Queen Fan Club Magazines


(1980 - 1984)

This section includes details of magazines produced by the Official International Queen Fan Club, and includes details of the contents of each magazine, plus front cover scans and scans of extras. The contents include reviews of events, collectors articles, technical features, concert lists, band interviews and other articles of interest, but news items, pictures and letters are all excluded as they are so numerous.

The Queen Fan Club can be contacted through their website, www.queenworld.com.

There are two magazines missing from this section, as they are quite hard to find. If you can provide any further details, please email me
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Spring 1980 Fan Club Magazine

Spring Issue, 1980


Profile of roadies Chris 'Crystal' Taylor and 'Disco' Dennis Patrick Day
Setlist from the 1979 European tour
Summer 1980 Fan Club Magazine

Summer Issue, 1980


Tour dates for the USA and Canadian tour, 1980
Profile of Queen 'roadie' Peter Hince (Ratty) and tour manager Gerry Stickells
Autumn 1980 Fan Club Magazine

Autumn Issue, 1980


A comprehensive list of all of the band's equipment
Profiles of guitar technician Brian Zellis and personal assistant Peter Freestone
 

Christmas Issue, 1980


Messages from all of the band
Lots of photos of the band on stage


Spring 1981 Fan Club Magazine

Spring Issue, 1981


Lyrics to 'A Human Body'
Profile of Queen 'roadies', James 'Trip' Khalaf and Walter Versen
Summer 1981 Fan Club Magazine

Summer Issue, 1981


Photos from the South American tours
Profile of John Deacon
Letters page, including details of Queen's lighting rigs
Autumn 1981 Fan Club Magazine

Autumn Issue, 1981


'Greatest Hits' worldwide track listing variations
Profile of Brian May
Christmas 1981 Fan Club Magazine

Christmas Issue, 1981


Results of a poll to find the fan's Favourite Songs and Favourite Album
Spring 1982 Fan Club Magazine

Spring Issue, 1982


Diary of Queen activities from November 1980 to June 1982, including tour dates
Full discographies for the UK, Japan, USA, Australia and Solo releases
Biography update for 1980-2
Profile of Roger Taylor
Summer 1982 Fan Club Magazine

Summer Issue, 1982


Profile of Freddie Mercury
Tour dates for the 1982 American Tour
  No details available for Autumn Issue, 1982
Christmas 1982 Fan Club Magazine

Christmas Issue, 1982


Certificate for Boston 'Queen Day'
Setlists for 1982 European, UK and USA tours, plus 1982 USA and Japan tour dates
  No details available for Spring Issue, 1983
Summer 1983 Fan Club Magazine

Summer Issue, 1983


Update for Queen Biography - includes Concert dates for September 1980 - November 1982.
First part of 'The Guitar Greats' Radio 1 interview with Brian May.
Autumn 1983 Fan Club Magazine

Autumn Issue, 1983


Second part of 'The Guitar Greats' Radio 1 interview with Brian May.
Christmas 1983 Fan Club Magazine

Christmas Issue, 1983


Lyrics to 'I Go Crazy' and 'Radio Ga Ga'
Third part of 'The Guitar Greats' Radio 1 interview with Brian May.
Spring 1984 Fan Club Magazine

Spring Issue, 1984


Article about a Capital Radio guitar Masterclass held in November 1983, with Brian as guest speaker
Freddie's handwritten lyrics to 'It's A Hard Life'
Fourth part of 'The Guitar Greats' Radio 1 interview with Brian May.
Summer 1984 Fan Club Magazine

Summer Issue, 1984


'A Day in the Life of Queen's Lighting Engineer' - article by Jimmy Barnett
Minor article about the Guild guitar 'Red Special' release
European 1984 tour dates
Autumn 1984 Fan Club Magazine

Autumn Issue, 1984


Fan's Questions answered, including 'Queen's Equipment List'
Fifth part of 'The Guitar Greats' Radio 1 interview with Brian May.
Winter 1984 Fan Club Magazine

Winter Issue, 1984


Issued in the form of a poster
First side of poster features a picture of the individual members of Queen on stage in 1984
Second side features individual pictures of Queen, plus their Christmas messages, and a short letter/news item


Winter 1984 Fan Club Magazine Poster FrontWinter 1984 Fan Club Magazine Poster Back