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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:31:04 GMT -5
I'll be waiting for these pics!  Wepiha Te Kanawa @wepihatekanawa 7m @merrie_NY Hahaha yes I was fortunate enough to press noses with @adamlambert @drbrianmay and the rest of the #Queen crew. Pictures to come. Wepiha Te Kanawa @wepihatekanawa 11m @merrie_NY a haka is a traditional Māori war dance, hongi - the pressing of noses between strangers and sharing the breath of life ???? |
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:32:55 GMT -5
Mihaela @mihaelaglm 5m "@trishbertnz: @adamlambert respecting the guitar god @drbrianmay pic.twitter.com/Rh9dkzrhyK" red light and Adam,Brian IS PURE LIFE
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:34:19 GMT -5
Gelly @14gelly 19s STUNNING RT @kyo_jp: こんなあだむも
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:35:22 GMT -5
EM.ES @emes79 1m I SEE HAIR  ) "@kyo_jp: ブレたのが残念でならないあだむ pic.twitter.com/dBAn0wzqXT"
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:40:30 GMT -5
ETA: Oh! I think this review is about yesterday's concert but since it's so good I'll leave it here and go put it on the Auckland #1 thread too. ETA 2: I see it's already been put up there.  Mihaela @mihaelaglm 50s Is Queen + @adamlambert A Tribute Or Triumph? Auckland Concert Review, Plus Analysis Of "Under Pressure" roxboroghreport.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-queen-adam-lambert-tribute-or-real.html
Is Queen + Adam Lambert A Tribute Or Triumph? Auckland Concert Review, Plus Analysis Of "Under Pressure"
Posted 3 hours ago by Tim Roxborogh Sep. 4
I read on Facebook today somebody likening Queen + Adam Lambert to the Pink Floyd tribute show that possibly too frequently plays the 1,200 capacity Founders Theatre in Hamilton. Well two sold out nights of 9,000 (18,000 total) in Auckland capping off a sold out world tour (including New York's Madison Square Gardens) would at least suggest some differences. So too presumably the presence of the man who wrote A Kind Of Magic (original drummer Roger Taylor) and the man who wrote We Will Rock You (original guitarist, PHD holder Brian May).
Last night's concert was quite incredible. 32 year old Adam Lambert was born to be in Queen and just as Bee Gee Barry Gibb came to realise his catalogue was too significant not to be heard live despite the loss of his brothers, so too is the music of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
More important than the fact the staging and light / laser show was as expertly reaslised as any I've seen at an indoor concert, more important than Taylor and May being A-list rock musicians who wrote many of Queen's finest songs and more important than Adam Lambert's vocals and charisma being almost as remarkable as Mercury's, it's the reality Queen + Adam Lambert is tonally bang on.
What that means is that in concert they sound outstanding, they sound like Queen and they don't sound like a tribute act. Lambert is both in sync with his famous band as well as being his own man in much the same way Brian Johnson of AC/DC is, despite having inherited the mantle of Bon Scott. Of course the AC/DC / Queen lead-singer comparisons are far from exact considering Johnson replaced the deceased Scott just months after his death and Lambert's arrival is more than 20 years on from the death of Mercury. There's also the small matter of AC/DC somehow picking up the pieces of losing their lead singer to almost immediately release Back In Black, sell more than 40 million copies and secure their legacy in the process.
Queen in the mid-80s: Freddie, John, Roger and Brian.
But all told Queen have have had a far greater musical and cultural impact than AC/DC and it is unrealistic to expect new chart-toppers from a band whose history stretches back approximately 45 years. But unlike Paul Rodgers who became the post-Mercury Queen frontman for a time, Lambert could not be more right for this band, nor more honouring of his idol's legend. He is flamboyant without being cringe-ably camp and is very likely the most remarkable singer to have ever featured in the 12 years of American Idol (2009 runner-up).
Click here to read New Zealand Herald writer Russell Baille's review of the concert and see below the lyrics and video to one of last night's standouts, Under Pressure. How is it you can hear a song a million times but it's not until you see it live that you stop and think about the lyrics? Sure, I knew the Queen / David Bowie 1981 #1 hit Under Pressure reportedly once had the working title People On Streets and that the final title clearly indicates people battling pressure. But it wasn't until Roger and Adam were trading lines that I thought about the simple compassion of:
'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
I'm pleased Roger and Brian found Adam and I'm pleased he found them. Freddie and maybe even the long retired John would be proud.
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Post by toramenor on Sept 4, 2014 7:42:53 GMT -5
Gelly @14gelly 19s STUNNING RT @kyo_jp: こんなあだむも
Didn't he have a red shirt for this concert? Maybe this picture is from some other concert... (Not sure, cause I only saw him at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody, where he had a red shirt on. He could have changed it, but I didn't see comments about it.) |
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Sept 4, 2014 7:45:28 GMT -5
Wepiha Te Kanawa @wepihatekanawa 1m Vector arena is filling up for the Queen concert, @adamlambert is opening. Looking forward to it.  Best tweet of the tour.....  |
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Post by satisfied on Sept 4, 2014 7:46:50 GMT -5
ADAM LAMBERT ✔ @adamlambert
What an epic journey this Sold-Out Summer arena tour w @queenwillrock has been! Thnx 2 fans in N.America, Asia, Australia & New Zealand!
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:53:48 GMT -5
ADAM LAMBERT ✔ @adamlambert
What an epic journey this Sold-Out Summer arena tour w @queenwillrock has been! Thnx 2 fans in N.America, Asia, Australia & New Zealand!
  I'm really going to miss Adam and Queen performing. I hope the tour finally ends back in London where it all began. It just seems fitting. |
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 4, 2014 7:54:45 GMT -5
Gelly @14gelly 17s OMFG RT @kyo_jp: あだむも
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I'm really going to miss Adam and Queen performing. I hope the tour finally ends back in London where it all began. It just seems fitting.