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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 6:06:50 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 6:14:35 GMT -5
DAILY MAILADRIAN THRILLS: Rocking into the Jubilee with Queen? It's just championQueen + Adam Lambert (AO Arena, Manchester)Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Verdict: The crowd goes Ga GaWhen it comes to kick-starting the Platinum Party At The Palace, organisers couldn’t have opted for a more fitting opening act than Queen. Their regal name aside, the rock legends have previous form, with Brian May having memorably played God Save The Queen from the roof of Buckingham Palace for 2002’s Golden Jubilee.The guitarist says he has something up his sleeve for this weekend, too, when Queen + Adam Lambert will join Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Rod Stewart and others at a televised concert to celebrate 70 years of Her Majesty’s reign before 22,000 fans in London.On the evidence of this exhilarating Manchester gig, part of the band’s mammoth Rhapsody Tour, whatever he delivers should be spectacular. The ongoing collaboration between Queen founder members May and Roger Taylor and American singer Lambert honours the group’s towering catalogue of songs without lapsing into pastiche. When it comes to kick-starting the Platinum Party At The Palace, organisers couldn’t have opted for a more fitting opening act than Queen. Brian May and Adam Lambert are pictured above performing on stage
‘I’m pinching myself that we’re actually here,’ said May to a packed arena. Originally scheduled for 2020 but twice postponed because of the pandemic, these are Queen’s first UK dates since 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody biopic.
‘Most of you bought tickets for this show two-and-a-half years ago, so this is an emotional moment,’ he went on.
He wasn’t wrong. The 150-minute, 28-song performance combined the raw energy of a classic rock concert with the digital bells and whistles of a modern pop production.
The audience, which included a number of folk dressed as the late Freddie Mercury, comprised fans of all ages, reiterating the band’s cross-- generational appeal.
May teasingly introduced Lambert as ‘the new boy’. The 40-year-old former American Idol runner-up wasn’t even born when Queen released their early 1980s hits Under Pressure and Another One Bites The Dust, but he has been capably filling the boots of Mercury, who died in 1991, for a decade now. He’s more an old hand than a young pretender.
To his credit, the Californian didn’t mimic Freddie’s moves. That would have been a mistake. Blessed with astonishing vocal range and rocket-propelled power, he has his own style. Cutting an imposing figure in padded shoulders, an oversized top hat and platform boots, he held a stunning, high-pitched note in a show-stopping finale to Somebody To Love — a supersonic man in his own right.
But the current incarnation of Queen really has two frontmen, and this was May’s show as much as Lambert’s.
More... www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10880477/ADRIAN-THRILLS-Rocking-Jubilee-Queen-just-champion.html
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 6:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 7:15:00 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 7:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by hrithika on Jun 3, 2022 7:35:12 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 8:00:11 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 8:04:39 GMT -5
Translated from Japanese - Glasgow #2 Day 3-2 I remember the wonderful last night ... Recalling that the goods department was a long line in Japan, I went to the venue at ❓ ... There is no goods department ... There is no signboard with a dawn ... It's today ❓ I really met Tyler and Neil yesterday ❓ and confirmed with my husband beside me ... #QAL参戦 #QALGlasgow #QAL2022 twitter.com/punsuka9/status/1532658280564199429 |
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 8:05:46 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 3, 2022 8:15:21 GMT -5
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