7.8.14 Adam News and Info

Adam Lambert Channels Freddie Mercury on Tour
7.7.2014
By Dennis Hinzmann
... And 5 other things you need to know today.

Photo: Getty

1. Adam Lambert teamed up with the original members of Queen for a North American tour and is doing the glam rock world proud. (Watch his performance of "Somebody to Love" below)

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Link: www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2014/07/07/adam-lambert-channels-freddie-mercury-performs-somebody-love




Adam Time
Reposted 7.8.14 by Q3

This was posted by eri9 and it was such a nice story, I wanted to feature it on page 1.



Queen + Adam Lambert - Chicago 2014 - DVD9 Complete Multi Camera
Source: QueenZone.com

Queen + Adam Lambert - 2014/06/19 - United Center, Chicago, IL

Here is a complete Multi-Camera DVD9 I made from HD youtube rips and the audio that was recently shared here. The DVD has a few short gaps between songs but the performance is complete. Adam was the main focus of all the footage so I mixed this with plenty of wide shots to take the focus off closeups of Adam for the whole show.

I put an awful lot of time into this one, hope some of you enjoy it.

Lineage:
LPCM Audio sourced from here www.queenzone.com/forums/1386927/announce-queen-and-adam-lambert-2014-06-19-united-center-chicago-il.aspx

Video sourced from Youtube HD rips - All editing and mixing done in powerdirector12 - PAL DVD

youtu.be/wbri2XcGOcg


SETLIST

Intro (Hybrid Mix of "Procession" & "Flash (Concert Intro Version)")
Now I'm Here
Stone Cold Crazy
Another One Bites The Dust
Fat Bottomed Girls
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Seven Seas Of Rhye
Killer Queen
Somebody To Love
I Want It All
Love Of My Life
'39
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Drum Duel
Under Pressure
Love Kills
Who Wants To Live Forever
Guitar Solo
Last Horizon
Tie Your Mother Down
Radio Ga Ga
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Show Must Go On
Bohemian Rhapsody
-encore-
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
God Save The Queen

Enjoy.
Posted by Marknow on 7/7/2014 2:05:00 PM



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All hail Queen and @adamlambert at the fabulous Forum in L.A.! (PHOTOS) ow.ly/ySwyq
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Adam Lambert ably fills in as Queen frontman at the Joint
Josh BellMon, Jul 7, 2014 (noon)
Three stars



Queen + Adam Lambert July 5, The Joint

Freddie Mercury is irreplaceable, and to their credit, Mercury’s former Queen bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor seem to understand that. Whenever they’ve performed live in the years following the singer’s 1991 death, they’ve always billed Mercury’s fill-ins separately rather than as members of Queen, and the band’s latest tour is credited to Queen + Adam Lambert.

Mercury’s presence loomed large over Queen and Lambert’s show at the Joint on Saturday night, and not just because his face frequently popped up on the video screen. The last person to front Queen for an extended period of time, Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, didn’t have much in common with Mercury, but American Idol alum Lambert is an avowed Mercury devotee, and his flamboyant, glamorous vocal and performance style (not to mention his fashion sense) echo Mercury closely.

Which means either that Lambert is the ideal person to perform Queen classics, or that he makes the show into too much of a tribute act. For the sold-out crowd at the Joint (most of whom were probably old enough to be Lambert’s parents), the distinction didn’t matter, and for his part, Lambert never seemed to be pandering to Queen fans. Not surprisingly, he sounded best on the band’s more bombastic tunes (especially ballads like “Who Wants to Live Forever” and the reworked Freddie Mercury solo song “Love Kills”), and got a little lost on hard rockers like “Stone Cold Crazy” and “Tie Your Mother Down.” But he nailed the theatricality of “Killer Queen” (lounging on what looked like a Victorian fainting couch), and the crowd enjoyed his addition of somewhat tiresome Idol-style melisma at various points.

May and Taylor were augmented by three additional musicians (including Taylor’s son Rufus on percussion), and they nearly matched Lambert’s energy. Both took respectable turns on lead vocals (with Taylor taking the David Bowie parts on “Under Pressure”) and gave proper deference to Mercury, whose own recorded vocals filled in at various points. Lambert took the stage for the encore wearing an actual crown, but there was no question who was still the Queen.

Link: lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2014/jul/07/queen-adam-lambert-concert-review-joint-hard-rock/#.U7r3orbA15I.twitter



Concert Photo Album and Comment
Posted on Facebook by Jerry Schwartz

Note: Jerry Schwarz was backstage for Sunday’s Las Vegas concert.

QUEEN - The Joint - Las Vegas - 7-6-2014
Updated 7.7.14

What a night. There was a point in time some yrs ago one never imagined this night happening, but as Brian May said tonight it was the teaming up with Adam that brought youthfulness to the band, and that and his talent made this tour possible. Incredible night of music and hanging with the guys in QUEEN after the show.

I thought a lot about Freddie Mercury tonight and how I wished he were still around. I think he would be glad to see the legacy living on. Adam Lambert did a great job without trying to "copy" Freddie, and it felt like he was still there in spirit.

Thanks to Les, Spike, Kimmy, Brian, Roger, Adam and all the guys in the band for treating us so well. The conversations after the show with Brian and Roger were the highlight of the night for me for sure. Also the version of Bohemian Rhapsody with Freddie singing with Adam. ( posted the video on here, check it out) Rock N Roll hope you enjoy the pics and videos.

Link: www.facebook.com/jerry.schwartz.9/media_set?set=a.809981545679045.1073741882.100000016205530&type=1 …





Share your concert story or review!!
6.28.14 by Q3

Everyone wants to read about your concert experience. So, if you are inclined to share, please do. It is fun to read them even if you attended the same concert. Everyone has a different experience and sees different things.

If you do want to share a review, please post it in the CONCERT thread. Then, so we don’t miss it, post a short note with a link to your review in the current Daily News thread.

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Thanks to all who have shared. And I hope/expect to read hundreds more! So post away!

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