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Queen + Adam Lambert
Barclays Center
July 28, 2017
Review and photos by David Chiu
When two musical acts have a special kind of chemistry and bond together, it only makes sense to keep the momentum going. And that’s what Queen—featuring Brian May and Roger Taylor–and Adam Lambert have been doing since they joined forces a couple of years ago. And now they’re doing it again during this American summer tour for the first time since 2014. This time around, the two returned to New York City this past Friday, making a stop in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (something that I, a native Brooklynite, would have never imagine Queen playing in my neck of the woods).
There’s nothing new for Queen to promote for this tour other than the fact that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the band’s classic album News of the World, best known for featuring two of the band’s legendary anthems, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” In fact, the robot immortalized by artist Frank Kelly Freas on the album art, makes an appearance as part of the elaborate guitar-shaped stage setting at the Barclays.
Opening with an abbreviated snippet of We Will Rock You, Queen and Lambert launched into two hours’ worth of nonstop hits. Of course the usual standbys were performed on this tour as well as the previous one: “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Somebody to Love,” “Stone Cold Crazy,” “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Radio Gaga,” and “I Want It All,” “Killer Queen,” “Under Pressure,” and “Love of My Life.” For this one, the band brought back several old chestnuts: the raunchy “Get Down Make Love,” “I’m in Love With My Car” (sung by the song’s composer Taylor), “Hammer to Fall,” “Bicycle Race,” “I Want to Break Free,” and the crowd favorite “Don’t Stop Me Now.” The only new that was performed was Lambert’s own “Two Fux” whose very elegant and melodically British sound sounds like something the late Freddie Mercury might have penned.
Read more + photos... newbeats.com/2017/07/30/queen-adam-lambert/
Queen + Adam Lambert
Barclays Center
July 28, 2017
Review and photos by David Chiu
When two musical acts have a special kind of chemistry and bond together, it only makes sense to keep the momentum going. And that’s what Queen—featuring Brian May and Roger Taylor–and Adam Lambert have been doing since they joined forces a couple of years ago. And now they’re doing it again during this American summer tour for the first time since 2014. This time around, the two returned to New York City this past Friday, making a stop in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (something that I, a native Brooklynite, would have never imagine Queen playing in my neck of the woods).
There’s nothing new for Queen to promote for this tour other than the fact that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the band’s classic album News of the World, best known for featuring two of the band’s legendary anthems, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” In fact, the robot immortalized by artist Frank Kelly Freas on the album art, makes an appearance as part of the elaborate guitar-shaped stage setting at the Barclays.
Opening with an abbreviated snippet of We Will Rock You, Queen and Lambert launched into two hours’ worth of nonstop hits. Of course the usual standbys were performed on this tour as well as the previous one: “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Somebody to Love,” “Stone Cold Crazy,” “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Radio Gaga,” and “I Want It All,” “Killer Queen,” “Under Pressure,” and “Love of My Life.” For this one, the band brought back several old chestnuts: the raunchy “Get Down Make Love,” “I’m in Love With My Car” (sung by the song’s composer Taylor), “Hammer to Fall,” “Bicycle Race,” “I Want to Break Free,” and the crowd favorite “Don’t Stop Me Now.” The only new that was performed was Lambert’s own “Two Fux” whose very elegant and melodically British sound sounds like something the late Freddie Mercury might have penned.
Read more + photos... newbeats.com/2017/07/30/queen-adam-lambert/