In 1981, Queen set a new Argentine record in Buenos Aires for the most people at a single concert with a whopping 300,000 fans at their gig. In 2001, alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Aerosmith, Queen was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. by 2004, they had already sold a staggering 34.5 million albums. in 1964 due to the family’s safety being under threat in Zanzibar with the revolution of the time.Īlthough arguably not as a big a market for Queen, in the U.S. Queen wrote the soundtrack to the 1980 film “ Flash Gordon,” which included the single “ Flash.”įreddie Mercury moved to Middlesex, U.K. Roger Taylor’s backyard played a huge part in the “ We Will Rock You” music video, as well as the 1977 hit “ Spread Your Wings.” Both of the videos were actually filmed there. Album charts, which is more than any other artist to date. Queen managed to have a total of 26 years in the U.K. The 1984 hit “ Thank God It’s Christmas” was released in 1984 and was never part of any Queen album of the time.Īfter most of their career with EMI records, Queen decided to leave them and sign with Universal Music in 2010.
Bowie was simply in the studio at the time and decided to get involved.įreddie Mercury was completely confident in his performance, his singing, and playing abilities but he wasn’t actually confident in his piano skills and feared playing “ Bohemian Rhapsody.” The iconic David Bowie section on the smash hit “ Under Pressure” almost never happened as this wasn’t actually planned. May’s guitar is handmade from scratch out of a two-century-old mantelpiece by himself and his father.
Roger Taylor wrote four tracks for the band, they were the 1984 “ Radio Ga Ga,” 1986 “A Kind of Magic,” 1989 “ The Invisible Man,” and the 1991 track “ These are the Days of our Lives.” The Queen logo consists of the bands’ star signs 2 Leos, one Virgo, and one Cancer for Roger, John, Freddie, and Brian respectively.
Well, that’s what we’re here to share today! Here is a list of 30 fascinating facts about the iconic band, Queen. For so many people across the world, no other band has managed to steal their hearts and minds like Queen.įor me, Queen played a huge part as the theme tune for my childhood as my father was a super fan like so many, but how many people actually know that much about the band outside the usual chart-topping hits?
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