8.5.14 Adam on Performing with Queen, more news

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Adam Lambert on performing with Queen and what he loves from other performers!
August 4th, 2014 by Martin Lamont.


Photo Credit: Neal Preston

Adam Lambert and Queen are embarking on their tour across the world and fans are eagerly awaiting the news of a visit to Europe, which has been hinted at previously.

While the North American leg has now finished, the group are preparing for a handful of shows including Korea before heading down under to Australia and New Zealand.

Taking on the role of frontman for Queen – in the absence of the late Freddie Mercury is American powerhouse Adam Lambert who has always said it’s an honour to do so.

In a new interview with the New Zealand Sunday Star Times, Adam has explained that stepping into the shoes of Freddie Mercury has given him an insight into what kind of performer he can be.


Adam Lambert on stage with Queen (Photo Credit: Neal Preston)

Lambert explained that the first few times he performed with the band he was “extremely apprehensive” because he found their legacy so intimidating.

“Freddie Mercury was such an iconic vocalist, a once in a lifetime star, and their songs are fabulous.” he added.

Commenting on Brian May and Roger Taylor he explained that they made him “feel comfortable” and confessed that “it’s making me a better live performer”, but has him looking to the future.

Talking about comparisons between him and Mercury he explained that they’re “both big, loud singers” but he believes it’s “important” to put his own stamp on the songs but without straying from the original version.


Photo Credit: Neal Preston

During the same interview Adam spoke about what he appreciates from a live performer and revealed that he loves other artists who bring melodrama to what they do.

“Sometimes the idea of camp confuses people in today’s media. They don’t always get the fact that melodrama can be fabulously entertaining.” he explained.

He added that he loves performers who go down that road, and have some conviction. Freddie was perfect at that, but some bands these days seem to have lost that.

Lambert added that “Queen helped create the environment” for “the costume changes, the dancers, the elaborate themed staging” because that’s what “modern pop music is about”.

youtu.be/Myc94vOioQM

Link: primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/adam-lambert-performing-queen-loves-performers/




Adam Lambert: Being out and singing with Queen could open people’s minds
4th August 2014, 6:46 PM
Nick Duffy


Adam Lambert has paid tribute to Freddie Mercury

Queen singer Adam Lambert has praised the band’s fans for accepting his sexuality.

Queen was fronted by rock icon Freddie Mercury before his death from AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia in 1991.

The band has performed with several singers since his death, but Lambert’s stint is the first time the band has been fronted by an out gay man.

The former American Idol star told Huffington Post: “From what I understand, it took Freddie a bit of time to come to terms with his sexuality, and once he did… he was living in a time when, as a celebrity or a rock star, it was something that was kind of off-limits.

“Maybe, for diehard fans of the band who loved Freddie, it’s a mind-opener for them, and they can go, ‘Oh yeah, now Adam is singing these songs and is open and out, and we think that’s OK because we loved Freddie so much.’

“It gives them permission to be comfortable with it, I think.

“Freddie might not have been out, but he certainly was an original. He was bold, he was risky, he got onstage and did whatever the f**k he wanted, and had a very cool approach to being an individual.

“I want to be able to exist in an entertainment community that doesn’t care one way or the other what your sexuality is,” he said. “We’re seeing the results of all the work that we’ve done, and it’s very exciting.”

Ben Whishaw last year signed on to play Freddie Mercury in a planned biopic, after Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of the project.

Queen guitarist Brian May had claimed that Baron Cohen was replaced because he would have been “distracting” in the lead role, but reports suggested he had clashed with producers over the film’s tone.

The movie, which is backed by Queen, is set to focus on the period leading up to Live Aid in 1985 and Freddie’s famous performance, and is expected to not focus on the AIDS crisis.

Link: www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/04/adam-lambert-being-out-and-singing-with-queen-could-open-peoples-minds/



Q+AL Full Concert Multi-Cams!!

Mark Bowles has made some great multi-cams for five whole shows:

6/18 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live In Chicago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbri2XcGOcg


7/01 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live In San Jose

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNm2ATRuY0


7/05 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live In Las Vegas (Night One)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myc94vOioQM


7/10 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live In Dallas

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjj5j7OHfUw


7/12 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live at Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziLABo3ZpM


7/23 - Queen + Adam Lambert Live In Detroit

youtu.be/qsE2b6ex0zI


Credits for the videographers Mark used for each show are on each video's description on YouTube.

Mark does a great job on these multi-camera videos. Def worth a watch. Of these Dallas and Detroit are particularly fine.

Thanks to mmadamimadamm adn Theosgma for compiling the list of Mark Bowles multi-cam videos released so far.




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.

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

2014 Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates



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