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Queen & Adam Lambert am 29.01.2015 in Köln - WDR 2
www.wdr2.de/musik/konzertberichte/queen-adam-lambert-100.html … yay
good review! Queen & Adam Lambert am 29.01.2015 in Köln:
Hommage an Freddie
Wie ist "der Neue"? Wie werden ihn die Fans der ersten Stunde aufnehmen? Haben es "die Alten" noch drauf? Auf diese Fragen rund ums das Projekt "Queen & Adam Lambert" bekamen nun endlich auch die hiesigen Fans eine Antwort. Die Rockgiganten sind bis Ende Februar in Europas Metropolen unterwegs, machen dabei an sechs Stationen in Deutschland halt. Zum Auftakt dieses Tourabschnitts waren rund 15.500 Besucher in die damit ausverkaufte Kölnarena geströmt.
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Tribute to FreddieWhat is the "latest"? As fans of the first hour will it take? Did it "the ancients" still on it? This questions about the project "Queen & Adam Lambert" now finally got the local fans a response. The rock giants until the end of February in Europe's capitals go, make it at six stations in Germany halt. To kick off this tour section around 15,500 visitors were flown into the so sold Cologne Arena.
Generation mix in the audienceHours before the concert presented by WDR 2 were long queues at the entrances. Noteworthy here was the colorful mix: Many aged Queen fans probably formed the lion's share, but also whole families and many twenty-somethings were to be seen. The latter fans group betrayed by Transparent who had been lured to show the Oldies: Adam Lambert. The remaining queen original members Brian May and Roger Taylor had become in 2009 at the talent show "American Idol" aware of the young man, who has since been on a remarkable career as a singer ("Whataya Want From Me") and musical actor ("Hair") looks back ,
Birthday party with 15,500 guestsWhy the Beau (2012 vote for the "Music's Sexiest Man" on billboard.com) brought the old warhorse to now yet another go at big world tour, it quickly became apparent in Cologne. Fill the giant footsteps of Freddy Mercury died in 1991, he usurps his own words not to, but does what it takes with: a strong, safe in all situations voice, big gestures, an androgynous appearance and a queen dignified pathos with all the theatrics , Similarly, the energy, swept with the Lambert from 20.20 clock a good two hours on the huge stage and the catwalk for Mini Stage middle of the audience, Mercury's honor was worth it. Costume changes from black leather to leopard skin suit and a golden crown on his Pompadour fit into the picture. He quickly had the last skeptics on his side, led a choir of 15,500 voices safely through rock anthems like "Somebody To Love" and "I Want It All" and made for dancing and waving arms up in the distant upper tier. Another sympathy Proof: The entire Cologne Arena intoned a "Happy Birthday" to Adam, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on that day. Young female fans in the front rows of standing-interior had prepared appropriate placards with messages of greeting.
Still Going StrongThe approximately twice as old queen heroes May and Taylor showed the driving opener "One Vision" to the last encore that they are neither old mild yet become a bit quiet. They were supported by many years of live companion as keyboardist Spike Edney and bassist Neil Fairclough. In keeping with the generation mix of fans showed the 23-year-old son, Taylor, Rufus Tiger, his skills on percussion, and he represented Papa Roger on drums, while the latter took over the lead vocals on "A Kind Of Magic". The highlight of this family meeting: a father-son drum duel. The Junior on the main stage, Roger Taylor on the additional stage. It, while watching the faces of the two on the video screen that hovered in the form of a giant Q back of the stage, was beautiful. Close-ups of the extensive solos by guitar god May showed here that under the graying curls his fingers ran nimbly as ever on the fingerboard of his self-made "Red Special".
Close to the originalThe Cologne setlist contained many of the big hits from the 40-year band history, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions". Adam Lambert was certainly not an exclusion criterion in choosing from the vast repertoire queen, for he was an enthusiastic audience Cologne an impressive vocal range. This was also the tenor of the viewers' attitudes to the microphone of WDR-2 reporter Oliver Rustemeyer after the show. With stage presence and vocal skills fans Adam Lambert looked much closer to the original and therefore more suitable than predecessor Paul Rodgers. A highlight was accordingly for many fans a brief duet of Adam and via video perfectly synchronized while Freddy "Bohemian Rhapsody". Who wants to experience the show with the current line-up in Germany, with a little luck must get hold of one of the remaining tickets for Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. After three concerts on British homeland the Queen world tour ends on 27 February.