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Have you heard the one about the pop star who insured his voice for US$48million (Dh176m)?

 It is no joke. Adam Lambert took out the policy on his precious chords — and sounds proud of it.

“That’s my bread and butter man, I got to insure this,” he says, as if the singer has to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts every day. “J Lo insured her booty, right? Listen — this is what I’m making my money on.”

The mammoth insurance contract was reportedly signed by Lambert’s management in 2012 — and one might say it proved a smart safety net. Forbes named Lambert the highest-earning American Idol alumni last month, having banked $10m last year alone.

After kicking off his third solo concert tour on New Year’s Eve, this year could prove to be even more lucrative for the singer.

And on Friday, February 12, Lambert will present a scaled-down version of his Original High Tour at RedFest DXB.

“You’re getting about as much of my tour as I can bring with me,” he says, talking on the phone from Perth, Australia.

The tour hasn’t quite gone entirely to plan, generating its share of controversy — the opening December 31 show in Singapore was greeted by a petition signed by more than 20,000 “concerned citizens, parents and individuals”.


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