7.26.14 Q+AL CONCERT THREAD --Atlantic City, NJ USA

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Tonight: Queen + Adam Lambert Tour –
Rocks the Boardwalk!!

City: Atlantic City, NJ

Venue: Boardwalk Hall
Concert capacity:

Concert begins: 8:00PM Eastern Time Zone (UTC-05:00)
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Setlist

This is a typical long setlist – posted here for reference. The final setlist will be posted after the concert.

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 Solo (Neil, incorporating "Don't Try Suicide," "Body Language" & "Staying Power")
14. Drum Duel (instrumental, Roger and Rufus)
15. Under Pressure (Adam and Roger duet)
16. Love Kills  Dragon Attack
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

Jadelle11's All Videos Playlist link

TALC Playlist link

Jesha84 Playlist link

Now I'm Here

youtu.be/HJ2PQUR3yFk

Stone Cold Crazy

youtu.be/lhTy7m68qp8

Another One Bites The Dust

youtu.be/DJIt9DpHH2A

In The Lap Of The Gods+Seven Seas Of Rhye

youtu.be/vVL12B-o5gU

Killer Queen+Somebody To Love(Adam workin a little Tina Turner)

youtu.be/HZM-12qfXPk

I Want It All

youtu.be/lQQfftj98gA

Love Of My Life

youtu.be/NtMeBpnYeDA

'39

youtu.be/-8Cl3HlhwMY

These Are The Days Of Our Lives

youtu.be/H9tK6TGhaUo

Bass Solo+Drum Battle+Under Pressure(Happy Birthday Roger)

youtu.be/Fw9j6aX7fRI

Dragon Attack

youtu.be/t9U-p5QjIpM

Who Wants To Live Forever

youtu.be/Una6uVHG3UE

Guitar Solo

youtu.be/-smtSpO5pm8

Tie Your Mother Down

youtu.be/Xo0Q8FG4sbo

Radio Ga Ga

youtu.be/Le74fuIoMKw

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

youtu.be/TMJ6dX-udnc

Bohemian Rhapsody

youtu.be/9qMzpN9PgD4

WWRY+WATC

youtu.be/NFRWrOXj-WA

Queen + Adam Lambert Atlantic City, NJ. 26th July 2014 MultiCam Full Concert
youtu.be/ZstGQo2ezPQ





Photos



Vivienn Kozma Photos link

Link to all @tuke18's Atlantic City's photos, 76 pics.  link

twitpic.com/photos/tuke18




Reka Kucsora Photos (quite good) www.facebook.com/reka.kucsora.3/media_set?set=a.763887570336505.1073741832.100001458085473&type=3

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Glamberts, you can check out all of my photos of @queenwillrock  @adamlambert #boardwalkhall show here: www.facebook.com/reka.kucsora.3/media_set?set=a.763887570336505.1073741832.100001458085473&type=3 …









Costume Notes





Notable Events

"Dragon Attack" makes it's first appearance


Know The Score-Crazy Little Things QAL 2014 Tour: Atlantic City
compiled by Jablea

Curtain up

Lol, Roger just stuck his tongue out to the camera

Spit once, no chat with the recipient, talked about mom being born here, not on stomach, stuck out tongue while moving around on couch

Whirlygigs at end of STL, short call/response

Adam: "I don't know how many of you have already seen the show this month, but we're changing it up tonight"

Dragon attack with very cool light show 1st (after UP on set list) on the b stage

Adam: It's time for a little birthday sexiness! [just sang to Roger]

Roger bday song

No Love Kills

Q down but smoke also at different time

The Show Must Go On reappears on set list with question marks but doesn’t get played

Aretha shoulder shake and Tina Turner Proud Mary moves to end of Somebody To Love

Funky on the up beats, then on the down beats, impressed by the right side

"Give it up for Rufus on the drums! And ladies...he's SINGLE" And then he CACKLED

he and Neil were like doing the running man during tymd

Adam pole danced on the microphone stand

Q comes down at least part way during encore

Frankie Valli ending to RGG

Adam, post Tie Your Mother Down: You guys are so good at singing along! I think I need to get tricky...shit, I gotta think of something

Longest gimme that luv sing along ever!!! He loved the audience!! " jersey, you’re so good at this!!"

This is for the men, for the nut sack

Gimme gimme give me a beat

FBG VID HE'S SMACKING HIS BUTT

julia hollinger‏@jmorgan2850-@idontneedamap82 yes! I held up my sign and he pointed at me, blew me a kiss, and said that he remembered me! That's all I could've wanted (bday girl private concert)

Tripped a bit going down wing stairs in SSoR

Zebra shirt




Reviews


Adam Lambert a fitting replacement for Mercury in show at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall
Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:42 pm
By SCOTT CRONICK Staff Writer


ATLANTIC CITY - It seemed inevitable. When Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor joined Adam Lambert on stage during Season 8 of “American Idol” for “We Are the Champions,” fate intervened.

The eventual “Idol” winner, Kris Allen, was also on stage that night, but May didn’t seem to notice. His eyes were on Lambert. And when they all took a bow, May whispered something in Lambert’s ear that may have been a job offer.

After a five-year-stint with singer Paul Rodgers that never seemed to totally click, was there anyone better to fill the flamboyant shoes of one of the greatest rock frontmen of all time – the late Freddie Mercury – than an equally flamboyant rising star who could help put Queen in the spotlight again, 40 years after the band formed?

So there Lambert was, fronting one of the most respected rock outfits at Boardwalk Hall Saturday night for the second-to-last show of the band’s North American trek labeled “The Once in a Lifetime Tour.”

And Lambert delivered.

The singer’s mix of operatic ability, glam persona and pure rock goodness is so unique, so interesting and so enthralling, it’s now hard to imagine anyone else filling the void for the great, late singer.

Arriving on stage in a studded leather outfit that was a cross between George Michael and The Village People, Lambert, whose mother was born in Atlantic City, captured the audience's attention immediately and never lost it.

Unlike many bands that lose their frontmen, Queen + Adam Lambert doesn’t seem like a karaoke session as the band goes through the motions to make as much cash as possible. Lambert belongs with Queen, even though he’s 35 years younger than May. And that’s why they will make new music in the future.

But Saturday night was all about Queen’s legacy and mind-blowingly impressive catalog that includes 18 No. 1 albums, 18 No. 1 singles and more than 150 million album sales.

Nearly every song was instantly recognizable from the very first notes. The hits started with "Another One Bites the Dust" and kept going until they played nearly all of them. And good God there are a lot of them, including "Fat Bottomed Girls," their breakthrough hit "Killer Queen," the gospel-influenced "Somebody to Love," "I Want It All," "Radio Ga Ga" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love."

The night progressively got better. With an over-the-top stage design that offered three video screens, including a giant circular one that nearly reached the top of the hall, a catwalk that extended into the audience and a killer light show, Queen + Adam Lambert is an arena-worthy spectacle.

They made good use of the screens to pay homage to Mercury, who joined May for a few lines of "Love of My Life" and appeared in video footage throughout the night.

The first set ended with the band's most well-known hit. "Bohemian Rhapsody," a total crowd pleaser that also featured video of Mercury and the band from their heyday, and went into encores that are about as good as you can get to end a concert: "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You," leaving the crowd wanting more despite the fact the band played for nearly two and a half hours.

There were also tunes that true Queen fans would appreciate, including the opener "Now I'm Here," a live staple that the band has played in nearly every show since the song was written in 1974; the night's second song, the kick-you-in-your-teeth "Stone Cold Crazy," another live gem that was labeled thrash metal before the term even existed; "In the Lap of the Gods ... Revisited," an arena rocker that bears resemblance to "We Are the Champions"; the funky "Dragon Attack"; and "Tie Your Mother Down," one of the greatest, rocking B-sides of all time.

Of course there were less-than-stellar moments, particularly the ballad "Love of My Life," which was never that solid live and still isn't even though May did an admirable job singing it solo with an acoustic guitar; the sci-fi-themed "'39," which was never a good song to begin with and wasn't any better despite the band offering an acoustic folk version with May singing; "These Are the Days of Our Lives," a cheesy song penned by Taylor, who unfortunately sang it Saturday; and a Lambert-led sing-along session that went on way too long.

May proved why he is one of the greatest guitarists on the planet, nailing the difficult riffs he wrote in his youth while treating the audience to extended solos on songs such as "Fat Bottomed Girls," and his lengthy guitar solo was trippy, creative and impressive.

Taylor can still rattle the drums nicely, but now he needs a little help from his son Rufus Tiger Taylor, and they had fun during a drum battle that went over well with the audience. Taylor also did a great job taking the David Bowie parts duetting with Lambert on "Under Pressure," one of the night's highlights. The crowd even sang "Happy Birthday" to Taylor, who was celebrating his 65th birthday.

But it was hard not to be most impressed by Lambert, who commanded the stage without ever forgetting to share it with his bandmates and occasionally reminding people how honored he was to step in Mercury's giant shoes. Lambert doesn't only have a great stage presence, but he's one the best vocalists you will ever hear, nailing the super high notes and going lower when needed, all while Queen delivers complex harmonies. It's a pretty special thing to hear.

Too many times, bands hoping to reclaim their glory days when they should be home collecting their Social Security checks embark on unnecessary tours. That's not the case with Queen, which now has new life thanks to Lambert, who's a perfect fit. It will be interesting to see whether their next chapter of new music will be successful. But for now, they are a fun, powerful band worthy of playing arenas worldwide. And that's a refreshing change.



Concert review: Queen + Adam Lambert a thrilling combo

www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/jul/27/concert-review-queen-adam-lambert-thrilling-combo/

By Melissa Ruggieri


Adam Lambert and Brian May performing in New York on July 17.
Getty Images

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – It’s a shame that the Queen + Adam Lambert tour bypassed Atlanta on its quick, 24-date jaunt this summer.

And they had to name it the “Once in a Lifetime Tour” to add insult to injury, right?

But before Lambert and the iconic, melodic Queen wrap this outing Monday in Toronto and then head to Australia next month, they popped into Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to show the Jersey Shore why this is the most special post-Freddie Mercury presentation yet.

That is thanks to Adam Lambert, the “American Idol” also-ran who, fans will recall, electrified the audience and (obviously) impressed guitarist Brian May when he performed with Queen on the “Idol” finale in 2011.

Lambert didn’t win that season (that would be Kris Allen). But which would you rather be – a footnote in a Wikipedia entry or the theatrically amusing, vocally astounding frontman of one of rock’s most respected bands?

Lambert proved he could straddle the boundary between reminding of Mercury’s flamboyance while remaining his own man as he strutted around the intimate stage in black leather, tinted shades and platform boots, looking like a glammed-up George Michael and sounding like a Broadway star.

The Queen catalog is so vast that May, drummer Roger Taylor (who was celebrating his 65th birthday on Saturday), his percussionist son Rufus Tiger Taylor, bassist Neil Fairclough and keyboardist Spike Edney could perform five-hour shows and still not cover the essentials.

But a generous sampling was available on this tour, from May crunching through epic riffs on “Another One Bites the Dust” and reeling off a head-spinning solo at the close of "Fat Bottomed Girls” to Taylor effortlessly unspooling drum fills on “Somebody to Love” and crooning the hauntingly melancholic “These are the Days of Our Lives.”

May usually looked amused at Lambert’s campy moves, such as lounging on a maroon couch while enunciating “Killer Queen” (though Lambert spitting champagne on the crowd like a porpoise seemed gross, unnecessary and out of character with the rest of the show).

And Lambert paid plenty of respect to his elders. If he wasn’t grinning and egging on May to keep blasting through a solo, he was praising Mercury and thanking the crowd for accepting “the new guy.”

May and Taylor apparently like this “new guy” so much, they’ve discussed making him a permanent member and recording new material.

That might not sit well with Queen purists, but know this: Lambert is the perfect man for a slot that can never - and should never – be duplicated.

While he brings plenty of Mercury’s pomp, Lambert also brings a shade of darkness that fits well with a band that is aging gracefully.

Both May and Taylor maintain ample vocal chops themselves. May offered a lovely “Love of My Life” (with Mercury on a giant oval video screen for authenticity), while Taylor provided enough sneer as he played against Lambert during an explosive “Under Pressure.”

But, much like Mercury was such a riveting presence, it’s impossible not to be captivated by Lambert. Whether he was punctuating “Dust” with salacious pelvic thrusts or presenting his dramatic upper register on “Who Wants to Live Forever,” he enthralled and impressed.

Since this U.S. tour was so well-received, perhaps Queen and Lambert will reconsider an encore run later in the year. If so, let’s hope Atlanta makes the cut.


Adam Lambert - he's OK, he's alright

Until his death in 1991, Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was one of Western music's great anomalies: a flamboyant, gay Persian gentleman with an octave-crashing range and operatic highs whose emotive voice graced some of rock's heaviest moments.

In so many ways, Mercury at the time seemed irreplaceable (and still does). Still, Queen's Brian May must have thought the heavens opened when American Idol contestant Adam Lambert - a flamboyant, gay Hoosier with an octave-crashing range - played with the guitarist during that show's 2011 finale.

Fast-forward to Saturday night: The 32-year-old vocalist has hitched his haughty wagon to the bombastic star of May and drummer Roger Taylor as Queen + Adam Lambert and presented a sold-out show at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.

Lambert didn't try to imitate Mercury - he didn't need to. The manner in which his athletic range slipped casually throughout "Somebody to Love" (his shrugging take on "I'm OK / I'm alright" was fabulous) seemed as natural as breathing. So, too, was Lambert's theatrical leap into his upper register during "Who Wants to Live Forever," an easy somersault.

The young vocalist was comfortable in his own skin, flippantly singing the glam classic "Killer Queen," swigging champagne while stretched across a purple divan.

"My mom was born in Atlantic City," he observed out of nowhere.

Another reason Lambert didn't need to compete with Mercury was that the late singer's vocal presence was felt during the show's staging when Lambert traded lines with the recorded Queen vocalist during "Bohemian Rhapsody."

That pairing was sentimental but unnecessary; Lambert surely could have tackled its highs. In that respect, he didn't get the chance to push the limits of his acrobatic voice.

Then again, there were special moments to get through. Guitarist May did his usual mind-melting, glissando-shattering solos and mean metal riffing throughout ("Tie Your Mother Down" was particularly juicy) as well as tenderly crooning "Love of My Life."

Saturday was Taylor's birthday, and the drummer got impressively hearty vocal shots at a jangly "'39" along with David Bowie's half of "Under Pressure."

And if the Q+AL pairing did nothing else, it gloriously took back the soaring "We Are the Champions" from the advertising hacks of the world.

Read more at www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/20140728_Adam_Lambert_-_he_s_OK__he_s_alright.html#V5hOcyuOW0DwqFcq.99



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Happycat14's Recap:

Hi guys,
This was my third and in many ways best show. I went to Philly and MSG, both had their amazing moments. Philly being the first, close stage right seats and being able to take in the whole stage and venue show. MSG feeling like such a big show, being stage left, also great seats.

I decided to take my SIL to AC and a short drive became a 5 hour nightmare due to an accident. So horrific, as it took us over an hour at one point to go just over one mile. Thoughts and prayers for the families. Driving past, a car was smashed completely and two sheet covered bodies lay were in the grass (learned later two women instantly killed, children in back injured and air lifted). We are driving to a silly show and it all feels frivolous when things like that happen. More on that later.

I had taken my SIL to the AI tour years ago and she enjoyed that. She saw Queen in 1989 at the Meadowlands and used to be a big concertgoer but hadn't been much lately. What would have been a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk turned into racing to the hotel (which we couldn't find at first), trying to get parking, going through lines inside to inhale dinner, and in our seats at 8:00 in the dot. The concert began at 8:05.

Boardwalk Hall is right next to HeWhoCannot amed Plaza. It feels intimate as no seat seems bad. We were in the 200s, and had great sight lines. But the sound! It was the BEST sound I'd heard. Our section sat the whole time but they were the most enthusiastic sitting section ever. I had fun just looking at the crowd. Men tapping their feet, bopping heads, a group of male teenagers head banging and standing, people on the floor dancing. After eating an entire pizza like a ravenous animal during the opening two songs (yay Kabuki drape worked) I looked over at SIL's face and she had a big grin. That to me was worth it and considering what we'd witnessed on the road, life is short and these kind of experiences have their own value.

So I sat back, relaxed, took no vids or pics. Our section gave Brian May a standing ovation though I feel less people knew the words to LOML. It was funny to see Adam dancing up a storm, moving around, and then the big Q showed, well, NOT Adam. Brian really played up his Go Pro on FBG and it was adorable to see Roger stick out his tongue in the best rock star way. You can all have Dr May. I call dibs on Mr Taylor.

Everyone looked really relaxed up there but maybe this was my own skewed perspective from eating an entire pizza in 5 min while chair dancing and drinking a beer? The opening really builds with FBG really getting the crowd into it but they are really in the zone during STL. After Adam sings happy birthday to Roger, his whole, we can do whatever we want and then launching into Dragon Attack was a real surprise and perfect. Plus I felt that Adam was really driving that song and you can see it with his gestures to Neil (and maybe the sound guy) and his count at the end. Plus seeing them rock out on the thrust like that. To be able to pivot like that on the setlist is awesome. Brian's solo was also my favorite. Less whale and more notes, more concise but maybe I'm just so far under the Red Special's spell that it could have lasted forever.

LOVED the call and response. When Adam was doing the sections, the row behind me was responding and the teens in front shushed them (in a funny way) saying we couldn't help them win. I didn't feel it was overly long at all, and liked it when Adam asked for the beat. And Adam and Neil's happy dance during CLTCL? Cuteness.

I saw some looks of happy disbelief when Adam came out in the crown. Everyone was up after Bo Rap and the audience was really into it and lingered. Audience seemed so happy as we all exited. Teen boys started singing FBG on the stairs down and people laughed. For such a packed exit it was incredibly orderly and chill. Merch line was huge and a teen squealed as she clutched her Adam shirt (the standing one). At the parking garage more than one car was playing Queen, including a young man and his date. His face was radiant as he drove by. My SIL said Adam fit in perfectly, that the whole show was awesome, she also enjoyed the nostalgic bits, and she kept thanking me.

The whole band was ON POINT last night. All I can say is that OZ and NZ are going to get some unbelievable shows.