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Post by adamrocks on Mar 17, 2014 21:31:49 GMT -5
 Purplegirl @purpiegirll 1h RTshannonbaby1993: Watching @nbcthevoice @blakeshelton @adamlambert @usher I absolutely love this show! #music #thevoicebattles
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 17, 2014 21:33:08 GMT -5
Andrea L. @njlovinlambert 2h
RT @angel0051 My tixs for Queen+Adam Lambert Chicago, arrived today! Section 1 Row 6 Seats 1-4. I have1available to sell. DM if interested!
Andrea L. @njlovinlambert 1h
RT @jackalshayna My tickets came in the mail for Philly today!! Still selling them! Level 205 row 14 seats 3&4. $100 both. DM for questions!
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Post by adamfanem on Mar 17, 2014 21:37:49 GMT -5
Craazyforadam: I *hug* your post. I have been thinking about this too. That is one reason I hope has something out there to promote going into the tour.
Take away the parts each one is playing in the equation, and just looking at the commercial opportunities; Queen's catalog has a lot to gain as well as their other know projects from the press that is coming with the tour. So, really hoping Adam has a current/parallel track going so he can have an identity outside of Queen and something to promote in addition to this gig to talk about.
Otherwise, it seem to be a missed opportunity for him with all the attention this tour will generate!
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 17, 2014 21:45:02 GMT -5
Eydie Harris @angel0051 2h
OMG! My tickets for Queen+Adam Lambert Chicago, arrived today! Section 1 Row 6 Seats 1-4. I have1available to sell. DM me if interested!
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Post by nannygoat on Mar 17, 2014 21:47:17 GMT -5
Yes!!!!! You're not the only one. I feel like a kid when Christmas is approaching. Several times a day I exclaim, "I'm going to see QAL!!!" Then the big smile just spreads across my face.    DH thinks I'm losing it. Have to check into Atop to confirm I'm not the only one feeling this way. By the way, any other Atoppers going to the Toronto show? Haven't seen much mentioned about that venue. Nannygoat, I'm a very quiet Atopian (mostly a lurker!) but I'll be there!! My very first time to see Adam live -- I can hardly wait!!! By the looks of the ticket sales for the Air Canada Centre, we will be with lots of company. This will be my 2nd AL concert in Toronto. Everything the Atoppers say is true-he is unbelievable in a live performance. I'm sure you will love it!!! But be sure to bring earplugs- it will be loud. I'm back in Section 104. Good seats, but would have preferred closer. Now to get a hotel!!! So EXCITED! |
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 17, 2014 21:48:08 GMT -5
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Post by Q3 on Mar 17, 2014 21:59:01 GMT -5
I don't give a @#$% what Old Queen/Freddie fans think about Queen with Adam as frontman. If they are excited about being able to see such an iconic rock band with two of the original members bringing the magic back to life, great! If they would rather watch videos of concerts 28 years ago, bless them. I care that Adam IS fronting for Queen. Queen IS touring the US one more time. Tickets are selling like wildfire. If they played only to the seats already sold, it would be deemed a highly successful tour, and we have 3 months to go! I care that I am going to see this incredible collaboration, this amazing show. If the arenas were only 1/10 sold I might be hoping to pursuade long-time Freddie fans to give Adam a try. But, with arenas selling out (or at 90% capacity and opening up new blocks of seats that hadn't even originally been intended for sale)those fans can sit at home in their basements watching Wayne's World and old videos and pontificating about how great Queen once was and what a travesty it is to still play that music as "Queen." Their loss. I want the arenas to be filled with fans who are ready to hear and see something extraordinary. You don't care about me?!?!?  ETA: Seriously, there are a lot, a whole lot of Queen, and yes Freddie, fans who are very excited about this and buying tickets. And there are not that many people posting negative comments about this Tour and Adam. Please do not mistake some morons on Twitter and and a few grumpy old men, as representing Queen fans. To me that is the equivalent of associating me with an 80 year old Glambert wearing a corset to an Adam concert or someone in a glitter bee costume as representing Adam fans. |
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Post by andi4sure on Mar 17, 2014 22:07:30 GMT -5
I have always had the feeling that DMG (using Katy as a "carrot") was behind getting Queen + Adam Lambert a headlining spot at last year's iHeart Festival. So I am glad to see Q3 thinking as I do, but with fact and insights to support this argument. I also believe that the booking was part of a larger plan to get media and radio to see Adam as a major talent, rather than as someone who almost won a singing competition. I think there are multiple forces coming together: a) I think that on the inside of the industry, Adam did receive credit as well as attention for the fact that he worked in 2011 and 2012 on a style of music that would eventually become to define the year 2013. Insiders did take note of the fact that THE two break-out stars of 2013 in the areas of dance and funk music ended up being both represented on Adam's album (Nile and Pharrell). Adam's music was ahead of its time. Trend-setting is not a quality typically associated with idol. Imo, he artistically put idol far behind him with TSP, even though he could not commercially materialize from it, because it was not understood at the time. There are a few comments from key people at Billboard, that indicated that this was very much noted by some people in the business. b) The second question that always surrounded Adam, and still does to this day, is: What is his market? And where is his place in the industry? Well, money speaks, and in the concert touring market, QAL just added 30-50 million to the pot. Quite obviously, there is a market, and these arenas would have stood empty otherwise, because it is not such that arena filling acts are lining up and fighting for space. To the contrary, the industry is trying to find acts that can fill the available seats. Well, they just found one. There is in my mind no question, that it was the combination of Q+AL that made this happen, neither would have sold a tour like this without the other. But the combination does seem to make sense to enough people, that there is a market for this ticket, and a hot one at that. Again, some folks, who may have discredited Adam in the past, are starting to change their tone. So, now they have two reasons to do so. This leaves the question, where the market for Adam is, when it comes to his solo career? And while future music has to still speak to that, it is clear that he will be taken seriously on an artistic level. With new label in tow and with renewed interest in him both by a young TV audience and by some re-awakened rock music fans, on top of the ever loyal Glambert fanbase, that thrust is about to become much more than just a stage extension in 2014. c) The music business is in a time of transition, both business wise as well as -when it comes to Top40, artistically. The question, where music is headed next, is wide open. PDs, A&R folks, promoters, have all learned over the past few years, that surefire acts are anything but that, and that new trends open up quite suddenly and with marketable force. I believe Adam's voice will be heard. In more ways than one. I love this! Thank you both! Regarding the Queen audience for these tours: I started out buying tickets for me and my girlfriends who really like Adam and are also fans of Queen. Then a funny thing happened. The husbands/male friends, who are not necessarily Adam fans, all wanted to come along to hear Queen. These non-Adam fans are going to be pleasantly surprised(understatement, I hope)...just like they were in London. This speaks to the power of the "combination" you speak of, Crazyforadam. . As you say, some (or even many) folks who may have discredited Adam in the past are changing their tone. I'm interested to see where all of this goes for Adam. He has grown and matured so much, and I know he will bring the house down with this show. |
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Post by nannygoat on Mar 17, 2014 22:13:36 GMT -5
Nannygoat, I'm a very quiet Atopian (mostly a lurker!) but I'll be there!! My very first time to see Adam live -- I can hardly wait!!! I'm going too!!! This is my first post but I have been an Adam fan from the time he was on Idol. Lurking at Atop is such fun, it helps to know that my obsession is shared by so many.  It looks like Atop will be represented in Toronto. |
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Post by Q3 on Mar 17, 2014 22:17:04 GMT -5
I posted a lot about iHeart including a long, lone post on page 1 a few days later -- probably you could find the posts with a search -- but Roger Taylor hit the right word I think -- He said Adam had more "stature". I used the word command and confidence. But "stature" captures. He was the biggest, most powerful person who stood on that stage and his voice radiated across the crowd.
The experience is still very vivid for me.
At 11:30PM that night I was wondering why I flew to Las Vegas and paid waaaaaay toooooo much money for a great ticket.
After Adam took the stage, I knew I had to be there.
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On LMD, my heart says it will be a single but my mind and stomach say nah! It is not getting enough club play, it was the #4 TRUE track on iTunes, but faded. I so hope I am wrong.
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If I am going to dream about singles, my dream will be tomorrow's post!
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