Queen Diary - day by day - this week
••• 30 August
1980 : Queen live on The Game Tour at CNE, Toronto, Canada. [30 years]
1982 : Queen live on Hot Space Tour at McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado, USA. [28 years]
2007 : Brian and Roger attended the unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament square, London, UK. [3 years]
••• 31 August
1980 : Queen live on The Game Tour at Convention Centre, Rochester, USA. After this show the band took 9 day break and then continued in Milwaukee. [30 years]
1980 : Another One Bites The Dust reached no. 1 in Billboard chart (US magazine). [30 years] 
1984 : Queen live performing 1st Brittish gig of The Works Tour at NEC, Birmingham, UK. [26 years]
1998 : Brian released Why Don't We Try Again single from the Another World album with two covers Only Make Believe and F.B.I in the UK. [12 years]
••• 1 September
1975 : Queen signed a contract with new manager John Reid. [35 years]
1976 : Queen live performing first show on short British tour at Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland. The hall was refurbished and Queen were a part of the Festival Of Popular Music to promote it. They played two new songs at this gig Tie Your Mother Down and You Take My Breath Away, neither of which had been recorded at this point. [34 years]
1984 : Brian and Roger appeared on ITV's Saturday Starship programme. [26 years]
1984 : Queen live at NEC, Birmingham, UK. [26 years]
1986 : Queen's The Game and News Of The World were released on CD for the first time. [24 years]
1987 : Spoof rock band Bad News released their version of Bohemian Rhapsody. [23 years] 
1987 : (for 5 September)
Freddie celebrates his birthday in Ibiza [23 years]
1993 : Freddie received silver award for Living On My Own sales in the UK. [17 years]
1998 : Brian appeared on Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast. [12 years]
2001 : Roger went to see U2's concert in Slane Castle, Ireland. He also met Bob Geldof in backstage. [9 years]
••• 2 September
1976 : Queen live on short British tour performing 2nd show on Scottish Music Festival at Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK. It was the first time they played You're My Best Friend live. [34 years]
1982 : Queen live at Coliseum, Portland, USA. [28 years]
1983 : Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, Carmine Appice and Jim Cregan visited Record Plant Studios where Queen were recording The Works album. [27 years]
1984 : Queen live performing 3rd show at NEC, Birmingham, UK. [26 years]
1985 : Freddie released 4th solo single Living On My Own. It had no success, however remix released in 90s reached number 1 in charts. [25 years]
••• 3 September
1976 : Queen went to see Peter Straker play at the Edinburgh Fringe Assembly Rooms. [34 years]
1982 : Queen live on Hot Space Tour at Coliseum, Seattle, USA. [28 years]
1984 : Queen released a compilation Greatest Hits on CD. [26 years]
2008 : Queen+PR organized short live performance for journalists at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK. [2 years]
••• 4 September
1970 : Queen live performing one of their earliest dates at a private school Swiss Cottage, London, UK, with Barry Mitchell on bass. [40 years]
1982 : Queen live at PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada. [28 years]
1984 : Queen live performing first of 4 sold out shows at Wembley Arena, London, UK. [26 years]
1999 : Brian live performing on the Freddie's birthday concert at Rivermead Leisure Complex, Reading, UK. Together with SAS Band and The Cross members played Since You've Been Gone (Brian guitar/vocals), Last Horizon (Brian guitar), Hammer To Fall (slow/fast) (Brian guitar/vocals), Dragon Attack (Brian guitar, Jeff Scott Soto vocals), Tie Your Mother Down (Brian gutiar/vocals) and In The Lap Of The Gods... revisited (Brian guitar/vocals). [11 years]
••• 5 September (Today)
1946 : Farrokh Bulsara was born at Zanzibar on Tuesday 5 September. [64 years]
1984 : Queen live on The Works Tour at Wembley Arena, London, UK. [26 years]
1985 : Freddie held a huge party for his 39th birhtday in Henderson's Club, Munchen, Germany. During the party Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher shooted video material used for Living On My Own released on The Video EP VHS and later on The Video Collection DVD/VHS. [25 years]
1985 : [SEPTEMBER]
Queen record 'One Vision' in Montreaux. [25 years]
1998 : Roger live on charity gig at Wintershall Estate, Surrey, UK, played A Kind Of Magic, I Want To Break Free, These Are The Days Of Our Lives, We Will Rock You, Radio Ga Ga + Crucify Me, Working Class Hero and Like A Rolling Stone (with Bob Geldof). [12 years]