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Queen + Adam Lambert på Telenor Arena. -En hyllest en dronning verdig
www.musikknyheter.no/konserter/18338/Queen-+-Adam-Lambert-pa-Telenor-Arena.html …
A tribute queen worthy
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translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musikknyheter.no%2Fkonserter%2F18338%2FQueen-%2B-Adam-Lambert-pa-Telenor-Arena.html&edit-text=12th of April 1982. The Drammen Hall takes on Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor as they are on tour with their somewhat exquisite album Hot Space .
It would be the only concert with the classic Queen on Norwegian soil, which was definitely when the band stopped touring for A Kind Of Magic in 1986, and Freddie Mercury died November 24, 1991.
Since 2005, Brian May and Roger Taylor have held the Queen tab high, and first toured with Bad Company and Free vocalist Paul Rodgers before they landed at the American American Idol finalist (2nd place) Adam Lambert in 2012.
Then they finally come to Norway again, a month before Brian May fills 71, and Roger Taylor is 68. And for the sake of 21 years after original bassist John Deacon retired from the public.
With them they have 36 years old Adam Lambert. By the way born the same year as Queen actually was in Norway last, 1982.
It is allowed to be skeptical, by all means. In all fairness they call Queen + Adam Lambert, and they carry out one big tribute to themselves and Freddie Mercury. And the song catalog they have left is still performing well, and for most generations. Ask your children. Clearly they've heard We Will Rock You , We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody !
Thus, it is also a chance for us a little younger to see Brian May and Roger Taylor in action, while getting a 2 hour long and live hit parade that until now only existed from the record shelves and from the concert recording on television for us Norwegians who were not come so far in life in 1982.
At Telenor Arena the light went on at 19.40 for four times as many audiences as at the Drammen Hall at the time, and the robot from the News Of The World cover appeared on the screen before Tear It Up from The Works became a surprising opening song. Then there was a single long party and a hit parade. From the really old Seven Seas Of Rhye and Killer Queen to the slightly "newer" I Want It All and The Show Must Go On that came out after the original Queen stopped touring.
Lambert went humbly for work in his sixth year as a mediator of this catalog. And he emphasized his position above the audience. "I know what you think. He's no Freddie, and that's true." And I love Freddie too, and I'm just the same as you and I have the most expensive seat in the house! "
The 36-year-old American is an excellent vocalist in this universe. He is himself, but he still fits well - and not least much better than his predecessor Paul Rodgers. Lambert sang punctually all the way through, and is also a showman of rank. By the way, something he is also "measured" against one of the best showmen throughout the rock story - Freddie Mercury. But I think maybe Lambert beat Mercury on the finish line in the number of clothes change.
Gamlegutta May and Taylor delivered as they should. May is always steady and even though the dark curls have become completely white, it does not sound "old father" of his guitar game. There is still a good flow, and both the solos and the riffs are as they should. Taylor has been more variable and also gets good help from a drummer number two on the tour, namely Tyler Warren. By the way, a role that his own son Rufus Taylor has had before, but he is now found in The Darkness. But singing with a voice even more hes than Don Henley and Rod Stewart can be our husband Roger, not least in his own shine number I'm In Love With My Car .
The show like that was also an entertaining spectacle. In its glory days, the Queen's show was one of the best in the industry, and in 2018 they also floated with hydraulics, big screens, lasers, and even a big pink tricycle to Lambert in the Bicycle Race . They also performed a charm on the catwalk where Brian May made a great acoustic version of Love Of My Life all the way before the rest of the gang joined Somebody To Love and Crazy Little Thing Called Love .
Sure, Roger Taylor's drumming drew with Tyler Warren (a duel he accidentally lost), and Brian Mays soloist under Lost Horizon . But this is often the case with rock concerts. Besides the drum soloists of Neal Peart in Rush, who would really like that?
And did we need Lucy , the only song this night that comes from Adam Lambert's own career career? Hardly. But it tasted better than they played Bad Company and Free hits with Paul Rodgers at the helm.
What is the hard facts in this context is that, yes, Freddie is gone. But the songs are still here, to the highest degree.
The same is Adam Lambert, and we will actually be very happy.
God save the Queen!