Adam Lambert

[Tusk]

I did say in a post above that my 'dream' Idol alumnist for Haley to open for is Kelly, so on that we definitely agree. (Season 1 was the only one I watched througout other than S10)

Like I said, Adam's music isn't my thing, I know 'of' him, and what I read on MJ's. But then again, there is a saturation of 'Adam news' on that site, so I tend to not read updates on Adam, unless it's relatively big, like this news, for instance. I thought having the opportunity to tour with "Queen" was pretty cool...But then again, because I wasn't overly involved in any season than S10, I don't carry the 'history' about Adam that many Idol fans seem to have.

I'm fairly ambivalent about both Adam or Kris. They are both very talented, but, again, no pulling interest until, Haley.

I've learned not to engage too heavily with other fan bases anymore, and not enough knowledge to speak of Adam's fans other than their reputation preceeds them and are they are very supportive of him. I've seen the negative side of fanbases from other idols too (Including Haley's) to try to not overly judge the Idol by their fans.

All that being said, my OP about Haley learning from Adam has more to do with how I perceive Adam to have handled challenges in bringing a style that is not necessarily popular and doing a fairly good job at it. Despite much less sales than Kelly and Carrie, Adam is up there in public recognition as an Idol...more than others like Allen or Cook IMO.

As valuable as any experience Kelly could impart, she had a different type of road to travel, being an Idol winner. Being the first Idol, she didn't have the adversities that Idols nowadays have. Working against the Idol stigma, being a runner up.... Kelly also is a pop artist, which means she wouldn't have the same challeges that Haley does with a less popular genre.