7.9.14 Q+AL CONCERT THREAD -- Houston, TX USA

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Tonight: Queen + Adam Lambert Tour – live in Houston!!

City: Houston, TX

Venue: Toyota Center
Concert capacity:

Concert begins: 7:30PM Central Time Zone
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Setlist

Recorded instrumental Procession + Flash (concert version)

1. Now I'm Here
2. Stone Cold Crazy
3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
6. Seven Seas Of Rhye
7. Killer Queen
8. Somebody To Love
9. I Want It All
10. Love Of My Life (Brian lead vocals, Freddie recorded at end)
11. '39 (acoustic, Brian solo)
12. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
13. Bass Feature (Neil, incorporating "Don't Try Suicide," "Body Language" & "Staying Power" + "Dragon Attack")
14. Drum Duel (instrumental, Roger and Rufus)
15. Under Pressure (Adam and Roger duet)
16. Love Kills
17. Who Wants To Live Forever
18. Guitar Solo (instrumental, Brian)
19. Last Horizon (incorporating "Welcome To The Jungle") (instrumental)
20. Tie Your Mother Down
21. Radio Ga Ga
22. Don't Stop Me Now
23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
24. The Show Must Go On
25. Bohemian Rhapsody

-encore-
26. We Will Rock You
27. We Are The Champions

Recorded instrumental: God Save The Queen (Queen)


Videos

Soundcheck

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiro2qHXFIc


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Notable Eventsa

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Reviews



Review: With Lambert in the lead, Queen brings back musical memories with new twists
By Joey Guerra | July 9, 2014

Guitarist Brian May and Adam Lambert led Queen in performance at the Toyota Center on Wednesday night. Lambert brought his own style to Queen's hits while staying true to the original versions.


Photo: Karen Warren, Staff / © 2014 Houston Chronicle

Guitarist Brian May and Adam Lambert led Queen in performance at the Toyota Center on Wednesday night. Lambert brought his own style to Queen's hits while staying true to the original versions.

If there were any qualms from Houston fans Wednesday night about Adam Lambert slipping into the studded leather of the late, great Freddie Mercury, they were silenced when the "American Idol" finalist lent his swooping vocals to "Fat Bottomed Girls."

The audience, already enthusiastic through opening tunes "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Another One Bites the Dust," hit a fever pitch amid the thundering harmonies. It set a jubilant tone for the rest of the show.

Lambert is a formidable singer in his own right. But it's more than a tall order to front Queen, the seminal English rock band whose hits still ring true with new generations of fans. Mercury's vocal prowess is still the gold standard for many singers. (How many TV talent show singers have attempted those songs?)

But Lambert is, in many ways, the ideal choice for the job. He's famous but not quite a superstar. He's scored hits but has yet to achieve a truly signature sound. And he possesses the right amounts of wit, charisma, rock 'n' roll heart and - yes - glam factor. Few current singers would likely attempt such a feat.

Lambert sauntered onstage in leather and studs and sunglasses, owning the moment but not taking anything away from guitar Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, both of whom still play with precision and power.

Lambert doesn't go the easy route and turn the proceedings into a Queen karaoke extravaganza. He puts his own stamp on every song, a thoughtful mix of sex and flamboyance and modern sensibilities. (He looked great throughout a flurry of costume changes.) It's a tribute to Mercury, to be sure, but it's something different, too.

He was particularly effective on the grand "In the Lap of the Gods … Revisited," a campy "Killer Queen" (complete with hand fan and chaise lounge) and searing versions of "Somebody to Love" and "I Want It All."

A visibly touched May took a solo turn, just spotlight and acoustic guitar, during "Love of My Life," which ended with video of Mercury performing the song. It was an emotional highlight.

May was joined by Taylor and dedicated sci-fi opus "'39" to the astronauts and employees at NASA, which they visited earlier in the day (Still sweet, if less successful.) And Taylor crooned "These Are the Days of Our Lives" over a montage of candid Queen moments.

The Lambert-less shenanigans almost went on too long, but he returned to the strains of "Under Pressure" (and a visible rise in audience reaction). It kicked off a triumphant stretch that included a gorgeous reading of "Who Wants to Live Forever" and the band's most recognizable hits.

"I can't believe the beautiful, incredible sound you make," May told the crowd. "Singing brings magic, right? Music brings magic."

The feeling indeed seemed to be mutual.

Link: www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Review-With-Lambert-in-the-lead-Queen-brings-5610816.php



Queen with Adam Lambert brought glam spectacle, cherished songs to the south
By Kara Martinez Bachman, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on July 10, 2014 at 1:08 PM, updated July 10, 2014 at 1:21 PM


Queen brought the glam to the Toyota Center in Houston, the only Gulf Coast-area date of the band's summer, 2014 tour.
The band -- with original members Brian May and Roger Taylor -- toured with vocalist Adam Lambert as front man.

Arena-rock patriarchs Queen, along with front man Adam Lambert, brought an evening of glitzy rock spectacle during their Wednesday (July 9) performance at a packed Toyota Center in Houston – the only southern stop of Queen's summer tour.

Since Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, finding someone with the vocal acumen and similar over-the-top sensibility to fill his legendary shoes has been difficult.

For the first few numbers, the crowd seemed slow to warm. But minutes in, it was clear Lambert would not have trouble defending his platform-booted, leather-clad theatricality, his tongue-in-cheek attitude, or his wide-ranging vocal ability. By the time he wrapped up "Somebody to Love" with its well-placed, just-the-right-amount runs, the crowd was sold.

With as many costume changes as one might expect of Cher, Lambert hammed it up glam rock style with everything from leather to fringe to a leopardskin suit he dared to pair with a gold crown.

The 23-song set list included hits "Another One Bites the Dust," the Queen/David Bowie duet "Under Pressure," which Lambert performed with drummer Roger Taylor, and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," ending in its own crazy, frenetic, rockabilly jam. The goosebump-inducing ballads "Love Kills" and "Who Wants to Live Forever" were where Lambert truly showcased his chops: a huge vocal range, especially when climbing deftly into the upper registers.

There was a moment of recognition -- a standing ovation -- for guitar virtuoso Brian May, who, along with Taylor, are among the two remaining original members (bassist John Deacon retired from performing in the late 1990s). The applause was just prior to a quiet segment where May performed alone at the end of the long stage catwalk and chatted with the audience. May – who, in addition to playing a mean guitar, has a Ph.D. in astrophysics – talked of having spent the day touring Houston's Johnson Space Center. In another nod to the local audience, May then introduced the band, with each musician soon sporting NASA logo baseball caps.

Video with article:
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Mercury is paid tribute through various gestures throughout the show, including a particularly poignant moment when video is shown of a vulnerable Mercury, onstage wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt and trying – clearly, toward his later days – to sing on, despite the ravages of HIV/AIDS. But the tribute comes to its true expected climax for "Bohemian Rhapsody," when Lambert starts the vocals, but cedes it to Mercury, who sings Queen's weird and wonderful bombastic rock ballad from a video screen behind the stage.

Climbing onto Mercury's shoes is no small feat, but Lambert found a balance, somehow making each song his, while paying adequate homage. For the Toyota Center audience, it seemed to work.

No, Lambert is no Mercury. There was only one of those. While Mercury was all rock, almost feral in his playful abandon, Lambert brings something perhaps more controlled, more practiced. But both share a similar spirit – a brazen, in-your-face vanity, coupled with the sense that rock does not have to just be music, it can be theater. Lambert straddled a thin line, with one platform boot on the rocker side, the other planted firmly Vegas-style showmanship.

By the time Queen went into its encore -- the iconic sports anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions," naturally -- the audience was all-in.

*****

Set List for Houston show, July 9, 2014:
Now I'm Here
Stone Cold Crazy
Another One Bites the Dust
Fat Bottomed Girls
Lap of the Gods
Seven Seas of Rhye
Killer Queen
Somebody to Love
I Want it All
Love of My Life
'39
Days of Our Lives
Under Pressure
Love Kills
Who Wants to Live Forever
Guitar Solo
Tie Your Mother Down
Radio GaGa
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Show Must Go On
Bohemian Rhapsody

ENCORE:
We Will Rock You
We are the Champions

Link: www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/07/queen_with_adam_lambert_brough.html

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