3.25.14 More QAL Dates presale underway

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PRESS RELEASE: @queenwillrock + @adamlambert - 5 SHOWS ADDED - See goo.gl/BwD0yV





PRESS RELEASE: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT - 5 SHOWS ADDED


- Boston, East Rutherford, Uncasville, Atlantic City, Toronto -

- Tickets for The Newly Added Dates On Sale Beginning Saturday, March 29 through the Live Nation Mobile App and at LiveNation.com

March 24, 2014, NEW YORK— Due to overwhelming demand, five additional shows have been added to the Queen + Adam Lambert summer tour. Brian May, Roger Taylor + Adam Lambert will play second shows in Uncasville, Conn. and Toronto, Ont. and will add three new cities, Boston, Mass., East Rutherford, NJ and Atlantic City, NJ, to the highly anticipated tour. The 24-date tour, which is presented by Live Nation, now wraps on Monday, July 28 in Toronto, Ont.



New Dates

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July 22 – Boston, MA – TD Garden



July 23 – E. Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center



July 25 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena



July 26 – Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall



July 28 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre



Tickets for the newly added dates will be on sale beginning Saturday, March 29 at 9am local time through the Live Nation mobile app and at Livenation.com. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, March 24 at 10am local time in the USA and Wednesday, March 26 at 10am local time in Canada. Facebook pre-sale will begin on Wednesday, March 26 at 10am local time in the USA and Thursday, March 27 at 10am local time in Canada. Tickets for the previously announced dates are on sale now.



Queen + Adam Lambert received glowing reviews for their performance together at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September, triggering a conversation between Adam, Roger and Brian to take the show on the road. Rolling Stone said, “Lambert astounded the audience on songs like ‘We Will Rock You’ and the closing ‘We Are The Champions’ and ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’. It was the most anticipated act of the night.” Billboard claimed, “…Queen effectively stole the show, with timeless songs that music fans of all genres can sing along to” and the Hollywood Reporter exclaimed, “Adam Lambert, Queen bring down the iHeart house. With the perfect mix of rock attitude mixed with style, theatricality, sex appeal and impressive vocal gymnastics, [Lambert] took the band’s music to new heights.”



The threesome first shared the stage during American Idol in May 2009 for a performance of “We Are The Champions”. They teamed up again in 2011 at the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast, Ireland for an electrifying eight-minute finale of “The Show Must Go On”, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions” and in the summer of 2012, Lambert performed a series of shows with Queen across Europe as well as dates in Russia, Ukraine and Poland. They also performed three sold-out gigs at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.



"Let's ROCK those beautiful arenas JUST ONE MORE TIME!” said Brian May. “I'm completely in awe of the Queen phenomenon,” added Lambert. “The thought of sharing the stage for a full set in North America is so beautifully surreal. I'm honored to be able to pay my respects to Freddie's memory; he's a personal hero of mine, and I am deeply grateful for the chance to sing such powerful music for fans of this legendary band. I know this tour will be a huge milestone for me, and with the support of Brian, Roger and the rest of the band, I feel like magic will be on display.”



In a career spanning over 40 years Queen has amassed a staggering list of sales, awards, and hall of fame inductions that is second to none. Record sales in the hundreds of millions of units, including an unprecedented string of number one albums and top-charting singles that continue to put Queen in the top ten of all-time iTunes sales, seven Ivor Novello Awards, an MTV Global Icon Award, two songs enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame - “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” – which also remain the most played songs at sports events and arenas around the world, and, as if to qualify all of hyperbole, just last month Queen received the accolade of becoming the first artist ever to sell over six million copies of an album in the UK - beating out even the Beatles' Sgt Pepper by close to a million copies - with their Greatest Hits album, which also achieved the record of over 1,422 weeks on the British album chart. The statistics show a staggering one in three British households now own a copy of the iconic act’s original Greatest Hits collection. Even with the tragic loss of their uniquely talented singer Freddie Mercury, Queen remain one of the most revered bands in rock and pop history, able to claim one of the most enduring song catalogues of all time. Just think: “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Another One Bites the Dust”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “Killer Queen”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, “Bicycle Race”, songs that form the backdrop to the lives of generations of fans across all ages. With their sterling song craft, virtuoso musicality, and colossal spectacle of their live performances, Queen – Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon - captured hearts and conquered charts like no other band in history, a legacy that continues to live through the ongoing work and concert performances by May and Taylor. Their musical We Will Rock You, co-created with writer Ben Elton, is approaching its 12th year on stage in London’s West End and is currently touring North America.



Adam Lambert’s stunning performances on the eighth season of American Idol are still widely regarded as some of the most riveting moments in the show’s history. His debut album For Your Entertainment earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. His second album, Trespassing, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. The subsequent tour took Lambert from Australia to South Africa, throughout Asia and Eastern Europe and culminated in a sold-out arena show in Helsinki, Finland. In 2013, Lambert appeared as a guest star on the hit TV series, GLEE. He is currently writing and recording for his third album, which will be released this year.


Queen + Adam Lambert North American Tour Dates

6/19 Chicago United Center

6/21 Winnipeg MTS Centre

6/23 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre

6/24 Edmonton Rexall Place

6/26 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome

6/28 Vancouver Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

7/1 San Jose SAP Center

7/3 Los Angeles The Forum

7/5 Las Vegas The Joint

7/6 Las Vegas

The Joint

7/9 Houston Toyota Center

7/10 Dallas American Airlines Center

7/12 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills

7/13 Toronto Air Canada Centre

7/14 Montreal Bell Centre

7/16 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center

7/17 New York Madison Square Garden

7/19 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

7/20 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion

7/22 Boston, MA TD Garden

7/23 E Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

7/25 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

2/26 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall

7/28
 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre





Pollstar: More Shows For Queen + Adam Lambert
04:01 PM Monday 3/24/140 | 4 |

“Overwhelming demand” has struck the North American tour schedule for Queen + Adam Lambert. Yep, we’re talking about a crazy little thing called additional dates. A few cities get second shows and three more stops have been added to the routing.

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Tickets for the previously announced dates are available now. An American Express card member presale for the new dates began today in the U.S. and will launch Wednesday, March 26 at 10 a.m. in Canada. A Facebook presale is scheduled March 26 at 10 a.m. in the U.S. and Thursday, March 27 at 10 in Canada. The general on sale begins Saturday, March 29 at 9 a.m. All times listed are local.

Visit QueenOnline.com and AdamOfficial.com for more information.

Link: www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=810311



Three new dates added to Adam Lambert and Queen’s blockbuster summer tour!
March 24th, 2014 by Martin Lamont.

We’re not surprised that demand to go see Adam Lambert and Queen perform together is incredibly high, after all who in their right mind would turn down a chance to see that collaboration?

It’s been revealed that after already adding two additional new dates to their summer lineup, the supergroup have just this morning added a further three shows to the run.

The tour, as you all know by now was first announced on ‘Good Morning America‘ a few weeks ago though we all had a general idea that it was coming. It was either that or Adam’s new album.

Adam Lambert and Queen announced 19-dates across the US and Canada. They then added one additional date last week with another previous to that.

Now, the tour sits at 24 huge dates across the US and Canada with the group adding shows at the following:

• July 22 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
• July 26 – Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall
• July 28 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre

Tickets for the newly announced shows – including the two previously announced new dates will go on sale from the 29th of March.

Adding the above three – and the two previously additional dates – to the full schedule the Adam Lambert and Queen summer tour across the US and Canada now looks something like this:

Queen & Adam Lambert 2014 Tour Schedule (New dates in BOLD)
• June 19 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
• June 21 — Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
• June 23 — Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
• June 24 — Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
• June 26 — Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
• June 28 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
• July 1 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
• July 3 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
• July 5 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
• July 6 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
• July 9 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
• July 10 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
• July 12 — Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
• July 13 — Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
• July 14 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
• July 16 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
• July 17 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
• July 19 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
• July 20 — Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
• July 22 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
• July 23 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
• July 25 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
• July 26 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
• July 28 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

We all know you’re incredibly excited to go and possibly even more so for his forthcoming third studio album which we already know he’s working incredibly hard to perfect.

Link: primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/three-new-dates-added-adam-lambert-queens-blockbuster-summer-tour/



International Dreams

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@drbrianmay Queenbert tour WorldWide!! Is request from our souls! (Europe & South America wants @queenwillrock & @adamlambert live too!



OT but too funny not to share!

Millions of Brits are consistently mishearing some of the world's best known song lyrics and replacing them with their own baffling alternatives.

A poll found four-out-of-ten people sing the wrong words of popular tunes including Abba's Dancing Queen, Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

REM's 1993 hit The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite was revealed as the most confusing track, with Brits getting the line "Call me when you try to wake her" mixed up with "Calling Jamaica".

Top 20 most common misheard lyrics:

1. REM - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Real lyric: ''Call me when you try to wake her
Misheard lyric: ''Calling Jamaica''

2. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Real Lyric: ''Excuse me while I kiss the sky''
Misheard Lyric: ''Excuse me while I kiss this guy''

3. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Real Lyric: ''Dude looks like a lady''
Misheard Lyric: ''Do just like a lady''

4. The Foundations - Buttercup
Real Lyric: ''Build me up buttercup''
Misheard Lyric: ''Fill me up buttercup''

5. Adele - Chasing Pavements
Real lyric: ''Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements''
Misheard lyric: ''Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing penguins''

6. Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
Real Lyric: ''It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not''
Misheard Lyric: ''It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not''

7. ABBA - Dancing Queen
Real Lyric ''Dancing queen, Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah''
Misheard Lyrics: ''Dancing queen, Feel the beat from the tangerine, oh yeah''

8. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - One That I Want
Real Lyric: ''You're the one that I want''
Misheard Lyric: ''You're the wobbly one''

9. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Real Lyric: ''Here we are now, entertain us''
Misheard Lyric: ''Here we are now, in containers''

10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Real lyric: ''Spare him his life from this monstrosity''
Misheard lyric: ''Spare him his life for this one cup of tea''

11. Johnny Nash- I Can See Clearly Now
Real Lyric: ''I can see clearly now the rain has gone''
Misheard Lyric: ''I can see clearly now Lorraine has gone''

12. Madonna- Papa Don't Preach
Real Lyric: ''Papa don't preach''
Misheard Lyric: ''Poppadom Peach''

13. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Real Lyric - ''Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango''
Misheard lyric: ''Scallaboosh, Scallaboosh, will you to the banned tango''

14. Bee Gees- Stayin' Alive
Real Lyric: ''Stayin' alive, stayin' alive''
Misheard Lyric: ''Steak and a knife, steak and a knife''

15. Prodigy - Out of space
Real lyric: ''I'll take your brain to another dimension. Pay close attention''
Misheard lyric: ''I'll take your brain to another dimension. Hey close the kitchen''

16. ABBA - Dancing Queen
Real lyric: ''See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen''
Misheard lyric: ''See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen''

17. ABBA - Mamma Mia
Real lyric: ''How can I resist you''
Misheard lyric: ''Have I got a sister''

18. Take That - Babe
Real lyric: ''Babe''
Misheard lyric: ''Dave''

19. Blue Oyster Cult- Don't Fear The Reaper
Real Lyric: ''Seasons don't fear the reaper''
Misheard Lyric: ''Jesus don't fear the reaper''

20. Annie Lennox- There Must Be An Angel
Real Lyric: ''Must be talking to an angel''
Misheard Lyric: ''Must be talking to a ninja''

Link: newslite.tv/2010/09/22/top-20-misheard-song-lyrics-an.html




86 days to go…to QAL!!
3.25.14 by Q3

There are 86 days until Chicago…and they question I have been thinking about is what will Adam sing on this tour?

Assuming they change out a few songs during the tour, and do 22 – 24 unique songs a night (excluding the guitar and drum solos), there could be around 30 songs performed in these concerts. And hopefully, I get a lot of them in my countdown. But that won’t be easy -- the Queen catalog is so big, the potential cover list is almost a universe, and there is a chance that they could also decide to perform an Adam song.

#86: Stone Cold Crazy
Written by: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon Recorded: July - September 1974 Released: November 8, 1974

This song is high on my “I want to hear what Adam can do with this!” list.

It is also one of the many usually unrecognized composition innovations created by Queen. "Stone Cold Crazy" is known for its fast tempos and heavy distortion, thus being a precursor to speed metal. Music magazine Q described "Stone Cold Crazy" as "thrash metal before the term was invented".

So in 1970, Queen was playing a precursor to speed metal a genre that “originated” in the late 1970s with New Wave of British Heavy Metal (AKA New Wave) and hardcore punk. So in 1970, over a decade before are Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax pioneered thrash metal, Queen was there.

I believe “Stone Cold Crazy” could be the most performed Queen song that was never a Queen single because Queen played it a lot and so many bands cover it.

“Stone Cold Crazy” is one of the Queen songs that goes back to before the beginning of Queen. In the late 1960’s, before Queen was created, Freddie Mercury played a version of it with his band Wreckage. (There is no recording of “Stone Cold Crazy” from Wreckage and the origin is disputed by some Queen experts, but it was part of Queen-lore in 1974, so I believe it truly goes back to Freddie’s first band.)



“Stone Cold Crazy” was performed at what is considered by Queen experts to be the very first Queen concert, although they were billed as 'Smile'. This was about a year before John Deacon joined the band. And the bass was played by Mike Grose. In the early days of Queen, bass guitarists were a bit like Spinal Tap drummers (if you do not get this, please watch the movie Spinal Tap. It is a movie and music essential.)

Poetry: This was the first song that Queen performed in their first live performance. It was the only song they played in their first concert. It should be part of what may be their last tour.

“Stone Cold Crazy” was played live at almost every Queen concert between 1974 and 1978 and played occasional after that. “Stone Cold Crazy” underwent many changes musically and lyrically before getting recorded in 1974, resulting in the songwriting credit going to the entire band. Early versions of the song were much slower, according to the band, although no bootlegs exist. The song is the eighth track on Sheer Heart Attack. Although the song was never released as a single "Stone Cold Crazy" also features on the band's 1992 compilation album, Classic Queen.

In 2009, it was named the 38th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.


Stone Cold Crazy with lyrics

This is the album version released in 1974.



Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning
I was dreaming I was Al Capone
There's a rumour going round
Gotta clear outa town
I'm smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law gonna break down the door
Gonna carry me away once more
Never never I never want it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy stone cold crazy you know

Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon
And I'm playing on my slide trombone
Anymore anymore cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy stone cold crazy you know

Walking down the street
Shooting people that I meet
With my rubber tommy water gun
Here come the deputy
He's gonna come and getta me
Gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I ran right outa juice
They're gonna put me in a cell
If I can't go to heaven
Will they let me go to hell?
Crazy stone cold crazy you know


Stone Cold Crazy - Live 1974




Queen history – Before there was Queen there was Wreckage

Ibex was a short-lived Liverpool-based rock band in 1969. It is primarily known for having Freddie Mercury (then known as Freddie Bulsara), later of Queen fame, as a member. The other members of the band were Mike Bersin on guitar, Mick Smith on drums and John 'Tupp' Taylor (later Jim Capaldi's manager) on bass. In October 1969, the band changed its name to Wreckage but broke up in November 1969.

On September 9, 1969, the band performed a concert at The Sink in Liverpool, which included an encore with future Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May. This was their first ever performance together.

After Ibex, Mercury performed in Sour Milk Sea, before joining Smile with Taylor and May after bassist and singer Tim Staffell left Smile.

A Wreckage demo called "Green" and Ibex's live cover of The Beatles' "Rain" would later appear on Mercury's posthumous solo box set in 2000. Live recordings exist of "Crossroads", "Communication Breakdown", "Jailhouse Rock", and "We're Going Wrong", but they have never been officially released.


“Stone Cold Crazy” covers

Metallica covered the song and their version is more aggressive than the original; they also slightly altered the lyrics, adding two uses of the word "fuck" and changing the more humorous lines for more violent lyrics, such as "walking down the street/shooting people that I meet/with my fully loaded tommy gun". Metallica also played the song as an encore during their 1991–93 Black Album tour; it appears on the live CD Live Shit: Binge & Purge and the 2009 live DVD Français Pour Une Nuit.

James Hetfield once performed it together with Queen & Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame (singing Metallica's altered lyrics) at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Extreme also included part of the song during their medley at the same Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. The band Eleven has also recorded a cover, lending the spot of lead vocals to friend and Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme (Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen).

Hellyeah played Metallica's version of "Stone Cold Crazy" on the 2007 Family Values Tour, sometimes referring to it under the title "Stone Cold Wasted".

Punk band Sum 41 began covering a version of this song in their live shows in 2010.

The song is featured in the music video games Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Revolution, as well as downloadable content for Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith.


Adam Connection: “Stone Cold Crazy” is the B-side of Mettalica “Enter Sandman” single.

Adam Lambert - Enter Sandman *IMPROVED VERSION* Auckland NZ

This was Adam's "And I kind of know the words. Sort of. So it's like karaoke. I've got them written down. Right here. Don't judge me." preformance. Not bad for not knowing the lyrics.








Queen + Adam Lambert Setlist Contest

Predict the setlist and win a fantastic prize package!

Talon has put together a great contest! And so I have added a fabulous prize. So let's have some fun and see who can predict the setlist for the upcoming tour.

Fabulous Prize!!

The winner will receive a Queen + Adam Lambert fantastic prize package...

Queen "Innuendo" [one of Queen's masterpieces] choice of CD, MP3, Vinyl and Casette
Adam Lambert "Sleepwalker" [US Import single]
Adam Lambert ""Trespassing" EP [CD and download MP3]
A special Queen + Adam Lambert tour item [to be selected by Q3 but I promise it will NOT be a t-shirt!]

Plus you will be crowned as Queen + Adam Lambert fan royalty and receive acclaim across the Queenbertasphere!

It's easy to enter!!

Just create a list of 25 songs you think will be played by Queen + Adam Lambert during the upcoming tour.
You will earn points for each song you pick that is performed at any of the 19 Queen + Adam Lambert concerts from June 19, 2014 Chicago United Center concert through the July 20, 2014 concert at Merriweather (Columbia, MD).
Is a concert date is added to the tour between June 19, 2014 and July 31, 2014, performances in those concerts will also earn points.

MORE INFO AND ENTER HERE: adamtopia.com/thread/2243/queen-adam-lambert-setlist-contest

You have time to work on your entry -- entries can be submitted or changed until June 18, 2014 at 11:59PM PST (AKA Adam time).





NOW: Glee Music from "Trio" available on iTunes. Adam songs: "Barracuda" (Rachel and Elliott), "Gloria" (Rachel, Santana, and Elliott), "The Happening" (Kurt, Dani, and Elliott), "Hold On" (Artie, Blaine, Sam, Tina, and Pamela Lansbury)

NOW 5 new QAL Concerts on Pre-Sale.

April 1, 2014 Glee Episode 14: "New New York" - Adam/Starchild/Elliott Gilbert will be in the first all New York episode. Plot details unknown.
Adam song: Elliott (Adam Lambert) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will duet on A Great Big World’s “Rockstar”. Gleek Out Brazil confirms that this is NOT the Nickelback "Rockstar" but the A Great Big World song.

June, 19, 2014: Queen + Adam Lambert North American Tour kicks off in Chicago, 19 dates!!

Soonish: Adam will release a new album. Expected sometime in 2014.