1.14.15 Newcastle Reviews, Idol Promo, Next Up Glasgow
Jan 14, 2015 0:34:30 GMT -5
Post by tinafea on Jan 14, 2015 0:34:30 GMT -5
Source of photo in banner: Ian McCrone @imccphotography @drbrianmay @adamlambert Brilliant show tonight. Adam was brilliant. What a showman!! @queen @adamlambert pic.twitter.com/w0UIROWbgs
Reminder, we have two threads on concert days so for Glasgow Concert Thread go here: adamtopia.com/thread/2772/14-15-al-glasgow-scotland
Reviews From Newcastle
(There are lots of goodies in the Newcastle Concert Thread, if you haven't checked it out yet....GO!)
REVIEW: Queen and Adam Lambert, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.
(Note: this review was run on multiple sites)
by Richard Ord
QUEEN must be one of the only bands where being overblown, over-wrought and over the top are not criticisms, but the bare minimum of requirements when taking the stage.
And when you have to step into the shoes of arch prancer and showman Freddie Mercury, the pressure is most certainly pushing down on you.
That particular pressure has fallen upon Adam Lambert and I’m happy to report he’s no shrinking violet or pale imitation.
The American Idol winner has turned a thankless task into an impressive showcase of a voice that, if not matching Mr Mercury’s, certainly to gives it a run for its money.
There was always the fear that emulating Mercury would turn this show, the first of a nationwide tour, into a soulless X Factor karaoke night.
Had Lambert flounced onto the stage in a leotard sporting a big black moustache and wielding a Union Jack cape, the game would be up.
As it was, the lead singer, while camping it up in a Freddie-esque style, had his own image … most of it gleaned from the all studs and leather cast offs from the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome costume wardrobe. Image-wise he appeared to be channelling George Michael during his Faith period.
Lambert has said he was there not to replace Mercury, but to remind people how amazing he was. A packed arena didn’t need reminding.
Nor did they need reminding of the talents of Brian May and Roger Taylor.
May ran the show from start to finish, and was as comfortable rocking out Fat Bottomed Girls and Crazy Little Thing Called Love as he was endearing himself to the crowd with an acoustic version of Fog on the Tyne or wringing out the emotion on Who Wants To Live Forever.
His guitar work was as note perfect as Lambert’s voice was pitch perfect, as they rattled through hit after hit from decade to decade: Another One Bites the Dust, I Want it All, Killer Queen, A Kind of Magic, I Want To Break Free, every one a winner.
A drum battle between Roger Taylor and his son Rufus and a soaring guitar solo from May mixed things up for the audience and there were some stand-out performances to be had.
Freddie Mercury joining in (via video footage on the big screen) during an acoustic version of Love of My Life brought huge cheers, and his reappearance for the classic Bohemian Rhapsody had the arena rocking, and for some, the tears flowing.
Lambert returned the stage in a leopard print suit with a glittering crown for encores We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions before milking the applause at the end as the national anthem played and gold glitter fluttered from the rooftops. A great night and a great show.
The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.
www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/what-s-on/gigs-music/review-queen-and-adam-lambert-metro-radio-arena-newcastle-1-7049151#.VLW1fhOPm1g.twitter
Concert Review:
wegotit.at/so-war-der-queen-tourstart-2015/
So the Queen was tourstart
Goggle Translation as original was in German:
For the first time since 1982 the classic Save Me. For this purpose, One Vision as a premiere for Adam Lambert, Freddie "live" and all megahit. At the start of the tour in Newcastle traditional Queen today (13 January) the biggest rock show of the year. On 01 FEB then in Vienna!
Tuesday 13 January 2015 20.28 clock: After Made In Heaven - Track 13 intro Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert storm with One Vision stage. 9,500 fans (sold out!) In the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle experience equal to the tour start a premiere, as Lambert has the 1985 hit previously never sung live! The opening song was also a great gesture, Queen finally start for all the concerts of Magic Tour , the last tour of the great Freddie Mercury.
Before Q-shaped video screen and the impressive light show of the Queen history to put on with I Want It All , Another One Bites The Dust at the lambert in black rivets jacket a catwalk by fans along rocked, and Fat Bottomed Girls equal to the big hits from the Talon. Adam Lambert, still not fully accepted by many fans because of his talent show past, it did its thing more than brilliantly.
With the 1974 Rarity In The Lap Of The Gods , the first top 10 hit Seven Seas Of Rhye and Killer Queen , where Adam lay down on a couch and sipped bombastic of champagne, was allowed to finally revive the legendary Medley. A relief after the rather bleak 2005 or the 2008 setlist with Paul Rodgers.
"Hello Newcastle. This is the first show of our European tour and I feel so honored that I get to sing for such legends. One thing first: There is only one Freddie Mercury and today I will try everything to meet him, "said Lambert as an intro to Breakthru , the Queen herself no longer had the program for 26-DEZ-1979 (! ) and only play with Adam Lambert live again.
After Somebody To Love took over Brian May for the loud mitgegrölten Lindisfarne Classic Fog on the Tyne and the traditional Sing-A-Long Love Of My Life on a second stage in the middle of fans singing and also recalled the early Queen -day "I can still remember the concerts in the 70s in the City Hall." For the time travel Hit '39 Brian then took the "astronauts" Roger Taylor, Spike Edney, Rufus Taylor and Neil Fairclough on the second stage ,
For A Kind Of Magic took over the vocals and Roger Taylor agreed then equal to a drum battle with his son Rufus! Only at Under Pressure , in which Taylor on a mini drums on the second stage took over the Bowie part, Lambert returned again to deliver on a balcony-like ridge on the stage edge equal to the absolute highlight: the The Game -Classical Save Me . He was last modified on 03-NOV-1982 (!) in Tokyo in the program! A real sensation! For this, but were in Newcastle on the acclaimed American classic Now I'm Here , These Are The Days Of Our Lives , The Show Must Go On and Love Kills omitted.
According to Who Wants To Live Forever and the obligatory guitar solo started with Tie Your Mother Down the big hit Offenisve: I Want To Break Free , Radio GAGA , where 19,000 hands applauded along in perfect sync, and of course Bohemian Rhapsody . In this case, even the immortal Freddie Mercury was "live". Via video recording he sang a duet with Lambert! What a conclusion!
After the additions surprise Stone Cold Crazy (In cooler full-speed version) and the indestructible Crazy Little Thing Called Love , before Brian to the question "What think ye of the young boys?" more than approving applause reaped, there was a Final obligate the legends Trio: We Will Rock You , We Are The Champions and God Save The Queen . On 01 FEB then in Vienna!
This was the setlist in Newcastle (13-JAN-2015) :
One Vision
I Want It All
Another One Bites The Dust
Fat Bottomed Girls
In The Lap Of The Gods
Seven Seas Of Rhye
Killer Queen
Breakthru
Somebody To Love
Fog On The Tyne (Lindisfarne Cover)
Love Of My Life
'39
A Kind Of Magic
Drum Battle
Under Pressure
Save Me
Who Wants To Live Forever
Guitar Solo
Tie Your Mother Down
I Want To Break Free
Radio GAGA
Bohemian Rhapsody Goodies: Stone Cold Crazy Crazy Little Thing Called Love We Will Rock You We Are The Champions God Save The Queen
Northern Echo
It's a kind of magic for Queen fans in Newcastle
LIVE: Adam Lambert on stage in Newcastle Picture: KEITH TAYLOR
SHOW: Brian May entertains Queen fans in Newcastle Picture: KEITH TAYLOR
First published 2 hours ago in News
by Andy Walker
MUSIC fans may have felt as though they were going slightly mad when rock band Queen took to the stage in the region tonight, sporting a new-look line-up.
But US singer-songwriter Adam Lambert's turn in the Freddie Mercury frontman role, alongside surviving original members including Brian May, proved that the show must go on Queen devotees.
The band kicked off their UK tour at the Metro Radio Arena, in Newcastle, on Tuesday evening.
Indianapolis-born Lambert, 32, has a long history of collaborating with Queen, having performed the group's hit We Are the Champions on American Idol in 2009.
A link-up at the MTV European Music Awards followed in 2011, before Lambert performed a series of sold-out shows with the band in London and across Europe.
Queen guitarist May has described Lambert as a "great interpreter" of the work of Mercury, who died in November 1991.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11721503.It_s_a_kind_of_magic_for_Queen_fans_in_Newcastle/?ref=twtrec
Idol Promo
Idol Auditions - Promo: Adam Lambert Returns...and Auditions?! - American Idol XIV 2015
American Idol Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wooLxZYUvj4
Published on Jan 13, 2015
This Video of Adam Lambert's American Idol Judging Debut Will Slay You
by Kristin Dos Santos
Let the record show: Adam Lambert can still audition for American Idol like nobody's business!
This Thursday marks the season eight winner's debut as a guest judge (filling in for Keith Urban), and we have your first look above.
In the clip, Jennifer Lopez gushes about how thrilled she is to have Adam on board--no disrespect to Keith, obvi. And during the auditions process, Jennifer and Harry Connick Jr. challenge Adam to "audition" once more.
His choice? "Bohemian Rhapsody," which he sang in his 2009 audition (along with "Rock With You"), and the results prove the 32-year-old has still got it. Watch for yourself!
American Idol airs Wednesday and Thursday on Fox.
(video is the one that Idol released, same as the official video above)
www.eonline.com/news/614323/this-video-of-adam-lambert-s-american-idol-judging-debut-will-slay-you
Adam Lambert: The King Of Full Circle
January 13, 2015 3:15 PM
Back in 2009, he auditioned for American Idol singing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen. Six years later he’s on tour in Europe with the iconic rock band! And now, it’s Adam Lambert‘s turn to sit in the judge’s seat.
The vocal powerhouse filled in for Keith Urban at the Idol auditions in NYC last September and the episode will air this week! Today–because they love us–E! shared this glorious clip of what we can expect when the Season 8 star teams up with Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. (HINT: They make him sing for them–OMG!)
And in the interest of keeping things full circle, of course, he sings a little BoRhap! WATCH! WATCH! WATCH!
GAHHH! ALL THE FEELS!
P.S. Look for new music from Adam to drop… soon(ish)? There’s still no word on when, but he’s been working on a new album in between those Queen gigs. He did some sessions in Sweden last year with hitmaker Max Martin! We can’t wait!
We just know whatever he does will be…
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January 15, 2015: American Idol NY Audition episode – Adam will appear as a judge on this episode.
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 2015 UK and EUROPE TOUR
Note: Sold out status based on availability of tickets on 1.5.15 at 12:00 AM. Lack of available tickets may be due to factors other than a “sold out” concert and these concerts may not be technically sold out. A few more tickets are likely to be available before the concert dates when the unused VIP, artists, press and venue holds are released.
CONCERTS START AT 20:00 LOCAL TIME
Tue 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena – SOLD OUT Attendance: 9,500
TONIGHT! Wed 14 January GLASGOW Hydro SOLD OUT
Sat 17 January LONDON O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Sun 18 January LONDON O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Tue 20 January LEEDS Arena - a few VIP tickets left.
Wed 21 January MANCHESTER Arena SOLD OUT
Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA SOLD OUT
Sat 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena SOLD OUT
Mon 26 January PARIS Zenith SOLD OUT
Thu 29 January COLOGNE Lanxess Arena
Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome SOLD OUT
Sun 1 February VIENNA Stadhalle
Mon 2 February MUNICH Olympiahalle
Wed 4 February BERLIN O2
Thu 5 February HAMBURG O2
Sat 7 February FRANKFURT Festhalle
Sun 8 February BRUSSELS Palais 12 SOLD OUT
Tue 10 February MILAN Forum SOLD OUT
Fri 13 February STUTTGART Schleyerhalle
Sun 15 February HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen SOLD OUT
Tue 17 February PRAGUE O2 - very limited
Thu 19 February ZURICH Hallenstadion
Sat 21 February KRAKOW Kraków Arena
Tues 24 February LONDON Wembley SSE Arena SOLD OUT
Thurs 26 February LIVERPOOL Echo Arena – limited to standing GA tickets
Fri 27 February SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena – limited to standing GA tickets
Early 2015: Adam's Third Studio Album may be released.
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