ADAM LAMBERT Talks Collaboration With QUEEN - "We Want To Keep The Music Alive And Give It An Energy That Would Have Made FREDDIE MERCURY Proud"
June 5, 2012, 12 years ago
In a new interview with Mail Online's Adrian Thrills, ADAM LAMBERT discusses his upcoming dates with QUEEN. An excerpt follows:
Adam, 30, has already sung with the rock legends: on American Idol and during last year’s MTV EMA Awards in Belfast. He says: "You can’t replace Freddie (Mercury). But playing with Queen is the best thing that could happen to me, and my intention is to pay tribute to Freddie. We want to keep the music alive and give it an energy that would have made him proud."
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Queen recently announced announce that they will add a third London concert with Lambert, at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in July. The band’s two dates at the venue - July 11th and 12th - hastily added after the cancellation of Sonisphere, sold out instantly.
Promoter Paul Roberts confirmed the two earlier London shows sold out "within minutes".
Queen and Adam Lambert’s third date will take place Saturday, July 14th.
The added London date will be the final show of five dates Queen + Adam Lambert will play together this summer. In addition to the Hammersmith shows, Queen and Lambert will also appear at Moscow Sports Arena (July 3rd) and at The Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw, Poland (July 7th).
Speaking at the time of making the announcement Brian May said: “Adam has an extraordinary voice - no two ways about it. So we’ll be exploring new ways to do things. So it will be exciting!”
Roger Taylor recently described the collaboration with Lambert as "fireworks".
