10.11.19 Adam News and Info, Two New Interviews
Oct 10, 2019 23:15:43 GMT -5
Post by tinafea on Oct 10, 2019 23:15:43 GMT -5
Two New Interviews
Irish Radio Interview
The interview Adam did on the Irish radio station aired about an hour ago. You can listen to it here! Don't miss it. Especially the part where Adam does a commercial!
John Kearns @johnkearns
In case you missed it earlier...@adamlambert talks to @johnkearns on @coolfm
soundcloud.com/santamonicastudios/adam-lambert-talks-to-john-kearns
John Kearns @johnkearns
In case you missed it earlier...@adamlambert talks to @johnkearns on @coolfm
soundcloud.com/santamonicastudios/adam-lambert-talks-to-john-kearns
PRIDESOURCE Interview
PRIDESOURCE
Adam Lambert Talks Creative Freedom, LGBTQ Music Evolution, Making Cher Cry & Tequila With Queen
At this point, “American Idol” is a mere footnote in Adam Lambert’s undaunted, venturesome, decade-long career. It was 2009 when Lambert astonished gays and moms with his confident strut and those sky-high notes, ultimately giving him the runner-up spot during the reality show’s eighth season. Since then, the out San Diego native, now 37, has checked some pretty wild boxes. Making Cher cry? Check. Queen frontman? Check. With his latest album, “Velvet: Side A,” the glam pop-rocker is checking yet another box, one that’s especially important to him: the box that lets him call the creative shots.
Recently, Lambert phoned to talk about the classic, Queen-influenced sound of some of his best music yet, the progress made for LGBTQ artists, and his ongoing mission to root his career in “honesty and authenticity.”
It must be such a great feeling to promote a project you were so invested in from the get-go.
Because I was so involved and so in the driver’s seat on this one, the sense of gratification I get from talking about it and sharing it runs deeper than ever before.
What are you giving yourself permission to do that you couldn’t do at the beginning of your career?
I think it really all comes from knowing myself better. Knowing myself as an artist, knowing myself as a person, knowing what is keeping it real. And if something comes up that just doesn’t feel authentic, I’m just like, “No, I don’t want to do that.” Which is great. And obviously, having put the time in over the last 10 years into my career, I think I’ve earned more of that right. I’m doing what I want to do, period, the end. Everything about this project is me doing what I want to do. Creatively, I’m not having to compromise with anybody.
So are the EDM days over then?
For now. (Laughs.)
That must feel refreshing.
Yeah. I think I wanted to do something sonically that just felt like a different page for me, and also something that felt timeless, something that wouldn’t go out of date in three years. I just wanted to do something that felt classic.
Has touring as the frontman of Queen influenced that desire?
There’s definitely some parallels there, for sure. I think having been part of that lineup has definitely rubbed off on me and made me realize it’s not always about the next sound. That’s not always the way to have the strongest connection with an audience. It doesn’t always need to be something that’s the next wave. It can be something that works that people love.
When you decided to make the move and jump from your former label Warner Bros. to Empire, an indie label, what was the breaking point? At what point in your career did you feel so limited that you just couldn’t stand it anymore?
I don’t know if it was all that dramatic, to be honest with you. I love the way you put it. Very dramatic. (Laughs.) I don’t think there was a final straw or anything; there was no big drama. But I just got to the point where I was done with my last solo tour, and I was doing some touring with Queen and I reflected on all the work that I put into it. I was wondering if there was enough return on my investment: “Am I feeling a sense of personal gratitude and gratification here?” And I had to ask myself some hard questions. So a lot of the changes that I made were to protect and insulate my creativity a little bit more. I felt like as an artist I wasn’t reaching my fullest potential, because a lot of the things that were being done were being done where the main motivating force was money or popularity or obvious things that pop music revolves around. I think I just had to get the balance right. Obviously it is a business and I’m still playing the game to a certain extent, but the balance was off. So that was the big, important realization I had.
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pridesource.com/article/adam-lambert-talks-creative-freedom-lgbtq-music-evolution-making-cher-cry-tequila-with-queen/
Radio Spins Info
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Calendar
November 1-3, 2019 Live In The Vineyard Napa Valley, CA
December 5, 2019 Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness, Friends Arena Stockholm, Sweden
Adam solo concerts
December 15, 2019 Solo Concert Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT
December 16, 2019 Solo Concert Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
December 20, 2019 Solo Concert Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Indio, CA
December 21, 2019 Solo Concert El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA