He will rock you! Adam Lambert triumphs with Queen at Wembley Arena
Filed Under () by Adam Lambert on Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Posted at : Wednesday, February 25, 2015
IT has been almost thirty years since Queen gave Wembley Stadium the 20-minute performance masterclass at Live Aid that sealed their status as rock legends. More soberingly, it’s almost 25 years since the death of the band's flamboyant frontman, Freddie Mercury.
For the last quarter century, celebrated axeman Brian May (now 67), and drummer Roger Taylor, 65, have kept the Queen juggernaut running – albeit with some bumps in the road. Now, they're back in the Stadium's baby brother Wembley Arena.
Unfairly accused by some of cynically cashing in on Mercury's legacy while bassist John Deacon opted for a quiet retirement, the duo have existed as a band for considerably longer without their flamboyant frontman than with him.
Attempts to replace the irreplaceable have had mixed success – from duets with everyone from 5ive to Robbie Williams to Jessie J, to that long-term collaboration with ex-Free frontman Paul Rogers. All gave a new twist on the old standards, but largely failed to deliver the pomp and humour that made the songs so easy to love in the first place.
So what of Queen’s latest collaboration with Adam Lambert, the former American Idol star who was just nine years old when Freddie passed?
Kicking off with One Vision, he responds to the challenge of filling Mercury's massive shoes with some towering footwear of his own and a virtuosso vocal performance.
Lambert certainly has the soaring, effortless vocal ability and flamboyant stage presence for the job and, nearing the completion of this European tour, appears supremely confident.
Pouting, thrusting and flirting his way through the two-hour live seat, his bucketless energy and enthusiasm for Queen's back catalogue is clear. The man who could be Mercury's young apprentice is having the time of his life – as are May and Taylor, who are clearly enjoying the injection of energy Lambert brings to proceedings.
Link to article:
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/560428/Review-Adam-Lambert-and-Queen-at-Wembley-Arena
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6 comments:
Well said.
Exactly.
Esatto.
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Yeeep love that thrusting.
Monte Pittman went to the Wembley show. Someone threw a can at him when he stood up during BR.
This review was excellent, although I can't understand how the writer thought that Adam didn't "connect with the audience" quite like Freddie. If anyone connects with an audience, it's Adam. He's right up there with Freddie in that regard. A few people commented and agreed.
This tour has been triumphant to the max.
Too bad about the Monte thing. Don't know what his relationship with Adam is like at this point. Rumor is that Monte may have been imbibing a bit before the show. In any case, there's no excuse for throwing a can at him. Hence his rude crude tweets. Hope that whole old situation is put to rest someday.
The author contradicted himself when he said that Adam quickly had the audience eating out of his hands and then made the comment of him not connecting with the audience later on in the article?!? Don't you need to connect with someone before they'll eat out of your hands? ;)))
Funny to me...
Great review.
Glamberts complaining on the site. The reviewer is entitled to his/her opinion whether it agrees with other opinions or not.
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