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Today - April 26th, 1978 - Queen Story!
Dortmund, Germany, Westfalenhalle
'News Of The World' tour
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Today, on April 26th, 1985 - Queen Story!
Queen perform at the Entertainments Centre, Sydney, Australia (second night)
'Works!' Tour
#works tour 1984 1985#1985#the works#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#sidney#australia#1985 works tour
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Today - April 25th, 1982 - Queen Story!
Leiden, Netherlands, Groenoordhallen
'Hot Space' European Tour
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Today, on April 25th, 1979 - Queen Story!
Tokyo, Japan, Nippon Budokan
'Live Killers Tour'
📸 Pic: Tour Poster
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Late April, 1989 - Queen Story!
Queen filmed promo video for “I Want It All” at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK, director David Mallet
"We were heading into the period where we decided to share the credit for all the songs, and John has said that [the song] was pretty much a finished song when we went into the studios – that's true, it was just this riff that I was obsessed with for months. The actual title was a favorite phrase of Anita's, a very ambitious girl: 'I want it all, and I want it now '... We were never able to perform this song live. It would have become something of the staple core of the Queen show, I'm sure, very participatory. It was designed for the audience to sing along to, very anthemic."
- Brian May, interview 2003, from Greatest Video Hits 2
#queen 1989#1989#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#queen band#freddie mercury#roger taylor#i want it all#the miracle album#davidmallet#promo video#elstree studios#uk#anita dobson#interview#2003#Spotify
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April 25th, 1985 - Queen Story!
Queen perform at the Entertainments Centre, Sydney, Australia
'Works!' Tour
- First of four nights in Sydney
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Today, on April 24th, 1978 - Queen Story!
Paris, France, Pavillon de Paris
'News Of The World Tour'
#1978 news of the world tour#news of the worlds 1978#1978#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#london#queen band#roger taylor#freddie mercury#news of the world album#paris#france#pavillon de paris
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Today, on April 24th, 1982 - Queen Story!
Leiden, Netherlands, Groenoordhallen
'Hot Space European Tour'
Queen on board the train from Leiden to Amsterdam after gig - Queen received Gold and Silver awards for "Greatest Hits" album on the NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) train
📸 Photo by © Rob Verhorst
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Today, on April 24th, 1982 - Queen Story!
Leiden, Netherlands, Groenoordhallen
'Hot Space European Tour'
📸 Credit Tim de Scally
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Today, on April 23rd, 1982 - Queen Story!
Brussels, Belgium, Forest National
'Hot Space European Tour'
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Today, on April 22nd, 1989 - Queen Story!
Queen filmed promo video for “I Want It All” at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK, director David Mallet
🔸Roger Taylor: Yes, it is our first studio album since 1986, I think that the reason for, for the delay, no, not the delay, for the long wait in between was that we wanted to sort of go away, and just recharge our batteries, quite logical really, and er, and just sort of generate some, some new energy and enthusiasm for, for being Queen
John Deacon: After we did the, the tour in 1986, which was a very big European tour, we were all absolutely exhausted, and shattered, and basically we didn't want to really work together or see each other for a while
Roger Taylor: To get into the whole cycle of er, just making an album, then going on tour, then coming back home and making an album again, we wanted to get out of that
Brian May: We said right, we'll take a little break, we're not, we're not going to split up, but we just er, we need some space for ourselves, and when the time is right, we'll make the album, rather than, you know, somebody says you've got to make one so we make one, so we waited, and we did some, did various other things, you know, Freddie and Roger both did solo projects, and I'm half way through one, and did a lot of producing
John Deacon: That took at least a year to a year and a half, and then towards the end of that second year, er, we sort of met up, and Freddie suggested, I think it was Freddie, perhaps we'd try a little time in the studio
Roger Taylor: So we went into the studio, saw what it was like, and we enjoyed it very much, and we still didn't have any material, so then we decided to go in for the long, for a long, longer time
John Deacon: You know, the third year was spent making the album, so the, in a way it was a two year gap to us, rather than three years, and er, and what was the, I've forgotten the second part of the question already
Interviewer: Did it help you to return to the studios feeling refreshed?
John Deacon: Yes (laughter) yes
The first few weeks of the recording we did a lot of live, er, material, a lot of songs um, ideas came up, some jamming, we had a few ideas that were already prepared, er, 'I Want It All' was one of the, one of the few songs that was actually, written before we went in
- From 'The Miracle' Interviews
Various and separate interviews recorded with Brian, Roger and John on the set of the 'Breakthru' promotional video, May 1989
👉"We were heading into the period where we decided to share the credit for all the songs, and John has said that [the song] was pretty much a finished song when we went into the studios – that's true, it was just this riff that I was obsessed with for months. The actual title was a favorite phrase of Anita's, a very ambitious girl: 'I want it all, and I want it now '... We were never able to perform this song live. It would have become something of the staple core of the Queen show, I'm sure, very participatory. It was designed for the audience to sing along to, very anthemic."
- Brian May, interview 2003, from Greatest Video Hits 2
#i want it all#queen 1989#1989#davidmallet#promo video#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#the miracle album#uk
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Today, on April 22nd, 1975 - Queen Story!
Concert at Nagoya, Japan, Aichi Taikukan
'Sheer Heart Attack Tour'
Freddie Mercury with John Deacon during a visit to Nagoya Castle on this day
📸 Pic3: Freddie Mercury with John Deacon when visited Nagoya Castle, with some very inquisitive japanese schoolchildren
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Queen Live Performance! Freddie Mercury on stage - Lyon, France, Palais des Sports, April 20, 1982
'Hot Space European Tour'
#hot space tour 1982#queen 1982#1982#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#queen band#freddie mercury#roger taylor#lyon#france#queen hot space tour#hot space album
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Today - Queen Story!
Anniversary of 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert'
"When we’d finished the 'We Are The Champions' bit, I was following Brian off and I grabbed his sleeve and said: “Brian – turn round and look at this, because you might not ever see this again.”
He stood there and had a long look. And then he said: “Thanks, Joe.”
And he gave me a big hug"
- Joe Elliott, singer English rock band Def Leppard
📸 Photographer Phil Dent
#phil dent#1992#freddie mercury tribute concert#freddie mercury tribute#tribute#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#uk#joe elliott#def leppard#we are the champions
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Today, on April 20, 1974 - Queen Story!
Memphis, TN, USA, Mid-South Coliseum
'Queen II Tour'
📸 Photo by © Bob Gruen
#bob gruen#1974#memphis#usa#queen tour#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor
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April 20th, 1978, Netherlands - Queen receiving Awards for 'A Day At The Races' album in Amsterdam (during 'News Of The World' Tour)
#netherlands#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#1978 news of the world tour#news of the worlds 1978#1978#news of the world album#news of the world tour#award#amsterdam#a day at the races album
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April 20th, 1992 - 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute'
”Hey today it’s for Freddie, it’s for you, it’s to tell everybody around the world that Aids affects us all…that’s what these red ribbons are all about…and cry as much as you like…
- Roger Taylor
“Good evening Wembley and the world! We are here tonight to celebrate the life and work and dreams of one Freddie Mercury! We are gonna give him the biggest send-off in history! ”
- Brian May
”First of all, Brian Roger and myself would like to thank all the artists who are performing here today in London, and they are giving their time and energy to make this tribute to Freddie a reality to happen today.
First of all, the show must go on and we’ll start with an American band three times Grammy Award winners, please welcome Metallica!
- John Deacon
📸 Photographer Neal Preston
#neal preston photographer#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#1992#freddie mercury tribute concert#freddie mercury tribute#uk
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