, they changed my words!"

Interviewer: Who did?

Roger Taylor: "That rotter Freddie!"

- Interview 1986

Today, on 18th september, 1970

- Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor closed their Kensington Market Stall for the day as a mark of respect for their idol Jimmy Hendrix, who died that day (Notting Hill, London) - Queen rehearsed and played “Voodoo Chile” that evening out of respect

September 18th, 1976 - Queen Story!

Queen played a free concert in Hyde Park, London, UK - To Thank their fans!

👉 It is estimated that between 150 and 200 thousand people were present in Hyde Park, a record still difficult to overcome for that location

👉 A wistful-looking Freddie Mercury back stage in Hyde Park, 1976

📸 Photo by © Danny Clifford

🔸Danny recalls: 'I had been wandering around backstage... and there he was, in a white boiler suit, being handed a microphone. With minutes to go before the start of the show, I playfully asked, “Who are you?” “Freddie.” He replied cheerfully, seeming to appreciate the cheek of my question. I asked him if I could take a few photos. “Of course you can, dear boy!” was his reply. With a portly stage assistant to my left giving him last-minute instructions, Freddie struck a couple of poses for me, looking like Count Dracula. Surprisingly relaxed, I thought, considering he was due on stage any minute. “Off anywhere nice?” I asked him. He just smiled and pointed upwards to the hole above his head. With that, the sound of Brian May’s guitar rang out and the platform Freddie had been standing on started to levitate, rising straight up and onto the stage for the start of their show. I made my way back to the front of the crowd at speed to capture Freddie, now stripped to a white leotard, in all his camp, charismatic glory.

This would be the beginning of my working relationship with Queen'

Today, on September 25th, 1982 - Queen Story!

New York, NY, USA, Studio 8H, NBC

👉 Queen's last US performance

They played 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Under Pressure'

Today, on September 7th, 1984 - Queen Story! London, UK, Wembley Arena 'The Works Tour'

Freddie makes his usual speech in response to the rumours in the press about how the band may break up, and he adds, "In fact, we hate each other so much we gotta keep together."

There was probably some truth in that statement.