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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 8:18:36 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 8:36:42 GMT -5
Yahoo!Watch ‘2012: Queen + Adam Lambert – The First Gig’, Episode 46 In ‘The Greatest’ Series This week, Episode 46 in Queen’s ‘The Greatest’ series looks back at Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert’s very first full live show together which saw Adam face an audience over 350,000 and compete with an opening first half performed by Elton John. You can watch the full "First gig" episode in full below.
By 2012, Brian and Roger had already performed with the sensational Adam Lambert on the 2009 American Idol season final, and an eight-minute medley at the 2011 MTV European Music Awards at which Queen received their Global Icon Award. The reaction to both was phenomenal, and so their thoughts turned to the idea of staging a full Queen + Adam Lambert live show.
This is the story of their First Gig – a massive 'Let’s Stop AIDS Together' awareness concert performed on Kiev, Ukraine’s, Independence Square and TV broadcast live to millions - as recalled by Brian, Roger, Adam and Queen music director and keyboard player Spike Edney.
Adam Lambert: “All of us sat down and we had a drink, and there was a sense of camaraderie in that moment about ‘Look what we just did. This feels good. I like you. I like you. You like me.’ It was an instant sense of sort of comfort and ease that we all had with each other. We all sort of got a kick out of each other and felt like the right fit, it felt good.”
Brian May: “With Adam, by the time we got together, we kind of knew, yeah, because we'd seen enough of him and we thought, ‘Yeah, this is going to work.’ You know, Adam comes with a certain amount of pedigree because he's done his solo stuff with a lot of success. So then we sat down together and said, ‘Well, what could we do?’ We could do a little bit of a tour. We could try something here, try something there. And it gradually took shape. And before we knew it, we were operating with Adam.”
More including video.. www.yahoo.com/entertainment/watch-2012-queen-adam-lambert-120436239.html
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 9:09:37 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 9:57:34 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 9:58:23 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 10:05:28 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 10:45:54 GMT -5
New Interview Adam Lambert on judging 'Starstruck': 'I was apprehensive when I found out one team was going to be Freddie Mercury!'Queen frontman Adam Lambert gives us the lowdown what happens in new ITV talent show 'Starstruck'. Queen frontman Adam Lambert is part of a show that pays tribute to Stars in Their Eyes. That classic 1990s series gets a 21st-century reboot with ITV’s new talent show Starstruck, which begins on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 8.30pm. It sees some incredible sound-alike vocals and a few jaw-dropping transformations. Each week, host Olly Murs oversees proceedings as four teams made up of three members of the public transform into some of the world’s biggest music icons, which this week includes Freddie Mercury Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Marvin Gaye. Adam Lambert is part of the all-star panel of judges that also includes Sheridan Smith, Jason Manford and Beverley Knight. They choose their favourite team to perform again in the sing-off, which sees the ultimate solo sound-alike going through to the grand final and a chance to win a £50,000 prize."It’s tricky because we’re having to judge on a whole handful of criteria, the look, the sound, the movement," explains Queen's Adam Lambert. "But the really cool thing about the show is that it’s a bucket list moment for these people. They’re superfans. They’re getting up on stage because they love these artists and they want to pay tribute. It’s a real celebration!"I think the format of the show is really fun because every episode you get to see somebody go through and position themselves to be in the final. You get that rush watching a contestant you have been rooting for from the beginning episode to the end which is really fun. "The teams come on, there are three members of each team, that are all paying tribute to the same artist at the same time. The songs are broken up into three parts as a trio and there are four artists that are being honoured for every episode so we as judges have to take a look at everything and then we have to make the very difficult decision: who is the strongest team? "Once we have picked the strongest team, there is a sing-off between the members of the team. The audience at home gets to vote on who their favourite is. What’s really exciting about that as well is, it’s partially up to us and it’s partially up to the public which I think is just a really lovely way to have people involved in the show."Adam Lambert on judging Team Freddie Mercury in episode 1 of 'Starstruck'Adam’s judging skills are really put to the test in the very first performance of Starstruck which sees one team impersonate Freddie Mercury with a version of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now."I was really apprehensive when I found out one of the teams was going to be Freddie Mercury. I thought I’d be a tough critic," says Adam. "But they were all so talented. With one of them it was literally like someone had put the Queen record on! I actually had a meal with Brian May and Roger Taylor earlier this year and the show came up and I said you know there’s a Freddie Mercury in the first episode and they were like oh really. And I said here’s the thing that’s so lovely about it, we’re not making fun of anybody. We’re not making fun of Freddie. It’s not a parody. "You have to bear in mind it’s not like X Factor or The Voice where people are competing for a deal to be in the music industry. This is a bucket list moment for regular people, so the tone of the show really reflects that. They’re superfans. They’re getting up on stage because they love these artists and they want to pay tribute. It’s a real celebration."
Adam on performing with Olly Murs and the other judges in 'Starstruck episode 1
Starstruck opens with Adam Lambert, Olly Murs, Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford performing the classic Tina Turner hit River Deep Mountain High.Adam says: "This helped us bond. It really did, but we do another group performance one more time later in the series. I have to say it was lovely working with professionals. It’s in our comfort zone. We walked in and it was instant chemistry. Everyone genuinely likes each other. And when it came to the time to sing together it was like the icing on the cake. We’re all performers so to be able to perform together was a good bonding experience."More with video..www.whattowatch.com/features/adam-lambert-on-judging-starstruck-i-was-apprehensive-when-i-found-out-one-team-was-going-to-be-freddie-mercury |
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Post by pi on Feb 11, 2022 10:48:40 GMT -5
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