1.28.15 Adam News and Info, Paris Reviews

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QUEEN + Adam Lambert: The Queen has found her King www.supercool-guy.com/blog/read_123774/queen-adam-lambert-the-queen-has-found-her-king.html …


great blog by a Queen fan turn self-admitted Glambert!

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Queen et Adam Lambert rois du Zénith de Paris
PAR THOMAS DELENCRE
LE 28 JANVIER 2015

Le roi est mort. Vive le roi ! Délesté depuis maintenant 24 ans de son leader charismatique, le grand Freddie Mercury, Queen renaît de ses cendres avec le chanteur américain Adam Lambert. Un renouveau plus fantaisiste et puissant que jamais. Etonnant.

« Qui joue avec eux ce soir ? J’te le dis franchement, j’en sais rien du tout, j’ai jamais entendu ! » Comment ça ? Ces spectateurs ont payé une petite fortune pour un concert (78€ en fosse) et ils ne savent pas qui vient jouer ? Ce lundi soir pluvieux du côté du Zenith, il suffisait de tendre l’oreille dans la queue pour se rendre compte que cette soirée s’annonçait riche en découvertes. Pas du groupe qui jouait, inutile de présenter Queen, monument du rock, mais du chanteur qui accompagnait Brian May (guitare) et Roger Taylor (batterie), membres fondateurs du groupe sur les planches depuis plus de quarante ans. Un nom : Adam Lambert. Ça ne vous dit rien ? Normal, même s’il est une superstar aux USA (victorieux d’American Idol), le sieur Lambert (qui accompagne le groupe depuis 2012) est un quasi-inconnu sur le vieux continent, même s’il pourrait ne pas le rester longtemps.

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Queen and Adam Lambert kings of Zenith in Paris
THOMAS DELENCRE
JANUARY 28, 2015

The king is dead. Long live the king! Relieved from 24 years of its charismatic leader, the great Freddie Mercury, Queen rises from the ashes with the American singer Adam Lambert. A more whimsical and powerful revival than ever. Astonishing.

"Who plays with them tonight? J'te frankly, I know nothing, I have ever heard! "How so? These fans have paid a small fortune for a concert (78 € pit) and they do not know who comes to play? This rainy Monday evening next to the Zenith, it was enough to lend an ear in the tail to realize that this evening promised rich in discoveries. Not the band playing, no need to present Queen, rock monument, but the singer who accompanied Brian May (guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums), founding members of the group on stage for over forty years. Name: Adam Lambert. It tells you nothing? Normal, even if he is a superstar in the US (American Idol winner), Sieur Lambert (who accompanies the group since 2012) is virtually unknown in the Old World, even if it may not remain so .

Successor to the (very) late Freddie Mercury, Adam Lambert has the heavy burden of taking the microphone, without trying to imitate Mercury and forget, at least for one night, the giant shadow of the deceased singer, which one could cross the lookalike in the crowd of spectators. Since the death in 1991 of Mercury, Robbie Williams almost take over, Paul Rodgers he dabbled microphone for two tours and album more than passable, but leave a lasting impression. So when One Vision synth pads are installed in the Zenith, with an audience who will let loose end to end, shivering feverishly back and just wait for the giant curtain falls to reveal the silhouette of Adam Lambert . For what is probably their last visit in France (the tour is not called Once In A Lifetime for nothing!), Expectations are highest.

One Vision finally ends up echoing in the speakers in the Paris area. Sound, rough at first, ends up getting more harmonious ears thereafter, between the raging cries of fans who have eyes (and ears) for May and Taylor, and easily steal the show at Lambert. Let's face it, the singer has a beautiful vocal power, is an excellent showman (thank you beautiful design and advanced stage, yes, Zenith can afford it!) And brings a shot of saving costs after Grandpa Rodgers. But because it takes but if Lambert is a great pop singer, which is great on Killer Queen (sung on a chair glamor perfectly matches the song), or Save Somebody To Love Me, the rub on more rock songs like Stone Cold Crazy, I Want It All, or The Show Must Go On (testamentary instrument of the last album recorded Mercury's lifetime), where his voice, which sometimes pushes too much on the treble, lack of safe. Queen and plays more rock than pop. At the stage play, Lambert, has just as outrageous as Mercury, though it too often in his attitudes.

The public, even if the hot Zenith is not full, blithely repeats the words of hits on the setlist (it does not lack a) although the real turning point happens in the middle of the concert, with May coming alone with an acoustic guitar in the middle of the room, playing a recovery in French (Plaisir d'Amour), making the effort to speak the language of Molière, before leaving the room singing single Love Of My Life, accompanied by Mercury on the screen (each appearance of the singer disappeared creepy). May return later to demonstrate his virtuosity on the guitar (the legendary Red Special, built by his own fingers there almost 50 years) for a solo nearly ten minutes on stage. Soon joined by the rest of the group, and Roger Taylor, the bass and drum solos overwhelm the Zenith, we guess this especially for the guitarist and drummer. Taylor also seems a little accused the weight of years compared to May, leaving her offspring Rufus drums take on Tie Your Mother Down.

The end of the concert is a torrent of emotions for any die hard fan of the group: Radio Ga Ga (and the impressive gimmick with his arms raised, see the live version at Wembley for realizing) Crazy Little Thing Called Love, The Show Must Go On. The concert ends with, first, the anthem Bohemian Rhapsody with a ubiquitous screen Mercury and opera section ("Galilelo! Galileo!") Taken up by the entire room. Excitement guaranteed. Finally, after a brief intermission where a point wielding a pencil appears on the screen (where "Charlie! Charlie!" Echoing in the room), recall with We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions just close the 2h15 show, crippled with 27 songs. And as a symbol, Lambert finishes the concert set a king's crown, as an echo to the ermine cape and crown queen stretched by Mercury during the last tour in his lifetime. Do not throw more Queen is still one of rock kings of those who cross the times, resist all and conquered every time new fans often born long after the death of Mercury. But without the Queen Mother, the Kingdom now seems a bit cold and empty ... and the memories of a July 12, 1986 at Wembley did not fail to go back out into the cold in Parc de la Villette.