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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 15:05:53 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 15:08:19 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 15:21:53 GMT -5
THE SUFFOLK JOURNAL
Queen and Adam Lambert light up TD Garden Taking to the stage in front of a sold-out crowd Oct. 15, Queen + Adam Lambert kicked off the first of two nights at TD Garden for “The Rhapsody Tour.” Although more than half a century has passed since Queen first formed in 1970, and frontman Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991, the band is still popular and performing on a regular basis. Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are still as talented as ever, with their drumming and guitar playing captivating the crowd and earning fierce cheers and applause. Adam Lambert, who has been singing with Queen since 2012 after gaining attention for singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” on “American Idol,” proved that he’s the perfect musician to sing in place of Mercury. Lambert entered the stage wearing a cape and shiny boots that were several inches tall. He changed costumes several times throughout the night, often donning pieces that were entirely sequined. Lambert’s impressive vocals stole the show, with his stunning vocal range and control evident in every song on the setlist. Mercury was known for his four-octave vocal range and Lambert had no problems keeping up with the tough notes in some songs. “Roger and I have seen literally thousands of singers in our lifetimes…but we’ve never seen or heard anything like Adam,” May wrote in his book “Queen in 3-D.” Part of what makes Lambert’s performance so great is his humility. He paid respects to May and Taylor throughout the show, pointing to them and dancing during their instrumental solos. He spoke to the crowd, saying it was an honor to take the stage with May and Taylor and that he and everyone else had Mercury on their minds. More... thesuffolkjournal.com/41071/ac/music/queen-and-adam-lambert-light-up-td-garden/
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 15:28:41 GMT -5
the arts fuseRock Concert Review: Queen + Adam Lambert at TD Garden — A Few CurveballsThe show was proof that Queen + Adam Lambert are quite capable of mixing things up, even as they give everybody exactly what they’ve come to hear. There are certain songs Queen + Adam Lambert have to play. “Bohemian Rhapsody” of course tops that list, with “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” following close behind. “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Somebody to Love,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and “Under Pressure” are a tier below, but still mandatory, and while they could maybe skip “Killer Queen,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Bicycle Race,” and “Fat Bottomed Girls,” people would notice.
Unsurprisingly, all of these tunes found their way into Queen + Adam Lambert’s Sunday night show at TD Garden, the group’s first of two concerts at the arena. While these standards were expected, they were certainly not boring, and they were supplemented by enough curveballs from the rock icons and their hired guns to keep even obsessive fans on their toes.
Of the must plays, “Somebody to Love” and “Under Pressure” were the highlights. Lambert’s voice is custom-made for “Somebody to Love’s” white gospel, and the tune allowed Brian May to let rip one of his many signature guitar solos. “Under Pressure,” originally a duet between late greats Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, has become a standout spot for drummer Roger Taylor to trade lines with the younger Lambert, in the process turning the song into a cross-generational plea for the old-fashioned idea that people treat each other with basic dignity and respect.
Typically, “Under Pressure” is the closest the remaining members of Queen get to a political statement in their music (they’re much more outspoken in their offstage lives), but there were some subtle hints Sunday night that May and Taylor might like to use their catalogue to speak to the current moment. “Is This the World We Created…?,” by far the biggest surprise in the tour’s setlist, was originally a well-intended, if somewhat vague, song from 1984’s The Works about famine in Africa. In 2023, Queen + Adam Lambert have pretty clearly turned it into a song about climate change, with video screens showing a dying tree and paper petals floating down from the rafters onto the crowd. The night even opened with a surprising mash-up of “Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’)” and “Radio Ga Ga,” which with the right pair of ears can be heard as a comment on the ever increasing role of AI in our lives and the danger it poses to humans. Just check the lyrics if this seems like a stretch: “Living in a new world/How you gonna last?/It’s a machine world.”
And then there was the rocking “Hammer to Fall” coming right out of “Machines”/“Radio Ga Ga,” a song its author Brian May has always insisted is not political, but about how death comes to us all. Perhaps, but that hammer always seemed like it had an implied sickle paired with it. Any countries in the news lately that have a history with that sort of thing?
More... artsfuse.org/281521/rock-concert-review-queen-adam-lambert-at-td-garden-a-few-curveballs/
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 18:20:58 GMT -5
Adam also posted on his IG stories..
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 18:23:14 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 18:26:26 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 19:00:39 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 19:01:43 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 18, 2023 19:18:57 GMT -5
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