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April 12th, 1982 - Queen Story!
Queen perform at the Drammenshallen, Oslo, Norway, during 'Hot Space Tour'
👉 One and only concert in Norway
📸 Photo Credit Helge Øverås
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979)
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Queen Fanclub Convention 2023 Part 1: First Impressions
Hello again! This will be another series of posts on my time at the Official Queen Fanclub Convention 2023! This is the first time I've ever joined the convention, and I signed up as a member last year just to be able to go here.
The convention ran from 6-9 October 2023 and took place at Haven Golden Sands Holiday Park, Mablethorpe. Mablethorpe is in the east, which I've never really been to and trains don't really go there from Manchester. Apparently this has been the traditional venue over the years. It's a holiday park by the beach where we stay in caravans and the main events took place in a big hall. I was a bit wary of it at first because it was unfamiliar but it turned out to be quite nice.
Travelling there would have been a chore from Manchester. I would have had to take a total of four(?) hours of train with two changes and get off at Skegness before taking an hour of shuttle to the venue. But fortunately I didn't have to, thanks to my friend and saviour Ian who very kindly allowed me to tag along from Stafford (only an hour from Manchester) all the way to Mablethorpe. He was the reason I survived the entire convention so big cheers to him from here on!
Here's the full programme for the convention! As you can see lots of fun things ahead - but we'll cover the first welcome night for now!
I decided to arrive as per schedule but it was already so crowded and I struggled to find a spot, until I managed to get one at the back near the bar. So learned my lesson from then on to always come in early if I ever want to get a good spot to see the stage and screens clearly (and avoid the horribly noisy bar). While a good portion of people were properly paying attention to the event there was also about half the room who were just chattering among themselves and catching up with each other. So from early on I could already tell that the place is full of regulars, treating the event as a reunion more than anything. (Looking at photos from previous years, you can tell that "Queen Convention" banner on the stage has been reused too many times lol)
It was a bit intimidating to come in as a newbie (and I missed that newbie welcome session too). I told the reception desk I was new and they were very welcoming. I didn't expect them to do anything for me but then just before the event started, Queen Fanclub president herself Jacky came up to my table just to say hello to me the newbie! She was so nice and really made sure I felt welcome. The picture below is from a later night but here is she!
It was about an hour ish of meeting new friends (including Priscilla who ended up being great company through the entire weekend - big shoutout to her!! 🥺💖) and chatting before the event started. Jacky made a lovely welcome speech, which specifically made sure newbies feel welconed right after our chat! And we received a welcome video from Brian - filmed on the first day of the QAL tour in the US just before they went on stage. Credits to David Taylor for the first part of the video which I merged with mine (Brian's part).
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Afterwards there was also Doug Bogie (left) making an appearance on stage. He is apparently an active regular at the Queen Convention, being involved behind the scenes and everything, which I didn't know and is pretty cool. Aside from him Barry Mitchell was also quite active but has apparently recently taken ill (right), so we all sent him well wishes (and later on wrote on a huge get well soon card for him).
And finally - the band of the night! Live Killers (a Queen tribute band) took the stage and this was the second time I saw them live, the first being in Montreux. They were with a different vocalist iirc, but they were just as fantastic! And as a bonus... Tim Staffell made a surprise appearance on stage and sang Doin' Alright with the band!
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Overall a great first night! I didn't want to stay up too late so I could prepare for the next full day. The next few posts will mostly focus on each guest panel, as they're the highlights and main reasons for me coming to the convention. As always thank you for reading!
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I think we look more stupid in this video than any other artist has ever looked in a video […] I actually really love the record, but I do really hate this video. - Roger’s commentary on the It’s a Hard Life music video
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Hot Space Tour, 1982.
Via Queen Rare Archive on Facebook.
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Keep Yourself Alive (Version 1, 16-07-1973)
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These Are The Days Of Our Lives (1991)
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"I love music and she is the music!"
- Freddie Mercury
Happy Birthday Montserrat, wherever you are...❤
📸 October 8th, 1988 - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé performed three songs (playback) by the Magic Fountain on Montjuic at a music festival "La Nit", which celebrated the arrival of the Olympic flag from the Seoul games to Barcelona
📸 Credit Photo Mirrorpix
- Spanish operatic soprano
Barcelona 12 April 1933 -
Barcelona 6 October 2018
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