Saturday, March 10, 2012

Queen + Adam Lambert: U.S. dates?




Adam Lambert says he and the members of Queen haven't discussed the possibility of playing dates in the U.S.

"It's just that one date at Sonisphere and the warm-up gig in Russia," Adam said Friday at a radio-station event in Nashville. The two acts are playing together June 30 in Moscow and July 7 in England, with Lambert filling the frontman spot left vacant by the Freddie Mercury's death in 1991.

"Maybe we'll be able to do, like, a special night somewhere here, I don't know," he said during an interview with 107.5 The River on-air personality Intern Adam. "But there's no plan. There hasn't even been talk of that, so don't get your hopes up."

Adam says he'll do a lot of rehearsing with the band before those shows. "I've got my work cut out for me," he says. "I know the songs, but I don't know them all by heart, so I'm going to have to practice. But it's going to totally fun. I'm going to learn a lot from it, I think."

Adam doesn't look at his role in the shows as replacing Mercury.

"I'm there to sing music that he and the band wrote," he says. "It's not about imitation. It's not about doing an impression. It's, like, doing it my way in a way that, in my head, he would like. And Brian (May) and Roger (Taylor) are there to give me the green light or the red light."

Nor will he being trying to mimic Mercury.

"I'm not a mimicker," he says. "I'm my own artist. But he has inspired me. Hopefully, it will come from a deep, organic place. But I'm not growing a mustache. I won't be singing the songs with a British accent. ... I don't want to disrespect his memory and his legacy by getting up there and goofing on it."

Plus, he adds, "I can't wait to find out what my outfit is."...

credit: USA Today
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5 comments:

  1. Seems a shame for Adam to learn all the songs and go to all that work with the band to only perform twice... :)

    Speaking as a selfish U.S. fan of both Queen & Adam - would LOOOOVE for there to be an appearance I can actually make. Please consider it!!

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  2. I'll be at Sonisphere to see Queen + Adam and if they do another show in south europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal..) I'll be there too with no doubt and even if they do a show in the US/Canada I'll consider going, because I love both and I know everytime will be different and better!!!

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  3. I am flying in from Los Angeles (that's what, 6000 miles away) and turned the whole thing into a 2 week vacation in Europe! And bringing in a friend too! So yeah, not taking any chances and waiting for the US show. You know it's coming. Later, maybe next year but it is coming for sure!

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  4. Flying From San Francisco to SONISPHERE As a fan of both Queen and Adam don't want to miss hearing Queen music sung by his UNIQUE voice LIVE! This will be an EPIC concert and worth the travel... Announcing USA concert would also be GREAT, please Brian & Roger & Adam make it happen... Please!

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  5. Flying in from LA for Sonisphere and Moscow...wouldn't miss these performances in the world. If they decide to do US dates, we'll be there too.

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