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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2014 16:01:03 GMT -5
I had tears at both iHearts. Kind of hard not to!  And you saved me from passing out during the Burbank "Love Kills" debut.   |
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Post by red panda on Jun 29, 2014 16:04:31 GMT -5
Hahaha, love her too! I claim brain meltdown from watching the thrustie hotness. That and the resulting age related overstimulation. And shock and awe.    |
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Post by wal on Jun 29, 2014 16:23:56 GMT -5
Gorgeous HQ pro pics here,Ivy @lierre_Vert Adam fans: Finally a couple of HQ pro-pics, enjoy: daisy-roots.livejournal.com/165344.html 29 JUNE 2014 @ 09:45 PM QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT - VANCOUVER, 28TH OF JUNE 2014 - Enjoy!     more!!
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Post by silverblue1 on Jun 29, 2014 16:26:38 GMT -5
I am disappointed too but I it seems they had some time constraints or some other reason to "shorten" the show - they didn't perform DSMN and Adam didn't do the "Love" "duet" with the audience... I doubt either R or B "didn't like it"  They started late -- I think it was a time issue. In Chicago, they had a time limit -- I confirmed this with the venue manager in Chicago that they cannot go later than some set time (oddly he would not tell me that that time was) because of staffing, part of the contract. It is almost certainly the same for most, if not all of these venues. I don't think it was a time issue. After the concert, we were hanging out in the venue waiting for the metro line to disperse and chatted with some concessions workers. They mentioned that often a lot of people leave before the encore but this time very few left because it ended earlier than normal shows at the venue. They attributed it to a lack of opening act... but I believe it was because the show was so fabulous!!! |
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Post by wal on Jun 29, 2014 16:28:54 GMT -5
www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/killer-queen-iconic-band-rocks-vancouver/KILLER QUEEN: ICONIC BAND ROCKS VANCOUVERBY ROB FELLER  Sure, there’s only one Freddie Mercury. But to be fair, there’s only one Adam Lambert. And with a little help from Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, the former American Idol contestant was able to nicely fill Mercury’s very big shoes on Saturday night in Vancouver, if only for just a couple of hours. The history of Queen is the stuff of legend – the band rocketed to stardom in the mid-70′s and sold tens of millions of albums before Mercury’s tragic passing in 1991. The death of rock’s most enigmatic frontman shook the world, and the band’s remaining members ceased recording new music altogether. Guitarist May and drummer Taylor reunited in 2005 for a tour featuring Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers on vocals, but the new incarnation would only last a short time. Enter Adam Lambert. In 2008, Lambert auditioned for American Idol singing “Bohemian Rhapsody”. He impressed May and Taylor so much, they teamed up with the flamboyant singer to perform “We Are The Champions” on the Idol stage three years later. Lambert and the band would perform sporadically over the next couple of years, and practice apparently made perfect as Queen 2.0 rocked Rogers Arena with a force that likely would’ve made Freddie proud. It’s no surprise that a Queen show is made up of all killer and (mostly) no filler. They opened the show with “Now I’m Here” and tore through a two hour setlist comprised of giant hits and sentimental favourites. Lambert’s voice is a technological tour de force and he quickly won over the Vancouver crowd with his huge range; when May asked “how’s the new boy doing?”, he was answered with a thunderous roar from the audience. The band sailed through versions of “Somebody To Love”, “I Want It All” and “The Show Must Go On” with a theatrical gusto that only Queen could muster. For his part, Lambert was equal parts playful and obnoxious; he spat champagne onto the lucky(?) folks in the front row during “Killer Queen”, then told a group of ladies to “move their fat asses” during – what else? – “Fat Bottomed Girls”. But when it came to the memory of his predecessor, Lambert was extremely respectful, telling the crowd that Mercury’s lyrics were “f—ing beautiful”. May also paid his respects to his former bandmate, tenderly performing “Love Of My Life” with an acoustic guitar while Mercury supplied vocals by way of archival footage played on a giant video screen. “Freddie isn’t really far away,” May reassured us. The band closed the show with a rousing take on “Bohemian Rhapsody” before returning for an encore of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”. Lambert sang the hell out of all three, but never once tried to imitate Mercury’s stunning vocals on the originals. Instead, Saturday’s show in Vancouver was more of a tribute to Mercury than a takeover, and the thousands of Queen fans in attendance couldn’t have been more grateful.    
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Post by nic42 on Jun 29, 2014 16:36:39 GMT -5
The first two sentences from that review:
"Sure, there’s only one Freddie Mercury. But to be fair, there’s only one Adam Lambert."
Wooot!
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Post by csquared on Jun 29, 2014 16:41:24 GMT -5
So, am I a bad fan for continuing to think that the leopard-print suit is hilarious! I can't help but think of pajamas whenever I see it. The red leopard short though? Yes!!,  |
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Post by silverblue1 on Jun 29, 2014 16:58:13 GMT -5
Here's my DH's recording of Under Pressure, Love Kills, and WWTLF with the banter in between.
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Post by Sagittarius on Jun 29, 2014 17:34:57 GMT -5
Here's my DH's recording of Under Pressure, Love Kills, and WWTLF with the banter in between. Wonderful video !! Thanks sooo much to all for the great memories... |
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Post by winks on Jun 29, 2014 17:56:57 GMT -5
So, am I a bad fan for continuing to think that the leopard-print suit is hilarious! I can't help but think of pajamas whenever I see it. The red leopard short though? Yes!!, Naw.... not a bad fan. I think the suit is kinda funny too but I love it. You just know Adam loves it and I think the crown/coronet demands an outfit that's whimsical. "Yes, I'm going to strut out like a king wearing the shit out of a crown... but I'll be wearing a leopard suite too, lest anyone think I'm taking myself too seriously!"  The suit makes me think of when Leila talked about how the "costume" box was just out all year long. I can imagine a little pint-sized leopard suit somewhere in that box. |
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