2.2.24 Adam News and Info
Feb 2, 2024 12:34:58 GMT -5
Post by pi on Feb 2, 2024 12:34:58 GMT -5
CREAM
THE NEW RETRO-MODERN
The show must go on… an interview with Adam Lambert who headlines this year’s Mardi Gras party
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2024 is set to impress with a colossal line-up of over 150 performers across the festival calendar.
The festival and parade culminates, of course, with the Mardi Gras dance party, once again being hosted at the Hordern Pavilion, with the headliner for this year’s event being none other than Adam Lambert.
Adam will be supported by iconic house music queens Ultra Naté (famed for her 1997 hit Free) and CeCe Peniston (renowned big-time for her club classic Finally).
With the Mardi Gras parade and party just weeks out, Cream decided to dig up a classic interview with Adam Lambert in which the artist waxes lyrical about donning drag, playing it butch, and generally breaking down stereotypes with every move he makes.
Hi Adam. Let’s cut to the chase. Did you receive backlash from music puritans for taking on the role of lead singer for Queen?
I had some backlash from people saying ‘You can’t possibly replace Freddie Mercury’, but I already knew that. The way I choose to view it is that being asked to front Queen was a great honour and one that I was in no way going to shirk. Artists like Freddie, from the ’70s and ’80s, really pushed it, and of course there were plenty of people back then who didn’t get it either, with comments like ‘He’s acting like a girl’. You know, stupid shit like that. It’s called androgyny, people, and this is what it looks like!
What do you think of critics who say you do things, such as simulating sex on stage, simply to grab headlines [remembering Adam was doing this way before the likes of Sam Smith or Megan Thee Stallion]?
You know, there’s always going to be criticism, no matter what you’re doing, and I’m sure people will feel that way, but I hope they’ll appreciate it as an artistic statement as well. When I did it first [simulated sex] it was pretty much what the song [For Your Entertainment] was about. I figured if these people want to be weirded out by it, then fine. I was just playing a sexually dominant character and the double meaning is that I was putting on a show. I thought it was all pretty straight-up, really. My intention is to just do my show. I don’t look at it on too deep a level when I’m on stage. I’m not trying to rewrite morals.
Have you always loved dressing up?
I do love my costumes. But I love the audio and the visual equally. To me, it’s the whole packaged deal.
More.. creammagazine.com/2024/02/02/the-show-must-go-on-an-interview-with-adam-lambert-who-headlines-this-years-mardi-gras-party/
THE NEW RETRO-MODERN
The show must go on… an interview with Adam Lambert who headlines this year’s Mardi Gras party
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2024 is set to impress with a colossal line-up of over 150 performers across the festival calendar.
The festival and parade culminates, of course, with the Mardi Gras dance party, once again being hosted at the Hordern Pavilion, with the headliner for this year’s event being none other than Adam Lambert.
Adam will be supported by iconic house music queens Ultra Naté (famed for her 1997 hit Free) and CeCe Peniston (renowned big-time for her club classic Finally).
With the Mardi Gras parade and party just weeks out, Cream decided to dig up a classic interview with Adam Lambert in which the artist waxes lyrical about donning drag, playing it butch, and generally breaking down stereotypes with every move he makes.
Hi Adam. Let’s cut to the chase. Did you receive backlash from music puritans for taking on the role of lead singer for Queen?
I had some backlash from people saying ‘You can’t possibly replace Freddie Mercury’, but I already knew that. The way I choose to view it is that being asked to front Queen was a great honour and one that I was in no way going to shirk. Artists like Freddie, from the ’70s and ’80s, really pushed it, and of course there were plenty of people back then who didn’t get it either, with comments like ‘He’s acting like a girl’. You know, stupid shit like that. It’s called androgyny, people, and this is what it looks like!
What do you think of critics who say you do things, such as simulating sex on stage, simply to grab headlines [remembering Adam was doing this way before the likes of Sam Smith or Megan Thee Stallion]?
You know, there’s always going to be criticism, no matter what you’re doing, and I’m sure people will feel that way, but I hope they’ll appreciate it as an artistic statement as well. When I did it first [simulated sex] it was pretty much what the song [For Your Entertainment] was about. I figured if these people want to be weirded out by it, then fine. I was just playing a sexually dominant character and the double meaning is that I was putting on a show. I thought it was all pretty straight-up, really. My intention is to just do my show. I don’t look at it on too deep a level when I’m on stage. I’m not trying to rewrite morals.
Have you always loved dressing up?
I do love my costumes. But I love the audio and the visual equally. To me, it’s the whole packaged deal.
More.. creammagazine.com/2024/02/02/the-show-must-go-on-an-interview-with-adam-lambert-who-headlines-this-years-mardi-gras-party/
