5.1.14 Adam appearing at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Baz Luhrmann is in discussion with Warner about making an Elvis biopic. I normally would not think Adam would be a great choice for an Elvis movie because it is a very hard dramatic role to play. But a Baz Luhrmann production, with big production numbers and OTT concepts, yes, I could see Adam in that! It reminded me of the photo in today’s banner from the GNT 2010. More info: www.thewrap.com/baz-luhrmann-negotiations-direct-elvis-presley-biopic-warner-bros-exclusive/






UPDATE: ADAM APPEARING AT iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS TONIGHT.

@iheartradio
JUST ADDED: Selena Gomez, Hilary Duff, Lil Jon, Adam Lambert, Mel B, Jason Ritter, Ashley Greene, Joe Manganiello, Sean Combs, Juanes, Juicy J, Jennifer Lopez, Chester Bennington. and our own Bobby Bones and Ryan Seacrest will appear live on the iHeartRadio Music Awards tonight at 8/7c on NBC! Will you watch live? DVR it? Either way, do NOT miss it!





Adam explains his Twitter bio reference to “Host”
Source: Twitter 4.30.14

✨Anna Rose✨ ‏@arosejp
@adamlambert BUT WHY DOES YOUR BIO SAY HOST?! INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

ADAM LAMBERT Verified account ‏@adamlambert
.@arosejp I hosted vh1 Diva's Live last year... Remember ??

Q3 note to Adam -- that was in 2012! Not last year.
Also why answer this question now? And why the "winky".



TONIGHT: Adam will be at the iHeartRadio Music Awards
- no word on what he will be doing
5.1.14 by Q3

Yes, that is Adam on the chair sign behind Kendrick Lamar (see below). So it seems certain he will be at the awards show. Which means that at least he will be on the red carpet and on camera in the audience.

They are doing a lot of online buzz teases to promote the iHeartRadio Music Awards. I think that this photo from the rehearsals was one of those teases. But it may just be a happy accident. I am just glad we know.



In the above photo it looks like Adam is in the second row. But the room is set with round tables and Adam is not in the second row, he is at the back (camera view side) of a table in what appears to be the second row of tables. You can see it in this photo (below).



The table setup is clearer in this video:



Source: news.iheart.com/awards/highlights.html


Backstage Interviews

iHeartRadio ‏@iheartradio
We'll be broadcasting LIVE from #iHeartAwards w/interviews from your fave artists backstage w/ #SprintMusic @sprint! pic.twitter.com/iz3mGMkSjV



E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet"

Check your local cable listings – it is one hour before the show, 7:00PM E

On DIRECTV (Thu, May 1, 7:00PM &11:30PM EDT): "Live From The Red Carpet: The IHeartRadio Music Awards" direc.tv/250KokljE

E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" Exclusively Broadcasts from the Inaugural iHeartRadio Music Awards
Giuliana Rancic and Terrence Jenkins will host the one-hour special, airing Thursday, May 1 at 7:00/6:00c.
[via press release from E!]

E!'S "LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET" EXCLUSIVELY BROADCASTS FROM THE INAUGURAL iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS

E!'s Red Carpet Coverage with Hosts Giuliana Rancic, Terrence Jenkins and Jesse Giddings Airs Thursday, May 1 from 7:00-8:00pm ET/PT

Los Angeles, CA - April 16, 2014 - All the glitz and glamour of the 2014 red carpet season continues with E!'s signature series, Live From the Red Carpet, broadcasting from the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday, May 1 at 7:00pm ET/PT. The one-hour special hosted by E! News' Giuliana Rancic and Terrence Jenkins, with Jesse Giddings running point on the social front, will feature the biggest stars from the world of music when Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift and many others arrive on the red carpet at the famed Shrine Auditorium.

E!'s exclusive live coverage will feature the celebrity-favorite mani cam, the limo-arrival cam and classic glam cam , as the world's most famous rockers, pop singers, country stars, hip hop legends and more arrive to the first ever iHeartRadio Music Awards. The awards will recognize the most popular artists and music over the past 12 months as determined by iHeartRadio listeners and will showcase the year's biggest artists and songs and feature live performances from a variety of LA locations, first time duets and collaborations, celebrity guest appearances and live award presentations.

The iHeartRadio Music Awards will also receive unparalleled coverage across all E! digital platforms with real-time coverage on Eonline (www.eonline.com) throughout the day, the best and worst red carpet moments, winners and much more. E! will also be covering the night across its social platforms enabling fans to participate in the action and providing a unique, behind-the-scenes peek at music's big night.

E's "Live From the Red Carpet: The iHeartRadio Music Awards airs Thursday, May 1 at 7:00pm ET/PT and is produced by Wilshire Studios with Gary Snegaroff and Gerry Johnston serving as executive producers. NBC will air the full award telecast from 8:00pm-10:00pm ET/PT.


The iHeartRadio Music Awards show

The award show will take place at The Shrine in Los Angeles and will air on NBC on May 1st (8-11 ET/PT).

Watch the iHeartRadio Music Awards live, May 1st on NBC.

TV Broadcast Times:
Eastern = 8-11pm (Live)
Central = 7-10pm (Live)
Mountain = 7-10pm (Tape delay)
Pacific = 8-11pm (Tape delay)
Alaskan = 3 stations 7-10pm / 1 station 8-11pm (check with your local NBC station) (Tape delay)
Hawaiian = 7-10pm (Tape delay)

World Clock for iHeartRadio Awards www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=iHeartRadio+Awards+&iso=20140501T20&p1=781

LIVE stream: www.ustream.tv/channel/adam-lambert-rocks

Performers:
Pharrell
Blake Shelton
Kendrick Lamar
Shakira
Luke Bryan
Ed Sheeran
Pitbull
Ariana Grande
Arcade Fire
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Drake
Bastille
Plus some unannounced performers.

There will be a performance of the new Michael Jackson single by Justin Timberlake and maybe a second special guest.

Appearances by Lady Gaga, Demi Lovato, Katy Perry and Lorde

Finalists are:

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Stay" Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
"Mirrors" Justin Timberlake"
"The Monster" Eminem feat. Rihanna
"Hold On We're Going Home" Drake feat. Majid Jordan
"Radioactive" Imagine Dragons

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rihanna
Justin Timberlake
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

BEST NEW ARTIST
Icona Pop
Passenger
Lorde
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Florida Georgia Line

BEST FAN ARMY
Rihanna Navy
Little Monsters
Arianators
Swifties
Mahomies
Lovatics

BEST COLLABORATION
"Timber" Pitbull feat. Ke$ha
"Stay" Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
"Suit & Tie" Justin Timberlake feat. JAY Z
"The Monster" Eminem feat. Rihanna
"Holy Grail" JAY Z feat. Justin Timberlake

COUNTRY SONG OF THE YEAR
"Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift
"Boys 'Round Here" Blake Shelton
"That's My Kind of Night" Luke Bryan
"Mine Would Be You" Blake Shelton
"It Goes Like This" Thomas Rhett

HIP HOP/R&B SONG OF THE YEAR
"Pour It Up" Rihanna
"Holy Grail" JAY Z feat. Justin Timberlake
"Hold On We're Going Home" Drake feat. Majid Jordan
"Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
"Started From The Bottom" Drake

EDM SONG OF THE YEAR
"Wake Me Up" Avicii
"Get Lucky" Daft PUnk feat. Pharrell
"Summertime Sadness" Lana Del Rey feat. Cedric Gervais
"Stay The Night" Zedd feat. Hayley Williams
"Sweet Nothing" Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch

ALT ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR
"Royals" Lorde
"Pompeii" Bastille
"Demons" Imagine Dragons
"Do I Wanna Know" Arctic Monkeys
"Safe And Sound" Capital Cities

BEST LYRICS
"I Love It" Icona Pop
"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus
"Say Something" A Great Big World
"Wake Me Up" Avicii
"Same Love" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Read more: news.iheart.com/articles/iheartradio-music-awards-483670/iheartradio-music-awards-finalists-revealed-12189918/#ixzz30QUv5l2p


NBC to Televise Clear Channel’s First Ever iHeartRadio Music Awards Live May 1

Nominees and Winner Selection to Be Powered By All-New iHeartRadio Chart and Fan Voting

NEW YORK, N.Y. and UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Feb. 26, 2014 — NBC and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced today that NBC will televise the first-ever iHeartRadio Music Awards May 1 (8-11 p.m. ET/PT) from the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The three-hour iHeartRadio Music Awards will showcase this year’s biggest artists and songs and feature live performances, never-before-done duets and collaborations, celebrity guest appearances and live award presentations. The show, which will feature performances from other Los Angeles venues, will also broadcast and stream live the audio across all participating Clear Channel radio stations and their websites, and on iHeartRadio.

The iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will feature the most popular artists and songs of the year, will be based on results from the all-new iHeartRadio Chart. Those charts are supplied and compiled by Mediabase, the music industry’s No. 1 source for monitored airplay. They include listener feedback and performance data, according to airplay; digital streaming data from the iHeartRadio platform, including “thumbs up” and custom station creations; and sales, social, online video data and tags from BigChampagne and Shazam. In addition, for the first time ever in any music awards show, every voting category will include social #hashtags as the primary voting mechanism.

“Collaborating with a company that has the global reach of Clear Channel allows us to interact with music fans all over the world,” said Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment. “We feel fortunate being on the ground floor of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will deliver an array of great performances from today’s biggest stars.”

“With a reach of more than 240 million people every month, Clear Channel has an unparalleled ability to identify and track the biggest artists and songs in the country,” said John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises for Clear Channel. “The iHeartRadio Music Awards will be the first awards show in history to reflect America’s favorite music, and which is truly powered by the people.”

The iHeartRadio Music Awards will recognize the most popular artists and music over the past 12 months as determined by iHeartRadio listeners. The show will feature 13 different award categories across all genres of music. Each voting category will initially feature 10 nominees — listeners will then narrow down to five finalists during a four-week period, with the finalists to be announced during a one-hour special live event on March 26, 2014 at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. Fans will then vote over the next several weeks to determine the winners in each category.

In the months leading up to the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Clear Channel will feature interviews and special programming focusing on the nominees across all of its 835 radio stations and the iHeartRadio digital service. Fans will also participate through Clear Channel’s social and digital media platforms.

Clear Channel also today unveils the iHeartRadio Countdown, its new two-hour weekly program that highlights the top 20 Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) songs in the iHeartRadio Chart. The new show will be co-hosted each week by a major artist and iHeartRadio’s own Romeo on the Radio, airing on all Clear Channel Top 40/Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) stations on Saturday or Sunday. The iHeartRadio Countdown will also spotlight songs outside the top 20 each week with special features such as Most Social Song, the iHeartRadio Most “Thumbed Up Song,” iHeartRadio exclusives, along with premieres and sneak peeks from that week’s guest host.

“What’s unique about the iHeartRadio chart, countdown and awards is that all three are squarely focused on what the listener wants,” said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. “For the first time, these three interconnected programs have shifted the power of how we measure an artist’s success — and, in turn, what’s heard on the radio and celebrated with awards — to the critically important listener.”

The iHeartRadio Awards will be executive produced by John Sykes and Tom Poleman of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton of Done and Dusted Inc., who will produce the show for NBC Studios. Hamilton will also direct.


Shoshanna Stone: “No European Tour”

~Megs Koskibert~ ‏@idontneedamap82
@shoshannastone Ms Stone? Have you seen this? www.inquisitr.com/1232690/adam-lambert-about-to-embark-on-big-us-tour-with-queen/ … cause my understanding was only the US was getting a Queenbert tour....

shoshanna stone ‏@shoshannastone
@idontneedamap82 I said no European tour


Brian, Roger and Adam on the Queen + Adam Lambert Setlist
Excerpts from the initial QAL Tour Press Event, March 6, 2014


Many Queen fans think that “Hot Space” was a misunderstood Queen album. You don’t play a lot of songs from “Hot Space” in concert. Will you be doing any songs from “Hot Space” or other underrated Queen songs?

May: We don’t have a set list yet, But yeah, we’re up for anything. We were saying earlier on that we need to be happy, we need to be comfortable, Adam needs to be comfortable — challenged but comfortable.

And I think we’ll take a look at all of our albums and see what we can cherry pick. For some people, “Hot Space” was too much a departure that they couldn’t deal with it, but in retrospect, “Hot Space” was very important part of our growth.

Adam, are there any lesser-known Queen songs that you would like to perform in concert with Queen?

Lambert: I think I brought one to the table, and that was “Dragon Attack.” I think, personally, one of my favorite periods for Queen was when they had a little funk. “Another One Bites the Dust” is probably my favorite.

And so I was looking at that album [“The Game”], and one of the B-sides of that album is “Dragon Attack.” I fell in love with it. It’s such a cool groove. I suggested it, and they were like, “Oh, yeah. We like that one too.” So we had fun rehearsing it.

What is the process like for you to choose a set list of a Queen tour? Does each of you pick favorites and then you vote?

May: You’re imagining that we’re logical people and that we go through a process. I think it’s highly likely to be random. We think of things, like, “Oh, this is interesting.” I think we’ll just alight on things that are fun to do. It’s like Desert Island Discs. What are your favorite Queen songs?

For this purpose, it’s all about [performing] live. What is going to work live? What is going to be fun for us, what’s going to push audiences into an area that’s a little dangerous or unusual. We don’t really have a process.

Taylor: But at the same time, we’re very aware of what people want to hear. Ultimately, I think our concerts are exactly what people want to hear. I think we try to deliver that as well, what people what to hear in concert: obviously, the big hits. We try and make it an interesting journey through the hits.

May: [He says jokingly] The big problem is we have too many hits. It’s really embarrassing.

***

And from the Rolling Stone Q&A follow-up interview:

Adam, have you taken a crash course in the Queen catalog. Do you know every song by this point?

Lambert: When we did our run overseas in Europe, we had about ten days to rehearse. I'm very familiar with a big handful of the hits. That's what I grew up hearing. There were definitely some songs I wasn't familiar with. It was a bit of pressure to know I knew them and to learn them. That pressure and that intensity of the process gives it a lot of power. I like pressure.

Read more: www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-queen-adam-lambert-talk-new-tour-pressure-and-john-deacon-20140306#ixzz30QwTFybM




The 2014 "Part-of-the-World" Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Countdown!
5.1.14 by Q3

The countdown moves on and the start of this epic tour gets closer. Only 49 days to go!



#49 Impromptu (1984)
Written by: Queen
Released only on Queen’s live albums, Live At Wembley '86, 1992 and Live At Wembley Stadium, 2003

This is one my QAL dream set list! I never heard this performed live because it was only performed in 1984 through 1986, three years after Queen stopped touring North America (until they returned in 2005 with Paul Rodgers).

No, I know it will not be the same as hearing Freddie perform it accompanied by Roger, Brian and John and a stadium audience. But it would be better than watching YouTube videos.

*****

An impromptu (/ɪmˈprɒmptjuː/, French: [ɛ̃prɔ̃pty], loosely meaning "offhand") is a free-form musical composition with the character of an ex tempore improvisation as if prompted by the spirit of the moment, usually for a solo instrument, such as piano. The first recorded use of the term impromptu in this sense occurred in 1817, in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, an idea of the publisher to describe a piano piece by Jan Václav Voříšek.

Queen improvised within a loosely composed structure similar to the approach used in improvisational jazz. There are no lyrics to “Impromptu” but Freddie used similar tonal combinations when he performed it. He also sang some words like “alright” but no form of traditional lyrics. This song included repetitions with variation allowing the audience to participate in a call and response with Freddie. The band provided an instrumental background mostly directed by Roger.

During The Works Tour (1984-1985) this song was called “Improvisation” on the setlists. It was named “Impromptu” for the Magic Tour (1986). And, although it evolved over time, it retained the same basic melodic themes and jazz sensibility.


Personnel

Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - vocalizations
Brian May - guitar
Roger Taylor - drums
John Deacon - bass guitar
Spike Edney - keyboards

Produced by: Queen and Mack


“Impromptu” Live

“Impromptu” Wembley Stadium, London, September 8, 1984

The last of the four Wembley Arena shows from The Works Tour.

youtu.be/prNuXyHNbnw


“Impromptu” Budapest, July 27, 1986

Queen Live In Budapest 1986 (Complete Version 16 Cameras Angle)

This video was not included on Hungarian Rhapsody.

youtu.be/UVIPkLrWXVM


“Impromptu” Wembley Stadium, London, July 11, 1986

This is an amazing performance.

youtu.be/cE2CyekSWcg


Somebody To Love - Impromptu

Queen in Rock in Rio Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 19, 1985

Taken from DVD "Queen - Live In Rio Second Concer Audio y video remastered with colour nivelation and noise reduction.

youtu.be/FHuwMMvGKyA



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