Not for awhile....Not since 2009, Midnight
Quote:Queen and Paul Rodgers officially split up without animosity on 12 May 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)
Lambert performed with Queen last year in the UK, Poland and Russia
Quote:Queen + Adam Lambert would play two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012. Both shows sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on open sale. A third London date was scheduled for 14 July. On 30 June, Queen + Lambert performed in Kiev, Ukraine at a joint concert with Elton John for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Queen also performed with Lambert on 3 July 2012 at Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and on 7 July 2012 at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland
Paul Rodgers, a great vocalist, a frontman and solo artist with quite a Rock and Roll history all his own (fronting Bad Co., Free, and the Firm), was a surprising choice to front Queen, IMO. I watched some of their performances with him as lead. While, he gave it a good try, Rodgers' style lacked the bombast and grandeur as a Queen front man and was not a great fit for many of Mercury's songs..... Lambert, although, no "Freddie Mercury" felt a better fit IMO. Rodgers performances lacked the 'Front Man spectacle' that Freddie brought.
Quote:Queen and their temporary new singer Adam Lambert – a pairing that makes a good deal more sense than the earlier incarnation of Queen and blues-rock belter Paul Rodgers – were scheduled to make their British debut at the Sonisphere festival, but when that was cancelled they hastily booked three nights in Hammersmith. Thus, what was conceived as an outdoor show was brought indoors with all the trimmings intact, including fireworks, pyrotechnics and a lightshow designed to be seen for miles. The result? A spectacle of such overblown majesty that, somewhere, Freddie Mercury must have been chuckling approvingly.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul...ert-review
Say what you want about Lambert, 2012 was HUGE for his International outlook....These appearances with Queen, standing in for the Iconic Freddie Mercury, and pulling it off? (somewhat...he's still not my thing, but it's hard to not acknowledge how good this was for him).
IMO the odds were stacked against Adam breaking the Idol bubble after his season. After great effort, the growth of his popularity outside the bubble, heck outside the US, is undeniable
Again, not a fan... Am not a fan of his high notes while I've listened to and enjoyed Durbin's songs, I can see why Durbin gets annoyed when someone brings up the comparison, their high notes are not, in anyway, similar. I can't name one Lambert song I've listened to all the way through....
BUT, as an outsider to the Idol history/clan wars/Post Idol hang ups people have with them...... the little I take notice of Adam, he has almost always sounded thoughtful and intelligent when he speaks, had a harder climb than most because of his persona, his genre, and his sexual preference... In addition to having the "Idol Stigma"?
The gains he has made, despite obstacles, are significant and impressive, IMO.
